On June 12th 1982, thousands of protestors gathered in New York City to call for peace and denuclearization. Kriesberg was one of the many in attendance, and his iconic 38 x 24 foot banner, Peace Dove, adorned the facade of the New York Cultural Center’s headquarters at 2 Columbus Circle (currently the Museum of Arts and Design).

Kriesberg’s image became a de facto symbol for the myriad of socially engaged issues facing the global community, such as the anti-war, antinuclear, and Middle East peace movements. It was reproduced in several countries, and featured on the cover of the book Realizing Peace, by his brother Louis Kriesberg.