Our Work

The Washington Peace Center has three main program areas: Education, Community Resources and Action.

I.  EDUCATION:

• We send out a weekly Activist Alert Bulletin with events, trainings, job postings and general announcements to over 2,500 people in the DC area.  We also update the calendar on our website here.  To receive the Activist Alert Email in your inbox, click here.  To see past Activist Alerts, click here.
• We produce the Peace Letter, a newspaper for DC area activists.  Click here for info about the paper and to download the current issue.
•Trainings and educational events are ongoing.  Click here for the calendar to see any upcoming events.  Please contact us if you’d like trainers or speakers at your event: info(at)washingtonpeacecenter.org.

II. COMMUNITY RESOURCES:

• We provide strategic resources for activist organizations and individuals (that means YOU!) including:
-    sound system for activist events (donation requested)
-    stages: two 2x4x8 platforms available for activist events
-    bullhorns
-    color copier:  $.25/color copy, $.05/black and white copy.
-    information about the DC permit process.  Click here. 
-    information on other DC activist organizations.  Click here for our online Organization Guide.

- lots more online resources!  Check out our Resource Guide here. 
-    Weekly updates on progressive events, actions, job postings and general announcements.  Click here for our online Activist Alert Calendar or to receive a weekly email, click here.
To use these resources, contact us at 202-234-2000 or info@washingtonpeacecenter.org.

• We provide fiscal sponsorships to many local projects and organizations, including:

  •  Mexicanos Sin Fronteras, an immigrant rights group.  They held a highly publicized demonstration and week-long boycott in Prince William County, VA, for immigrant rights in September 2007.
  • Girls Rock! DC, the first rock n’ roll camp for girls in Washington, DC 
  •  C.H.O.I.C.E.S., the Committee for High School Options & Information on Careers, Education and Self-Improvement, which is a local counter-recruitment organization that actively works in high schools in the DC area.
  • Witness Against Torture, fighting to close Guantanamo and end torture.
  • CUAllies, advocating for GLBTQ students at Catholic Unviersity.
  • Students for a Democratic Society, DC Chapter.
  • Civilian-Service-Member Alliance (formally DCOI), an all-volunteer organization of civilians working with veterans and active-duty service members to build a GI resistance movement towards a just foreign policy.
  • Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Committee, marking the days when the US dropped the bombs on Japan.
  • Native Youth Alliance, a Native American-led organization dedicated to the preservation of Native American culture and spiritual ways
  • Quaker Initiative on Torture (QUIT)

If you have a project or organization in need of fiscal sponsorship, please send a letter describing the project, goals, and projected budget to info(at)washingtonpeacecenter.org and we’ll set up a phone conversation with our Director as soon as possible.

• Coalition work:  We work to build coalition and networking among local peace and justice organizations.  We strive to enhance collaboration and communication so that every event and action in the DC area is more efficient and effective, building a stronger and more unified progressive movement.

• Annual Peace and Justice Activist Awards.  December 2009  marked our fourth annual award ceremony honoring local activists who have made an impact this year.  

III. ACTION

The Washington Peace Center is actively engaged in many social justice campaigns.  Our main topics of interest include:
-    end the occupation of Iraq
-    end US-sanctioned torture
-    People’s Property Campaign – working with Empower DC and others to prevent the conversion of libraries and selling of schools in DC to private developers.

Click here for highlights from the past year and our Annual Report