UPEACE/US

UPEACE/US

"Our mission to promote and advance the United Nation-mandated University for Peace and the practice of education for peace in the U.S. and beyond.

"UPEACE/US is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2006 by a diverse community of educators and practitioners committed to implementing practical solutions for building a more peaceful world.

"This is achieved through the following program areas - (1) Innovative Conflict Prevention & Peace Education for Youth, (2) Professional & Civil Society Capacity Building for Peace, and (3) The Global Network for Upeacebuilders."

Staff
Accessed April 2010:


 * Executive Director: Nicholas C. Martin
 * Director of Programs: Rebecca Harned
 * DCPEACE Program Manager: Indhika Jayaratnam
 * DCPEACE Program Manager: Tres Thomas
 * DCPEACE Program Advisor: Karen Douglass
 * DCPEACE Program Advisor: Kelsey Visser
 * DCPEACE Coordinator: Diana Wells
 * Executive Intern: Emily Hunter Cohen
 * Legal Counsel: Stephanie Gliege

Board
Accessed April 2010:


 * Peter E. de Janosi – Chairman
 * Kirsty Bonner
 * Mary Losty
 * Winstead (Ted) Rouse
 * Ying Wang
 * Nicholas C. Martin (Ex-Officio)

Advisory Council
Accessed April 2010:


 * Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser - Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations
 * Claudia Abate - President, Foundation for Post-Conflict Development
 * David S. Anderson - Director, Center for Advancement of Public Health, George Mason University
 * Steven Umin - Senior Partner, Epstein, Baker & Green
 * Colman McCarthy - Founder and Director, Center for Teaching Peace
 * Ben Francisco Maulbeck - Director of Advancement, Hispanics in Philanthropy
 * Brian Polkinghorn - Executive Director, Salisbury University Center for Conflict Resolution
 * Malaak Shabazz - Trustee, Shabazz Center. Daughter of Malcolm X.
 * David Adams - Fmr Director of Culture of Peace Program, UNESCO
 * Dominic Volonnino - Consultant, United States Institute of Peace

Contact
URL: http://www.upeaceus.org

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 * Malcolm X Elementary School