Peace X Peace (pronounced “peace by peace”) is a
nonprofit
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
women's organization founded in 2002 that promotes building
peace
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through online communications.
History
Peace X Peace was founded in 2002 by
Patricia Smith Melton, who gathered experts in peace and
women's rights
Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...
from around the world (including
Isabel Allende, the Chilean novelist;
Susan Collin Marks, the Australian-born co-founder of
Search for Common Ground; and
Fatima Gailani Fatima Gailani ( ps, فاطمه گیلانی; born in Kabul in 1954) is an Afghan political leader and women's rights activist, who previously served as president of the Afghan Red Crescent Society. She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women o ...
, the Afghan head of the
Red Crescent) to elaborate a women's response to the September 11 attacks.
Dr. Sarah McCue served as the first President, Dr. Pat Morris served as executive director of Peace X Peace, and in 2010 Kim Weichel was named CEO.
Awards
* In 2002 the
Isabel Allende Foundation honored Peace X Peace with the Espiritu Award for the Pursuit of Peace
* The documentary ''Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines'' won the
Golden Eagle Cine Award in 2004 and the Best Documentary Aurora Award in 2006
* In 2005,
Religious Science International
The Centers for Spiritual Living, or CSL, is a spiritual philosophy promoting Religious Science that was founded by Ernest Holmes in 1926. Before 2011, it was two organizations known as United Centers for Spiritual Living (formally, United Church ...
, a nonprofit based in
Seattle
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, recognized Peace X Peace with its Golden Works Award for activities that exemplify the RSI mission, "awakening humanity to its spiritual magnificence"
* In 2006, ''
Working Mother'' named it one of the 25 Best Places for Women to Work
* In 2007, Peace X Peace won the ePhilanthropy Foundation's Best Community Building/Activism Award
* In November 2008, Peace X Peace won the Technology Innovation Award from NPower Greater DC and
Accenture
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* In December 2008, Peace X Peace Founder Patricia Smith Melton was selected as one of OneWorld's People of 2008
and received The Rumi Peace and Dialogue Award
References
Further reading
* - includes chapter on Peace X Peace
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External links
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* {{IMDb title, 0805584, Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines
International women's organizations
Peace organizations based in the United States