Links to Other Peace and Peace Education Organizations:

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/

The Boston Research Center for the 21st Century (BRC) is an international peace institute that envisions a worldwide network of global citizens developing cultures of peace through dialogue and understanding. The Center's mission is to cultivate an inclusive sense of community, locally and globally. Its current programs focus on women's leadership for peace, global citizenship education, and the philosophy and practice of community building. We sponsor public forums, educational seminars, and dialogue circles that are collaborative, diverse, and inter-generational. BRC also produces multi-author books that have been used in over 280 college and university courses.
http://www.brc21.org/home.html

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/

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/

Enriching the lives of children through the pursuit of peace for all.

http://www.celebratingpeace.com/

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, 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.
http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Police/Partnerships.asp#Mediation

The Conflict Resolution Education Connection - a web site devoted to the promotion of conflict resolution education throughout the world.

http://www.creducation.org/

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/

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 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/

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

The Culture of Peace Online Journal (COPOJ) is the journal of the Culture of Peace News Network - Canada (CPNN-Canada)

http://www.copoj.ca/

Earth and Peace Education Associates International (EPE) - Values for a sustainable earth and culture of peace.
http://www.globalepe.org

The Earth Charter 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.earthcharter.org/

Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) helps educators create safe, caring, respectful, and productive learning environments. We also help educators work with young people to develop the social skills, emotional competencies, and qualities of character they need to succeed in school and become contributing members of their communities.
http://www.esrnational.org/home.htm

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/

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://www.afsc.org/hipp/

 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

The Human Security Centre's mission is to make human security-related research more accessible to the policy and research communities, the media, educators and the interested public.
http://www.humansecuritycentre.org/

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/

Institute for Peace and Justice

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/

International Peace Research Association Foundation
http://www.human.mie-u.ac.jp/%7Epeace/commission.htm

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/

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/

Karuna Center for Peace building 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/

http://www.learningpeace.com/

Making Peace Where I Live

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 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/

Network of Communities for Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution.
http://www.apeacemaker.net

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

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

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/

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/

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/

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 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/

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/

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

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 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/

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

Traprock Peace Center - Together we explore nonviolence, foster community, work to end war, promote communication and take initiatives on justice and environmental issues. "A Neighbors' Network to End War"
http://www.traprockpeace.org

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

University of Rhode Island - Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies

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