Peace Resources

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Peace & Social Justice Organizations 

• ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union, defending America's freedoms
• ACORN - supporting American community organizations for reform
• Alzheimer's Alliance of Smith County - offering Hope, Help and a Hand to Hold
• A Few Good Sites - an online search network of websites
• Alliance for the New Humanity - global community of peacemakers
• Altrusa International Inc - a peaceminded non profit
• American Friends Service Committee - Quakers who take action for a Better World
• American Hero Quilts - seamstresses who make quilts for injured soldiers
• Americorp - network of American community service programs
• Annie E. Casey Foundation - serving children and families
• Appleseed Network - top minds focused on social justice solutions
• Amnesty International - monitors political crimes around the world
• As You Sow - planting seeds of social change
• Ashoka - innovators for the public good, promoting social entreprenuerism
• Be Peace - a website offering inspiring art, music, stories and writing
• BePeace - Razur Foundation's program toFeel Peace. Speak Peace. Teach Peace.
• Better Human Race - a search engine of which gives its profits to good causes
• BetterWorld Project - together we can create a better world
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - global innovations in health & learning
• Boys and Girls Club of America - the positive place for kids and families
• Boys to Men - supporting intentional fatherhood
• Bread for the World - seeking justice, ending hunger
• Build the Peace - Chicago's Peace Day Celebrations
• CARE - serving the poor around the world
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - at work in the world since 1910
• Center for Social Initiative and Management - promoting social entrepreneurship
• Center on Philanthropy - academic center for understanding philanthropy
• Ceres - investors and NGOs working for sustainable prosperity
• Chalk4Peace - worldwide art project for youth in the name of peace
• Change.org - social network for social activism
• Clinton Foundation - President Clinton's global efforts
• Coexist Foundation - bridging divides
• Covenant House - giving homeless young people a place to sleep and more
• Compassionate Listening Project - teaching peacemaking skills
• Cool People Care - because there is no such thing as not enough time
• Co-op America  - economic action for a just planet
• Creativity for Peace Camp - brings Arab and Israeli girls together
• Crooked Trails - travel with a purpose
• Dallas Peace Center - organization in Dallas, Texas with many local activities
• DFW International Alliance - a portal to the international community of North Texas
• Doctors Without Borders - international medical aid
• Engineers Without Borders - building better futures
• Esperanza Center for Peace and Justice - a San Antonio organization
• Food First - eliminating the injustices that cause hunger
• Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide - remembering heroes amid genocide
• Greater Good in Action - practices for a meaningful life from Berkley's Greater Good Science Center
• Feminist Majority Foundation - women's political, economic & social equality
• Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation -  education, arts & the environment
• Give - Better Business Bureau's wise giving alliance
• Girls, Inc. - inspiring all girls to be strong, smart and bold
• Giving Matters - connecting generosity with need
• Global Oneness Project - showcase of wisdom based on One World
• Grameen Bank - microlending pioneer started by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus
• Grants for Single Mothers - information and resources for families
• Greater Good South Africa - supporting innovative non-profit orgs in South Africa
• Greater Good Parenting - Greater Good Science Center's family page
• Habitat for Humanity - partners with families to build new homes
• Healing Story Alliance - resource for peace and wisdom stories
• Heifer International - ending hunger, caring for the earth
• Hope For Justice - working to end human trafficking
• Human Rights First - supporting human rights and rule of law
• Human Rights Watch - insuring international accountability
• Idealist - positive opportunities to earn, volunteer and network
• Independent Sector - coalition of charitable groups and individuals
• International Institute of Peace through Tourism
• International Justice Mission - working for human and civil rights around the world
• International Peace Academy - policy development to end armed conflict
• Just Means - Business. Better. networking for social entrepreneurs
• Karuna Center for Peacebuilding - Bridging Divides, Building Sustainable Peace
• Kiva - facilitating personal micro-lending internationally
• Madre - international efforts for women and families
• Metro Dallas Homeless Allliance - 86 agencies united to end homelessness
• More Than We Know - information, inspiration & support for women entrepreneurs
• Musicians for Social Justice - a historical list of songwriters for peace
• Natural Resources Defense Council - in Earth's defense
• Network for Good - give to your favorite charities all in one place
• Network for Peace through Dialogue - conversation as a way to peace
• Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam - a peace community of Jews and Palestinians
• ONE Campaign - Bono's call for 1% of GDP to eliminate worldwide poverty
• Oxfam - international NGOs united to fight poverty and injustice
• Peace Day Philly - Philadelphia's Peace Day organization
• Peace One Day - international organization that founded Day of Peace
• Peace X Peace - connecting women for peace
• Peace People - promoting a nonviolent future
• Peace Pole Makers - building poles that say "May Peace Prevail on Earth"
• Peace Slogans - from the Co-Intelligence Institute
• PeaceAction - practical, positive alternatives for peace
• Peacemakers Inc. - historic women's peace organization in Dallas, Texas
• Peacemonger - inspirational peace bumper stickers, mugs, clothing & jewelry
• Planned Parenthood - offering reproductive health to all women
• Plowshares Project - a Christian college peace studies collaborative
• Plan - supporting children and their families in poor communities worldwide
• Poetic Justice Project - unlocking hearts & minds with bold original theater
• Project Gaia - providing clean, safe ethanol stoves to families in Haiti and Africa
• Public Service Careers - employment & volunteer opportunities in public service
• Red Cross - premier NGO responding to international crises
• Room to Read - World Change Starts with Educated Children literacy programs
• Roots of Empathy - using babies to develop empathy in children and adults
• Rotary International - promoting service above self
• San Antonio Peace Center Links - a good list of peace resources
• Save Darfur Coalition - a global alliance of NGOs working for peace in Darfur
• Save the Children - creating lasting change for children
• Search for Common Ground - Understand differences, Act on Commonalities
• Service for Peace - service learning with a global perspective
• Shuttleworth Foundation - social development for South Africa
• Small Planet Institute - Living Democracy. Feeding Hope.
• Skoll Foundation - investing in and celebrating social entrepreneurs
• Social Edge - by social entrepreneurs, for social entrepreneurs
• Teachers Without Borders - Teachers. Leaders. Worldwide.
• Texans for Peace - Texas ambassadors for peace and justice
• Texas Freedom Network - religious freedom and individual liberties
• Texas Institute for Creativity and Innovation - SFASU collaborative
• The Berkana Institute - a network of resources for global transformation
• The Carter Center - works around the world for political freedom
• The Clinton Global Initiative - supporting philanthropic connections worldwide
• The Commonwealth - fifty-three nations working for democracy and development
• The GAVI Alliance - public and private sector collaboration for child health
• The Green Belt Movement - women planting trees worldwide
• The Lance Armstrong Foundation - premier athlete fighting back against cancer
• The Opportunity Agenda - building a national will to expand opportunity in America
• The Peace Corps - American agency that pioneered international in-country service
• The Dallas Peace Center - Sponsors many local peace initiatives
• Tikkun - heal, repair & transform the world
• UN - the United Nations, the world's only globally inclusive body
• UNFPA - the United Nations global populations fund, because everyone counts
• UNICEF - serving children around the world through the United Nations
• UNIFEM - the United Nations fund for women's iniatives
• United Nations - our best hope for international collaboration
• UniversalGiving - global giving and volunteering opportunities
• Vital Voices Global Partnership - empowering women's roles in the world
• Wallace Foundation - education, leadership, lifelong learning
• Women for Women - helping women survivors of war
• Women Together - Russian peace center
• Women Waging Peace - strong women with strong ideas
• World Centers of Compassion for Children International (WCCCI)
• World Health Organization - United Nations efforts for global health
• World Peace Emerging - news about people daring to save the world
• World Peace Prayer Society - spreading the prayer, May Peace Prevail on Earth
• World Peace Festival Organization - promoting and fostering peace building
• World Vision International - Christian relief for poverty and injustice
• WorldReader - Gates-backed, provides digital books to developing countries

 

Peacemakers

• Amma Amritanandamayi Devi - The Hugging Saint, Mother to all in India
• Bono - Irish rock musician (U2) committed to eliminating extreme world poverty
• Dalai Lama - the embodiment of peace and wisdom, exiled from Tibet
• Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter - former U.S. President, international peace workers
• Bill Clinton - former U.S. President with a passion for global initiatives
• Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela - a South African voice of reconciliation and peace
• Mary Gordon - founder of Roots of Empathy, an international speaker
• Swanee Hunt - international leader for women and public policy
• Merve Safa Kavakci - ousted Turkish legislator who speaks for Muslim women
• Martin Luther King - America's peacemaker
• Peace Heroes - profiles of peacemakers around the world
• David LaMotte - American singer/songwriter and international humanitarian
• Wangari Maathai - Kenyan Nobel Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement
• Rigoberta Menchu Tum - an indigenous Nobel Laureate from Guatemala
• Sister Cyril Mooney - Nun who houses and schools Calcutta's street children
• Eboo Patel - working on behalf of interfaith efforts, founded Interfaith Youth Core
• Gillian Sorensen - UN advisor and force for human rights and peace
• Desmond Tutu - inspired, visionary cleric and Nobel Laureate from Africa
• Sharon Welch - American professor championing difficult dialogues for peace
• Betty Williams - compassionate force for children, a Nobel Laureate from Ireland
• Jody Williams - leader to remove land mines, a Nobel Laureate from the U.S.
• Mummad Yunus - Nobel Laureate, Grameen Bank founder and microlender 

 

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