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 In alphabetical order:
- The American Forum for Global Education
This a wonderful resource for teachers offers many
materials on cross-cultural issues.
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Ashoka
This global non-profit organization invests in more than
1,200 social entrepreneurs in 44 countries around the world. The job
of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is
stuck and to provide new ways to get it unstuck. The organization also
works to define and encourage the development of new forms of
financing for the sector that could serve the many needs that
foundations and government find difficult to reach.
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Ashoka
This global non-profit organization invests in more than
1,200 social entrepreneurs in 44 countries around the world. The job
of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is
stuck and to provide new ways to get it unstuck. The organization also
works to define and encourage the development of new forms of
financing for the sector that could serve the many needs that
foundations and government find difficult to reach.
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Awesome Library
This multicultural site is aptly named for its lesson plans,
essays on prejudice, projects, listings of related Web sites for 40
different ethnic groups, and an incredibly well-organized,
teacher-friendly subject search file.
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Bond Street Theater
The troupe creates innovative works that address social and environmental issues,
and uses the performing arts as a tool for education and healing. They go to
refugee camps, areas of conflict and post-war environments and also collaborate with
local artists to promote the value of the arts in shaping a peaceful future.
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Breaking Down the Walls
This site was created by a group of fourth and fifth grade students from Roosevelt
School in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. The students show that accepting and understanding
other cultures is something everyone needs to learn. Great section on being a hero.
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The Canada International Scientific
Exchange Program
The program builds bridges to peace through academic medicine, public health,
health care, science, and international cooperation.
- The Carter Center
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is
guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human
suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and
democracy, and improve health.
- CharityFocus
CharityFocus is an experiment in the joy of giving. The volunteer-run group
helps people to contribute in meaningful ways to the world around them.
They believe it's impossible to create a better world without inner change that
results from selfless service.
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Children's Museum for Peace & Human Rights
The group's vision is the creation of a socially just and stable society in Pakistan, where children and
young people grow up as aware, active and participating citizens who are able and
willing to make significant positive contributions to their communities.
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Changemakers
Changemakers is building the world's first global online "open source"
community that competes to surface the best social solutions, and then
collaborates to refine, enrich, and implement those solutions.
- City at Peace
City at Peace empowers teenagers to create safe, healthy and peaceful lives
and communities. Using the performing arts as a vehicle, City at Peace
is developing the next generation of engaged community leaders.
- The Coexistence Initiative
The Coexistence Initiative seeks to catalyze a global awareness of,
and commitment to, creating a world safe for difference.The Initiative
acts as a clearinghouse, convener, and interlocutor for those engaged
in coexistence-related work and for those who wish to learn
more about this emerging topic.
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Confronting Poverty and Hunger
A list of 99 organizations that fight poverty and hunger,
advocating on behalf of those in poverty to help them get food,
shelter, and equitable legal treatment.
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Culture of Peace News Network
The Culture of Peace News Network is a global
network of interactive Internet sites in many languages where readers
exchange information about events, experiences, books, music, and web
news that promote a culture of peace. It is a project of the United
Nations International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence
for the Children of the World.
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Communication Initiative Network
A rich portal site where communication and media are central to social and economic development
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The Dalai Lama Center for Peace + Education
The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education educates the heart and fosters
compassion through: creative learning, facilitating and applying research,
and connecting people and ideas. The Center heightens awareness of our inner
potential through diverse practices of art and provies a venue for creative
interpretation of the world's many wisdom traditions.
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Dining With Women
Dining for Women's mission is to empower women and girls living in
extreme poverty by funding programs that foster good health,
education, and economic self-sufficiency. Members
"dine in" together once a month, and send
"dining out" dollars (what would have spent at a restaurant)
to programs empowering women worldwide.
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The Elders
The Elders are an independent group of eminent global leaders, brought
together by Nelson Mandela, who offer their collective influence and
experience to support peace building, help address major causes of
human suffering and promote the shared interests of humanity.
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Explore
Through documentaries, short films, photography, and related educational content,
Explore looks at the diversity of world cultures from a philanthropic perspective,
while advancing the public well-being through
improved communication.
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Free Rice
Every time you click on an addictive vocabulary game, you help end world hunger by providing
rice to hungry people for free through sponsor donations. A creative approach
to a serious problem.
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Global Alliance for Ministries & Infractures for Peace
The Global Alliance for Ministries & Infrastructures for Peace collaborates with and governments
and civil society around the world working to establish national ministries and departments of peace,
and also to support efforts to develop local, regional, and national peace councils, peace academies,
and other effective infrastructures for peace.
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Global School Net
Global School Net provides online opportunities for teachers to
collaborate, communicate, and celebrate shared learning experiences.
This website is free to all educators!
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Global Peace Pioneers
Global Peace Pioneers is is dedicated to promoting religious tolerance, peace, culture, harmony,
and respect for all religions.
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Half the Sky
Founded by NY Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof and his wife Sheryl Wudunn,
Half the Sky fights to end the oppression of women and girls worldwide.
- Hand in Hand
The Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel. Hand in Hand is
bringing a revolutionary vision to Israeli education: integrated,
bilingual schools where Jewish and Arab children learn together.
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Humanidad
promotes interfaith and intercultural tolerance and fellowship between
all nations and faiths through global arts and cultural exposition,
education, and facilitating exchange
among international leadership.
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The Hunger Site
This outstanding site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific
humanitarian needthe eradication of world hunger. On average, over
220,000 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to
click the "give free food" button and help feed the hungry.
- Institute for 21st Century Agoras
The Institute for 21st Century Agoras is a volunteer-driven
organization dedicated to vigorous democracy on the model of that
practiced in the agoras of ancient Greece. It employs Co-Laboratories
of Democracy that enable civil dialogue in complex situations.
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World
You are invited to send in news articles published in the mass media
about events and initiatives contributing to the global movement for
the culture of peace in any of its components: peace education,
sustainable development, equality of women and men, human rights,
democratic participation, understanding, tolerance and solidarity,
free flow of information and international peace and security.
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InterAction
The largest alliance of U.S.-based international
development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. With more
than 160 members operating in every developing country, InterAction
works to overcome poverty, exclusion and suffering by advancing social
justice and basic dignity for all. It works by convening and
coordinating its members so that in unison, they can influence policy
and debate on issues affecting tens of millions of people worldwide,
and also improve their own practices. The site offers an
extensive database of documents and press releases that are
categorized by committee, region, country and sector.
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International Coalition of Sites of Conscience
The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is a worldwide
network of Sites of Consciencehistoric sites specifically
dedicated to remembering past struggles for justice and addressing
their contemporary legacies.
- Institute for 21st Century Agoras
The Institute for 21st Century Agoras is a volunteer-driven
organization dedicated to vigorous democracy on the model of that
practiced in the agoras of ancient Greece. It employs Co-Laboratories
of Democracy that enable civil dialogue in complex situations.
- International Coalition of Sites of Conscience?
A worldwide network of ÒSites of Conscience,Ó historic sites specifically dedicated to
remembering past struggles for justice and addressing their contemporary legacies.
- The Karuna Center
The Karuna Center for Peace building is a U.S.-based
nonprofit organization that offers international training programs in conflict
transformation, intercommunal dialogue, and reconciliation. The core of Karuna
Center's work takes place in post-conflict regions of the world at the request
of local partners.
- Kiva
Through Kiva you loan (not give) money a unique small business of your choice in the developing world,
helping the world's working poor make great strides towards economic independence.
You can receive email
journal updates from the business you've sponsored. Loans start at $25.
- Learn
About Humanitarian Aid Projects
Humanitarian aid strives to improve the quality of life through emergency and long-term support to global
populations affected by armed conflict, natural disasters, and other emergency situations.
- Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by
helping people build secure, productive and just communities.
- Museum of Tolerance
The Museum of Tolerance, the educational arm of the
Simon Wiesenthal Center, is a high tech, hands-on experiential
museum that focuses on the dynamics of racism and prejudice in America and the
history of the Holocaust. It is located in Los Angeles, California.
- Musicians without Borders
This group use music to bridge divides, connect communities, and heal the wounds of war.
Professional trainers are specialized in running community music-making projects
in places struggling to deal with trauma, fear and isolation as a result of war and conflict.
- Network for Peace through Dialogue
Based on the principles of democracy and social justice, Network for Peace through
Dialogue promotes peace through dialogue. Programs include
Living Room Dialogues, and the Confronting Concerns & Shaping our Future Programs.
- Nicholas Roerich Museum
The Nicholas Roerich Museum is a major center for the exhibition of paintings
and writings by Nicholas Roerich, whose philosophy inspired CPC. It also presents a
broad program of concerts and poetry readings. A major aim of the Museum's
activities is to promote awareness of Roerich's ideas about art and culture, as
embodied in the Museum's symbol and its motto, Pax Cultura, Peace Through
Culture. See also the Banner of Peace
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Nonviolent Peaceforce
The mission of the Nonviolent Peaceforce is to build a trained,
international civilian peaceforce committed to third-party nonviolent
intervention. At the invitation of local groups, Peaceforce will
deploy hundreds of peaceworkers to protect human rights, prevent
violence, and enable peaceful resolution of conflict. Peaceforce uses
proven methodologies and has been endorsed by world and local leaders
in peace and conflict resolution, including 7 Nobel Peace Laureates.
The pilot project is scheduled for late 2003.
- Nyumbani
Caring for abandoned and orphaned HIV positive children in Kenya.
- Oasis of Peace
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam is a cooperative
village of Jews and Palestinian Arabs of Israeli citizenship who are
demonstrating the possibility of coexistence between Jews and Palestinians by
developing a community based on mutual acceptance, respect and
cooperation.
- Palestinian Center
for Communication and Development Strategies
PCCDS focuses on youth and womenin media, development and communication,
and fostering democracy, human rights, nonviolence culture, and forgiveness.
The also work with rural organizations on developing good management.
- Pathways To Peace
Pathways To Peace (PTP) is an international not-for-profit peace building,
educational, and consulting organization. Peace, as it is defined by Pathways
To Peace, is both an innate state of being and a dynamic, evolutionary process.
Peace begins with ourselves, living in harmony with one another, the Earth
and all Circles of Life.
- The Peace Alliance
This nonpartisan citizen action organization advocate for legislation that supports
a culture of peace. The Peace Alliance is spearheading the national campaign to
establish a United States Department of Peace.
- Peace First
Peace First is dedicated to building effective school climates by focusing on
teaching children the skills of conflict
resolution and civic engagement and providing educators with the
skills and knowledge to integrate social-emotional learning into the school's
curriculum and culture.
- Peace Games
Peace Games empowers students to create their own safe classrooms and
communities by forming partnerships with elementary schools, families,
and young adult volunteers.
- The Peace Intention
The Peace Intention acknowledges that World Peace begins with us, and offers practical
advice on how to create more acceptance, empathy and compassion in our lives.
- Peace Museum of Nuremburg
The Peace Museum of Nuremburg documents the history of pacifism in Germany over
the last 100 years, with particular emphasis on the peace movement
in Nuremberg since 1945.
- Peace Tech
An interesting consulting firm that is dedicated to building
a culture of peace in our society. Their mission: to support a culture of peace
by making peace practical, popular, and profitable.
- Peace Week
A Free Global Telesummit for Building a Culture of Peace
features 58 Inspiring Peacebuilders. Dates are
September 15-21, but videos from this year and last are available online.
- Peace X Peace
This group empowers women to build sustainable peace locally and globally
through connection, recognition, and education.
- PeaceJam
PeaceJam is an international education program built around leading
Nobel Peace Laureates who work personally with youth to pass on the
spirit, skills, and wisdom they embody. The goal of PeaceJam is to
inspire a new generation of peacemakers who will transform their local
communities, themselves and the world.
- Peter M. Goodrich Memorial Foundation
The Goodrich family lost their son Peter on Flight 175, which hit the second tower.
The foundation advocates for victims' rights and works to help the citizens of Afghanistan,
including establishing a school and supporting exchange students.
created by radio professionals, as well as webcasting radio programs.
- Rachel's Challenge
Named for a victim of the Columbine shooting, Rachel's Challenge works to
to inspire, equip and empower every person to create a permanent positive
culture change in their school, business and community by starting a
chain reaction of kindness and compassion.
- Radio for Peacebuilding, Africa
Radio for Peacebuilding, Africa aims to develop, spread and encourage
the use of radio for peacebuilding. The website aims to be a
useful interactive tool for radio broadcasters in Africa and
elsewhere and to disseminate materials/knowledge
created by radio professionals, as well as webcasting radio programs.
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Religions for Peace
Religions for Peace is the largest international coalition of representatives
from the world's great religions, creating multi-religious partnerships to
confront our most dire issues: stopping war, ending poverty, and protecting the earth.
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Sacred Sites: Places of Peace and Power
Sacred Sites have the power to heal the body, enlighten the mind, and awaken the soul.
The beautiful photographs here from around the world are accompanied with
information on the archaeology, mythology and significance of the sites.
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Search for Common Ground
Search for Common Ground works to transform the way the world deals with conflict,
away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving.
We work with local partners to find culturally appropriate means to deal with
conflicts constructively, to understand the
differences and act on the commonalities.
- Seeds of Peace
Seeds of Peace is a non-profit, non-political organization dedicated to
preparing teenagers from areas of conflict with the leadership skills
required to promote coexistence and peace. While the organization focuses
primarily on the Middle East, its programs have expanded to include other
regions of conflict. As of 2003, participants come from the Middle East,
the Balkans, South Asia, and Cyprus.
- Seeds of Tolerance
Seeds of Tolerance Campaign focuses on childhood education and human
rights with emphasis on supporting social entrepreneurs among global youth
all over the world.
- Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty
Law Center is a well established non-profit organization that combats hate,
intolerance, and discrimination through education and litigation.
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Spirit in Action
Spirit in Action is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a successful
movement for social change in the US.
- Shumei International
Shumei Internatinal Institute helps people realize that they are world
citizens able to act for the common good. Activities center around healing,
natural agriculture, art & beauty, and world citizenship.
- Tribal Truth
This is an online community where artists and activists can collaborate and share ideas,
working as a incubator for social change. The goal is
to increase understanding among people of different race, nationality, religion, age, and gender.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security in the world by
promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and
communication.
- United Nations
This incredibly comprehensive site offers the history of
the UN, as well as current members, updates on the situation in Iraq, and the
Mideast Road map.
- United Religions Initiative
The group works to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end
religiously motivated violence and to create cultures of peace, justice
and healing for the Earth and all living beings.
- The Valentine Peace Project
The Valentine Peace Project works with individuals and businesses from regions where there is conflict
and elsewhere to develop a creative peace brand. Artistic and poetic expressions are powerful tools
behind our everyday products and services.
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A World of Difference
This site is for people who share a community - be it a
school, workplace, neighborhood or campus. The program started in
Boston in 1985 when the Anti-Defamation League and WCVB-TV joined
together to fight prejudice. It seeks to recognize bias and the harm
it inflicts on individuals and society, explore the value of diversity
and improve intergroup relations and to combat racism, anti-Semitism
and all forms of prejudice and bigotry. Its program has changed
hearts and minds, and it quickly spread across the nation - and
beyond.
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The World Peace Prayer Society
The World Peace Prayer Society is a nonprofit, non-sectarian, member-supported
organization dedicated to spreading the message and prayer May Peace Prevail
on Earth all over the world.
For and About Youth and Children
- Facing History and Ourselves
Based on the belief that education in
a democracy must be "an apprenticeship in liberty" and must help
students find meaning in the past and recognize the need for
participation and responsible decision making. Students must know not
only the triumphs of history, but also the failures, the tragedies and
the humiliations. Facing History believes that students must be
trusted to examine history in all of its complexities, including its
legacies of prejudice and discrimination, resilience and courage. This
trust encourages young people to develop a voice in the conversations
of their peer culture, as well as in the critical discussions and
debates of their community and nation. This site offers a rich
collection of resources for students and teachers.
- International Peace Youth Group
The purpose of IPYG is to create positive and lasting change internationally through
uniting major youth associations around the world. We support the development
of their communities through IPYG and encourage them to set the example in
educating and motivating their nation's active pursuit of peace.
- Kids Can Free the Children
This unique international youth organization empowers young people
through representation, leadership and action. Since the organization
was founded six years ago by a 12-year old, it has become the largest
network of children helping children in the world, with over 100,000
youth involved in more than 35 countries. Its purpose is to free
children from poverty, exploitation and abuse, and to give children a
voice, leadership training, and opportunities to take action on issues
that affect them from a local to an international level. Only
children under the age of 18 within the organization vote on decisions
regarding policy and projects or act as spokespersons for children or
for the organization. Youth 18 and over act as mentors or chaperones
and help with administration and leadership development. This web
site provides information about the organization's work, projects and
achievements, regular updates on activities, valuable resource pages
and links for students, teachers and parents, as well as information
on how to become involved.
- Kids For
Peace Boston The mission of Kids4Peace Boston is to create an
interfaith organization of Jews, Christians and Muslims to foster
friendships and peace amount one another and to host children of these
faiths from Jerusalem in a summer peace program.
Kids4Peace Boston practices hospitalitya shared value of Judaism,
Christianity and Islamcreating a place where faith and
friendship thrive.
- MAGIC (Media
Activities and Good Ideas by, with and for Children)
This is UNICEF's (United Nations Children's Fund) response to the
Oslo Challenge of 1999, which called on media professionals,
educators, governments, organizations, parents, children and
young people themselves to recognize the enormous potential of
media to make the world a better place for children.
This website showcases media projects by, with and for children,
and provides information for those wishing to take up the Oslo Challenge.
- Resource Guide For Young Artists
Links to art-related resources available to students today, including
live and online learning programs, educational institutions, grants
and other financial aid and plenty more.
- YouthWEB Online
YouthWEB Online unites youngsters, teens and adults from diverse
backgrounds and communities in the fight against bias, bigotry and
prejudice. Young people can report hate-related incidents and get
assistance along with information about hate crimes, school violence,
discrimination and human rights.
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