REGIONAL PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTERS/GROUPS
Select a country or state
Australia
Nonviolence Training Project - Australia
Israel
The
Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research - Tel Aviv, Israel
New Zealand
Peace
movement of Aoteoroa/New Zealand
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation - South Africa
Alabama
Alabama
Peace and Justice Coalition - AL, U.S.
North
Alabama Peace Network - AL, U.S.
Birmingham
Peace Project - Birmingham, AL, U.S.
Montgomery
Peace Project - Montgomery, AL, U.S.
Tuscaloosa
Peace Project - Tuscaloosa, AL, U.S.
Alliance
for Peace and Justice - Auburn, AL, U.S.
Alaska
No
Nukes North - Fairbanks, AK, U.S.
Arizona
Flagstaff
Activist Network - Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.
Arizona
Alliance for Peaceful Justice - Tempe, AZ, U.S.
Tuscon
Peace Calendar - Tuscon, AZ, U.S.
Arkansaw
Coalition for Peace and Justice - AR, U.S.
Arkansaw
Citizens Against War on Iraq - northern AR, U.S.
California
The
Davis Peace Coalition - Davis, CA, U.S.
Center
for the Advancement of Nonviolence - Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
San
Fransisco Bay Area Progressive Directory - CA, U.S.
Directory
of about 1000 progressive activist organizations in the San
Francisco Bay Area & elsewhere, plus events calendar
Direct
Action to Stop the War - San Fransisco Bay Area, CA,
U.S.
Resource
Center for Nonviolence - Santa Cruz, CA,
U.S.
Connecticut
Connecticut
Coalition for Peace and Justice - West Hartford, CT, U.S.
West
Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice - West Hartford, CT,
U.S.
Peace
Action of Connecticut - Greenwich/Stamford, CT,
U.S.
Colorado
Rocky
Mountain Peace and Justice Center - Boulder, CO,
U.S.
Delaware
Delaware
Pacem in Terris - Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
District
of Columbia
Washington
Peace Center - Washington, DC, U.S.
Florida
Circus
McGurkis & United Voices for Peace - St. Petersburg, FL,
U.S.
Hawaii
Peace
Center - HI, U.S.
Idaho
Idaho
Peace Coalition - Boise, ID, U.S.
Illinois
Illinois Coalition for Justice, Peace and the Environment - IL, U.S.
Indiana
Bloomington
Peace Action Coalition - Bloomington, IN, U.S.
Kansas
Wichita
Peace - Peace and Social Justice of South Central Kansas -
Wichita, KS, U.S.
Kentucky
Louisville
Peace Community - Louisville, KY, U.S.
Maine
Peace
and Justice Center of Eastern Maine - Bangor, ME,
U.S.
Massachusetts
United
for Justice and Peace - Boston, MA, U.S.
Traprock
Peace Center - Deerfield, MA, U.S.
Regional and national
peace education programs
Michigan
Michigan
Citizens for Peace - MI, U.S.
Mississippi
United
for Peace - South MS, U.S.
Minnesota
Northland
Anti-War Coalition - Duluth, MN
Friends
For a Nonviolent World - Saint Paul, MN,
U.S.
Missouri
Mid-Missouri
Peaceworks - Columbia, MO, U.S.
Montana
Jeannette
Rankin Peace Center - Missoula, MT, U.S.
Montana
Peace Seekers - MT, U.S.
links to Montana, Idaho and
Wyoming peace groups
New Hampshire
NH
Peace Action - Concord, NH, U.S.
New York
Brooklyn
Parents for Peace - Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
Ohio
Ashland
Center for Nonviolence - Ashland, OH, U.S.
Pennsylvania
Chester
County Peace Movement - Chester County, PA, U.S.
Peace
Center - Langhorne, PA, U.S.
Peace
Center of Delaware County - Springfield, PA, U.S.
South
Carolina
ThinkingPeople
- SC, U.S.
Tennessee
The
M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence - Memphis, TN,
U.S.
Texas
Austin
Center for Peace and Justice - Austin, TX, U.S.
Peace
Center - Dallas, TX, U.S.
Peace
Center - San Antonio, TX, U.S.
The Peace and Justice Center - Burlington, VT, U.S.
Washington
Olympia
Movement for Justice and Peace - Olympia, WA, U.S.
West
Virginia
West
Virginia Peace - Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.
FUNDING
The
Agape Foundation
Funds projects for nonviolent social
change
A.J.
Muste Institute
Small grants for peace and justice
projects
Ben
& Jerry's Foundation
Grants for progressive grassroots
organizations
The
United States Institute of Peace
Grants for "research,
education and training, and the dissemination of information on
international peace and conflict
resolution."
Tolerance.org
Grants
from the Southern Poverty Law Center for youth-directed programs
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The
King Center - Atlanta, Georgia
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
Major resource of
information about King & educational projects on the Civil
Rights Movement
Martin
Luther King Day Quotes
Quotes from MLK
U.S.
Catholic Bishops - Social Development & World Peace
Quotes
from Dr. King on nonviolence and peace
Martin
Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement
Narrative of
King & the movement + links
Mohandas Gandhi
Mark
Shepard's Gandhi Page
Interpretations of Gandhian
nonviolence
The
Complete Site on Mahatma Gandhi
All your Gandhi needs.
Send an electronic Gandhi postcard. Take the Gandi quiz. Study
Gandhian philosophy. Read Gandhi's speeches. This website is
maintained by the Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal Gandhi Book Centre.
RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN AND EDUCATION
Educators
for Social Responsibility
Peace
Games
Teaches kids peacemaking skills, using Americorps
volunteers
Youthpeace
A
program of the War Resister's League
National
Youth and Student Peace Coalition
Student
Peace Action Network (SPAN)
Has chapters in high schools
and colleges across the United States
Youth
Coalition of Santa Cruz
International
Kids Club
Activities for children promoting tolerance,
love & peace
United
Nations Cyberschoolbus
Kids can learn about the U.N. and
the world. Includes peace education resources.
UNESCO's
Education for a Culture of Peace
United Nations program
UNESCO's
Non-Violence Education
United Nations program
Veterans
Speakers Alliance
Provides pro-peace military veterans to
speak to young people
Liberation
Curriculum
Social justice educational materials, from the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
TAX RESISTANCE AND ECONOMIC CONVERSION
National
Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
A U.S. bill to establish
exclusively nonmilitary spending for taxes of conciencious
objectors.
War
Tax Resisters Penalty Fund
Helps U.S. war tax resisters
pay IRS penalties
National
War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC)
Coalition
of groups supporting war tax resistance
Northern
California War Tax Resistance (NOWTR)Supports conscientious
war tax resisters in Northern California
Economic
Conversion Project
Part of the Peace and Security program
of the Institute for Policy Studies
VETERANS FOR PEACE AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION
Courage to Resist
Supporting the troops who refuse to fight
Veterans
for Common Sense
Veterans
for Peace
Vietnam
Veterans Against the War
Vietnam
Veterans Against the War - Anti-Imperialist
Veterans
Speakers Alliance
Provides pro-peace military veterans to
speak to young people
Central
Committee for Consciencious Objectors (CCCO)
Center
on Conscience and War
Draft
Resistance.Org
Seven reasons not to register with
Selective Service, plus links.
PROGRESSIVE MEDIA/INDEPENDENT NEWS SOURCES
Independent
Media Center
Indy Media is a critically important
international collective of non-corporate multi-media
journalists
Pacifica
Radio Foundation
National network of community radio
stations
AlterNet
On-line
magazine from the Independent Media Institute
Common
Dreams
News and views for the progressive community
In
These Times
Bi-weekly magazine in print and
on-line
ZNet
News,
essays and information from Z Magazine
Tikkun
Homepage
of progressive Jewish magazine Tikkun
Guardian
Unlimited
Website of popular United Kingdom
newspaper
Paper
Tiger TV
Video collectives whose programs appear on public
access stations in the U.S.
C-SPAN
C-SPAN
is a non-profit network that airs an amazing variety of public
events without adding spin. Included in their programming is news
from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) which, though
not exactly progressive, is a breath of fresh air compared to
corporate U.S. news sources.
Al
Jazeerah
Before the Iraq war, it was often referred to by
U.S. media as "the CNN of the Arab world." Now they
don't like to refer to it at all. But you can....
Take
Back the Media
Opposing right-wing corporate
media
Information
Clearing House
News not found in corporate media
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND JUSTICE GROUPS
United
For Peace
Coalition of groups working to end war and
empire-building
MoveOn
Founded
during Clinton impeachment mess, uses electronic media in
grassroots campaigns for peace, justice and Democratic
candidates
Peace
Action
Merger of anti-nuclear weapons campaigns SANE and
Freeze. Works for peace and justice from the grassroots
Military Families Speak Out
People opposed to wars in Afghanistan ind Iraq who have relatives or loved ones in the military
CodePink
Women's
pre-emptive strike for peace
Women
in Black
International peace network begun in Israel;
silent vigils held in many countries
MADRE:
An International Women's Human Rights Organization
Demands
human rights for women and families around the world
No
More Victims
Dedicated to informing the public about the
human costs of US foreign policy
War
Resister's League
Rejects violence for national defense or
for revolutionary change; committed to eliminating the causes of
war
Fellowship
of Reconciliation
Seeks to replace violence, war, racism,
and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice
A.J.
Muste Memorial Institute
Founded to promote principles of
pacifist A.J. Muste
Nonviolence
International
Resource centers promoting nonviolent direct
action for positive social change and peace
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
promotes peaceful societies based on democracy, human rights, social justice, equality and human security in South Africa and other African countries
International
A.N.S.W.E.R.
Act Now to Stop War and End Racism
Green
Parties Worldwide
Portal to Green parties in all
continents
Green
Party of the United States
Committed to environmentalism,
social justice, non-violence and grassroots organizing
Peace,
No War
"War is not the answer, for only love can
conquor hate." Lots of information and links
SGI-USA: Soka Gakkai International - USA
Buhddist Association for Peace, Culture and Education
Baptist
Peace Fellowship of North America
Works to build a culture
of peace rooted in justice
Pax
Christi International
International Catholic peace and
justice organization
Pax
Christi USA
The largest Catholic peace and justice
organization in the United States
Every
Church a Peace Church
Offers resources on nonviolence,
speakers bureau, on-line discussions, and help making your church
a Peace Church
Jewish
Peace Fellowship
Works to abolish war
The
Shalom Center
Jewish peace network
Palestinians
and Israelis for Nonviolence
Nonviolent action by
Palestinians and Israelis to address the Middle East
conflict
Muslim
Peace Fellowship
A gathering of peace and justice -
oriented Muslims of all backgrounds, affiliated with the
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Wage
Peace Campaign: AFSC
View the moving Wage Peace Movie;
purchase blue Wage Peace bracelets....
AFSC's
Peace Building Unit
Based on Quaker principles, works
toward the abolition of war and fulfillment of human
rights
Friends
Service Committee on National Legislation (FSCNL)
Quaker
lobby for peace, equity and justice
The
Peacemaker Community
Worldwide multi-faith network working
for peace
Peace
Brigades International (PBI)
Volunteers accompany human
rights defenders, their organizations and others threatened by
political violence
Nonviolent
Peace Force
Watch. Witness. Shield.
Truth
Justice Peace Human Shields
Iraqi human shields mission
Voices
in the Wilderness
Campaign to end economic sanctions
against Iraq; anti-war action plans
Witness
for Peace
Supports peace, justice and sustainable
economies in the Americas
Naked
for Peace
Promoting the world-wide movement of nude peace
protest
The
Association for Progressive Communications
International
Internet Community for Environment, Human Rights, Development and
Peace
Center
for Economic and Social Rights
Promotes social justice
through human rights to housing, education, health, food, work,
and social security.
Grandmothers
for Peace International
Global
Exchange
Promotes people to people ties; many
opportunities for activists
Refuse
and Resist!
Opposes state oppression in the
U.S.
Revolutionary
Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
Iraq
Action Coalition (IAC)
United
States Institute of Peace
Committed to the Prevention,
Management, and Peaceful Resolution of International
Conflict
Americans
Against World Empire
A conservative peace group
NONVIOLENCE TRAINING AND CONFLICT
RESOLUTION
New England Nonviolence Trainers Network
offers nonviolence training for peace and justice groups
Nonviolence Training Project
Promotes nonviolence and organizes workshops in Australia
The
Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies
A summer
nonviolence program at the University of Rhode Island certifies
people to lead workshops. Also offers nonviolence workshops for
schools & other organizations.
Center
for the Advancement of Nonviolence
Located in Los Angeles,
California. Rev. James Lawson offers nonviolence
workshops.
Fellowship
of Reconciliation
Programs include nonviolence training
and peacemaker training
War
Resister's League
Network of trainers across the
U.S.
American
Friends Service Committee
Nonviolence program for
youth
Episcopal
Peace Fellowship
Creating a Culture of Peace (CCP)
nonviolence training
Campus
Conflict Resolution Resources Main Quad
A virtual
university devoted to conflict resolution education
Conflict
Resolution Information Source
The University of Colorado's
gateway to vast resources on conflict resolution.
University
of Colorado Conflict Research Consortium
Research,
teaching, and application, focused on addressing difficult,
long-term, and intractable conflicts
Center
for Conflict Resolution at Salisbury University
Provides
training and carries out mediation and conflict resolution work
on local, national and international levels
Center
for Peaceable Schools
A center at Lesley University in
Cambridge, MA promoting peace and social justice that hosts a
summer institute on peaceable schooling
Master
of Arts Program in Peace, Development, Security and International
Conflict Transformation
The University of Innsbruck in
Austria
Transend
-A Peace and Development Organization for Conflict Transformation
by Peaceful Means
An online peace university
Center
for Nonviolent Communication
Marshall Rosenberg's process
to help people resolve conflicts peaceably through empathic
listening and honest expressing
LINKS AND OTHER RESOURCES
Peace and Non-Violence Links
Jay's Peace and Nonviolence Links
Dayton
International Peace Museum
Promotes peace and nonviolence.
Member of the International Network of Museums for
peace.
Protest
Net
A world-wide calendar of protests with links to
sponsoring groups
Peace.Protest.Net
A
global calendar of pro-peace and anti-racism protests, meetings,
benefits, and conferences; includes links to groups and news
sources
Propeace
The
Propeace community website inviting user contributions and
working to evolve from anti-war to pro-peace
Citizens
for Legitimate Government
Focuses on fraudulent Bush
election, has calendar of peace events by state (follow "CLG's
Peace Protests Page" link)
World Peace Society of Australia
Actions and resources centered on the theme, "Peace Begins With Me."
Peace Studies Resources - Nonviolence Links - Academic Info
Peace and nonviolence links
Nonviolence.Org
Links
to many peace groups, plus discussions, news & essays
NVWeb:
Full Group Listings
Nonviolence.org's descriptions &
links to its member groups
Nonviolence
International
Large bibliography page & other
resources
voice4change.org
Promotes
peace and justice organizations that work on a variety of
issues
Happy
Birthday Peace
Interactive site celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the peace symbol
Peace
Resource Project
Stickers, buttons, etc. for fundraising +
peace links page
Donnelly-Colt
Large
catalogue of peace & social justice merchandise
Peace
Things
Peace symbol apparel, flags, buttons and other
peace things
JMET
Jim
Morris Environmental T-Shirt Company; includes links &
resources
Peacemamas
World Peace Flag Homepage
Beautiful peace flag available,
plus other resources
Dyed
in Vermont
Peace shirts by a Vermont tie-dye artist
Empty
Warhead
Anti-war, anti-Bush t-shirts &
buttons
BringPeace.net
Organic
cotton products for a healthier world
Fun
Links Page
Peace & other links
Tami
Steinmetz Center Peace Links
Includes academic programs in
peace studies and conflict resolution
Loveearth.net
Thousands
of links, including interesting conspiracy ones
Infinite
Just Us
Urging a sane response to Sept. 11th. Includes
useful links
Quote
Lady's Quotes by Subject, Peace
Peace quotes
Thousand
Cranes Peace Network
Includes peace & nonviolence
quotes, history of peace symbols, and access to paper crane
projects
Pray
For World Peace Now
Read prayers for peace from different
faiths and submit your own prayer
Candles
For Peace
Light a cyber candle for peace and share your
thoughts
United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations
(UNESCO)
Main page
UNESCO
- Education Sector
Includes programs on nonviolence and
peace education
Embassy
World
Contact information of foreign embassies in the U.S.
The main page has maps of every nation
Humanitarian Resource Institute: International Peace Center
promotes prevention and settlement of intra/interstate conflicts; published the International Interfaith Peace Declaration
Imagining
Ourselves
An international museum uniting women and
inviting dialogue
The
Zen Millennium Peace Magazine
Dedicated to universal love
and peace
Global
Network for Peace and Tolerance
People of different
backgrounds discuss peace, tolerance & non-violence
TASKS For Peace
Peace through religious and political tolerance
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