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Supporters of a U.S. Department of Peace
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A growing movement for a cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peace primarily led by The Peace Alliance. Bill H.R. 808 is the current bill in the House. Under President Obama this is a real possibility!
Website: http://www.thepeacealliance.org/
Members: 19
Latest Activity: Jun 10, 2010
The Urgent Need for a Department of Peace
* International violence
* Nuclear proliferation creates critical need for the interruption of current cycles of violence
* Nuclear arsenals -- those both friendly and hostile to the United States -- are susceptible to terrorist attack or theft
* Domestic violence
* Criminal and domestic violence places intense financial pressure on city, county, and state government budgets
* Example: 80% of all police runs in the City of Detroit are in response to domestic violence
Addressing Causal Issues
* Current policy-making tends toward reactive, not proactive approaches to violence reduction
* Traditional political problem-solving focuses primarily on addressing symptoms of violence, such as imprisonment of offenders and engagement in armed conflict
* Suppression of symptoms should be augmented by stronger preventative measures and treatment of root causes of violence
* The United States should be as effective in addressing the sources of violence as we are effective in addressing its symptoms
We Need a Dept. of Peace…
* To reduce domestic and international violence
* To gather and coordinate information and recommendations from America’s peace community
* To teach violence prevention and mediation to America’s school children
* To effectively treat and dismantle gang psychology
* To rehabilitate the prison population
* To build peace-making efforts among conflicting cultures both here and abroad
* To support our military with complementary approaches to ending violence
Proposed Federal Legislation to Establish a U.S. Department of Peace
* Bill was introduced into the U. S. House of Representatives during the 107th, 108th, 109th and now the 110th Congress. Current bill number is (H.R. 808). Click here to see current co-sponsors.
* Proposed legislation calls for the Department’s budget to be the equivalent of 2% of U.S. defense budget
Responsibilities of the Secretary of Peace
* In addition to leading the Department, the Secretary shall:
o Provide the President with statistically-verified recommendations on how a specific policy either increases or diminishes the prospect of domestic and international peace
o Provide the President with recommendations regarding the social and financial impact of domestic and international policies
Growing support
* Grassroots Efforts Support the Department of Peace Legislation
* Activist groups exist in all 50 states and over 280 Congressional Districts!
Major Organizations Endorse U.S. Department of Peace
Amnesty International
Center for Nonviolent Communication
United Methodist Church--General Board of Church and Society
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Benedictine Sisters Mother of God Monastery
Global Exchange
Global Youth Action Network
National Organization for Women- N.O.W.
Peace Action
Physicians for Social Responsibility
School Mediation Center
Tikkun
Veterans for Peace
YES!-Youth for Environmental Sanity
The Network of Spiritual Progressives
* International violence
* Nuclear proliferation creates critical need for the interruption of current cycles of violence
* Nuclear arsenals -- those both friendly and hostile to the United States -- are susceptible to terrorist attack or theft
* Domestic violence
* Criminal and domestic violence places intense financial pressure on city, county, and state government budgets
* Example: 80% of all police runs in the City of Detroit are in response to domestic violence
Addressing Causal Issues
* Current policy-making tends toward reactive, not proactive approaches to violence reduction
* Traditional political problem-solving focuses primarily on addressing symptoms of violence, such as imprisonment of offenders and engagement in armed conflict
* Suppression of symptoms should be augmented by stronger preventative measures and treatment of root causes of violence
* The United States should be as effective in addressing the sources of violence as we are effective in addressing its symptoms
We Need a Dept. of Peace…
* To reduce domestic and international violence
* To gather and coordinate information and recommendations from America’s peace community
* To teach violence prevention and mediation to America’s school children
* To effectively treat and dismantle gang psychology
* To rehabilitate the prison population
* To build peace-making efforts among conflicting cultures both here and abroad
* To support our military with complementary approaches to ending violence
Proposed Federal Legislation to Establish a U.S. Department of Peace
* Bill was introduced into the U. S. House of Representatives during the 107th, 108th, 109th and now the 110th Congress. Current bill number is (H.R. 808). Click here to see current co-sponsors.
* Proposed legislation calls for the Department’s budget to be the equivalent of 2% of U.S. defense budget
Responsibilities of the Secretary of Peace
* In addition to leading the Department, the Secretary shall:
o Provide the President with statistically-verified recommendations on how a specific policy either increases or diminishes the prospect of domestic and international peace
o Provide the President with recommendations regarding the social and financial impact of domestic and international policies
Growing support
* Grassroots Efforts Support the Department of Peace Legislation
* Activist groups exist in all 50 states and over 280 Congressional Districts!
Major Organizations Endorse U.S. Department of Peace
Amnesty International
Center for Nonviolent Communication
United Methodist Church--General Board of Church and Society
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Benedictine Sisters Mother of God Monastery
Global Exchange
Global Youth Action Network
National Organization for Women- N.O.W.
Peace Action
Physicians for Social Responsibility
School Mediation Center
Tikkun
Veterans for Peace
YES!-Youth for Environmental Sanity
The Network of Spiritual Progressives
Discussion Forum
Prevention of War 1 Reply
Started by Richard Arrington. Last reply by Matthew T. Schacht Jul 20, 2009.
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Comment by Franklin Montenegro on July 19, 2009 at 3:08pm -
Piece by piece let's build peace... It comes from all of us.... We need to break the cycle of violence, and that does not occur by attacking the others.... So I hope we express our anger and discomfort and at the same time avoid attacking the others, no matter republicans or democrats, nationals or foreigners, or whatever....
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Comment by Richard Arrington on July 19, 2009 at 12:13am -
We have solders being killed for nothing in both wars. Bush left us with a nightmare and we need to admit it and end it. Both these countries will go back to the same violent life as before regardless of what we do. We will never turn Iraq or Afghanistan into Florida or Texas or whatever mad dream Bush had and we need to wake up. We need to stop NOW and do whatever it takes to PREVENT this from occurring in the future. This is the key " PREVENTION" to prevent some psyched out President in the future from spitting on congress and the constitution and killing more solders in some future war. Who know what will accure in the future, some people are talking about Jeb Bush for President. Who know what twisted dreams are in his mind. He might desire to add fifty more states in South America and come up with some lie to invade Argentina. The Republicans would support him, we already know this.
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Comment by Sandy Lusk on July 18, 2009 at 5:25pm -
Let's get out of Afghanistan. We are coming into our 9th year in that hell hole This month has been a nightmare in terms of casualties. What is the point in staying there?
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Comment by Richard Arrington on July 18, 2009 at 5:20pm
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I love the dopeace website, it is a great social network place. This is something we truly need to fight for after eight years of the WAR FIRST policy of G.W. " Global War" Bush.
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Comment by Franklin Montenegro on July 18, 2009 at 3:10pm
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We certainly need to support the establishment of a US Department for Peace... We need to work at all levels to make peace something more attainable... to make peace an everyday reality rather than something that one group tries to imposed on another calling it "peace"... we need to become more conscious that violence and aggression is a manifestation of fear and insecurity, more often than not of a perception without strong foundation... Feeling better about ourselves is jut the beginning of moving in that direction...
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Comment by Ted Nunn on July 17, 2009 at 2:26pm
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Check out the new social network for peacebuilding activists - DoPeace (http://dopeace.ning.com). The primary focus is the Department of Peace campaign and legislation that may one day lead to a Department of Peace. There's a state group for Tennessee at http://dopeace.ning.com/group/tennessee.
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