Peacemaker Institute

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991...

Dear Friend, This morning our friend in Poland, Andrzej Krajewski, emailed that Marian Kolodziej had died Tuesday evening in a hospital in Gdansk. Those of us who’ve participated in any of the last eight retreats at Auschwitz-Birkenau know Marian’s story. Hi...

I came to know of this grassroot initiative from my recent involvement with the virtual chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Awareness of this important movement is somewhat lacking within the United States, where it is most needed...

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Nonviolent Peaceforce is currently recruiting We are especially interested in persons with skills and experiences in protection work and monitoring. We are also interested in persons with conflict experience, and persons with related skills...

August 6, 1945 - The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima Day is commemorated in many places, notably at the gates of the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The names of known victims of the Hiroshima blast are read aloud...

My wife and I are not immune to conflict. With two children and a marital disagreement from time to time, the art of resolution has become a fixture in our home. Alysyn and I take pride on being able to get on one another's last nerve and defusing the situation as rapidly as possible...

Mr. Peltier was convicted for the June 26, 1975 murders of 2 FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. There were 4 defendants originally charged before the Grand Jury. Two of the defendants were tried before the court and found Not Guilty by reason of self-defense...

From Thrangu Rinpoche: "I am delighted to hear that the Prison Dharma Network is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The work that the Network has done on behalf of prisoners is wonderful...

Commencement Address to the Class of 2009 University of Portland, May 3rd, 2009 When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was “direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean, shivering, startling, and graceful.” Boy, no pressure there. B...

Call for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all prisoners of conscience in Myanmar Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, has been detained for 13 of the last 19 years, mostly under house arrest...