- A Statement by Patricia Smith Melton

Last week I looked at how the power of women is rising throughout the world.  Combined with the power of the Internet, the 5th World Conference on Women will be a game-changer for peace, the tipping point where in the future people will look back and say, “That was when women changed the world.”
This week, let’s look at how women are primary peacemakers.
Documentation shows that specific “Peace Pillars” must be in place if societies are to thrive, which by definition means to live in …

In WOMEN, POWER, and PEACE … at play, the theater piece Patricia Smith Melton created for our 2011 Women, Power, and Peace Awards, many voices swirl and weave together in an organic dialogue. Our audience will see the faces and hear the words of the three 2011 Nobel Peace Prize awardees, several of our own past and current award winners, and other magnificent women of peace, both famous and relatively unknown. What follows is selected from just one of the voices―the collective woman-voice we might call The Poet.
We are the …

By Kim Weichel
CEO
“I have known the founders and leaders at the Global Fund, and have organized fundraisers for them in my home in the past. I am impressed by their vision, mission, and tireless work to create a just, compassionate, and equitable world.”
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I am excited to announce that our Peace Philanthropy Award this year goes to the Global Fund for Women. This award honors a person or organization that has contributed generous funds over time to meet the needs of women and to support women’s work in …

Kimberly Weichel
CEO
“Our 2011 Women, Power, and Peace Awards event will be held on Monday, December 5th, at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington DC.”
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On Sunday I attended the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial celebration on the Washington Mall, along with thousands of others. It was such a beautiful celebration, honoring his life and all he stood for, acknowledging how his work has made an enormous difference in the lives of all of us.
There are amazing people everywhere working to improve their communities and make this a better world, and yet …