About Us

Camden, Maine massage therapist Kate McMorrow grew tired of reading the mostly negative political slogans on bumper stickers and T-shirts speaking out against the war in Iraq, so she founded thepeacevisionproject.com Through her website, she sells products with a positive, pro-peace message. McMorrow was compelled to create the website after joining the anti-Iraq war protests at Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas, in 2005.

"When I saw the monumental sacrifices people were making, I wanted to step up and do a whole lot more than I was doing" She said. "I thought I might create a product that was affordable so that more people could participate and that the message of peace could spread infinitely. It seems important to keep images of peace alive as part of our everyday awareness, to honor those on the front lines and remind ourselves to act peacefully."

We feature shirts and stickers that have what McMorrow calls a more unifying message. Slogans include Peace is My Prayer, CULTIVATE PEACE, and Peace in my heart, and Peace Rocks! We chose fair-trade/sweatshop free manufacturers because I realized I wouldn't feel at peace knowing that someone on the other side of the world worked for pennies a day in a sweatshop, or was being exposed to harmful insecticides making my "peace" T-shirt, she said.

We donate a portion of the proceeds to peace-promoting organizations such as Veterans for Peace and CodePink and Gold Star Families for Peace. I wanted to increase the amount of money I could personally donate to the peace movement, she said. I also wanted to create an easy way for others to participate. The use of fair-trade, sweatshop free, organic cotton/hemp T's with a non-divisive, pro-peace message is a singular combination, McMorrow said. There are lots of sites that offer some of these qualities, but I've not seen one with all of them.