The Fund is being developed to finance peace related programs and products including:
• Organizational program and material development and enhancement • Educational products (curricula, multimedia, workshops) • Books • Web applications (e-learning, information, resources) • Audio productions (PSAs, educational audio, podcasts) • Video productions (PSAs, documentaries, independent feature films, television programming, web video, DVD) • Conferences and symposia • Research
The Cascadia Peace
Development Fund
is coming.
"There is no time left for anything but to make peacework a dimension of our every waking activity."
— Elise M. Boulding
Norwegian-American
Quaker Sociologist. Academic, and Author
we decided to help finance a future in which "the practical programs and principles of peacebuilding are the bedrock of our personal, national and global interest and investment?" What if we helped provide the funds to "take the field of peacebuilding from the margins of the political and societal dialogue and bring it to its rightful place: Central to our policymaking, investment and understanding?"1
Practical peacebuilding is a human enterprise we must encourage and support. There are few other enterprises which provide the opportunity to give one's life meaning and value while engaging in one of the greatest opportunities to improve all life on Earth. The Cascadia Peace Development Fund intends to support this effort by investing in programs and materials grounded in effective and sustainable best practices in peacebuilding.
The Cascadia Peace Development Fund is in the initial stages of its development. We're in the process of implementing our first programs. The pages on this web site will chronicle the progress of this development.
Partners in Practical Peacebuilding
Peace Partnership International is the Cascadia Peace Development Fund's nonprofit partner. They are associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information. INFORMATION: You can learn more about the efforts of Peace Partnership International, including the new National Peace Academy, by clicking here. CONTRIBUTE: We encourage you to make a charitable contribution to the work of Peace Partnership International. It's easy and it supports practical peacebuilding. For more information, click here.
NOTE:
1) Quoted from the mission of the Peace Alliance (United States) — part of an international initiative to establish departments and ministries of peace in governments throughout the world.
There is
no higher pursuit
nor noble a cause
then to
invest ourselves and
our wealth
in Peace.
