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PeaceEd.org 
Peaceed.org is a resource for an active growing network of individuals
and groups to share information, build community and connections,
and support local, regional and national efforts to , address
the roots of violence by educating for a culture of peace.
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Resources
for Peace
A page containing over 175 links to peace and social justice
groups.
A page with information about a featured peace or social justice
groups.
A page with information about a featured group that provides
services to the peace and justice movement.
A page with a selection of films on peace.
A commentary page with reflections on a peace or justice issue.
A free download of Mark Twain's "The War Prayer."
Access to Desktop Resources publications on war and peace.
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www.payitforward.org
The Pay It Forward Foundation has been established to educate
and inspire young students to realize that they can change the
world, and provide them with opportunities to do so.
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www.peacefultomorrows.org
Peaceful Tomorrows continues the work of family members who
took part in the Walk for Healing and Peace from the Pentagon
to the World Trade Center (winter 2001) as well as those who
met with Afghan families affected by the subsequent bombing
campaign (January 2002).
Our goal is to facilitate dialogues on alternatives to war that
utilize all of America’s collective wisdom, skills and
talents.
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www.globalvillageschool.org
Global Village School for Peace and Diversity Studies is a non-profit
distance-learning program offering both online and text-based
curriculum. We provide a safe, supportive learning environment
that promotes peace, understanding, and respect; prepares students
to be global citizens; and supports them in learning how to
take their passion for social justice out into the world. Students
can enroll as full-time students in the college-preparatory
diploma program or take individual courses. Adult courses are
also available.
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www.californiapeaceaction.org
Actions you can take to prevent further violence
-Vigils, Rallies, Townhall meetings
-Actions to stop violence against and show support for Arab
and Muslim communities
-Useful articles and commentary
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The Mahatma Gandhi Canadian
Foundation for World Peace
This foundation aims to share, in a universal and cross-cultural
way, knowledge of Mahatma Gandhi's beliefs and philosophies
and to initiate, conduct and support research, studies, writings,
teaching, education and scholarship in international understanding
based on the teachings, philosophies, activities and ideals
of Mahatma Gandhi.
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www.indymedia.org
Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations
and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate
coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation
of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth.
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www.commondreams.org
Common Dreams is a national non-profit citizens' organization
working to bring progressive Americans together to promote progressive
visions for America's future. An eclectic mix of politics, issues
and breaking news with an emphasis on progressive perspectives
that are increasingly hard to find with our corporate-dominated
media.
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www.amnestyusa.org
Founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International is a Nobel
Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over one
million members worldwide. Amnesty International is dedicated
to freeing prisoners of conscience, gaining fair trials for
political prisoners, ending torture, political killings and
"disappearances," and abolishing the death penalty
throughout the world. Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the
U.S. Section of Amnesty International.
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www.vitw.org
Voices in the Wilderness started in 1996 as a response to the
devastating effects of the UN/US led economic sanctions against
Iraq. Some members of the campaign were at the Iraqi/Saudi border
in 1991 to oppose the war. Others were members of peace delegations
to Iraq before and after the war. Still others filled the streets
here in the US calling for non-violent options. We believe that
the sanctions are themselves a form of warfare, targeted at
innocent civilians, especially those who are most poor and vulnerable.
Voices has been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize
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www.ndi.org
The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
(NDI) is the independent organization, affiliated with the Democratic
Party, that was created to conduct nonpartisan and multipartisan
programs . NDI firmly believes that the United States should
attach the highest priority to democratic development as a facet
of foreign assistance.
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www.cdi.org
Founded in 1972 as an independent monitor of the military, the
Center for Defense Information is a private, nongovernmental,
research organization. Its directors and staff believe that
strong social, economic, political, and military components
and a healthy environment contribute equally to the nation's
security.
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www.washingtonpost.com
The Washington Post is nationally distributed newspaper with
headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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www.labridge.com/change-links
Change Links is a non-profit progressive newspaper and calendar
for the LA area that focuses on local, national, and international
interests.
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www.forusa.org
FOR seeks to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice
with nonviolence, peace, and justice. We are an interfaith organization
committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life
and as a means of radical change. We educate, train, build coalitions,
and engage in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally,
nationally, and globally.
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www.nonviolence.org
The Non-Violence web began in 1995 by dragging some of the US's
most dynamic peace groups online providing them with free webmastering
and hosting.
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www.igc.org
The Mission of IGC is to advance the work of progressive organizations
and individuals for peace, justice, economic opportunity, human
rights, democracy and environmental sustainability through strategic
use of online technologies. The nonprofit Institute for Global
Communications (IGC) changed the way the progressive community
worked by introducing them to email, online discussions, mailing
lists and the Web.
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www.citizen.org
Founded by Ralph Nader in 1971, Public Citizen is the consumer's
eyes and ears in Washington. With the support of more than 150,000
people like you, we fight for safer drugs and medical devices,
cleaner and safer energy sources, a cleaner environment, fair
trade, and a more open and democratic government.
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www.mecaforpeace.org
The Middle East Children's Alliance is a non-governmental organization,
working for peace and justice in the Middle East; focusing on
Palestine, Israel, Lebanon and Iraq. Our programs emphasize
the need to educate North Americans about the Middle East and
U.S. foreign policy, and to support projects that aid and empower
communities.
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www.haguepeace.org
The Hague Appeal for Peace Global Campaign for Peace Education
has two goals. First, to build public awareness and political
support for the introduction of peace education into all spheres
of education including non-formal education in all schools throughout
the world. Second, to promote the education of all teachers
to teach for peace.
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http://www.ijhp.net/
The International Journal of Humanities and Peace (IJHP) Annual
is a non-profit, educational, voluntary and tax deductible (
for US donations) organization. It is dedicated to the pursuit
of excellence in Humanities-Education-Peace, and a global vision
and universal understanding among ethnic and culturally diverse
groups, nationally and internationally.
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www.jordantimes.com
An independent Arab political daily published in Amman by the
Jordan Press Foundation. A comprehensive, unbiased new center
with up to date reporting on events happening in the middle
east and around the world.
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www.alternet.org
AlterNet.org is an online magazine and information resource
where pressing issues are subject to examination and debate.
By providing quality journalism, dependable research, issue-focused
public interest content and passionate advocacy, they believe
their readers will be better equipped to make informed decisions
about problems that affect us all. Overall, they seek to engage
their community of readers in problem solving, community action
and awareness of current events in the United States and abroad.
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http://www.state.oh.us/cdr/scmtrainers/cpe.htm
The Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management's
Center for Peace Education homepage. Center for Peace Education
(CPE) has been developing and presenting conflict management
programs since 1979 and peer mediation since 1988. Clients included
both public and private schools and community groups in the
Greater Cincinnati region. This nonprofit has a staff of four,
plus two full-time AmeriCorps*VISTA volunteers, and a group
of twenty consultants contracted to conduct trainings, run programs,
and develop curriculum.
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http://csf.colorado.edu/peace/
Peace and Conflict: Home of Peace Studies on the World Wide
Web provides information and links to colleges and universities
around the globe the provide major, minor and graduate studies
in Peace issues.
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http://www.lyingmediabastards.com/LMB/weblog/index.html
Lying Media Bastards is a fine, fine radio program, hosted by
Jake Sexton. Interviews, politics, sonic goo, yelling. Mondays
2-4pm PST on www.Kill Radio.org
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http://www.californiapeaceaction.org/
California Peace Action believes in a future where wealthy countries
no longer profit from the suffering of others through an obscene
arms trade. They believe in a future free from the constant
threat of nuclear annihilation. They believe in a future where
they no longer squander billions of dollars every year on unnecessary
and menacing weapons. Their vision is not built on wishful thinking.
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http://www.pbs.org/weta/forcemorepowerful/
A More Powerful Force: A Century of Non Violent Conflict is
a series on the Public Broadcasting System which describes the
history of nonviolent conflicts around the world from India
in 1930 to Chile in 1983. On the website there is also material
to use in the classroom, with lessons that extend and reinforce
the concepts in A Force More Powerful.
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http://www.nonviolenceworks.com/snv/about.htm
The Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence was established
in 2000 as an independent 501(c)(3) to manifest the expanded
vision of its originating organization, A Season for Nonviolence
- Los Angeles (SNV-LA). SNV-LA was founded in 1997 as part of
a national network to honor the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries
of Mahatma K. Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. respectively,
Jan. 30th-Apr. 4th, 1998. It is a 64-day campaign whose objective
is to increase awareness, educate and promote the principles
of peace and nonviolence. SNV-LASM continues to be an annual
project of the Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence. The
Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence's mission is to heal,
empower and revitalize lives and communities through the practice
of nonviolence as a way of life. To create a sustainable society
that honors the dignity and worth of every human being through
education, inspiration, and cooperative action. To establish
that each person can move the world in the direction of peace
through their daily nonviolent choice and action.
> http://www.forusa.org/
Fellowship of Reconciliation seeks to replace violence, war,
racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and
justice. They are an interfaith organization committed to active
nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of
radical change. They educate, train, build coalitions, and engage
in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally, nationally,
and globally.
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http://www.mintwood.com/
The Mintwood Media Collective is a worker-owned and operated
public relations firm born in the aftermath of the mobilization
against the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington,
DC (April 16th and 17th, 2000). Through the A16 media working
group, Mintwood members developed a comprehensive media strategy
that succeeded in placing stories on the front pages of major
newspapers, on local and national television and radio, and
Internet information sites worldwide, as well as writing articles
for publication. Mintwood members also worked within the A16
Scenario Working Group to develop an action structure that incorporated
diverse forms of expression and resistance. After playing central
roles in the media strategy and action-scenario planning for
the A16 mobilization and seeing the tremendous results (i.e.
thousands of protesters and journalists on the streets), we
decided nonprofit and progressive political organizations and
causes needed similar dynamic media strategies.
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http://www.sipj911.com/
Students for International Peace and Justice Inc. is a national
student grassroots corporation which has been established to:
1. Mobilize the masses through student activism to form an anti-war
coalition and work on educating American citizens on catastrophic
consequences of waging war against innocent people.
2. Ensure that the civil liberties and human rights guaranteed
under the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights are
protected.
3. Develop an educational plan to eliminate ignorance and gain
an appreciation of all people regardless of race, religion,
or gender.
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http://www.ipb.org/pe/index.htm
The Hague Appeal for Peace Global Campaign for Peace Education
has two goals. First, to build public awareness and political
support for the introduction of peace education into all spheres
of education, including non-formal education, in all schools
throughout the world. Second, to promote the education of all
teachers to teach for peace.
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http://www.nonviolence.org/
Nonviolence.Org is your source for up-to-minute news and commentary
on peace and nonviolence. Nonviolence.org provides unbiased
news commentary on issues of nonviolence and peace.
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http://www.peaceeducationintl.com/
Peace Education International works to empower teachers, children
and families with the values and skills necessary to create
a culture of peace.
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http://www.aclu.org/
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is our nation's guardian
of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities
to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed
to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of
the United States.
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http://www.motherjones.com/
Founded in 1976, Mother Jones is an independent, nonprofit magazine
whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented
through first-rate investigative reporting. Winner of a 2001
National Magazine Award in General Excellence, Mother Jones
has been nominated for National Magazine Awards nine times and
has won four times. Mother Jones has twice been named "Best
in the Business" for investigative reporting by the American
Journalism Review, and won the 2000 Alternative Press Award
for General Excellence.
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http://www.amnesty.org/
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that
works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards.
In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners
of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners;
abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment
of prisoners; end political killings and "disappearances";
and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups.
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http://www.ufw.org
The United Farm Workers was established by Cesar Chavez in Southern
California in 1962 to protest against the unfair labor practices
of the California grape growers. The UFW continues to represents
farm workers against exploitation of labor.
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http://www.ipj-ppj.org/
The Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ) is an independent,
interfaith, nonprofit organization, begun in 1970 by Jim and
Kathy McGinnis, as a response to the realities of war, racism
and global economic injustice. They are committed to the challenge,
"If you want peace, work for justice," by helping
people find learn-able and doable alternatives that incorporate
justice and reconciliation into an active quest for peace in
their everyday lives.
