Entries by Matthew

Big Victory for International Peacebuilding Work!

We received our full requested ask for Conflict Stabilization Operation Bureau, bringing it up to $45.2 million (up from $27m in 2013), Complex Crises Fund received the full $40m (up from $36m in 2013) and there was also an additional $6,016,000 for U.S. Institute of Peace, bringing their total up to $37m (that’s still short of our $41m ask, but a healthy increase from last year). You can learn more about these three agencies here.

Season for Nonviolence/ DoP Cosponsor Action

During the Season for Nonviolence we will focus on peacebuilding by seeking additional cosponsors of the Department of Peacebuilding Act (HR 808), which was introduced by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) on February 25, 2014.
The Season for Nonviolence is the 64-day period from January 30th to April 4th memorializing the dates Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., were assassinated by focusing on their legacy of nonviolence.