Rinaldo Brutoco Deborah Ingstad Marjorie Mann (Chairwoman) Martin Mohammed (Treasurer) John Robbins Frances Rosinski
Jeffrey Weisberg
STAFF
Dot Maver (President & CEO)
Mike Abkin (Secretary & Director of Operations)
Anne Creter (Liaison to the United Nations)
Theresa McGallicher (Peace Registry Manager)
The Mission of Peace Partnership International is forging partnerships with and among government, civil society, and business, to catalyze the transformation from a culture of violence to a culture of peace throughout the world.
Partnership Model
In all our operations, we seek opportunities to build working partnerships, strategic alliances, and healthy relationships with and among individuals and organizations in civil society, government, and business, recognizing that such partnerships and healthy relationships are essential for and thus the norm in a sustainable and vibrant culture of peace.
Major Initiatives
1. Forging partnerships for education and leadership development for, and demonstrations of, Applied Peacebuilding
a. National Peace Academy
b. Youth leadership for a culture of peace
2. Forging partnerships that promote structures in government at all levels that support and encourage the culture of peace
a. Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace
i. The US Peace Alliance as they advocate for legislation that supports a culture of peace
ii. Countries with initiatives for structures in their respective governments that support a culture of peace
b. United Nations
i. NGO status
ii. UN General Assembly resolution
History
Peace Partnership International began life in 2000 as the Global Renaissance Alliance, with the purpose to educate the public about current events, to bring about civic betterment and social improvement, and to promote the common good and general welfare of the community. In January 2005, the organization officially changed its name to The Peace Alliance Foundation. In November 2007, in order to better reflect our expanded scope to catalyze and participate in applied peacebuilding globally and to forge partnerships for peace with government, civil society, and business, our name changed again, to Peace Partnership International.
Context
We recognize that the world is interconnected and that everything influences the whole. As a consequence, there is no “them and us.” There is only us, and the welfare of others, indeed of all life, is our own welfare.
Therefore, we must seek ways to consciously connect and build a culture of peace with nonviolence and cooperation as organizing principles. Indeed, all our systems of foreign policy, education, politics, business, health, and social welfare can and must be united in seeking, teaching, and living peace.
Already, peacebuilding and conflict transformation technologies are being developed and put into practice around the world in a wide range of conflict situations within and between countries. The time has come to educate ourselves and help create the necessary infrastructure for peace in our culture.
Peace Partnership International is dedicated to making our shared value of peaceful co-existence a reality. We recognize that the seeds of such a culture already exist and that the principles and the processes of peace are of paramount importance to the development of a sustainable and productive future.
The Peace Alliance Foundation Program Report describes the activities and accomplishments of the Peace Alliance Foundation (now Peace Partnership International) over the fiscal year August 2005-July 2006.
