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In the wake of America’s worst ever campus shooting many of us are in shock and feeling pessimistic about the fate of our communities and educational institutions if violence continues to escalate as it has in the past. We’re wringing our hands and shouting at TV screens and PC monitors wondering, “Is this ever going to stop? Are we ever going to clear past this violence and live together in a reasonable measure of peace?”

Please consider taking action to counter the effects of this bloodbath. Nothing is better for the soul than to act to prevent another tragedy like this from happening again.

The Peace Alliance (www.thepeacealliance.org) is a popular grass roots movement working to establish a U.S. Department of Peace. Many college campuses all over America have student chapters working to address issues of school violence.

Click on this link for a brief video introduction to the DoP and then read on for more information–

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6BF8GZM2g

A Department of Peace will work to:

— Provide much-needed assistance to efforts by city, county, and state governments in coordinating existing programs; as well as develop new programs based on best practices nationally

— Teach violence prevention and mediation to America’s school children

— Effectively treat and dismantle gang psychology

— Rehabilitate the prison population

— Build peace-making efforts among conflicting cultures both here and abroad

— Support our military with complementary approaches to peace-building.

— Create and administer a U.S. Peace Academy, acting as a sister organization to the U.S. Military Academy.

— And more

For more information about citizen action (i.e., financial donations, writing your congressman, signing petitions…) please go to www.thepeacealliance.org.

To write a letter to your local politicians
http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/29/139

To donate money

To get involved and act locally
http://www.webdataresources.com/peacealliance

We can do more than just grumble about our social problems. We can toil together to bring about positive changes.

If you’re moved to do so, please forward this on to other outraged and concerned friends.

Sincerely,
Ronn

‘We are only healthy to the extent that our ideas are humane.’
Kurt Vonnegut”