PEACE ORGANIZATIONS
Note from Barbara: This first listing, sent in by Robert Stewart, stewartr@peace.ca, is not a peace organization, but I thought you might like to read about the peace efforts of children.
WALL OF PEACE web site: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/wallofpeace/
This is the story of a group of 12-year-olds who took a
classroom exercise and made it the focus of the world. The project
began inside the walls of Mount Gilbert Community College in Belfast
in 1995 when pupils decided to write to famous people and ask them
for a "Poem for Peace" for Northern Ireland. The response was
incredible. Letters flooded in from all walks of life and were
mounted on a display board so that others could share in what had
been written. And so the "Wall of Peace" was born. It began as a
school project but it has become much more than that. It has shown
what a group of young people in Northern Ireland can achieve when
they put their minds to it. And it has given them a voice - a voice
which, through this web site, can now be heard all over the world.
Contact Mount Gilbert Community College, 237 Ballygomartin Road,
BELFAST, BT13 3NL; Tel +44(0) 1232 712600; Fax +44(0) 1232 717538;
E-mail : mount_gilbert@mgcc.dnet.co.uk
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INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU (IPB) is the world's oldest and most
comprehensive international peace network with 188 member
organizations in 53 countries. IPB acts as a clearing house for
information, links peace activists across borders, has consultative
status with the United Nations, organizes meetings, conferences,
events. Contact: International Peace Bureau, 41 rue de Zurich, 1201
Geneva, Switzerland. Email: mailbox@ipb.org.
http://www.ipb.org
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The INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION (IFOR) is an
international, spiritually-based movement composed of people who,
from the basis of a belief in the power of love and truth, work to
create justice and restore community. We are committed to active
nonviolence as a way of life and as a means of transformation --
personal, social, economic and political.
http://www.ifor.org/
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EUROPEAN NETWORK OF CIVILIAN PEACE SERVICES (EN.CPS), There are many
members throughout Europe. If you are interested in joining, here is
a contact that can give you an address near you. EN.CPS, Forum
Ziviler Friedensdienst, An der Linde 23, 50668 Cologne, Germany.
Email: forumZFD@t-online.de Tel: 49-221-1391816, Fax:
49-221-1391817.
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PEACE BOAT is 'a floating village' onboard a passenger vessel where
people world wide gather to discuss global issues such as peace,
human rights, the environment, and sustainable development. You are
invited to participate. Contact: Peace Boat, NOKK Bldg. 4th Floor,
Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN. Tel: 81-3-3363-7561. Fax:
81-3-3363-7562.
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THE WORLD PEACE PRAYER SOCIETY has several ongoing peace projects,
among them peace pole planting (over 100,000 world wide), and the
annual Amenia World Peace Festival. Contact: peacepal@worldpeace.org
Tel: 212-755-4755.
http://www.worldpeace.org
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WORLD CITIZEN DIPLOMATS, an international citizen diplomacy
organization. "Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens
can change the world - indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead quote. Contact: loispeace@aol.com. Tel:
732-556-9562.
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http://www.goldengate.net/~flyer/index/peacelnk.htm
On this site, Dave Tomlinson links to 120 Peace Organizations.
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The purpose of PATHWAYS TO PEACE Organizaiton is to ignite the
collective will of humanity to make PEACE a practical reality in the
21st Century, to build cooperation among existing organizations and
programs which demonstrate PEACE in its multifold expressions.
Contact: Tel: 415-461-0500.
http://pathwaystopeace.org
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SERVAS is an international organization where members stay at the
homes of other members. It is an opportunity for travellers and hosts
to participate in other cultures. "With every true friendship we
build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole
world rests." Mahatma Gandhi quote. Contact: Servas International
General Secretary: Kevin Newham, sailz@whitsunday.net.au P.O. Box
1086, Airlie Beach, Queensland 4802, Australia.
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THE HAGUE APPEAL FOR PEACE is an on-going campaign, and there are
many ways you can be involved. See
http://www.haguepeace.org
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THE CANADIAN CENTRES FOR TEACHING PEACE focuses on helping to build a
better world for our children, and to advance peace in the world.
Contact: Robert Stewart, stewartr@peace.ca.
http://www.peace.ca
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GREEN KOREA LIMITED has initiated a project to transform Kanghwa
Island (population 70,000) into an ecovillage. It is a civic
organisation, professional organisation, supporter of international
cooperation, and it is a research organisation. Contact:
environ@chollian.net
http://www.greenkorea.org
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THE WORLD FEDERALIST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEPAL (WOFNAN) is a
non-governmental, voluntary social and intellectural organization
committed to promoting peace, conserving the environment and natural
heritage, organizing interactions, talks, seminars and conferences on
a national and internaitonal level. Contact: WOFNAN, Baluwatar - 4,
P.O. Box 306, Kathmandu, Nepal. Email: Ldorji@mos.com.np Tel:
00977-1-414914/471373.
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WORLD CONFERENCE ON RELIGIONS AND PEACE (WCRP) addresses critical
problems in areas such as conflict resolution, human rights, and
development. It has chapters in 32 countries and it promotes peace in
cooperation with the United Nations and other major agencies.
International address: WCRP, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, New
York 10017, USA. Email: info@wcrp.org. Tel: 212-687-2163. Fax:
212-983-0566.
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THE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
(IIMCR),in conjunction with the Erasmus University Rotterdam,
announces the 5th annual International Student Symposium on
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, July 17 - August 11 2000 in The
Hague and Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Address: 1424 K Street, N.W.,
Suite 650, Washington D.C. 20005, USA. Tel: 202-347-2042 Fax:
202-347-2440. Email: info@iimcr.org
http://www.iimcr.org
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A PEACE PILGRIM, Shine A Light For Peace, Steps Toward Inner Peace,
and much more are on Bruce Nichols' web site.
http://www.peacepilgrim.com
Email: iam@peacepilgrim.com
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REBECCA NOVA has a wonderful peace web site,
http://www.peace2k.org. She is
the artist who made the PEACE GLOBE for the United Nations, and she
will be traveling soon to Bethlehem to light another peace globe that
she has made.
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WORLD PEACE 2000 NETWORK.
http://www.worldpeace2000.org
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THE UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION, founded by Ted Turner, to support the
goals and objectives of the United Nations and its Charter in order
to promote a more peaceful, prosperous and just world - with special
emphasis on the UN's work on behalf of economic, social,environmental
and humanitarian causes. One goal is to help forge new partnerships
among and between UN agencies, the private sector and NGOs. Contact:
United Nations Foundation, 1301Connecticut Avenue, Suite 700, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036, USA. Tel: 202-887-9040; Fax: 202- 887-9021
http://www.unfoundation.org
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COMMUNITY PEACEMAKERS, an active California-based organization with
extensive information on its web site:
http://www.compeace.org.
Address: 2908 Madeline Street, Suite 100, Oakland, California
94602-3337 . Email: compeace@concentric.net, Tel: (510) 530-1319,
Fax: (510) 530-1527.
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NATIONAL PEACE FOUNDATION is a non-governmental membership
organization concerned with the development and implementation of
conflict resoluation education and training in the United States, and
with peacebuilding and demoncracy-building internationally. Address:
1819 H Street NW, Suite 1200, Washington D.C. 20006. Tel:
202-223-1770.
http://www.nationalpeace.org
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THE WORLD CITIZEN FOUNDATION web site lists resources on World
Citizenship, World Government, and World Law found.
http://www.worldcitizen.org.
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SCHUMACHER COLLEGE, an international centre for ecological studies
based in southwest ENGLAND. A place for holistic learning. People
aged 20-80 come from all over the world to attend. Practising health
workers, NGO workers, educators, organisational consultants, etc.
Scholarships available for US citizens. Contact: Schumacher College,
The Old Postern, Dartington, Devon TQ9 6EA, UK. Email:
schumcoll@gn.apc.org
http://www.gn.apc.org/schumachercollege
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CREATIVITY CAFE'S "KidCast For Peace; Solutions For a Better World",
a telecommunications activity in which kids meet in videoconferences
several times a year (Earth Day2000 is next) to share their heart and
ideas for making the world a happier, healthier, and more
peaceful/safer planet. The kids (of all ages with focus on K-12)
create analog and digital art, animation, web sites, etc. that
demonstrate suggestions for improving Earth and its peoples. The
actual KidCast For Peace is a CU-SeeMe multicast in which kids share
their work interactively with their peers globally.
http://creativity.net/kidcast2.html
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The WORLD PEACE EXPERIMENT seeks to shift the world's perception of
"good and evil" to a perception of love. If you want to join this
experiment, visit
http://openheart.com/peace
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Rainbow Eagle, 7th Fire UNIVERSAL PEACE Shield teacher, conducts
teaching circles throughout the United States. His schedule is on
http://www.rainboweagle.com.
Email contact: Deer Wind Listening, alishah@rmi.net
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