100
People, a World Portrait, is a step towards understanding the
diverse people who share the resources of our planet. The
100 People project was inspired by an email that quickly circled
the globe asking, "What if the world were 100 people, and all
statistics used to describe them remained proportionally
accurate? What would those 100 people look like, and where do you
fit in?"
We are using this highly
flexible technology to serve as a focal point and gathering place. We
are creating an international network of like-minded individuals who
enjoy sharing their ideas and insights about "simple living" (a.k.a.
"voluntary simplicity").
Since 1985 we dreamed of every possible way to share information about
the simple living movement with others; however, we did not act upon
those dreams until 1994 when we discovered the "web" in its infancy.
To help build a better
world for our children, and advance peace in the world. To change the
attitudes and behaviours at the world level, we must change the
attitudes and behaviours at the individual level, which modern
technology permits; through leadership, and other specialized expertise
by enhancing decision making, and improving performance; by bringing
people together -- in person, electronically, network think
globally, act locally; build peace in the community; strategic action
planning; information sharing/education
The
Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is committed to
advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering.
Founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his
wife, Rosalynn, the Atlanta-based Center has helped to improve the
quality of life for people in more than 65 countries.
The Center on Conscience
& War (CCW), formerly the National Interreligious Service Board for
Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO), was formed in 1940 by an association
of religious bodies. CCW works to defend and extend the rights of
conscientious objectors. The Center is committed to supporting
all those who question participation in war, whether they are U.S.
citizens, permanent residents, documented or undocumented
immigrants--or citizens in other countries.
Solutions to Violence is an
eight session class developed by Colman McCarthy, founder of the Center
for Teaching Peace in Washington, D.C. It uses classics in peace and
justice literature to teach peacemaking. This course can change your
life and you can change the world.
The purpose of IPRA is to
advance interdisciplinary research into the conditions of peace and the
causes of war and other forms of violence. To this end, IPRA shall
encourage worldwide cooperation designed to assist the advancement of
peace research and, in particular: to promote national and
international studies and teaching related to the pursuit of world
peace; to facilitate contacts and cooperation between scholars and
educators throughout the world; and d to encourage worldwide
dissemination of results of peace research.
Dedicated
to understanding the causes of violent conflict and to identifying and
promoting the conditions for sustainable peace, the Joan B. Kroc
Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre
Dame engages in research, graduate and undergraduate education, policy
studies, and service to the local, national and international
communities. more
News and Information for building the American Peace Community. The PeaceMajority Report is a project of its Editor, Bill Scheurer, who is solely responsible for its contents. Bill has degrees in religious studies and law, and has worked as a lay minister, an attorney, and a technology entrepreneur. He is now a writer, publisher, and peace activist, and is also a candidate for the U.S. Congress from northern Illinois (8th District). An extensive list of links
Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PSR) is a leading public policy organization with
24,000 members representing the medical and public health professions
and concerned citizens, working together for nuclear disarmament, a
healthful environment, and an end to the epidemic of gun
violence. more
We
are using this highly flexible technology (Internet) to serve as a
focal point and gathering place. We are creating an international
network of like-minded individuals who enjoy sharing their ideas and
insights about "simple living" (a.k.a. "voluntary simplicity").
Since 1985 we dreamed of every possible way to share information about
the simple living movement with others; however, we did not act upon
those dreams until 1994 when we discovered the "web" in its infancy.
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. more
One of the finest liberal arts schools in the country, Swarthmore College offers its 1,500 students a passionate learning community that prepares them for full, balanced lives and effective citizenship through rigorous academic study coupled with an emphasis on social responsibility.
Located 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Swarthmore has been co-educational since its founding in 1864 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Swarthmore is non-sectarian today but still reflects many Quaker traditions and values.
United for Peace and Justice
is a coalition of more than 1300 local and national groups throughout
the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and
disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent
warfare and empire-building.
The
United Nations (www.un.org), a respected world body and
forum for global issues, including peace and security, is once
again a leader in pressing societies for the establishment of
initiatives promoting reconciliation. The UN Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (www.unesco.org) acting
as the lead UN agency, is promoting the International Decade for
a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World
(2001-2010) (www3.unesco.org/iycp) The Decade’s mandate
stresses the principles of non-violence espoused so strongly
during the International Year for the Culture of Peace’s (IYCP-2000)
but focuses increasingly upon the plight of millions of children
worldwide, and the need to create and implement non-violent
strategies to alleviate to that plight
The
United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal
institution created by Congress to promote the prevention, management,
and peaceful resolution of international conflicts. Established in
1984, the Institute meets its congressional mandate through an array of
programs, including research grants, fellowships, professional
training, education programs from high school through graduate school,
conferences and workshops, library services, and publications. The
Institute's Board of Directors is appointed by the President of the
United States and confirmed by the Senate.
Veterans For Peace is a
national organization founded in 1985. It is structured around a
national office in Saint Louis, MO and comprised of members
across the country organized in chapters or as at-large members.
There is an annual convention in August for members from across the
nation. Members receive periodic VFP publications.
Victim-Offender
Mediation Programs (VOMP), also known as Victim-Offender Reconciliation
Programs (VORP) bring offenders face-to-face with the victims of their
crimes with the assistance of a trained mediator, usually a community
volunteer. Crime is personalized as offenders learn the human
consequences of their actions, and victims (who are largely ignored by
the criminal justice system) have the opportunity to speak their minds
and their feelings to the one who most ought to hear them, contributing
to the healing process of the victim.
Offenders take meaningful responsibility for their actions by mediating
a restitution agreement with the victim, to restore the victims'
losses, in whatever ways that may be possible. Restitution may be
monetary or symbolic; it may consist of work for the victim, community
service or anything else that creates a sense of justice between the
victim and the offender.
Across
the political spectrum left, right and center, everyone says they want
peace. Too often they also want a gun, an army, or a bomb to ensure
they get the "right kind of peace." War Resisters League is unique
because we believe, to quote the late A.J. Muste, "There is no way to
peace — peace is the way." We reject the use of violence for national
defense or for revolutionary change. Deeply influenced by the teachings
of the Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi, as well as Thoreau, Tolstoy,
King, Deming, and others, War Resisters League believes war is a crime
against humanity. We use peaceful means to create a society that is
democratic, free of economic, racial, and sexual oppression. The
methods we use range from education to demonstrations to lobbying to
nonviolent direct action-at all times trying to see those we oppose not
as enemies, but as sisters and brothers.
