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Organizations and Noted Individuals Endorsing Legislation to Establish a U.S Organizations and Noted Individuals Endorsing Legislation to Establish A U.S. Department of Peacebuilding Inclusion on this list does not necessarily imply endorsement by the Peace Alliance for the positions and views expressed by each group/individual. A Community for Peace (Citrus Heights, CA) Canadian Peace Initiative Paula Abdul Caodai Overseas All In San Diego Advocacy Group Center for Global Nonkilling (CGNK) (HI American Ethical Union Center for Global Nonkilling (CGNK) (India) American Muslim Voice Center for Nonviolent Communication American Psychiatric Nurses Association Children and Young People Living for Peace American Voices Abroad (CYPLP) (Nigeria) Amnesty International Deepak Chopra Anger Management Solutions Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former Another Mother for Peace Under-Secretary General of the U.N. Arcana Workshops Citizens for Global Solutions (MN Chapter) Asociacion Civil Casa de la Pax Cultura Citizens for Global Solutions (Twin Cities) (Argentina) Code Pink Association for Global New Thought (AGNT) Myrtle Cole, San Diego City Council President, The Attitudinal Healing Connection of Oakland Fourth Council District Bay Area Friends of Tibet (San Francisco, CA) Communities of Peace Foundation Rev. Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith Compassionate ARTS in Action Begun Center for Violence Prevention and Compassionate California Education Conscious Talk Radio Benedictine Sisters Mother of God Monastery Create Peace Project Berkeley Ecumenical Chaplaincy for the Walter Cronkite Homeless CrossLeft Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Tyne Daly (CA) Democratic Club of Kern River Valley (CA) Black Lives Matter – Memphis, TN Stephen Dinan Brahma Kumaris The Dutchess Peace Coalition Buddhist Peace Fellowship Environmentalists Against War Hong Dang (Rose) Bui Faith Lutheran Church (Chico, CA) Jose Caballero Fellowship of Reconciliation –FOR California Democratic Party Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) Campaign for a Department of Peacebuilding Foundation for Conscious Evolution Campaign Nonviolence NC FusionStorm Page 1 of 3 www.peacealliance.org • [email protected] 2108 Military Road • Arlington, VA 22207 • 202-684-2553 Updated 8/10/2020 GEI Global Leaders Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (Berkeley, Cameron Gharabiklou CA) Cynthia Gilliam The Metta Center for Nonviolence – Petaluma, Global AIDS Alliance CA Global Alliance for Ministries & Infrastructures Middle East Peace Congress of Peace The Million Youth Peace March International Global Exchange Mt. Diablo (CA) Peace & Justice Center Global Family Musicians and Fine Artists for World Peace Global Peace Partners NAACP-- Wicomico County (Maryland) Branch Global Youth Action Network #7028 Frances Fisher Michael Nagler Friends Meeting (Quakers) (San Francisco) National Association of School Psychologists Heart Centered Wellness.org National Peace Academy Daniel Horton, S0-Poli-Cal The National Service Conference of the Dolores Huerta American Ethical Union Humanity In Unity National Women's Studies Association Imagine Peace Willie Nelson Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy New Jersey State Democratic Committee Institute of Noetic Sciences ~ Los Angeles Progressive Caucus The Institute for Progressive Christianity New Mexico Department of Peace Initiative The International Center for Attitudinal The Network of Spiritual Progressives Healing N.O.W. - National Organization for Women The International Trauma-Healing Institute Omni Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology (AK) Iranian-American Muslim Association of North One Common Unity America (IMAN) Yoko Ono Irthlingz Arts-Based Environmental Education - Orange County (CA) Peace Coalition Lan Jefferson, All In San Diego Advocacy Group Order of International Co-Freemasonry, The Junkyard Dance Crew Le Droit Humain Joint Assistance Center Inc. Pace e Bene Kids for Peace, South East San Diego (CA) Pathways to Peace Azim Khamisa Pax Christi Metro New York Robert C. Koehler Pax Christi USA Dennis Kucinich Peace Action Elisabeth Kucinich Peace Alliance La Plata Youth Services – Durango, CO The Peace Company Long Beach (CA)/Sochi (Russia) Sister City Peace & Justice Center of Nevada County (CA) Association Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County (CA) Lutheran Peace Fellowship Peace and Justice Studies Association The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Peace is Every Step Make Art with Purpose Peace Journey Jill Manigal, Co-Founder Kids for Peace Peace Now (PeaceNow.com) Dot Maver Peace on Earth Mission (POEM) Int’l Lisa Earle McCloud Peace Poles for Schools Patrick McCollum Foundation for Peace Peace Through Unity Charitable Trust Ambassador John McDonald Peacebuilding Spirit, Inc. Bishop George D. McKinney, Jurisdiction People’s Environmental Network Prelate of the Church of God in Christ, Inc. Physicians for Social Responsibility Meditation Groups, Inc. (Meditation Mount) Posts for Peace and Justice Page 2 of 3 www.peacealliance.org • [email protected] 2108 Military Road • Arlington, VA 22207 • 202-684-2553 Updated 8/10/2020 Progressive Democrats of America The United Methodist Church—General Board Progressive Democrats of the East Bay (CA) of Church and Society Joaquin Phoenix United Nations Association – Orange County, Rainbow Solutions, Inc. CA Restorative Solutions United Religions Initiative – URI Rasur Foundation International Unity Center, San Diego (CA) River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding Unity of San Luis Obispo, CA Saint Paulus Lutheran Church – San Francisco, Veterans For Peace CA Veterans For Peace, Chapter 067, Long Beach, Saint Stephen’s Lutheran Church (El Dorado CA Hills, CA) Veterans For Peace, Chapter 71, Sonoma, CA Salute Integrity Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention Angeles (CA) (SD4GVP) Watchman Relief Association Global School Mediation Center (Cameroon) September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Whole Children, Whole Planet Tomorrows Wholistic Peace Institute Service Employees International Union Local Marianne Williamson 1021 Work Collaboratively Share International Women's International League for Peace and The Shift Network Freedom Sierra Pacific Synod, Evangelical Lutheran World Beyond War Church in America World Centers of Compassion for Children Singing Tree Project International Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin The World Peace Prayer Society Mary World Wall for Peace Amy Smart Yakini Consultants (NC) Social Justice Center of Marin County CA YES! - Youth for Environmental Sanity Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA) Howard Zinn SocioEnergetics Foundation Norman Solomon Southeastern North Carolina Grandmothers for Peace Step It Up Sharon Stone Stop the Violence Akron (OH) Movement David Swanson, Author, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee 2015 Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF) The Peace & Justice Center (Vermont) Tikkun TRANSCEND USA Steering Committee Traprock Peace Center USA Archbishop Desmond Tutu Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations United African American Ministerial Action Council – San Diego, CA Page 3 of 3 www.peacealliance.org • [email protected] 2108 Military Road • Arlington, VA 22207 • 202-684-2553 Updated 8/10/2020 .
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