Please Vote for Department of Peace – by IdeaScale

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I’m Not So Sure…

A Department of Peace, funded by a percent tax on all war contracts, will serve to organize, educate and facilitate peaceful responses to the causes of war, including famine, poverty, and ignorance. The Department of Peace with be a resource for non-profits, non-governmental and governmental organizations to aid and collaborate on alternative to war. The institution will work in conjunction with the goals of the United Nations and be a vessel of action and education on both global and local scales.

Why Is This Idea Important?

The Department of Peace will be an active, engaged institution to increase peaceful means of conflict resolution.

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Contact Congress Today!

Please join our Mother’s Day action campaign by contacting your members of Congress TODAY. Youth from across the D.C. area will be descending upon Capitol Hill today urgeing support for the Youth PROMISE Act.  This bill will provide unprecedented aid to young people who are at-risk of becoming involved, or who are already involved in, gangs or the criminal justice system to redirect them toward productive alternatives.  Additionally, congressional offices across the country are being visited tomorrow, Friday, May 8th, by Peace Alliance activists, reminding them that Peace Wants a Piece of the Pie — that is the federal budget.  Specifically, we are asking Congress to support the Youth PROMISE Act and as always, the Dept. of Peace legislation. (It’s not too late to visit your own local office, even if just for a drop-by.)

Your action in support of these bills will only take a few minutes, but will significantly increase the impact of our visiting teams!

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The Peace Alliance

Monthly All Volunteer Call

Join us for our monthly All Call! On these calls, we celebrate recent local activities, share ideas, hear updates on upcoming actions and learn more about peacebuilding and peace advocacy from a special guest. All active campaigners or anyone interested in learning about what we are doing are encouraged to join us for these monthly calls.

Next call: Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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Frances Fisher: Audio Message!

(Actor, Titanic)

Go to Podcast:

The Peace Alliance – Campaign for a Department of Peace – Frances Fisher: Audio Message!.

Combined Team Meeting

Combined Quarterly Team Meeting – San Fernando Valley

May 17, 2009, 3:00PM, Terry Mason’s house: 16425 Otsego St., Encino, CA 91436

Come together with other volunteers in the San Fernando Valley area — Districts 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, the Valley section of District 30, and 31.

We will meet, strategize, and workshop during this time. Every meeting will result in at least one action taken or plan made! Bring your questions, energy and enthusiasm!

3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Please RSVP 24 hours in advance if you will be attending: terry@lupineproductions.com, or cel: 818.687.2942.

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Cabinet department would give peace a chance – Kansas City Star

Barack Obama’s election as president has breathed life into efforts for a U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich first proposed the Cabinet-level post in July 2001 — two months before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. He had seen too much violence worldwide and wanted to create a platform in the executive branch to promote alternative ways to resolve conflicts.

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HR 808 Presented to the 111th Congress!

Strategically planned, the bill presented to the 111th session of Congress for a Department of Peace was dropped in numerical order so as to maintain the number of House Resolution 808!

Read the bill. There are some small but mighty changes.

One change is that we have returned to the Department of Peace — the “and Nonviolence” has been dropped.

Another change, requested by the campaign, focuses the bill on addressing violence in our own country. The bill now states that 85% of the appropriated money is spent domestically.

The appropriated money requested is stated in a dollar figure at $10 Billion, rather than cited as a percentage compared to the appropriations of the Department of Defense. This amount is equal to approximately 1% of the Federal Discretionary Budget, and — depending on how much is spent by the Department of Defense — equal to approximately 2% of the money appropriated to the Department of Defense.

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Sponsor Justin and Nadia for Washington DC!

Sponsor Justin and Nadia for Washington DC!

Feb 05, 2009

Whether or not you are able to join us in Washington DC for the conference 3/20-23, consider this…

– The Student Peace Alliance has a strong presence at this conference
– Students from the SoCal area want to attend, and need financial assistance!

Justin Bensan is the Los Angeles area lead of SPA, and Nadia Rodriguez is the Ventura County area lead of SPA, and they both want to go to Washington! If they are able to attend, they will share a room with others, and we’ll try to find the best airfare possible — but please consider donating funds to help Justin and Nadia, and perhaps one or two other students, to go to Washington representing Southern California! The sooner the better, so we can get the best airfare possible, and secure a room before they sell out!

Please join us! To register yourself: http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/605/147/

To help Justin and Nadia, please mail your check RIGHT AWAY, made payable to Terry Mason – Department of Peace Campaign, to:

Terry Mason
16425 Otsego Street
Encino, CA 91436

Note on the check that your donation is to support students to go to the 2009 conference in Washington DC. Every donation will contribute to making Justin’s and Nadia’s trip possible — so please help!

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Marianne Williamson’s Journal: Towards a Miracle in the Middle East

Towards a Miracle in the Middle East

By Marianne Williamson

Today is a day to cry for Israel. Today is a day to cry for the Palestinians. Today is a day to cry for all of us.

Today is a day of war.

War anywhere, at this point in our history, is an action that threatens peace everywhere. Particularly when it comes to the Middle East. From its spiritual significance to its political significance, it is humanity’s hot spot. It always has been and probably always will be. It’s where all the rivers of human perspective meet, to become either a cauldron of hatred or an ocean of love.

While it might be tempting to “take sides” between Israel and the Palestinians, spiritually there are no sides to be taken. God does not give us victory in battle but rather lifts us above the battlefield. As a generation, our moral imperative is to end war period, to somehow move beyond the idea that war is an acceptable means of solving problems. Anything less then that makes us attitudinal conspirators with a line of probability leading to nuclear catastrophe.

Marianne Williamson’s Journal: Towards a Miracle in the Middle East.

The Peace Alliance – Campaign for a Department of Peace – Department of Peace Campaign 2009 National Conference

Join us for the
Department of Peace Campaign 2009 National Conference

Peace Within Reach:
People and Politics Partnering for our Common Security

March 20-23, 2009
Hyatt Crystal City in Arlington, VA

What 2007 Conference Attendees Said:

“A most EMPOWERING experience!
This is what it means to be a US citizen!”

“…inspiring and world-class, and not to be missed.”

“Invigorating, empowering, practical, fabulous. It’s an incredible feeling to show up and take responsibility as a citizen.”

“We really felt empowered with the whole experience. I know that we made a difference.”

Early Bird Fee!
Register by December 31 and save 25%
Register Today!

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