Our Peacebuilding Wins in 2020!

• 12,000+ Blueprint for Peace messages sent to elected officials
• 5,000+ Condemn Election Violence messages sent to elected officials
• 2,000+ messages sent to support the re-introduction of Department of Peacebuilding
• 50+ Peace On podcasts published with nearly 1500 downloads
• 40+ Hope Story Circles, 12 National Monthly Action zooms and 12 Monthly Department of Peacebuilding calls

Major Accomplishments
2004-2019 

On a policy level, we have helped spearhead efforts through our organization and close allies to pass numerous pieces of federal legislation (and some state), including:

• Helped secure over $110,000,000 in funding for International Peacebuilding priorities;
• Led successful national effort to secure U.S. Institute of Peace funding when Congress threatened to eliminate it completely during budget battles;
• Passed meaningful provisions of the Youth PROMISE Act (one of their top legislative priorities) as part of the final version of the Every Student Succeeds Act, S. 1177, which passed into law, and the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act in the House of Representatives;
• Supported the path for President Obama to sign an Executive Order to institutionalize the U.S. State Department’s Atrocities Prevention Board;
• Helped garner over 70 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives for legislation to establish a U.S. Department of Peacebuilding, including the introduction and support in the Senate.
• Helped educate and advocate for the inclusion of “Peacebuilding” efforts as part of the Democrats 10 key foreign policy priorities;
• Passage of the first in the nation Colorado Restorative Justice in Schools bill to implement and fund programs state-wide;
• Helped educate and advocate for the inclusion of meaningful “Peacebuilding” efforts as part of the Democrats 10 key foreign policy priorities in 2009;
• California Democratic Party adopted key Peacebuilding priorities into its party platform.