Washington, DC – HR 808, the proposed legislation to create a U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence, now has bipartisan support in the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland joined 69 Democrats to support HR 808. He is currently the second...

Join citizens in your community for a walkathon-inspired Walk for Peace on September 20, 2008. Help raise money and awareness about the power of peacebuilding!

Look here for ideas about creating a great Walk for Peace. Be sure to also check out reports from previous year's (content/view/439/36/) walks for other great ideas.

Two Peace Alliance board members flew to DC to join two staff and two Student Peace Alliance members (one of whom is also a board member) for three jam-packed days of lobbying and meetings on and off the Hill. Eighteen meetings later-with Senate, House, fellow peace advocates, cosponsors and...

Conflict might seem like a bad thing, but when you understand and have tools to creatively resolve it, it can be a source of great opportunity! Learn more and join the conversation.

Sue Trisler shares how the San Diego Department of Peace campaign group is transforming their quarterly meetings into education and outreach events that partner with local community violence-prevention experts.

South Florida Department of Peace volunteers have been busy running after presidential candidate Barack Obama and corralling Congressman Robert Wexler as a new co-sponsor. Michelle McGrath's story may leave you out of breath as you try to keep up with them and will certainly leave you...

Kentucky State Coordinator, Kim Summers-Bates used Peace of the Pie to create a relationship with Carolyn Tandy, when she was working in a district congressional office. See how it paid off when Carolyn became a campaign director for presidential candidate Barack Obama.

North Dakota Campaign Volunteer, Howard Barlow inspires us with his story about how he and other volunteers have worked to get resolutions in support of the Department of Peace legislation passed in Lutheran Church synod assemblies.

Jo Ann Gaines, and George Hoag, California activists, write about a community arts event designed to build and celebrate peace.

Join the conversation in Ask the Peacebuilder where Marianne Perez, part of New Yorkers for a Department of Peace, shares information about peacebuilding and answers your questions about the field. This month Marianne looks at how we frame the definition of peace and to the United Nations for...

Join the conversation in Ask the Peacebuilder where Marianne Perez, part of New Yorkers for a Department of Peace, shares information about peacebuilding and answers your questions about the field. This month Marianne looks at how we frame the definition of peace and to the United Nations for...

Breaking the cycle of war making: our country will not find peace until we take responsibility for our wars. Edward Tick wrote this article about the life of a soldier as part of A Just Foreign Policy, the Summer 2008 issue of YES! Magazine.

Beth Lefevre reminds us how citizens meeting with their representatives can really make a difference with her story about turning a visit Representative Robert Wexler's office and a peach pie into a new co-sponsor for HR-808. Thanks to Noreen LaBonte, Michele McGrath and Elena Brodskaya who...

National Staff members Kathy Kidd and Wendy Greene share their experience of supporting Peace of the Pie 2008 on the Hill

Fourth Annual Mother's Day National Action Day Brings Sweet Rewards From coast-to-coast, Department of Peace supporters cooked up creative ways to ask their members of Congress to support HR 808 during our fourth annual Mother’s Day-inspired national action, Peace Wants a Piece...

Mary Jane Lavigne, Minnesota State Co-coordinator, reports on a Mother's Day Convocation for a More Peaceful World sponsored by the Minnesota campaign in Mahtomedi, MN on May 10, 2008.

Laura Merrell of Washington state provides us with a lively report on her Peace of the Pie meeting with Congressman Brian Baird and his staff.

New York City, NY, 5/28/2008 – Ben Jerry's (http://www.benjerry.com/), the Vermont-based socially conscious ice-cream maker, announced that Aaron Voldman, Executive Director of the Student Peace Alliance (SPA) and a resident of South Burlington, Vermont, is one of two...

Ben Jerry's, the Vermont-based socially conscious ice-cream maker, announced that Aaron Voldman, Executive Director of the Student Peace Alliance (SPA) and a member of the Board of Directors of The Peace Alliance, is one of two nationwide winners of its Peace Pioneer contest. The...