This Peace Quilt was created by staff who worked at the Omega Institute as a part of a collaborative community project facilitated by Helema Kadir from April through October 2005.  This Quilt is comprised of 100 blocks, each of which exists as personal expressions of peace created individually by Omega staff.  As the quilt reveals, the visual gestalt is greater than the sum of its parts.  Though each square holds unique quality and sense of beauty, when combined with the entire community of squares the visual expression is elevated to a new level.  Fabric Artist Helema Kadir uses this analogy to demonstrate how we as individuals can come together in community to create a better world that embraces our differences yet organically creates a unified whole.