From the Desk of President Bob Baskin: Earlier this week, I was listening to Jon Stewart’s Daily Show with his guest U.S. Rep. John Lewis. It was on the eve of the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama and the 1965 Civil Rights March to Montgomery. Mr. Lewis was asked by Jon Stewart to explain his feelings on that terrible, but landmark day…
We are pleased to be joined on this month’s Peace Action Call by Heart Phoenix and Jeffrey Wesiberg of the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding (RPCP). RPCP takes a coordinated and strategic approach within a community as well as with local and state agencies in addressing violence. Join us for a dynamic conversation.
Read the news about what we’ve been up to. Including a victory this past week, as The Peace Alliance worked with Rep. Steve Cohen and other partners to help pass an amendment to HR 5, the Student Success Act, the primary Federal legislation affecting education. The amendment would allow Teacher Training and Development funds to be used to train key personnel on restorative justice and conflict resolution in schools!
Right now, Committees in the House and Senate are starting to draft the 2016 Budget, and acting now, at the early stage of the process, few things are decided and we have a much greater opportunity to influence the process. But that means that we have to act right now to make sure important Peacebuilding programs will be fully funded in 2016.
FEBRUARY 2015 CONGRESSIONAL DEPT OF PEACEBUILDING CALLS During the Season for Nonviolence, please call as many as possible of these […]
The 114th Congress has come into full session and it’s that time again. Legislation calling for the establishment of a cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peacebuilding (HR 1111) was re-introduced Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13). Let’s show our support.