36. Support Peace Institutions

"Citizens across the United States are now uniting in a great cause to establish a Department of Peace, seeking nothing less than the transformation of our society, to make non-violence an organizing principle, to make war archaic through creating a paradigm shift in our culture for human development, for economic and political justice and for violence control." -- Dennis Kucinich

 

The Culture of Peace Movement will create institutions that will provide an infrastructure that will help make striving for a better world easier. But a firm foundation has already been established.

The United Nations has shone as humanity's greatest hope for a more peaceful world for more than sixty years. It has helped to promote human rights, freedom and democracy, erase poverty and hunger, improve health and education, and urge the governments of the world to work together in peace. But the UN can only do what governments allow it to do.

Across the globe, a people's movement has been growing to convince governments to help the UN in its goals and to allow the UN to work more closely with civil society in solving the planet's problems. People's Assemblies have convened at the UN and in local gatherings around the world.

In the US, a grassroots campaign is spreading in support of a Congressional Bill to establish a cabinet-level Department of Peace. You can help convince Congress to pass this bill and make peace a national priority. Now the Global Alliance for Peace Minisitries & Departments is spreading this initiative to nations throughout the world. Several nations have already created national Peace Departments!

 

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