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| A.N.S.W.E.R. Act Now to Stop War & End Racism | U.S.-based umbrella group consisting of many antiwar and civil rights organizations. | www.internationalanswer.org |
1247 E Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 202-543-2777 |
| American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) | A Quaker organization committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. | www.afsc.org |
Central Regional Office 4211 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312 515-274-4851 |
| Amnesty International | A global movement which campaigns to end grave abuses of human rights. | www.amnesty.org/en |
5 Penn Plaza - 16th floor New York, NY 10001 212-807-8400 |
| Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America | Gathers, equips, and mobilizes Baptists to build a culture of peace rooted in justice. Sponsors summer Peace Camp/Conference | www.bpfna.org |
4800 Wedgewood Dr, Charlotte, NC 28210 704-521-6051 |
| Catholic Peace Fellowship | The purpose of the CPF is to support Catholic conscientious objectors through education, counseling, and advocacy. Guided by a personalist philosophy, the CPF seeks to resist war by helping those who choose not to participate in it, one person at a time. | www.catholicpeacefellowship.org |
P.O. Box 4232 South Bend, IN 46634 (574)232-2811 staff@catholicpeacefellowship.org |
| Center on Conscience & War -National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors | Works to defend and extend the rights of conscientious objectors. | www.centeronconscience.org |
1830 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009-5706 202-483-2220 |
| Center for Economic Justice | Helps unite and strengthen a broad spectrum of movements which work for environmentally healthy, human-centered, & sustainable economies | www.econjustice.net |
733 15th St. NW, Suite 928, Washington, DC 20005 202-393-6665 |
| Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) | Provides free services to those resisting war and preparation for war | www.objector.org |
630 20th Street, Suite 302, Oakland, CA 94612 510-465-1617 |
| Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) | Offers an organized nonviolent alternative to war and other forms of deadly conflict between groups. Faith-based nonviolent action: Trains teams to "get in the way" of violence and injustice and support local peacemaking efforts | www.cpt.org |
P.O. Box 6508, Chicago, IL 60680 773-277-0253 |
| Church World Service | Working together with partners to end hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice around the world. | www.churchworldservice.org |
28606 Philips St. & P.O. Box 968 Elkhart, IN 46515 800-297-1516 |
| Citizen Soldier | A project of Alternatives to Militarism, Inc - Advocate, Defend, and Counsel GIs and Veterans who Oppose Illegal or Immoral Military Practices | www.citizen-soldier.org |
267 Fifth Ave, Suite 901, New York, NY 10016 212-679-2250 |
| Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean (EPICA) | A voice of solidarity, advocating for social and economic justice in the Americas, and self-determination for the region's people. | www.igc.org/epica |
1470 Irving Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20010 202-332-0292 |
| Every Church a Peace Church | The vision of Every Church A Peace Church is the formation of new peace churches and the transformation of war-justifying churches into peace churches, so that the world will be turned toward peace as churches live and teach as Jesus lived and taught. | www.ecapc.org | |
| Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) | Interfaith organization of people who recognize the essential unity of all creation and have joined together to explore the power of love and truth for resolving human conflict. Advocates demilitarization and nuclear disarmament, racial and economic justice, and the peaceful resolution of conflict. | www.forusa.org |
P.O. Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960 914-358-4601 |
| Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) | "We seek...a world free of war and the threat of war, A society with equity and justice for all, a community where every person's potential may be fulfilled, an earth restored." | www.fcnl.org |
245 2nd St., NE, Washington, D.C. 20002-5795 202-547-6000 |
| Global Exchange | Global Exchange is an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. | www.globalexchange.org |
2017 Mission Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94110 (415)255-7296 communications@globalexchange.org |
| Hague Appeal for Peace | The Hague Appeal for Peace is an international network of organizations and individuals dedicated to the abolition of war and making peace a human right. The Global Campaign for Peace Education was launched at the Hague Appeal for Peace conference in May 1999. After the conference, Hague Appeal for Peace took the responsibility of coordinating the Campaign. | www.haguepeace.org |
(212)687-7214 info@peaceboat-us.org |
| Heifer Project International | Alleviate hunger, poverty, & environmental degradation. Helps impoverished families become self-reliant by providing food & income | www.heifer.org |
P.O. Box 8058, Little Rock, AR 72203-8058 800-422-0755 |
| Housmans World Peace Database | Comprehensive guide to national and international peace organizations in over 170 countries, including major groups in related fields such as environmental and human rights campaigning. | www.housmans.info/wpd/ |
Housmans Peace Resource Project 5 Caledonian Road London N1 9DX UK worldpeace@gn.apc.org |
| International Action Center | Includes movement to stop growing U.S. intervention in Colombia and opposing "Plan Colombia" | www.iacenter.org |
39 W. 14 Street, #206, New York, NY 10011 212-633-6646 |
| International Campaign to Ban Landmines | The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is a global network in over 90 countries that works for a world free of antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions, where landmine and cluster munition survivors can lead fulfilling lives. The Campaign was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its efforts to bring about the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. | www.icbl.org |
9 Rue de Cornavin CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland +41 (0)22 920 03 25 |
| International Center on Nonviolent Conflict | The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) is an independent, non-profit educational foundation that develops and encourages the study and use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies aimed at establishing and defending human rights, democratic self-rule and justice worldwide. | www.nonviolent-conflict.org |
P.O. Box 18218 Washington, DC 20006 (202)416-4720 icnc@nonviolent-conflict.org |
| International Peace Bureau | The International Peace Bureau is dedicated to the vision of a World Without War. Its 300 member organisations in 70 countries, together with individual members from a global network, bring together expertise and campaigning experience in a common cause, Sustainable Disarmament for Sustainable Development. | www.ipb.org |
41 rue de Zurich 1201 Geneva, Switzerland. Tel : +41-22-731-6429 mailbox@ipb.org |
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National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund |
A not-for-profit organization which advocates for passage of the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act, which would restore the rights of citizens whose conscience does not permit financial participation in any war. | www.peacetaxfund.org |
2121 Decatur Place, NW Washington, DC (202)483–3751 |
| International Crisis Group | Private, nongovernmental, nonpartisan group that attempts to prevent crises before they develop, avoiding the political and economic problems of the United Nations | www.crisisgroup.org |
1629 K Street NW, Suite 450 Washington DC 20006 202-785-1601 |
| Interreligious Foundation for Community Organizing (IFCO) | Advancing the struggles of oppressed people for justice and self-determination. Pastors for Peace, a special ministry of IFCO, was created in 1988 to pioneer the delivery of humanitarian aid to Latin America and the Carribean. | www.ifconews.org |
402 W. 145 St. New York, NY 10031 212-926-5757 |
| Jubilee Partners | Jubilee Partners is an intentional Christian service community in rural northeast Georgia, whose primary ministry is to offer hospitality to refugees who have newly arrived in the U.S. | p13643.typo3server.info/56.0.html |
P.O. Box 68 Comer, GA 30629 706-783-5131 |
| Koinonia Connection | A Christian organization seeking to be a "demonstration plot for the Kingdom of God." Committed to non-violence and peaceful solutions to society's problems, empowerment of the poor, the neglected and the oppressed. | www.koinoniapartners.org |
1324 GA Hwy. 49 S. Americus, GA 31719 877-738-1741 |
| Maryknoll Productions | Videos and posters for a multicultural world | www.maryknollmall.org |
P.O. Box 302 Maryknoll, NY 10545-0302 800-227-8523 |
| Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) | MCC is a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches which shares God's love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice. | www.mcc.org |
MCC Central States 121 East 30th Street PO Box 235 North Newton, KS 67117 (316) 283-2720 centralstates@mcc.org |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Direct aid, primarily medicine and medical supplies for Palestinian and Iraqi children, and build and sustain grassroots projects for children in the West Bank and Gaza. | www.mecaforpeace.org |
905 Parker St. Berkely, CA 94710 510-548-0542 |
| NACLA Report on the Americas | The source and resource on the Americas. | www.nacla.org |
38 Greene St. New York, NY 10013 646-613-1440 |
| National Peace Academy | The National Peace Academy supports, advances and nurtures cultures of peace by conducting research and facilitating learning toward the development of peace systems – local to global – and the development of the full spectrum of the peacebuilder – inner and outer, personal and professional. In all its operations, internal and external, the National Peace Academy strives to embody and reflect the principles and processes of peace. | www.nationalpeaceacademy.us |
National Peace Academy P.O. Box 306 Shelburne, VT 05482, USA Phone/Fax: (802)585-1672 |
| Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala | We demand fair elections and fair trade for Guatemala. | www.nisgua.org |
1830 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20009 202-518-7638 |
| Nonviolence International | Nonviolence International, founded by Palestinian activist Mubarak Awad, is a decentralized network of resource centers that promote the use of nonviolent action. NI researches and promotes nonviolent action and seeks to reduce the use of violence worldwide. We believe that every culture and religion can employ appropriate nonviolent methods for positive social change and international peace. | nonviolenceinternational.net |
PO Box 39127 Friendship Station, NW Washington, DC 20016 |
| Nonviolent Peaceforce: A project of Peaceworkers | Members apply research-based nonviolent strategies to protect human rights, deter violence, and help create space for local peacemakers to carry out their work. | www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org |
801 Front Ave. St. Paul, MN 55103 651-487-0800 |
| Nuclear Age Peace Foundation |
The mission of this organization is to advance initiatives to
eliminate the nuclear weapons threat to all life, to foster the
global rule of law, and to build an enduring legacy of peace through education and advocacy. |
www.wagingpeace.org |
1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1, PMB 121 Santa Barbara, California 93108 (805) 965-3443 |
| The Nuclear Resister | Comprehensive chronicle of anti-nuclear civil disobedience and war resistance in North America. Information about and support for imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists. | nuclearresister.org |
P.O. Box 43383 Tucson, AZ 85733 520-323-8697 nukeresister@igc.org |
| On Earth Peace Assembly, Inc. | Movement grounded in the Church of the Brethren to empower people to discern the things that make for peace & to advocate peace & justice | www.brethren.org/oepa |
500 Main Street, P.O. Box 188 New Windsor, MD 21776-0188 410-635-8704 |
| 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. | www.paxchristiusa.org |
532 West Eighth Street, Erie, PA 16502-1334 814-453-4955 ext. 233 |
| Peace Brigades International (PBI) | PBI is an international NGO that has been promoting nonviolence and protecting human rights since 1981 using a strategy of protective accompaniment. | www.peacebrigades.org |
Peace Brigades International-USA, 1326 9th St, NW Washington, DC 20001(202) 232-0142 info@pbiusa.org |
| Peace Now | Americans for Peace Now (APN) is the gathering place for Americans who believe in Israel and believe in peace. APN is also the U.S. partner-organization of the Israeli Peace Now movement (Shalom Achshav), the largest non-partisan movement in Israel's history. Best known for mobilizing large demonstrations, it is also the only group comprehensively monitoring Israeli settlement activity. | www.PeaceNow.org |
2100 M. Street NW Suite 619 Washington, D.C. 20037 |
| Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) | Mobilizes the health professionals and enlists support from the general public to protect and promote the human rights of all people. | www.phrusa.org |
100 Boylston Street, Suite 702 Boston, MA 02116 617-695-0041 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | Building a national network of physicians, public health professionals and supporters working to eliminate nuclear weapons and address the public health and environmental legacy of nuclear weapons production and testing. | www.psr.org |
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1012, Washington, D.C. 20009 |
| Presbyterian Peace Fellowship | Encourage and educate Presbyterians about the importance of peacemaking in the life of the church and throughout the world. | www.presbypeacefellowship.org |
Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960 845-358-4601 |
| Project Ploughshares | Canadian organization that promotes disarmament and demilitarization, the peaceful resolution of political conflict, and the pursuit of security based on equity, justice, and a sustainable environment. | www.ploughshares.ca |
Project Ploughshares, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Conrad Grebel College, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G6 519-888-6541 |
| Rebuilding Homes Campaign | Supports Palestinians and Israelis working together to rebuild demolished homes | www.rebuildinghomes.org |
P.O. Box 610061, Redwood City, CA 94061 415-820-3204 |
| September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows | An advocacy organization founded by family members of 9/11 victims. Its mission is to seek effective nonviolent responses to terrorism and to identify a commonality with all people similarly affected by violence throughout the world. | www.peacefultomorrows.org |
P.O. Box 1818, Peter Stuyvesant Station, New York, NY 10009 info@peacefultomorrows.org 212-598-0970 |
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STAR*PAC (Stop the Arms Race Political Action Committee) |
Organization that endorses peace candidates "Plowshares from the war machine" |
www.starpac.org |
1620 Pleasant Street, Des Moines, IA 50314 515-282-5111 or 515-210-7928 |
| Trees for Life | Provides funding, management and know-how to people in developing countries to plant and care for food-bearing trees to fight world hunger. | www.treesforlife.org |
3006 W. St. Louis, Wichita, KS 67203 316-945-6929 |
| United for Peace and Justice | UFPJ is a network of peace and justice organizations around the US and world, working to end war and oppression, shift resources toward human needs, protect the environment and promote sustainable alternatives. | unitedforpeace.org |
PO Box 607 Times Square Station NY, NY 10108 (212) 868-5545 info.ufpj@gmail.com |
| Veterans for Peace | Organization of veterans that increases awareness of the costs of war, opposes nuclear weapons, and works toward world peace. | www.veteransforpeace.org |
World Community Center 438 N. Skinker St. Louis, MO 63130 OR: Veterans for Peace National Office 216 South Metamec Ave. St. Louis, MO 63105 314-725-6005 |
| Voices for Creative NonViolence (formerly Voices in the Wilderness) | Working to end all forms of U.S. economic and military warfare waged in the middle east. |
www.vitw.org |
1249 W Argyle St. #2 Chicago, IL 60640 773-878-3815 info@vcnv.org |
| War Resisters League | Campaign to stop human rights abuses, promote nonviolent protests, and stop war. | www.warresisters.org |
339 Lafayette St. New York, NY 10012 212-228-0450 |
| Witness for Peace (WFP) | To support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean. | www.witnessforpeace.org |
3628 12th Street NE. 1st Fl., Washington, DC 20017 202-547-6112 |
| Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | Women working to promote gender and racial equality, and build peace through world disarmament. | www.wilpf.org |
1213 Race Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-563-7110 Des Moines Branch: 1507 Pennsylvania Ave. Des Moines, IA 50316 |
Last updated: January 25, 2012