Links to Other Peace and Peace Education
Organizations:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The Albert Schweitzer Institute is a nonprofit organization
that conducts programs that link education, ethics and voluntarism
in the United States and other countries.
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x153.xml
The Albert Einstein
Institution is a nonprofit organization
advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action
in conflicts throughout the world.
http://www.aeinstein.org/organizationsa4f8.html
The
Alliance for Conflict
Transformation is a innovative non-profit
organization
dedicated
to building peace through innovative research and practice
in the United States and Abroad. We also maintain the ACT
Forums, one of the premier sites for receiving/posting information
on career and educational opportunities in the fields of
conflict transformation, peacebuilding, development and civil
society worldwide.
http://www.conflicttransformation.org/
The Association
for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is a professional organization
dedicated to enhancing the practice and public understanding
of conflict resolution. ACR represents and serves a diverse
national and international audience that includes more than
6,000 mediators, arbitrators, facilitators, educators, and
others involved in the field of conflict resolution and collaborative
decision-making.
http://www.acrnet.org/
Celebrationg Peace. Enriching
the lives of children through the pursuit
of peace for all.
http://www.celebratingpeace.com/
The Center for
Nonviolent Communication. A global organization helping people connect
compassionately
with themselves
and one another through Nonviolent Communication
language, created by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
http://www.cnvc.org/
Center for Nonviolent
Solutions. Provides education
and resources on nonviolence and encourages
alternative to violence in resolving
conflict.
http://www.nonviolentsolution.org/
Children of the
Earth. We dedicate our
work to the building of a better future.
We deliver programs, which provide young
people with the empowerment and leadership
skills necessary to advance peace in the
world today and in the future. We foster
building networks of cooperation, multicultural
understanding, spiritual values, and ethical
living skills.
Children of the Earth inspires and unites
young people, through personal and social
transformation, to create a peaceful and
sustainable world.
http://www.children-of-the-earth.org/
CDA
Collaborative Learning Projects is a non-profit organization
committed to learning practical
lessons about the reduction of poverty and conflict.
http://www.cdainc.com/
Community Mediation, Inc.
Community
Mediation of New Haven CT offers mediation, facilitation
as well as training in those areas and conflict resolution.
Community Mediation, Inc. is a non-profit organization committed
to
promoting peace and justice by enabling individuals, groups
and communities to resolve their conflicts themselves through
mediation and other nonviolent means. They provide staff,
trained volunteers and other resources to resolve disputes.
https://www.community-mediation.org/
The Conflict
Resolution Education Connection - a web site devoted to the
promotion of conflict resolution education throughout the
world.
http://www.creducation.org/
The mission of Connecticut Against
Gun Violence is to identify, develop, and promote
passage of legislation designed to enhance gun safety.
CAGV will pursue this mission at the local, state of Connecticut,
and national levels through the political process.
http://www.cagved.org/
Connecticut Center for Nonviolence -
We are an emerging not-for-profit organization. Our goal
is to study and apply the Kingian Philosophy and teachings
of Nonviolence through Education and the Arts in order to
foster harmonious relationships within families, schools,
and communities. http://www.ctnonviolence.org/
Wheeler Clinic's Connecticut Clearinghouse is
a statewide resource for information about mental health,
substance use disorders, health promotion, recovery and wellness.
Materials from our specialized library and resource center
are available to Connecticut families, teachers, students,
professionals, communities and children.
http://www.ctclearinghouse.org/
The mission of Creative Response to
Conflict, Inc. and Children's Creative Response to
Conflict (CCRC) is to help educators, parents and those who
work with young people learn creative skills of non-violent
conflict resolution through cooperation, communication, affirmation,
problem solving, mediation and bias awareness. The board
and staff of CCRC work on modeling these approaches and will
continue to adapt techniques to meet the challenges of an
increasingly violent world by working locally and globally
to achieve a non-violent and just world.
http://www.crc-ny.org:80/
CRInfo (pronounced "See Our Info")
stands for "conflict resolution information source." It
is a free service, funded by the William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation. As a "linking" site, our staff of editors
maintains a keyword-coded catalog of over 20,000 Web, print,
and organizational resources, as well as event listings and
other conflict resolution-related resources.
http://www.crinfo.org/
CPNN USA is a site of the Culture
of Peace News Network, a global network of interactive Internet
sites in many languages where readers exchange information
about events, experiences, books, music, and web news that
promote a culture of peace.
http://cpnn-usa.org/index.html
Earth
and Peace Education Associates International (EPE) - Values
for a sustainable
earth and culture of peace.
http://www.globalepe.org
The
Earth Charter Initiative is a declaration of fundamental
principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful
global society
for the
21st century. Created by the largest global consultation
process ever associated with an international declaration,
endorsed by thousands of organizations representing millions
of individuals, the Earth Charter seeks to inspire in all
peoples a sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility
for the well-being of the human family and the larger living
world. The Earth Charter is an expression of hope and a call
to help create a global partnership at a critical juncture
in history.
http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) works directly
with educators to implement systemic practices that create
safe, caring, and equitable schools so that all young people
succeed in school and life, and help shape a safe, democratic
and just world. Founded in 1982, ESR is a national leader
in school reform and provides professional development, consultation,
and educational resources to adults who teach young people
in preschool through high school.
http://esrnational.org
Global Village School is an accredited
school based in southern California. It is a distance learning
program, which means that students study at home (or, in
special cases, at learning centers). Students are in regular
contact with their teachers. They send their work via regular
mail or e-mail, and can also contact their teachers by phone
(or meet in person if they live locally). Students take a
regular course load and earn credits towards a diploma. Transcripts
are provided so that students can apply to colleges of their
choice.
http://globalvillageschool.org
Created in 1989, The Governor's Prevention
Partnership is a not-for-profit partnership between state
government and business leaders with a mission to keep Connecticut's
youth safe, successful and drug-free.
http://www.preventionworksct.org/
 grassrootspeace.org
GrassrootsPeace.org. This
website is an archive of the former website, traprockpeace.org,
which was created 10 years ago by Charles Jenks. It became
the most popular grassroots peace center site in the US with
over 9000 visitors a day by July, 2007. Its content remains
an important resource on the grassroots peace movement, student
activism, 'depleted' uranium and other topics. Jenks authored
all of its web pages and virtually all multimedia content
(photographs, audio and video). As the author and registered
owner of that site, Jenks's purpose here is to preserve an
important slice of grassroots peace history over the past
decade. He is maintaining this historical archive as a service
to the greater peace movement, and for Traprock's many friends.
http://www.grassrootspeace.org/
Hague
Appeal for Peace - The Hague Appeal for Peace is an international
network of organizations and individuals dedicated to the
abolition of war and making peace a human right. The Global
Campaign for Peace Education was launched at the Hague Appeal
for Peace conference in May 1999. After the conference, Hague
Appeal for Peace took the responsibility of coordinating
the Campaign. http://
www.haguepeace.org
Help
Increase the Peace (HIPP) an interactive peace education
program.
http://afsc.org/region/middle-atlantic-region
Local
Faith Communities “HopeWorks was established in 1973
as the Street Ministry of West Hartford, by several local
faith communities as the
collective response to a crisis of meaning and spirit for
many young people. http://www.hopeworkscentral.org
Started in 1988, iEARN is
the world's largest non-profit global network that enables
teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new
technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance
learning and make a difference in the world.
http://www.iearn.org/
The Ikeda Center (originally the Boston Research Center
for the 21st Century) is an institute for peace, learning,
and dialogue located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
http://www.ikedacenter.org/index.htm
 The
Institute for Global Leadership provides confidential,
compassionate and skilled guidance, consultation and training
to help leaders and teams through change, challenges and
crises. We recognize all human beings, institutions, nations
and multilateral entities for their uniqueness, need and
capacity
for transformation.
http://www.global-leader.org/
The Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ)
is an independent, interfaith, not-for-profit
organization that creates resources, provides learning
experiences, and advocates publicly for alternatives
to violence and injustice at the individual, family, community,
institutional and global levels.
http://www.ipj-ppj.org/
The International Institute For Peace
Through Tourism (IIPT) is a not for profit organization
dedicated to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives
which contribute to international understanding and cooperation,
an improved quality of environment, the preservation of
heritage, and through these initiatives, helping to bring
about a peaceful and sustainable world.
http://www.iipt.org/
International
Peace Research Association Foundation - The International Peace
Research Association Foundation (IPRAF), a non-profit, tax-exempt
organization founded in 1990 to further the purposes of IPRA, has
sought to enhance the processes of peace. IPRAF has engaged in
peacemaking projects in the Middle East and the Balkans, provided
scholarships for women from the developing world to pursue graduate
education, allowed peace researchers from all around the world
to travel to peace research conferences, and funded small peace
research grants in places as diverse as Argentina, Bosnia, the
Philippines, and Uganda.
http://www.iprafoundation.org/
The
InterRelations Collaborative, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational
organization established in 1991 with a start-up grant from The
United Way of New York City. For more than a decade, the Collaborative
has been addressing critical needs facing immigrant and multi-ethnic
student populations on cross-cutting issues such as education, poverty,
violence and catastrophic disaster (9/11) in rapidly diversifying
communities across New York City.
http://www.inter-relations.org/
Karuna Center for Peacebuilding was
founded in 1994 to address the growing global challenge
of ethnic, religious, and political conflict. Our Core
Mission is to promote a culture of peace through the preventions
and transformation of violent conflict.
http://www.karunacenter.org/
Learning Peace. http://www.learningpeace.com/
Legacy
International is dedicated to strengthening civil society – linking
cultures and providing tools for individuals and organizations
to build a better tomorrow today. http://www.legacyintl.org/
Making Peace Where I Live (MAPWIL). A Project Designed For Young People To Meet
Peacemakers And Peacebuilders In Their Own Communities. http://www.crinfo.org/special_projects/hosted_sites/mapwil/
The Metta Center - Metta is a collaborator, advisor, and
active participant in the nonviolent movement. We work
to raise
consciousness
about nonviolence, and serve as a catalyst in the shift
toward a nonviolent culture. To this end we offer ourselves
in service to all those who wish to participate in the
grand experiment of nonviolence! http://www.mettacenter.org/
National Conference For Community & Justice is a
human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias,
bigotry
and racism in America. NCCJ promotes understanding and
respect among all races, religions and cultures through
advocacy, conflict resolution and education. http://www.nccjctwma.org/
The National Peace Academy supports,
advances and nurtures cultures of peace by conducting research
and facilitating learning toward the development of peace
systems – local to global – and the development
of the full spectrum of the peacebuilder – inner
and outer, personal and professional. In all its operations,
internal and external, the National Peace Academy strives
to embody and reflect the principles and processes of peace.
http://www.nationalpeaceacademy.us/
The National Peace Foundation seeks to prevent conflict
and build peace at home and around the world by developing
citizen networks, advancing peace education and conflict
prevention / resolution skills and promoting democratic
values through international, people to people exchanges.
http://www.nationalpeace.org/
The mission of NextGen Leaders is to inspire and equip
the next generation of socially responsible leaders to
create a future that they can be proud of, supported by
experienced leaders from all walks of life who share their
vision. http://www.nextgenleaders.org/
The
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Mission: To advance initiatives
to eliminate the nuclear weapons threat to all life, to
foster the global rule
of law, and to build an enduring legacy of peace through education and advocacy.
http://www.wagingpeace.org/
Pamoja "to
promote the solution of problems that are identified by
communities in such areas as health, education, resource
management and economic development, among others. Both
in the US and in other countries, Pamoja works in ways
that recognize and strengthen communities' capacities and
self-reliance."
http://www.pamoja.net
The Peace Abbey is dedicated to creating innovative models
for society that empower individuals on the paths of nonviolence,
peacemaking, and cruelty-free living. We offer a variety
of programs and resources that teach, inspire and encourage
one to speak out and act on issues of peace and social
justice. Faith in action is the cornerstone of our fellowship
and activist pacifism is our creed.
http://www.peaceabbey.org
The Peace and Justice Studies Association
(PJSA) is a
non-profit organization that was formed in 2001 as a result
of a merger of the Consortium on Peace research, Education
and Development (COPRED) and the Peace Studies Association
(PSA). Both organizations provided leadership in the broadly
defined field of peace, conflict and justice studies.
http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/
The Teachers College Peace Education
Center's (TCPEC) mission is to further the development
of the field of peace education, particularly in recognition
of the unprecedented need to address issues of security,
war and peace, human rights and social justice, sustainable
development and ecological balance. The Peace Education
Center was established to provide outreach, resourcing,
training and in-service education.
http://www.tc.edu/PeaceEd/
Peace Education Foundation. From
this site you can download research documentation, FAQs
and a White Paper on who we are, State Standards correlations,
resources produced by participants in our trainings, and
pre/post tests; research and purchase our products; and
make a donation or support a school.
http://www.peace-ed.org/
The Peace Maker Site. The
purpose of this site is, ultimately, to be as comprehensive
as possible a resource for locating, disseminating, and
facilitating cooperation of interested persons and organizations
working for peace and non- violent conflict resolution
in all areas of life. Resources for this purpose include
peace making individuals, projects, organizations, and
peace education programs.
http://www.peacemaker.st/
The mission of Promoting Enduring Peace (PEPeace) is to
conduct peace education promoting the advent of a harmonious
planetary commonwealth through the convergence of the worldwide
movements for disarmament, social justice, and environmental
stewardship as the foundation of a sustainable peace. http://peacenews.org/
Peace One Day. Observance of September 21. Our goal is
to provide our Education Resource to every school on earth.
With this is mind we have researched, designed and created
lesson plans which we believe will enable today’s
children to become tomorrow’s peacemakers. Our multimedia
resources are available FREE online. http://www.peaceoneday.org/en/education
PeaceWeb. Network of Communities
for Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution.
http://www.apeacemaker.net
PEACE X PEACE (pronounced “peace
by peace”) empowers women as the most effective means
to enrich lives locally and promote peace globally. We
connect women’s groups (“Circles”) in
the United States with women’s Circles everywhere
in the world—directly via the Internet—for
the exchange of information and personal experiences that
typically result in mutually supportive actions.
http://www.peacexpeace.org/
Peace.org intends to create
a resource for people interested in contemplating, participating
in, and contributing to sustainable peace and co-existence.
http://www.peace.org
Peaceful Schools International. The vision of PSI is to
create a global network of peaceful schools.
The mission of PSI is to provide support and recognition
to schools that have declared a commitment to creating
and maintaining a culture of peace.
http://peacefulschoolsinternational.org/
Peaceful Societies
- Alternatives to Violence and War
Peaceful Societies are contemporary groups of people who
effectively foster interpersonal harmony and who rarely
permit violence or warfare to interfere with their lives.
This website serves to introduce these societies to students,
peace activists, scholars and citizens who are interested
in the conditions that promote peacefulness. It includes
information on the beliefs of these peoples, the ways they
maintain their nonviolence, and the factors that challenge
their lifestyles.
http://www.peacefulsocieties.org
Plowshares
Institute is a catalyst for social change that has been
addressing social risks and conflicts for nearly 25 years.
In partnership with an international advisory council and
collaborative agencies on five continents, the Institute
staff designs and implements projects that identify and
address emerging social needs in order to build a more
just and peaceful world community.
http://www.plowsharesinstitute.org
Promoting Enduring Peace conducts peace education to promote
sustainable world peace. The essence of PEP's unique approach
is the realization that world peace, social justice, and
environmental harmony are interdependent and inseparable.
http://pepeace.org/
The Public Conversations Project
(PCP) helps people with
fundamental disagreements over divisive issues develop
the mutual understanding and trust essential for strong
communities and positive action.
http://www.publicconversations.org/
The Purpose Project
Inspiring and Equipping the Next Generation of Social Leaders
By Sharing the Wisdom and Experience of Our Predecessors
http://purposeproject.org/
The
Responsive Classroom® is an approach to teaching
and learning that fosters safe, challenging, and joyful
elementary classrooms and schools. Developed by classroom
teachers, it consists of practical strategies for bringing
together social and academic learning throughout the
school day.
http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
Founded
in 1986 by activist teachers, Rethinking
Schools is a nonprofit,
independent publisher of educational materials. We advocate
the reform of elementary and secondary education, with
a strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice.
http://www.rethinkingschools.org
Riverhouse Press -
Concise booklets and edocs for building
strong relationships in a world of diversity.
http://www.riverhouseepress.com
The
Roots & Shoots program is about making positive change
happen—for our communities, for animals and for the
environment. And it all starts with you! With tens of thousands
of young people in almost 100 countries, the Roots & Shoots
network branches out across the globe, connecting youth
of all ages who share a common desire to help make our
world a better place. This powerful, youth-driven network
fosters a fun, flexible and supportive environment where
young people and adults alike come together to share ideas
and inspiration, implement successful community service
projects and participate in special events and global campaigns.
http://www.rootsandshoots.org
The
Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971 as a small
civil rights law firm. Today, the Center is internationally
known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories
against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups.
http://www.splcenter.org/
Teachers Without Borders -Teachers
Without Borders advances human welfare through professional
development on a global scale. http://www.teacherswithoutborders.org/
The Teaching and Learning for Peace
Foundation. We
share peace-building stories, songs and activities with
children and adults ....for the sake of the children, and
their children and the generations to follow.
http://www.tlpeace.org.au
The
United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) is a center for innovative programs to engage
Americans in issues of global concern, from education and
HIV/AIDS to peace, security and international law. Its
educational and humanitarian campaigns, including teaching
students in urban schools, clearing minefields and providing
school-based support for children living in HIV/AIDS-affected
communities in Africa, allow people to make a global impact
at the local level. A not-for-profit organization, UNA-USA
encourages United States leadership in the United Nations
and is a part of the World Federation of United Nations
Associations.
http://www.unausa.org
Headquartered
in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University
for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization
by the UN General Assembly. As determined in the Charter
of the University and endorsed by the UPEACE Council, the
mission of the University for Peace is: “to provide
humanity with an international institution of higher education
for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings
the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence,
to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen
obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping
with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of
the United Nations.”
http://www.upeace.org
US Partnership for Education for
Sustainable Development - Our
Goal - Literacy about our sustainability challenges and
engagement in solutions as a societal norm in the United
States.
The US Partnership consists of individuals, organizations
and institutions in the United States dedicated to education
for sustainable development (ESD). It acts as a convener,
catalyst, and communicator working across all sectors of
American society.
http://www.uspartnership.org
The mission of the Center for Nonviolence
and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island is to help build a world
of mutual understanding among people, in which nonviolent
processes are used to reconcile conflicts and build community.
http://www.uri.edu/nonviolence/
Vermont
Peace Academy is a non-profit organization that promotes
the teaching, learning and practice of peace. Established
in 2003, Vermont Peace Academy contributes to the global
movement of creating a culture of peace through an array
of programs, including conferences and workshops, education
programs in primary and secondary schools, and professional
trainings.
http://www.vermontpeaceacademy.org/
The
Wilmington College Peace Resource Center has a long-standing
commitment to peace and justice. Since 1975 it has taken
an active role in providing peace education materials both
locally and throughout the country.
http://www.wilmington.edu/manila/peace/home.html
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