Peace X Peace
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Formation | 2002 |
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Legal status | Nonprofit |
Purpose | Building peace through online communications |
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Region served | World |
Membership | 18,000 |
Founder | Patricia Smith Melton |
Past Executive Directors | Dr. Sarah McCue, Dr. Pat Morris |
CEO | Kim Weichel |
Staff | 6 |
Website | www |
Peace X Peace (pronounced “peace by peace”) is a nonprofit women's organization founded in 2002 that promotes building peace through online communications.
History[edit]
Peace X Peace was founded in 2002 by Patricia Smith Melton, who gathered experts in peace and women's rights 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, 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[edit]
- In 2002 the Isabel Allende Foundation honored Peace X Peace with the Espiritu Award for the Pursuit of Peace[1]
- 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, a nonprofit based in Seattle, recognized Peace X Peace with its Golden Works Award for activities that exemplify the RSI mission, "awakening humanity to its spiritual magnificence"[2]
- In 2006, Working Mother named it one of the 25 Best Places for Women to Work[3]
- 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
- In December 2008, Peace X Peace Founder Patricia Smith Melton was selected as one of OneWorld's People of 2008[4] and received The Rumi Peace and Dialogue Award
References[edit]
- ^ "Isabel Allende Foundation".[failed verification]
- ^ "Golden Works Award". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ "Mar-2006: National Magazine Names Beacon as Best Small Company". www.beacontechnologies.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Founder chosen as Finalist for Person of the Year". OneWorld.
Further reading[edit]
- The 21st Century Motherhood Movement: Mothers Speak Out on Why We Need to Change the World and How to Do It. - includes chapter on Peace X Peace
- Melton, Patricia Smith (April 16, 2009). "World Peace Emerging – Daring to Save the World".
- "Palestinian and Israeli Women, in New Book, Seek Peace". Voice of America (newsVOAcom). Jan 9, 2009.
- Banjo, Shelly (Dec 12, 2008). "Women as Practical Peace Activists". The Wall Street Journal Online.
- Sofer, Barbara (Nov 20, 2008). "The Human Spirit: One in 60". The Jerusalem Post, Online Edition.
- "Patricia Smith Melton Interview". WE Magazine for Women. July 3, 2008.