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THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF PEACE CAMPAIGN
Bill HR 808 now before the U. S. House of Representatives.

The legislation will pass from bill to law under one condition: that a wave of citizen interest rise up from the American people and make itself heard in the halls of Congress. 

This bill is co-sponsored by 66 U.S. Representatives including Oregon’s Peter DeFazio and David Wu.

There is currently a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives to establish a U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence. This landmark measure will increase our ability to strategically develop and apply practical, cost-effective and proven means of resolving conflict before it erupts into violence.

A Department of Peace will work to:

• Develop a coordinated, strategic, sophisticated approach to expanding our nation’s ability to nonviolently resolve conflict before it erupts into violence
• Hold the cultivation of peace as a strategic national policy objective
• Provide an institutional platform for the growing wealth of expertise in peacebuilding to dramatically reduce the national and global epidemic of violence
• Provide much-needed assistance to cities, counties and state governments in finding, funding, replicating and expanding programs to reduce and prevent violence
• Provide for violence prevention and mediation training to America’s school children and teachers
• Support the use of programs proven to reduce prison re-offending (recidivism) rates
• Support our military with new peacebuilding capabilities desperately needed in the war on terror
• Work with other government agencies to apply and practice the science of peacebuilding in their respective fields of responsibility
• Create and administer a U.S. Peace Academy to ensure the development and application of the very best nonviolent resources in conflict resolution
• And more . . .
• For complete information, see www.thepeacealliance.org

For more information, contact Beth Hanson at 541-923-6677 or Email.