by Bob Reeg Founder and Chief Executive Officer Peace Through Action USA It’s a pleasure to communicate with you again. A (too) long span of time has passed since Peace Through Action USA last posted a blog. As a new start organization, we have been absorbed with thousands of tedious start-up tasks, all of which […]

An Essay on being practically peaceful and #PeaceDayChallenge for #PeaceDay 2018 by Bob Reeg, Founder and CEO, Peace Through Action USA There we were, 25 people gathered in a circle. Some who joined it were couples or friends, but the group overall was comprised of strangers. One thing we had in common was a shared […]

by Bob Reeg I lived my childhood in a midwestern, mid-century, residential subdivision populated at the time nearly exclusively by White people. I recall no people of color walking the neighborhood’s streets, nor peers of color at my parochial elementary school. And despite the neighborhood being named “Indian Hills,” with street names such as Kickapoo […]

by Bob Reeg, MPA, CVA I feel conflicted about the autumn season. On the one hand, I enjoy the adjustment to lower temperatures and the burst of color as leaves change from verdant greens to crisp yellows, oranges, and reds. On the other hand, the decrease in daylight hours causes me to feel pressure to […]

by Harriet Boorhem EdD Preface: People of all genders and sexualities experience sexual harassment and sexual violence. Because a large majority of instances of sexual harassment and sexual violence are directed against women and girls, this essay is addressed to men and boys, and the people and organizations that nurture, teach, and employ them. The […]

Today is the annual commemoration of the International Day of Peace. Peace Through Action USA observes this #PeaceDay by announcing #UnitingOurHands, our effort to help overcome racism in the United States. Racism (which is prejudice, discrimination, or aggression directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior) […]

My social media feed filled with reaction to a Unite the Right gathering and march in #Charlottesville organized by white supremacists. I have a pretty one-sided social network, so messages ranged from anguish over the one life lost and 19 others injured Saturday when one person used his car as a weapon; to telling observations […]

Peace Through Action USA is pleased to announce that it has become a partner with Charter for Compassion International (CCI), an organization that brings to life the principles articulated in the Charter for Compassion through concrete, practical action in a myriad of sectors. The Charter for Compassion is a cooperative effort to restore not only […]

I gasped as I read the headline. The front page of the August 9, 2017 print issue of the Washington Post carried an article titled “97-year old’s slaying a sign of Baltimore’s deep distress.” What caught my attention was not Baltimore’s deep distress (that has been heavily covered in the media…and it also overlooks the […]