Give Peace a Chance
United States Institute of Peace - http://www.usip.org/
The United States Institute of Peace is a nonpartisan, independent federal institution created and funded by Congress to strengthen the nation's capabilities to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflicts. Established in 1984, the Institute meets its congressional mandate through an array of programs, including grants, fellowships, conferences and workshops, library services, publications, and other educational activities.
Ploughshares Fund - http://www.ploughshares.org/
The Ploughshares Fund is a public grantmaking foundation that supports initiatives for stopping the spread of weapons of war, from nuclear arms to landmines.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section - http://www.wilpf.org/
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom works to achieve through peaceful means world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all.
War Resisters League - http://www.warresisters.org/
Committed not only to eliminating war, but the causes of war-causes intricately linked to the violence that pervades our society.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - http://www.loga.org/
Nonprofit for peace, human rights, nonviolence. The Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs (LOGA) advocates for just policies in the world. LOGA has action alerts, background papers, and sample letters on major issues.
Voices in the Wilderness - http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/
Sends delegations journey to Iraq to break the sanctions siege and bring desperately needed medical supplies and a message of peace to children and families.
The Fellowship of Reconciliation - http://www.forusa.org/
FOR seeks to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice. We are an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change. We educate, train, build coalitions, and engage in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally, nationally, and globally.
National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee - http://www.nwtrcc.org/
A coalition of groups from across the US formed to provide information and support to people involved in or considering some form of war-tax resistance.
International Committee for the Peace Council - http://www.peacecouncil.org/
The Peace Council is a group of internationally respected religious persons from many faiths working together in practical ways for peace and for the common needs of the whole community of life. They build bridges by the example of non-violence, compassion, human rights, and universal responsibility, individual and collective.
National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors - http://www.nisbco.org/
Defends and extends the rights of conscientious objectors to war and violence and provides counseling and legal services to conscientious objectors, military personnel, political asylum seekers and conscientious objectors seeking naturalization as U.S. citizens.
Peace Action National - http://www.webcom.com/peaceact/
The United States' largest grassroots peace and justice organization.
Pax Christi USA - http://www.paxchristiusa.org/
Pax Christi USA strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence.
Veterans For Peace - http://www.veteransforpeace.org/
An Organization of veterans from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, other conflicts, and peactime veterans. Who belive that wars are easy to start and hard to stop and that those hurt are often the innocent thus other means of problem solving are necessary.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship - http://www.bpf.org/
The mission of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship is to serve as a catalyst and agent for socially engaged Buddhism. Our aim is to help beings liberate themselves from the suffering that manifests in individuals, relationships, institutions, and social systems.
The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors - http://objector.org/
CCCO supports conscientious objectors and promotes individual and collective resistance to war. Site includes information on alternatives to the military, military discharges, draft registration and the militarization of schools.
The Nuclear Resister - http://www.nonviolence.org/nukeresister/
Published quarterly and serves to network this nonviolent resistance movement while acting as a clearinghouse for information about contemporary nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat.
The National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund - http://www.peacetax.com/
The National Campaign for a Peace Tax fund advocates for legislation enabling conscientious objectors to war to have their federal income taxes directed to a special fund which could be used for non-military purposes only.
The Jewish Peace Fellowship - http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org/
Jewish Peace Fellowship is a Jewish voice in the peace community and a peace voice in the Jewish community. We are a nondenominational Jewish organization committed to active nonviolence as a means of resolving conflict, drawing on Jewish traditional sources within the Torah, the Talmud and contemporary peacemaking sages like Martin Buber, Judah Magnes and Abraham Joshua Heschel.
AFSC National Youth and Militarism Program - http://www.afsc.org/youthmil.htm
American Friends Service looks at impact of the military and war on young people. (JROTC, child soldiers, and conscientious objection). Supports local groups to counter militarism in schools. Extensive resource.
The Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia - http://www.nonviolence.org/archivedsites/nacc/
Activities include anti-militarism and social justice issues.
Muslim Peace Fellowship - http://www.nonviolence.org/archivedsites/mpf/
The Muslim Peace Fellowship (Ansar as-Salam) is a gathering of peace and justice-oriented Muslims of all backgrounds who are dedicated to making the beauty of Islam evident in the world.
PeaceTaxPayers - http://www.peacetaxpayers.org/
Provides information and inspiration for those Federal taxpayers and others who can understand and agree that paying about one half of each of their Federal income tax dollars to support war and preparations for war is not a way to make Peace on Earth.
Albert Einstein Institution - http://www.aeinstein.org/
The mission of the Albert Einstein Institution is to advance the worldwide study and strategic use of nonviolent action in conflict.
Coalition for Peace and Justice - http://members.bellatlantic.net/~norco/
East Coast chapter of National Peace Action and Coalition for Peace Action.
Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD) - http://www.comdsd.org/
An anti-militarism organization that challenges the institution of the military, its effect on society, its role abroad and at home, and the various forms of discrimination that are inherent in the armed forces and Selective Service System.
Episcopal Peace Fellowship - http://www.nonviolence.org/archivedsites/epf/
A body within the church whose mission is to aid and encourage all Episcopalians to strive for justice and peace among all people and to bear nonviolent witness to christ's call to peace.
Life for Relief and Development - http://www.lifeusa.org/
Dedicated to alleviating human suffering around the world regardless of race, color or cultural background. They strive to offer humanitarian, health, educational, social and economic services to victims of natural disasters, wars, hunger and more through a variety of programs.
Maryland United for Peace and Justice - http://www.mupj.org/
MUPJ is a statewide networking organization which tries to network between the many groups and individuals working for peace, justice and a clean environment in a world which uses nonviolent means of conflict resolution, moves toward sustainable energy, and development and is fair and just to all humans and the earth.
Connecticut Peace Organizations - http://pages.cthome.net/ctpeaceorgs/
Provide information and links to peace organizations.
Instant antiwar action group - http://www.uvm.edu/~sparc/iaag/
Information, literature, merchandise, mailing list and photographs of an amorphous group of individuals in Vermont, organizing demonstrations, and raising awareness of U.S. military imperialism.
NATO Committed War Crime in Kosovo - http://www.amnesty-usa.org/nato_report/index.html
Annual Report 2000 by Amnesty International details the war crimes and shows how US citizens can respond.