These organizations have endorsed
a US Department of Peacebuilding!
Join them by adding your organization’s name today!
A Community for Peace (Citrus Heights, CA)
All In San Diego Advocacy Group
American Ethical Union
American Muslim Voice
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
American Voices Abroad
Amnesty International
A North Georgia Community Mediation Center
Angelspeakers, Inc.
Anger Management Solutions
Another Mother for Peace
Arcana Workshops
Asociacion Civil Casa de la Pax Cultura (Argentina)
Association for Global New Thought
Bay Area Friends of Tibet (San Francisco, CA)
Begun Center for Violence Prevention and Education
Benedictine Sisters Mother of God Monastery
Berkeley Ecumenical Chaplaincy for the Homeless
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (CA)
Best Kept Secret Stop the Violence (VA)
BIKEALOT
Black Lives Matter (Memphis, TN)
Brahma Kumaris
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Building Bridges for Peace
California Democratic Party
Campaign for a Department of Peacebuilding
Campaign Nonviolence NC
Canadian Peace Initiative
Caodai Overseas
Center for Global Nonkilling (HI)
Center for Global Nonkilling (India)
Center for Nonviolent Communication
Change For Peace
Children and Young People Living for Peace (Nigeria)
Citizens for Global Solutions (MN Chapter)
Citizens for Global Solutions (Twin Cities)
Code Pink
Communities of Peace
Communities of Peace Foundation
Compassionate ARTS in Action
Compassionate California
Conscious Talk Radio
Create Peace Project
CrossLeft
Democratic Club of Kern River Valley
E Epiphany
Environmentalists Against War
Faith Lutheran Church (Chico, CA)
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Florida Peace and Justice Alliance
Foundation for Conscious Evolution
FusionStorm
GEI Global Leaders
Global AIDS Alliance
Global Alliance for Ministries & Infrastructures of Peace (GAMIP)
Global Exchange
Global Family
Global Peace Partners
Global Youth Action Network
Friends Meeting (Quakers, San Francisco)
Heart Centered Wellness
Hip Hop Caucus
Hip Hop 4 Peace
Humanity In Unity
Imagine Peace
Inheritance Home Care LLC
InnerG Cooperative
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy
Institute of Noetic Sciences (Los Angeles)
Iranian-American Muslim Association of North America
Irthlingz Arts-Based Environmental Education
Joint Assistance Center Inc.
Kids for Peace, South East San Diego, CA
Kimmel and Company Consulting
La Plata Youth Services (Durango, CO)
Long Beach (CA)/Sochi (Russia) Sister City Association
Lutheran Peace Fellowship
Make Art with Purpose
Maryland United for Peace and Justice
Patrick McCollum Foundation for Peace
Meditation Groups, Inc. (Meditation Mount)
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (Berkeley, CA)
Middle East Peace Congress
Mt. Diablo (CA) Peace & Justice Center
Musicians and Fine Artists for World Peace
NAACP- Wicomico County (MD) Branch #7028
National Association of School Psychologists
National Peace Academy
National Women’s Studies Association
New Jersey State Democratic Committee Progressive Caucus
New Mexico Department of Peace Initiative
N.O.W.- National Organization for Women
Omni Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology (AK)
One Common Unity
Orange County (CA) Peace Coalition
Order of International Co-Freemasonry, Le Droit Humain
Pace e Bene
Pathways to Peace
Pax Christi Metro New York
Pax Christi USA
Peace Action
Peace & Justice Center of Nevada County (CA)
Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County (CA)
Peace and Justice Studies Association
Peace is Every Step
Peace Journey
Peace Now
Peace On Earth Mission International
Peace Poles for Schools
Peace Through Unity Charitable Trust
Peacebuilding Spirit, Inc.
People’s Environmental Network
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Planet Blessed
Posts for Peace and Justice
Progressive Democrats of America
Progressive Democrats of the East Bay (CA)
Rainbow Solutions, Inc.
Rasur Foundation International
Restorative Solutions
Reject Raytheon Asheville
River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding
Sagehorse Umbrella Non-Profit
Saint Paulus Lutheran Church (San Francisco, CA)
Saint Stephen’s Lutheran Church (El Dorado Hills, CA)
Salute Integrity
San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention
School Mediation Center
September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Service Employees International Union Local 1021
Share International
Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace (Reno, NV)
Sierra Pacific Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Singing Tree Project
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Social Justice Center of Marin County, CA
Social Welfare Action Alliance
SocioEnergetics Foundation
South Florida People of Color
Southeastern North Carolina Grandmothers for Peace
Spiritual and Religious Alliance for Hope
Spokane Veterans for Peace
Step It Up
Stop the Violence Akron (OH) Movement
Tariq Khamisa Foundation
Themis Law
The Attitudinal Healing Connection of Oakland (CA)
The Bridge Thinktank
The Dutchess Peace Coalition
The Echo Chamber
The Institute for Progressive Christianity
The International Center for Attitudinal Healing
The Junkyard Dance Crew
The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
The Metta Center for Nonviolence (Petaluma, CA)
The Million Youth Peace March International
The National Service Conference of the American Ethical Union
The Network of Spiritual Progressives
The Peace & Justice Center (VT)
The Peace Alliance
The Peace Company
The Peace Pentagon
The Shift Network
The United Methodist Church- General Board of Church and Society
The World Peace Prayer Society
Tikkun
TRANSCEND USA Steering Committee
Traprock Peace Center USA
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
United African American Ministerial Action Council (San Diego, CA)
United Nations Association (Orange County, CA)
United Religions Initiative
Unity Center, San Diego (CA)
Unity of San Luis Obispo (CA)
Veterans For Peace
Veterans For Peace, Spokane Chapter #35
Veterans For Peace, Chapter 067 (Long Beach, CA)
Veterans For Peace, Chapter 71 (Sonoma, CA)
Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles (CA)
Watchman Relief Association Global (Cameroon)
Whole Children, Whole Planet
Wholistic Peace Institute
WorldWide Peace Organization
Work Collaboratively
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
World Beyond War
World Centers of Compassion for Children International
World Wall for Peace
Yakini Consultants (NC)
YES! - Youth for Environmental Sanity
Young Black & N’ Business
Spread the word resources
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These individuals have endorsed
a US Department of Peacebuilding!
Join them by adding your name to this prestigious list today!
Paula Abdul
Sharon Abreu
Patty A. Allen
Fernando Andrade
Wakita Anthony
James Baraz
Rev./Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith
Charles Betterton
Laura Brown
Hong Dang (Rose) Bui
Jose Caballero
DJ Chandler
AJ Cho
Deepak Chopra
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary General of the U.N.
Cierra Cloud
Myrtle Cole, San Diego City Council President, Fourth Council District
Tracy Cole
Anne Creter
Walter Cronkite
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Tyne Daly
Eve Decker
Charlie Dennis
Laura Dern
Stephen Dinan
Patricia Duncan
Linda Faste
Rowena F. Finn
Frances Fisher
Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Cameron Gharabiklou
Cynthia Gilliam
Todd Gloria, Mayor of San Diego, CA
Kathleen Harmon
Chad Hayes
Hollis Higgins
Daniel Horton, So-Poli-Cal
Dolores Huerta
Lan Jefferson, All In San Diego Advocacy Group
Karen Johnson
Aster Keleta
Azim Khamisa
Kathy Kidd
Joel Kimmel
Judy Kimmel
Robert C. Koehler
Margaret Koren
Jack Kornfield
Brandon Kozak
Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich
Elisabeth Kucinich
Jim Loveland
Krystal Lucado
Jill Manigal, Co-Founder Kids for Peace
Im Manu
Dot Maver
Joyce McBryde
Lisa Earle McCloud
Timothy McClurer
Ambassador John McDonald
Bishop George D. McKinney, Jurisdiction Prelate of the Church of God in Christ, Inc.
Nancy Merritt
Teri Miller
Kendra Mon
Alan Mytty
Michael Nagler
Willie Nelson
Kelly O’Brien
Yoko Ono
Joaquin Phoenix
Debra Poss
Gustavo Ramirez
Tim Raupp
Terry Riddick
Josh Roebuck
Laurie Russo
Edward Sacco
Pat Simon
Sue Simone
Amy Smart
Kathleen Smith-Wenning
Norman Solomon
Jerilyn Stapleton
Sharon Stone
Rivera Sun
David Swanson, Author, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee 2015
Annie Sweetnam
Diane Tate
Stephanie Thomas
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Steven Tyler
Christopher Walker
Janna Weiss
Roosevelt Williams, III
Marianne Williamson
James Wimberly
Howard Zinn

Thank you to Peace Alliance Department of Peacebuilding committee members Laura Brown and DJ Chandler for writing this beautiful article for Kosmos Journal about blessed community with a cause. Read Here
Ongoing Yearly Initiatives:
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Advocacy Days – 5/7-10/23; event flyer with registration link here
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Holidays 4 Peace
- Sustained goodwill creates friendship.
- Sustained friendship creates trust.
- Sustained trust creates empathy.
- Sustained empathy creates compassion.
- Sustained compassion creates peace.
–Azim Khamisa
What you can do TODAY:
- Help us add co-sponsors to the Department of Peacebuilding legislation by taking this ONE-CLICK action.
- Join our monthly Department of Peacebuilding Campaign calls on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 5pm PT / 8pm ET. CLICK HERE to join the zoom call at the assigned time or call-in information is 1-929-436-2866 or 1-669-900-6833, meeting ID 464 735 321.
- Email [email protected] for more info and to receive monthly email updates and reminders the week before each call or for general inquiries about the campaign — better yet, let her know you’re ready to get to work for more peacebuilding and one of us will speak with you more.
- Participate in our initiatives and actions, including: 1) Season for Nonviolence; 2) Mother’s Day “Peace-Wants-A-Piece-of-the-Federal-Budget-Pie” meetings with members of Congress; 3) Annual Department of Peacebuilding Advocacy Days in Washington, DC; 4) Follow-up to Advocacy Days; and 5) Holidays 4 Peace.
- Help us gain additional organization and prominent individual endorsements of the Department of Peacebuilding legislation. Contact [email protected] for more information.
- Help us add to our list of city, county and tribal entity endorsers of the Department of Peacebuilding and connect on other city-related peacebuilding efforts. Contact [email protected] for more information.
Take Action! Tell Congress to get behind H.R. 1111, legislation to establish a U.S. Dept. of Peacebuilding. If you call, email or otherwise contact your representative in support of a U.S. Department of Peacebuilding, please record your action!
Donate to The Peace Alliance in support of Department of Peacebuilding Campaign efforts here.
Thank you to all who participated in Connecting with Congress. We have additional co-sponsors as a direct result of
an Advocacy Days Zoom meeting.
The Peace Alliance has championed efforts to support the adoption of legislation to establish a cabinet-level US Department of Peacebuilding in our federal government.
Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2023 was INTRODUCED by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) on February 21, 2023!
Systemic racism is a significant driver of violence and a key obstacle to peace in the United States.
– Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2023
This historic and transformative legislation calls for a cabinet-level Department of Peacebuilding to make peace a much-needed national and ongoing focus. It addresses the interconnection of all life and the intersectionality of peace, justice, equality, planetary survival and other aspects of life.
DoP 2023 is about creating a nonviolent and Beloved Community.
To learn more about this legislation, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Other One-Step Legislative Action Opportunities – See the Legislative Priorities Page
Other Two-Step Legislative Action Opportunities
Take a two-step action to call and write your member of Congress.
Call the DC office of your Congressperson, ask for the email address of the Legislative Director.
Historical Perspective
There is a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives to establish a Department of Peacebuilding. This historic measure will augment our current problem-solving options, providing practical, nonviolent solutions to the problems of domestic and international conflict. The legislation will pass from bill to law under one condition: that a wave of citizen interest rises up from the American people and makes itself heard in the halls of Congress. During the 20th century, over 100 million people lost their lives to war, most of whom were non-combatants. Now, in the 21st century, the extent and current speed of nuclear proliferation makes the achievement of nonviolent alternatives to war the most urgent need of the human race.
Watch Dot Maver’s speech to congress for a Department of Peacebuilding and
Support for the Department of Peacebuilding Bill H.R. 1111 below
“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work for it.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt.
Archived Event Links
The Building Bridges, Not Walls – A Day of Inspirational Speakers – “Peace In” segments from Sunday, September 20, 2020, are on our YouTube Channel here. Speaker bios are here.
The United Nations Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, offered in Segment #3, is here.