fanaro headquarters los angeles california key people mary fanaro products apparel and accessories website omnipeace.com omnipeace is a humanitarian fashion brand founded in 2007 by mary fanaro and based in los angeles california . 1 2 each year the brand donates a percentage of its profits to a charitable organization doing work in africa . 3 omnipeace has previously partnered with organizations including millennium promise 4 unicef 5 the lalela project 1 and buildon . 6 in 2005 after watching a live 8 concert fanaro had the idea of introducing a food line called peace of chocolate whose profits would benefit initiatives to end african poverty ; she later decided to create a clothing label . 6 fanaro met with millennium promise and proposed that her idea would benefit their charity . 2 two weeks before omnipeace opened in june 2007 fanaro was diagnosed with ovarian cancer but the brand still launched as planned in new york city and los angeles . 7 charitable contributions edit in the past five years omnipeace has built seven schools raised over half a million dollars for millennium promise a non profit organization founded by jeffrey sachs economist global anti poverty crusader & head of earth institute columbia university ; raised funds and awareness for the city of joy a rehabilitation center and safe haven for women and children victims of violence of war in congo ; and sent two convoys into somalia with super bowl champions the new york giants feeding over 5 000 families during one of the worst humanitarian crisis in the last 60 years . references edit a b labor of love clothing line omnipeace exceeds school construction goals in senegal . the huffington post . thehuffingtonpost.com inc. february 15 2011 . retrieved august 26 2011 . a b ramberg jj october 15 2008 . star power . entrepreneur . entrepreneur media inc. retrieved august 26 2011 . rippin kelly september 18 2009 . twilight s facinelli tweets for a good cause . msnbc . retrieved august 26 2011 . cannon mae elise ; perkins john 2009 . social justice handbook small steps for a better world . intervarsity press . p. 265 . isbn 978 0 8308 3715 1 . garcia jennifer june 12 2009 . jennifer aniston courteney cox arquette and sheryl crow come together for the congo . people . time inc. retrieved august 26 2011 . a b blay zandile november 18 2009 . jennifer aniston and courtney cox adore this designer and you will too . the huffington post . thehuffingtonpost.com inc. retrieved august 26 2011 . burch andrea d.s. november 4 2009 . peace love and fashion . the miami herald . miami herald media co. p. 1e . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title omnipeace & oldid 670577650 categories clothing brands of the united stateshidden categories use mdy dates from august 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 8 july 2015 at 21 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view