On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 9:00 am in the Forecourt at Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles Councilmember Paul Koretz and Artist Lin Evola and recipients of the Angel of Peace Award announce, the creation of the Los Angeles Peace Angel Monument Project.

The Monument will be sixty-four feet tall and made of one million melted guns and other weapons, reflecting three decades of commitment to stop gun violence.

The impact of Evola’s work is profound, as is evidenced by her 13-foot Renaissance Peace Angel sculpture which is in the permanent collection of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum and was unveiled in autumn, 2018.

“The nation has lost too many lives to senseless gun violence,” said Councilmember Koretz. “I am pleased to stand with Lin Evola today in creating this memorial in honor of those lives and as a symbol to the City of Los Angeles and to this country that it is imperative we do better and make greater strides toward peace.”

The Peace Angels Project spans three decades and has touched cities and countries from the Los Angeles to South Africa. I have recently accepted the donation of thousands of weapons from Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for use in creating the monument planned for downtown Los Angeles.

“When I first came to Los Angeles there were three heroic peacemakers who helped me to get my footing and create the foundation and launch for the Peace Angles Project: Billie Weiss, Founder of Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles, Father Greg Boyle, Founder of Homeboy Industries, and Khalid Shah, Founder of Stop the Violence Increase the Peace Foundation. All are recipients of the Angel of Peace Award. Their work and inspiration will be recognized as part of the Monument,” said Peace Angels Project Founder Lin Evola.

The recent mass murders in El Paso and Dayton have left our communities traumatized and once again put a spotlight on gun violence in this country. The inaction by many local and national politicians has left our neighborhoods, schools and places of worship vulnerable to a cycle of violence that is unique to the United States. The purpose of the Peace Angel is to inspire and heal our people. It will remind future generations that they have the choice to create better lives.

About the Peace Angels Project

In 1992, Lin Evola founded the Peace Angels Project to address the epidemic of violence by reminding us of the responsibilities we all share to create a better world. As an American contemporary Artist, Evola created the Peace Angels Project as a conceptual work of art to engage thought that is meant to stir us - to awaken us to rise up and build a life affirming legacy of Peace in our time. The concept that develops into Peace Angel monuments forwards a legacy of peace to our children and future generations.