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Name of Organization |
Description/purpose |
Website |
Address and phone |
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A.N.S.W.E.R. Act Now to Stop War & End Racism |
U.S.-based umbrella group consisting of many antiwar and
civil rights organizations. |
www.internationalanswer.org |
1247 E Street SE,
Washington, DC 20003
202-543-2777 |
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American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) |
A Quaker organization committed to social justice, peace,
and humanitarian service. |
www.afsc.org |
Central Regional Office
4211 Grand Avenue,
Des Moines, IA 50312
515-274-4851 |
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Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU) |
AMEU was founded in 1967 by Americans whose professions in medicine, church ministry,
archaeology and diplomacy had taken them to the Middle East. AMEU strives to create in the
United States a deeper appreciation of the culture, history and current events in that area.
|
www.ameu.org |
475 Riverside Drive
Room 245
New York, NY 10115-0245
212-870-2053
|
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Amnesty International |
A global movement which campaigns to end grave abuses of
human rights. |
www.amnesty.org/en |
5 Penn Plaza - 16th floor
New York, NY 10001
212-807-8400 |
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Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America |
Gathers, equips, and mobilizes Baptists to build a culture
of peace rooted in justice. Sponsors summer Peace Camp/Conference |
www.bpfna.org |
4800 Wedgewood Dr,
Charlotte, NC 28210
704-521-6051 |
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Black Voices for Peace (BVFP) |
BVFP is a national network of people of African heritage and others working for peace
with justice at home and abroad.
|
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P.O. Box 77144
Washington, DC 20013-7144
202-232-5690
800-820-2837
|
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Catholic Peace Fellowship |
The purpose of the CPF is to support Catholic conscientious objectors
through education, counseling, and advocacy. Guided by a personalist
philosophy, the CPF seeks to resist war by helping those who
choose not to participate in it, one person at a time. |
www.catholicpeacefellowship.org |
P.O. Box 4232
South Bend, IN 46634
(574)232-2811
staff(at)catholicpeacefellowship.org |
|
Center on Conscience & War -National Interreligious Service
Board for Conscientious Objectors |
Works to defend and extend the rights of conscientious objectors. |
www.centeronconscience.org |
1830 Connecticut Ave NW,
Washington, DC 20009-5706
202-483-2220 |
|
Center for Economic Justice |
Helps unite and strengthen a broad spectrum of movements which
work for environmentally healthy, human-centered, & sustainable
economies |
www.econjustice.net |
733 15th St. NW, Suite 928,
Washington, DC 20005
202-393-6665 |
|
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) |
Provides free services to those resisting war and preparation
for war |
www.objector.org |
630 20th Street, Suite 302,
Oakland, CA 94612
510-465-1617 |
|
Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) |
Offers an organized nonviolent alternative to war and other
forms of deadly conflict between groups. Faith-based nonviolent
action: Trains teams to "get in the way" of violence
and injustice and support local peacemaking efforts |
www.cpt.org |
P.O. Box 6508,
Chicago, IL 60680
773-277-0253 |
|
Church World Service |
Working together with partners to end hunger and poverty and
to promote peace and justice around the world. |
www.churchworldservice.org |
28606 Philips St. &
P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
800-297-1516 |
|
Citizen Soldier |
A project of Alternatives to Militarism, Inc - Advocate,
Defend, and Counsel GIs and Veterans who Oppose Illegal or Immoral
Military Practices |
www.citizen-soldier.org |
267 Fifth Ave, Suite 901,
New York, NY 10016
212-679-2250 |
|
Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean (EPICA) |
A voice of solidarity, advocating for social and economic justice
in the Americas, and self-determination for the region's people. |
www.igc.org/epica |
1470 Irving Street NW,
Washington, D.C. 20010
202-332-0292 |
|
Every Church a Peace Church |
The vision of Every Church A Peace Church is the formation
of new peace churches and the transformation of war-justifying
churches into peace churches, so that the world will be turned
toward peace as churches live and teach as Jesus lived and taught. |
www.ecapc.org |
|
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Fast for the Earth |
Organized by people living in South Dakota who are inspired by numerous recent examples
of native peoples who have fasted as a deeply spiritual protest against the destruction of
"Grandmother Earth and all their relations".
|
www.fastfortheearth.com |
Fast for the Earth
712 Sixth St.
Brookings, SD 57006
e-mail: coledai[at]brookings.net
|
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Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) |
Interfaith organization of people who recognize the essential
unity of all creation and have joined together to explore the
power of love and truth for resolving human conflict. Advocates
demilitarization and nuclear disarmament, racial and economic
justice, and the peaceful resolution of conflict. |
www.forusa.org |
P.O. Box 271,
Nyack, NY 10960
914-358-4601 |
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Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) |
"We seek...a world free of war and the threat of war,
A society with equity and justice for all, a community where
every person's potential may be fulfilled, an earth restored." |
www.fcnl.org |
245 2nd St., NE,
Washington, D.C. 20002-5795
202-547-6000 |
|
Global Exchange |
Global Exchange is an international human rights organization
dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice
around the world. |
www.globalexchange.org |
2017 Mission Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415)255-7296
communications(at)globalexchange.org |
|
Hague Appeal for Peace |
The Hague Appeal for Peace is an international network
of organizations and individuals dedicated to the abolition of
war and making peace a human right. The Global Campaign for
Peace Education was launched at the Hague Appeal for Peace
conference in May 1999. After the conference, Hague Appeal for
Peace took the responsibility of coordinating the Campaign. |
www.haguepeace.org |
(212)687-7214
info(at)peaceboat-us.org |
|
Heifer Project International |
Alleviate hunger, poverty, & environmental degradation. Helps
impoverished families become self-reliant by providing food &
income |
www.heifer.org |
P.O. Box 8058,
Little Rock, AR 72203-8058
800-422-0755 |
|
Housmans World Peace Database |
Comprehensive guide to national and international peace organizations
in over 170 countries, including major groups in related fields
such as environmental and human rights campaigning. |
www.housmans.info/wpd/ |
Housmans Peace Resource Project
5 Caledonian Road
London N1 9DX
UK
worldpeace(at)gn.apc.org |
|
International Action Center |
Includes movement to stop growing U.S. intervention in Colombia
and opposing "Plan Colombia" |
www.iacenter.org |
39 W. 14 Street, #206,
New York, NY 10011 212-633-6646 |
|
International Campaign to Ban Landmines |
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is a global
network in over 90 countries that works for a world free of antipersonnel
landmines and cluster munitions, where landmine and cluster munition
survivors can lead fulfilling lives. The Campaign was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its efforts to bring
about the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. |
www.icbl.org |
9 Rue de Cornavin
CH-1201
Geneva, Switzerland
+41 (0)22 920 03 25 |
|
International Center on Nonviolent Conflict |
The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)
is an independent, non-profit educational foundation that develops
and encourages the study and use of civilian-based, nonmilitary
strategies aimed at establishing and defending human rights,
democratic self-rule and justice worldwide. |
www.nonviolent-conflict.org |
P.O. Box 18218
Washington, DC 20006
(202)416-4720
icnc(at)nonviolent-conflict.org |
|
International Peace Bureau |
The International Peace Bureau is dedicated to the vision
of a World Without War. Its 300 member organisations in 70 countries,
together with individual members from a global network, bring
together expertise and campaigning experience in a common cause,
Sustainable Disarmament for Sustainable Development. |
www.ipb.org |
41 rue de Zurich
1201 Geneva,
Switzerland.
Tel : +41-22-731-6429
mailbox(at)ipb.org |
|
Israeli Committee Against House Deomolitions (ICAHD) |
ICAHD is a non-violent, direct-action organization established in 1997 to resist Israeli
demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories.
It has since expanded its resistance activities to other areas – land expropriation,
settlement expansion, by-pass road construction, policies of “closure” and “separation,”
the wholesale uprooting of fruit and olive trees, the Separation Barrier/Wall,
the siege of Gaza and more.
|
www.icahd.org |
ICAHD
PO Box 2030
91020 Jerusalem, Israel
info(at)icahd.org
|
|
International Crisis Group |
Private, nongovernmental, nonpartisan group that attempts to
prevent crises before they develop, avoiding the political and
economic problems of the United Nations |
www.crisisgroup.org |
1629 K Street NW, Suite 450
Washington DC 20006
202-785-1601 |
|
Interreligious Foundation for Community Organizing (IFCO) |
Advancing the struggles of oppressed people for justice and self-determination.
Pastors for Peace, a special ministry of IFCO, was created in
1988 to pioneer the delivery of humanitarian aid to Latin America
and the Carribean. |
www.ifconews.org |
402 W. 145 St.
New York, NY 10031
212-926-5757 |
|
Jerusalem center for Social & Economic Rights (JCSER) |
JCSER is a Palestinian non-governmental human rights organization based in Jerusalem.
It was established in 1997 by lawyers and members of the Palestinian community to provide
legal assistance and representation to Palestinian residents of occupied Jerusalem
subjected to discriminatory policies by the Israeli authorities.
|
www.jcser.org |
JCSER
P.O. Box 67807
97200 Jerusalem, Israel
info(at)jcser.org
|
|
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) |
JVP members are inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, equality, human rights, respect for international law, and a U.S. foreign policy based on these ideals.
|
www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org
|
JVP
1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 550
Oakland, CA 94612
510-465-1777
info(at)jvp.org
|
|
Jubilee Partners |
Jubilee Partners is an intentional Christian service community
in rural northeast Georgia, whose primary ministry is to offer
hospitality to refugees who have newly arrived in the U.S. |
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P.O. Box 68
Comer, GA 30629
706-783-5131 |
|
Koinonia Connection |
A Christian organization seeking to be a "demonstration
plot for the Kingdom of God." Committed to non-violence
and peaceful solutions to society's problems, empowerment of
the poor, the neglected and the oppressed. |
www.koinoniapartners.org |
1324 GA Hwy. 49 S.
Americus, GA 31719
877-738-1741 |
|
Maryknoll Productions |
Videos and posters for a multicultural world |
www.maryknollmall.org |
P.O. Box 302
Maryknoll, NY 10545-0302
800-227-8523 |
|
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) |
MCC is a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches which shares
God's love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by responding
to basic human needs and working for peace and justice. |
www.mcc.org |
MCC Central States
121 East 30th Street PO Box 235 North Newton, KS 67117
(316) 283-2720
centralstates(at)mcc.org |
|
Middle East Children's Alliance |
Direct aid, primarily medicine and medical supplies for Palestinian
and Iraqi children, and build and sustain grassroots projects
for children in the West Bank and Gaza. |
www.mecaforpeace.org |
905 Parker St.
Berkely, CA 94710
510-548-0542 |
|
NACLA Report on the Americas |
The source and resource on the Americas. |
www.nacla.org |
38 Greene St.
New York, NY 10013
646-613-1440 |
National Campaign
for a Peace Tax Fund |
A not-for-profit organization which advocates for passage of
the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act, which would restore
the rights of citizens whose conscience does not permit financial
participation in any war. |
www.peacetaxfund.org |
2121 Decatur Place, NW
Washington, DC
(202)483–3751 |
|
National Peace Academy |
The National Peace Academy supports, advances and nurtures cultures
of peace by conducting research and facilitating learning toward
the development of peace systems – local to global –
and the development of the full spectrum of the peacebuilder
– inner and outer, personal and professional. In all its
operations, internal and external, the National Peace Academy
strives to embody and reflect the principles and processes of
peace. |
www.nationalpeaceacademy.us |
National Peace Academy
P.O. Box 306
Shelburne, VT 05482, USA
Phone/Fax: (802)585-1672 |
|
Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala |
We demand fair elections and fair trade for Guatemala. |
www.nisgua.org |
1830 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
202-518-7638 |
|
Nonviolence International |
Nonviolence International, founded by Palestinian activist Mubarak
Awad, is a decentralized network of resource centers that promote
the use of nonviolent action. NI researches and promotes nonviolent
action and seeks to reduce the use of violence worldwide. We
believe that every culture and religion can employ appropriate
nonviolent methods for positive social change and international
peace. |
nonviolenceinternational.net |
PO Box 39127
Friendship Station, NW
Washington, DC 20016 |
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Nonviolent Peaceforce: A project of Peaceworkers |
Members apply research-based nonviolent strategies to protect
human rights, deter violence, and help create space for local
peacemakers to carry out their work. |
www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org |
801 Front Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55103
651-487-0800 |
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Nuclear Age Peace Foundation |
The mission of this organization is to advance initiatives to
eliminate the nuclear weapons threat to all life, to foster the
global rule
of law, and to build an enduring legacy of peace through education
and advocacy. |
www.wagingpeace.org |
1187 Coast Village Road,
Suite 1, PMB 121
Santa Barbara, California 93108
(805) 965-3443 |
|
The Nuclear Resister |
Comprehensive chronicle of anti-nuclear civil disobedience and
war resistance in North America. Information about and support
for imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists. |
nuclearresister.org |
P.O. Box 43383
Tucson, AZ 85733
520-323-8697
nukeresister(at)igc.org |
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On Earth Peace Assembly, Inc. |
Movement grounded in the Church of the Brethren to empower people
to discern the things that make for peace & to advocate peace
& justice |
www.brethren.org/oepa |
500 Main Street,
P.O. Box 188
New Windsor, MD 21776-0188
410-635-8704 |
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Pax Christi USA |
Strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by
exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian
nonviolence. |
www.paxchristiusa.org |
532 West Eighth Street,
Erie, PA 16502-1334
814-453-4955 ext. 233 |
|
Peace Brigades International (PBI) |
PBI is an international NGO that has been promoting nonviolence
and protecting human rights since 1981 using a strategy of protective
accompaniment. |
www.peacebrigades.org |
Peace Brigades International-USA, 1326 9th St, NW
Washington, DC 20001(202) 232-0142
info(at)pbiusa.org |
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Peace Now |
Americans for Peace Now (APN) is the gathering place for Americans
who believe in Israel and believe in peace. APN is also the U.S.
partner-organization of the Israeli Peace Now movement (Shalom
Achshav), the largest non-partisan movement in Israel's history.
Best known for mobilizing large demonstrations, it is also the
only group comprehensively monitoring Israeli settlement activity. |
www.PeaceNow.org |
2100 M. Street NW
Suite 619
Washington, D.C. 20037 |
|
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) |
Mobilizes the health professionals and enlists support from the
general public to protect and promote the human rights of all
people. |
www.phrusa.org |
100 Boylston Street, Suite 702
Boston, MA 02116
617-695-0041 |
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Physicians for Social Responsibility |
Building a national network of physicians, public health professionals
and supporters working to eliminate nuclear weapons and address
the public health and environmental legacy of nuclear weapons
production and testing. |
www.psr.org |
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW,
Suite 1012,
Washington, D.C. 20009 |
|
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship |
Encourage and educate Presbyterians about the importance of peacemaking
in the life of the church and throughout the world. |
www.presbypeacefellowship.org |
Box 271,
Nyack, NY 10960
845-358-4601 |
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Project Ploughshares |
Canadian organization that promotes disarmament and demilitarization,
the peaceful resolution of political conflict, and the pursuit
of security based on equity, justice, and a sustainable environment. |
www.ploughshares.ca |
Project Ploughshares,
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies,
Conrad Grebel College,
Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G6
519-888-6541 |
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Rebuilding Homes Campaign |
Supports Palestinians and Israelis working together to rebuild
demolished homes |
www.rebuildinghomes.org |
P.O. Box 610061,
Redwood City, CA 94061
415-820-3204 |
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SOA Watch |
SOA Watch seeks to close the US Army School of the Americas (SOA), renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) in 2001, through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media and legislative work.
|
www.soaw.org |
PO Box 4566
Washington, DC 20017
202-234-3440
|
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September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows |
An advocacy organization founded by family members of 9/11 victims.
Its mission is to seek effective nonviolent responses to terrorism
and to identify a commonality with all people similarly affected
by violence throughout the world. |
www.peacefultomorrows.org |
P.O. Box 1818,
Peter Stuyvesant Station,
New York, NY 10009
info(at)peacefultomorrows.org
212-598-0970 |
STAR*PAC
(Stop the Arms Race Political Action Committee) |
Organization that endorses peace candidates
"Plowshares from the war machine" |
www.starpac.org |
1620 Pleasant Street,
Des Moines, IA 50314
515-282-5111 or
515-210-7928 |
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Trees for Life |
Provides funding, management and know-how to people in
developing countries to plant and care for food-bearing trees
to fight world hunger. |
www.treesforlife.org |
3006 W. St. Louis,
Wichita, KS 67203
316-945-6929 |
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United for Peace and Justice |
UFPJ is a network of peace and justice organizations around the
US and world, working to end war and oppression, shift resources
toward human needs, protect the environment and promote sustainable
alternatives. |
unitedforpeace.org |
PO Box 607
Times Square Station
NY, NY 10108
(212) 868-5545
info.ufpj(at)gmail.com |
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Veterans for Peace |
Organization of veterans that increases awareness of the costs
of war, opposes nuclear weapons, and works toward world peace. |
www.veteransforpeace.org |
World Community Center
438 N. Skinker
St. Louis, MO 63130
OR:
Veterans for Peace National Office
216 South Metamec Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63105
314-725-6005 |
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Voices for Creative NonViolence (formerly Voices in the Wilderness) |
Working to end all forms of U.S. economic and military warfare
waged in the middle east. |
www.vitw.org |
1249 W Argyle St. #2
Chicago, IL 60640
773-878-3815
info(at)vcnv.org |
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War Resisters League |
Campaign to stop human rights abuses, promote nonviolent protests,
and stop war. |
www.warresisters.org |
339 Lafayette St.
New York, NY 10012
212-228-0450 |
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Witness for Peace (WFP) |
To support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas
by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices which contribute
to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
www.witnessforpeace.org |
3628 12th Street NE. 1st Fl.,
Washington, DC 20017
202-547-6112 |
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom |
Women working to promote gender and racial equality, and build
peace through world disarmament. |
www.wilpf.org |
1213 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-563-7110
Des Moines Branch:
1507 Pennsylvania Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50316 |
