by Abby Smith, Outreach and Administration Manager
This month we will celebrate Mothers Day. Mothers: What a great thing to celebrate!  They’re the people who carry us for 9 months, take care of us for at least 18 years, and love us for life. I have been lucky to have several mothers involved in my life who helped shape and mold me into the woman I am today. As we celebrate Mothers Day let us remember that they are more than just mothers; they are the peacebuilders who have gone before …

by Kimberly Weichel, CEO
We all know that investing in women is the key to ending world poverty. Women’s share of the labor force is increasing in almost all regions of the world. Women now comprise more than 40 percent of the paid global labor force, and we know that women also perform much more than our share of the world’s unpaid labor (cooking, childcare, growing crops, and more). Expanding economic opportunities for women is vital!
We at Peace X Peace are advocating for policies and legislation that empower women. That’s why we …

“The most remarkable feature of this historical moment on Earth is not that we are on the way to destroying the world — we’ve actually been on the way for quite a while. It is that we are beginning to wake up, as from a millennia-long sleep, to a whole new relationship to our world, to ourselves and each other.”
Like Mama Earth, women can bring forth life, and we grieve when it’s hurt or destroyed. We feel Earth’s anguish because we’ve been through a lot ourselves. And, we’re in the …

by Abby Smith, Outreach and Administration Manager
What can going green do to affect peace? This is a question I found myself asking time and time again. Peace movements and organizations worldwide promote being environmentally friendly, and I thought maybe it was just a side note, not really related to peace but a nice idea. Well that is not the case. I’ve learned there is a definite link between our environment and peace.
As I mentioned in the first Generation Peace article in January, the older generation of peacebuilders are passing …