Toward a Healed America
Peace Direct welcomes the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and urges all Americans to join together in the work of healing our broken nation.
Solidarity and action: Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we honor all local peacebuilders.
Statement on the Violence at the U.S. Capitol
Peace will prevail
12 days of peace
We won’t forget 2020 in a hurry. The pandemic put an end to many things – but not the lifesaving work of peacebuilders, and all those working to make the world safer. Staying home and social distancing have strained family and community ties. Yet, we’ve remembered the importance of solidarity and kindness – and we’ve … Continued
Dreams of peace: Group in Sri Lanka wins 2020 Peace Direct Award
The eighth annual Peace Direct Awards (formerly known as the Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders Awards) celebrate the work of some of the world’s most creative and inspiring local peacebuilders. This year, we focused on technology in peacebuilding. A panel of international experts selected the winner from an accomplished pool of applicants, each of them using technology to address problems faced by their communities.
Peace Direct relaunches platform highlighting local peacebuilders preventing war & conflict
Peace Insight, the leading online platform for locally-led peace journalism has relaunched today following a comprehensive six-month review.
Centre Résolutions Conflits wins UNESCO peace prize for 27 years of life-saving work
We are proud to share that our partner of the last fifteen years, Centre Résolution Conflits in Democratic Republic of Congo, were recently awarded the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence*.
Prevent conflict and build peace after coronavirus
Every donation from the 1st to the 8th December will be doubled through the Big Give Appeal! The coronavirus outbreak has been challenging for everyone, but particularly for peacebuilders. Conflict didn’t stop as coronavirus spread, and their lifesaving work has never been more dangerous. Please donate today to support our continued work to build peace. … Continued
What are you doing to build peace?
This blog was written by Valentina, one of our 2020 Peace Direct Programmes interns. She shares the experiences that led her to peacebuilding, and why she believes that peace can be built when power shifts.
Message from Peace Direct’s US Executive Director for #GivingTuesday
It’s been a challenging and tumultuous year. The coronavirus pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and contentious national elections have laid bare deep inequities, racism and division here in the U.S. We are called like never before to build peace in our own country, and to do it in solidarity with people around the world … Continued