Peace Portal: Threads of Peace supports non-governmental peace groups and peace fostering organizations throughout the country. Share it. Wear it. Live it.

This directory of non-partisan, non-governmental, peace-fostering groups - which we are updating nearly everyday - is our way of helping you to easily locate and connect with groups and causes that are most closely aligned with your unique, personal thirst for peace and harmony. We encourage you to learn more - and get involved.

If you are already affiliated with an organization that is doing its part to promote peace in the hearts and homes of our global village, please send us a link to the group's web address and we will consider adding it to this directory.

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Educational / Awareness-Building

Center for Global NonViolence
www.globalnonviolence.org
The Center for Global Nonviolence is an organization created to assist discovery and expression of nonviolent human potentials. CGNV is based on faith and commitment, assemblage of available knowledge and skills, creation of a new knowledge, invention of new technologies, training, and institutional development.

Center for Peace through Culture
www.centerforpeacethroughculture.org
The goal of the Center for Peace through Culture is to promote a psychology of peace that transforms the belief systems that separate people into attitudes of inclusion and acceptance. The Center for Peace through Culture cultivates beauty, harmony, and truth, and assists all who support this mission.

Children's International Summer Villages
www.cisv.org
Children's International Summer Villages is a unique youth exchange organization evolving from a firm conviction that lasting peace is possible if individuals and groups can learn to live together as friends.

Free The Children
www.freethechildren.org
Free The Children is the largest network of children helping children through education in the world, with more than 1 million youth involved in our innovative education and development programs in 45 countries. Its mission is to free young people from the idea that they are powerless to bring about positive social change, and encourage them to act now to improve the lives of young people everywhere.

Pathways to Peace
www.pathwaystopeace.org
Pathways to Peace is an international peace-building, educational and consulting organization. The mission of Pathways To Peace is threefold: Expand the comprehension and expression of "peace" and peace-building practices; build "cultures of peace" by uniting the strengths of existing organizations and programs along eight paths to peace; and contribute to the evolving mission of the United Nations and its participation in the International Day of Peace.

Peace Games
www.peacegames.org
Peace Games is an organization in which children have the opportunity to imagine a world where every child has the skills, knowledge, supportive relationships, and opportunities to prevent violence and build safer communities; a world where individuals and institutions believe in the power of young people; and that violence - in all of its forms - can be prevented.

PeaceJam
www.peacejam.org
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.

Peace One Day
www.peaceoneday.org
Peace One Day's objective is to raise global awareness of the United Nations International Day of Peace, now an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence, on 21 September. Peace One Day is impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion, corporation or religious creed.

Seeds of Peace
www.seedsofpeace.org
Founded in 1993, Seeds of Peace is dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence. It brings youth together from hostile regions to engage in respectful dialogue that moves participants from hatred to friendship.

Students Sharing Coalition
www.studentssharing.org
Founded in 1993, Students Sharing Coalition's mission is to provide meaningful service and civic engagement experiences to students from diverse backgrounds, with the goal of developing these young people into mature and knowledgeable citizens who take responsibility for their communities and are committed to social justice.

The King Center
www.thekingcenter.org
The King Center is the official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of America's greatest nonviolent movement for justice, equality and peace.

The Peace Foundation
www.nationalpeace.org
The Peace Foundation is a not-for profit membership organization actively involved in creating a more peaceful society. The Foundation promotes peaceful relationships among people of all ages, at all levels, through education, research and action.

United States Institute of Peace
www.usip.org
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts.

Community Service & Volunteerism

AmeriCorps
www.americorps.org
AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country's critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.

Balkan Sunflowers
www.balkansunflowers.org
Balkan Sunflowers brings volunteers from around the world to work as neighbors and friends in social reconstruction and renewal. By organizing social and cultural activities, Balkan Sunflowers promotes understanding, furthers non-violent conflict transformation, and celebrates the diversity of lives and cultures in the Balkan region.

City Year
www.cityyear.org
City Year is dedicated to helping build a strong democracy through three essential - and interconnected - civic strategies: citizen service, civic leadership, and social entrepreneurship. These three civic strategies are nonpartisan and pre-political.

Elves & More
www.elvesandmore.org
Elves & More is an institution bringing hope to at least 25,000 impoverished children each year in the Houston, Texas area, and many more across the United States. The group identifies impoverished children whose needs are not being met and then designs programs to meet some of those needs.

Network for Good
www.networkforgood.org
Network for Good is an Internet-based charitable resource - an e-philanthropy site where individuals can donate, volunteer and get involved with the issues they care about. The organization's goal is to connect people to charities via the Web, using the virtual world to deliver real resources to nonprofits and communities.

Peace Corps Encore!
www.peacecorpsencore.org
Peace Corps Encore! addresses the major social challenges of our time by deploying the skills, experience and commitment of former Peace Corps volunteers and staff members to meet those needs, particularly in under-developed and developing regions of the world.

Points of Light Foundation
www.pointsoflight.org
Founded in May 1990, the Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization devoted to promoting volunteerism in communities throughout the United States through a network of over 500 volunteer centers.

Voices for National Service
www.voicesforservice.org
Voices for National Service is an organization that supports the growth and development of AmeriCorps and national service by mobilizing the field to educate our nation's leaders and the American public about the power and impact of national service.

Volunteers for Peace
www.vfp.org
VFP promotes International Voluntary Service as an effective means of intercultural education and community service, with programs where diverse participants can work together to help overcome the violence and environmental decay facing our planet. VFP offers over 3,000 programs in more than 100 countries.

Volunteer Match
www.volunteermatch.org
Volunteer Match is dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement.

Conflict Resolution

Community Mediation Program
www.communitymediation.org
The Community Mediation Program in Baltimore, Maryland, offers free services to reduce interpersonal and community violence through use of proven non-violent conflict resolution strategies and by making mediation services accessible to local communities. CMP provides neutral and safe dispute resolution opportunities for neighbors, families and businesses, empowering individuals to work collaboratively to develop creative and mutually agreeable solutions to conflicts.

Humanitarian Aid

Action Against Hunger
www.actionagainsthunger.org
Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF International) saves the lives of severely malnourished children and adults while setting up self-sustaining programs for the long-term. For more than 25 years, ACF has addressed hunger through its integrated programs in nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health care, and advocacy in more than 40 countries.

Airline Ambassadors International
www.airlineambassadors.org
Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) is a non-profit organization affiliated with the United Nations. AAI provides humanitarian aid to children and families in need as well as relief and development to under-privileged communities worldwide.

Children's Feeding Network
www.childrensfeedingnetwork.org
Children's Feeding Network exists to help people, primarily children and young teens, who are in distressed or poverty stricken situations. The organization is dedicated to meeting the physical and mental needs of children globally, reaching from the most hardened inner cities of America to the most remote hill tribe villages in the jungles of Asia.

Children's Network International
www.childrensnetworkinternational.org
CNI provides assistance to medical and dental outreaches throughout Southern California, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, the Philippines, selected countries in Russia and Africa. It provides supplies (e.g., food, clothing, personal care items) to more than 635 churches, senior citizen shelters, seniors on fixed income, and the working poor.

Civic Worldwide
www.civicworldwide.org
Civic is an organization that seeks to mitigate the impact of war and its aftermath by ensuring that timely and effective assistance is provided to unintended victims of conflict. Its goal is to see that such assistance become a permanent part of all governments' approach to armed conflict. Civic also works to promote public understanding, engagement and support for the human dimension in war.

East Meets West Foundation
www.eastmeetswest.org
The mission of the East Meets West Foundation is to partner with the people of Vietnam to improve health, education and economic conditions in an effort to eradicate poverty and help all Vietnamese to achieve self-sufficiency.

International Relief and Development
www.ird-dc.org
IRD is a private, voluntary organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people in the most economically deprived parts of the world by facilitating and supporting assistance tailored specifically to their needs. IRD works with a wide range of organizations in the implementation of targeted, cost-effective relief and development programs.

NetAid Foundation
www.netaid.org
NetAid Foundation was created to mobilize support for an end to extreme poverty by bringing individuals, companies and organizations together in ways that expand opportunities for the world's poorest families and communities.

Palestine Children's Relief Fund
www.pcrf.net
The main objective of the PCRF is to locate free medical care in the United States for children who cannot be adequately treated in the Middle East. The PCRF is the main organization regularly sending injured and sick Arab children to the U.S. and Europe for free care that is not available to them in their homeland.

Second Harvest Heartland
www.2harvest.org
SHH operates a variety of programs designed to combat hunger through specific channels of distribution. Among the recipients of its products and the beneficiaries of its programs are children, the elderly, the working poor and thousands of additional disadvantaged members of the communities in its service area.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
www.ifrc.org
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity.

World Care
www.worldcare.org
World Care is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to raising consciousness in education, health, environmental and community service arenas both locally and internationally. The organization strives to create opportunities for those who are less fortunate by providing necessary supplies.

At-Risk Support & Abuse Prevention

Children of the Night
www.childrenofthenight.org
Children of the Night is a privately funded non-profit organization established in 1979 and dedicated to rescuing America's children from the ravages of prostitution.

Family Support Network
www.familysupportnet.org
Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota has been working to end child abuse and neglect in Minnesota since 1979, offering both direct and indirect child abuse and neglect prevention programs.

National CASA Association
www.nationalcasa.org
The mission of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association, together with its state and local members, is to support and promote court-appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.

Faith-Based Organizations

American Friends Service Committee
www.afsc.org
The American Friends Service Committee is a practical expression of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Committed to the principles of nonviolence and justice, it seeks in its work and witness to draw on the transforming power of love, human and divine.

American Jewish World Service
www.ajws.org
American Jewish World Service believes that empowering individuals and communities by working at the grassroots level, regardless of people's race, religion, or nationality, advances human dignity, builds civil society and transforms the world for the better.

Catholic Relief Services
www.crs.org
The mission of CRS is to assist the poor and disadvantaged, helping to alleviate human suffering, promote development of all people, and foster charity and justice throughout the world, in keeping with the Gospel teachings of Jesus Christ.

Fellowship of Reconciliation
www.forusa.org
Fellowship of Reconciliation seeks to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice. An interfaith organization, it is committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life as well as a means of radical change. The group educates, trains, builds coalitions, and engages in compassionate actions locally, nationally and globally.

Habitat for Humanity International
www.habitat.org
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization. It welcomes all people to join in building simple, decent, affordable houses in partnership with those who lack adequate shelter.

Interfaith Youth Core
www.ifyc.org
Through its innovative program models and capacity-building approach, Interfaith Youth Core seeks to create a movement that encourages religious young people to strengthen their religious identities, foster inter-religious understanding and cooperate to serve the local and global community.

Mennonite Central Committee
www.mcc.org
MCC seeks to demonstrate God's love by working among people suffering from poverty, conflict, oppression and natural disaster. MCC serves as a channel for interchange by building mutually transformative relationships. MCC strives for peace, justice and the dignity of all people by sharing our experiences, resources and faith in Jesus Christ.

Permanent Peace
www.permanentpeace.org
Permanent Peace is an organization seeking to create permanent world peace. Its goal is to empower people everywhere with knowledge that can be used to create peace worldwide - timeless knowledge about the power of consciousness as brought to light by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and validated thoroughly in scientific research.

World Peace Prayer Society/Youth for Peace
www.worldpeace.org
The World Peace Prayer Society is dedicated to inspiring people to embrace compassion, respect life and live in harmony with one another. The organization seeks to celebrate cultural diversities rather than using them as a reason for conflict.

YWCA
www.ywca.org
The YWCA is a women's membership movement nourished by its roots in the Christian faith and sustained by the richness of many beliefs and values. Strengthened by diversity, the YWCA draws together members who strive to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership, and power in order to attain a common vision: peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all people.

This directory is provided as a courtesy by Threads of Peace, Inc., and is updated on a continuous basis. You are encouraged to conduct your own research on each organization before volunteering or contributing financially.




	Brightcove Facebook MySpace YouTube	This directory of non-partisan, non-governmental, peace-fostering groups - which we are updating nearly everyday - is our way of helping you to easily locate and connect with groups and causes that are most closely aligned with your unique, personal thirst for peace and harmony. We encourage you to learn more - and get involved. If you are already affiliated with an organization that is doing its part to promote peace in the hearts and homes of our global village, please send us a link to the group's web address and we will consider adding it to this directory. Peace. Live it. Educational / Awareness-Building Center for Global NonViolence www.globalnonviolence.org The Center for Global Nonviolence is an organization created to assist discovery and expression of nonviolent human potentials. CGNV is based on faith and commitment, assemblage of available knowledge and skills, creation of a new knowledge, invention of new technologies, training, and institutional development. Center for Peace through Culture www.centerforpeacethroughculture.org The goal of the Center for Peace through Culture is to promote a psychology of peace that transforms the belief systems that separate people into attitudes of inclusion and acceptance. The Center for Peace through Culture cultivates beauty, harmony, and truth, and assists all who support this mission. Children's International Summer Villages www.cisv.org Children's International Summer Villages is a unique youth exchange organization evolving from a firm conviction that lasting peace is possible if individuals and groups can learn to live together as friends. Free The Children www.freethechildren.org Free The Children is the largest network of children helping children through education in the world, with more than 1 million youth involved in our innovative education and development programs in 45 countries. Its mission is to free young people from the idea that they are powerless to bring about positive social change, and encourage them to act now to improve the lives of young people everywhere. Pathways to Peace www.pathwaystopeace.org Pathways to Peace is an international peace-building, educational and consulting organization. The mission of Pathways To Peace is threefold: Expand the comprehension and expression of "peace" and peace-building practices; build "cultures of peace" by uniting the strengths of existing organizations and programs along eight paths to peace; and contribute to the evolving mission of the United Nations and its participation in the International Day of Peace. Peace Games www.peacegames.org Peace Games is an organization in which children have the opportunity to imagine a world where every child has the skills, knowledge, supportive relationships, and opportunities to prevent violence and build safer communities; a world where individuals and institutions believe in the power of young people; and that violence - in all of its forms - can be prevented. PeaceJam www.peacejam.org 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. Peace One Day www.peaceoneday.org Peace One Day's objective is to raise global awareness of the United Nations International Day of Peace, now an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence, on 21 September. Peace One Day is impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion, corporation or religious creed. Seeds of Peace www.seedsofpeace.org Founded in 1993, Seeds of Peace is dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence. It brings youth together from hostile regions to engage in respectful dialogue that moves participants from hatred to friendship. Students Sharing Coalition www.studentssharing.org Founded in 1993, Students Sharing Coalition's mission is to provide meaningful service and civic engagement experiences to students from diverse backgrounds, with the goal of developing these young people into mature and knowledgeable citizens who take responsibility for their communities and are committed to social justice. The King Center www.thekingcenter.org The King Center is the official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of America's greatest nonviolent movement for justice, equality and peace. The Peace Foundation www.nationalpeace.org The Peace Foundation is a not-for profit membership organization actively involved in creating a more peaceful society. The Foundation promotes peaceful relationships among people of all ages, at all levels, through education, research and action. United States Institute of Peace www.usip.org The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts. Community Service & Volunteerism AmeriCorps www.americorps.org AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country's critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. Balkan Sunflowers www.balkansunflowers.org Balkan Sunflowers brings volunteers from around the world to work as neighbors and friends in social reconstruction and renewal. By organizing social and cultural activities, Balkan Sunflowers promotes understanding, furthers non-violent conflict transformation, and celebrates the diversity of lives and cultures in the Balkan region. City Year www.cityyear.org City Year is dedicated to helping build a strong democracy through three essential - and interconnected - civic strategies: citizen service, civic leadership, and social entrepreneurship. These three civic strategies are nonpartisan and pre-political. Elves & More www.elvesandmore.org Elves & More is an institution bringing hope to at least 25,000 impoverished children each year in the Houston, Texas area, and many more across the United States. The group identifies impoverished children whose needs are not being met and then designs programs to meet some of those needs. Network for Good www.networkforgood.org Network for Good is an Internet-based charitable resource - an e-philanthropy site where individuals can donate, volunteer and get involved with the issues they care about. The organization's goal is to connect people to charities via the Web, using the virtual world to deliver real resources to nonprofits and communities. Peace Corps Encore! www.peacecorpsencore.org Peace Corps Encore! addresses the major social challenges of our time by deploying the skills, experience and commitment of former Peace Corps volunteers and staff members to meet those needs, particularly in under-developed and developing regions of the world. Points of Light Foundation www.pointsoflight.org Founded in May 1990, the Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization devoted to promoting volunteerism in communities throughout the United States through a network of over 500 volunteer centers. Voices for National Service www.voicesforservice.org Voices for National Service is an organization that supports the growth and development of AmeriCorps and national service by mobilizing the field to educate our nation's leaders and the American public about the power and impact of national service. Volunteers for Peace www.vfp.org VFP promotes International Voluntary Service as an effective means of intercultural education and community service, with programs where diverse participants can work together to help overcome the violence and environmental decay facing our planet. VFP offers over 3,000 programs in more than 100 countries. Volunteer Match www.volunteermatch.org Volunteer Match is dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement. Conflict Resolution Community Mediation Program www.communitymediation.org The Community Mediation Program in Baltimore, Maryland, offers free services to reduce interpersonal and community violence through use of proven non-violent conflict resolution strategies and by making mediation services accessible to local communities. CMP provides neutral and safe dispute resolution opportunities for neighbors, families and businesses, empowering individuals to work collaboratively to develop creative and mutually agreeable solutions to conflicts. Humanitarian Aid Action Against Hunger www.actionagainsthunger.org Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF International) saves the lives of severely malnourished children and adults while setting up self-sustaining programs for the long-term. For more than 25 years, ACF has addressed hunger through its integrated programs in nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health care, and advocacy in more than 40 countries. Airline Ambassadors International www.airlineambassadors.org Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) is a non-profit organization affiliated with the United Nations. AAI provides humanitarian aid to children and families in need as well as relief and development to under-privileged communities worldwide. Children's Feeding Network www.childrensfeedingnetwork.org Children's Feeding Network exists to help people, primarily children and young teens, who are in distressed or poverty stricken situations. The organization is dedicated to meeting the physical and mental needs of children globally, reaching from the most hardened inner cities of America to the most remote hill tribe villages in the jungles of Asia. Children's Network International www.childrensnetworkinternational.org CNI provides assistance to medical and dental outreaches throughout Southern California, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, the Philippines, selected countries in Russia and Africa. It provides supplies (e.g., food, clothing, personal care items) to more than 635 churches, senior citizen shelters, seniors on fixed income, and the working poor. Civic Worldwide www.civicworldwide.org Civic is an organization that seeks to mitigate the impact of war and its aftermath by ensuring that timely and effective assistance is provided to unintended victims of conflict. Its goal is to see that such assistance become a permanent part of all governments' approach to armed conflict. Civic also works to promote public understanding, engagement and support for the human dimension in war. East Meets West Foundation www.eastmeetswest.org The mission of the East Meets West Foundation is to partner with the people of Vietnam to improve health, education and economic conditions in an effort to eradicate poverty and help all Vietnamese to achieve self-sufficiency. International Relief and Development www.ird-dc.org IRD is a private, voluntary organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people in the most economically deprived parts of the world by facilitating and supporting assistance tailored specifically to their needs. IRD works with a wide range of organizations in the implementation of targeted, cost-effective relief and development programs. NetAid Foundation www.netaid.org NetAid Foundation was created to mobilize support for an end to extreme poverty by bringing individuals, companies and organizations together in ways that expand opportunities for the world's poorest families and communities. Palestine Children's Relief Fund www.pcrf.net The main objective of the PCRF is to locate free medical care in the United States for children who cannot be adequately treated in the Middle East. The PCRF is the main organization regularly sending injured and sick Arab children to the U.S. and Europe for free care that is not available to them in their homeland. Second Harvest Heartland www.2harvest.org SHH operates a variety of programs designed to combat hunger through specific channels of distribution. Among the recipients of its products and the beneficiaries of its programs are children, the elderly, the working poor and thousands of additional disadvantaged members of the communities in its service area. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies www.ifrc.org The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. World Care www.worldcare.org World Care is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to raising consciousness in education, health, environmental and community service arenas both locally and internationally. The organization strives to create opportunities for those who are less fortunate by providing necessary supplies. At-Risk Support & Abuse Prevention Children of the Night www.childrenofthenight.org Children of the Night is a privately funded non-profit organization established in 1979 and dedicated to rescuing America's children from the ravages of prostitution. Family Support Network www.familysupportnet.org Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota has been working to end child abuse and neglect in Minnesota since 1979, offering both direct and indirect child abuse and neglect prevention programs. National CASA Association www.nationalcasa.org The mission of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association, together with its state and local members, is to support and promote court-appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes. Faith-Based Organizations American Friends Service Committee www.afsc.org The American Friends Service Committee is a practical expression of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Committed to the principles of nonviolence and justice, it seeks in its work and witness to draw on the transforming power of love, human and divine. American Jewish World Service www.ajws.org American Jewish World Service believes that empowering individuals and communities by working at the grassroots level, regardless of people's race, religion, or nationality, advances human dignity, builds civil society and transforms the world for the better. Catholic Relief Services www.crs.org The mission of CRS is to assist the poor and disadvantaged, helping to alleviate human suffering, promote development of all people, and foster charity and justice throughout the world, in keeping with the Gospel teachings of Jesus Christ. Fellowship of Reconciliation www.forusa.org Fellowship of Reconciliation seeks to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice. An interfaith organization, it is committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life as well as a means of radical change. The group educates, trains, builds coalitions, and engages in compassionate actions locally, nationally and globally. Habitat for Humanity International www.habitat.org Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization. It welcomes all people to join in building simple, decent, affordable houses in partnership with those who lack adequate shelter. Interfaith Youth Core www.ifyc.org Through its innovative program models and capacity-building approach, Interfaith Youth Core seeks to create a movement that encourages religious young people to strengthen their religious identities, foster inter-religious understanding and cooperate to serve the local and global community. Mennonite Central Committee www.mcc.org MCC seeks to demonstrate God's love by working among people suffering from poverty, conflict, oppression and natural disaster. MCC serves as a channel for interchange by building mutually transformative relationships. MCC strives for peace, justice and the dignity of all people by sharing our experiences, resources and faith in Jesus Christ. Permanent Peace www.permanentpeace.org Permanent Peace is an organization seeking to create permanent world peace. Its goal is to empower people everywhere with knowledge that can be used to create peace worldwide - timeless knowledge about the power of consciousness as brought to light by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and validated thoroughly in scientific research. World Peace Prayer Society/Youth for Peace www.worldpeace.org The World Peace Prayer Society is dedicated to inspiring people to embrace compassion, respect life and live in harmony with one another. The organization seeks to celebrate cultural diversities rather than using them as a reason for conflict. YWCA www.ywca.org The YWCA is a women's membership movement nourished by its roots in the Christian faith and sustained by the richness of many beliefs and values. Strengthened by diversity, the YWCA draws together members who strive to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership, and power in order to attain a common vision: peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all people. This directory is provided as a courtesy by Threads of Peace, Inc., and is updated on a continuous basis. You are encouraged to conduct your own research on each organization before volunteering or contributing financially.


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