The January 2022 issue of Signs of Peace Through Action, our newsletter about our activities and resources, is available for download here. Announcements include the February/March selection of our Peaceful Readers book club, our new information page on human trafficking, and our year-long challenge to Choose Compassion. Want to receive our newsletter by email? Sign […]

Peace Through Action USA is holding Holistic Well-Being as the Foundation for Inner Peace, our first Peaceful Speakers event. This virtual and free event takes place Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm EST. Register here to join us in this learning opportunity. Our guest presenter, Judi Ferrara of the College of Southern […]

By Bob Reeg, Chief Executive Officer, Peace Through Action USA Did you know that Peace Through Action USA has a statement of values? Oh, surely you must. They are standard fare for organizations. They are one of the first things our board of directors developed early in Peace Through Action’s formation. Our board of directors […]

by Bob Reeg, Chief Executive Officer, Peace Through Action USA How does an organization focused on peace go about observing Veterans Day? As the title of Tolstoy’s work of literature suggests, war is the antithesis of peace. And if it is militaries that conduct wars, service members their agents, and veterans their alums, then by […]

Do you like to read books? Do you enjoy discussing important social and civic topics with others, in a civil manner? If so, Peaceful Readers is the book club for you! Peace Through Action is starting a virtual book club for adults of all ages. Our projected pace is one book each two months. Our […]

Peace Through Action USA is pleased to announce that earlier this year we received a major cash award to enable us to initiate the Calvert Peace Project, our first community peace project. Community peace projects are our signature intensive mission delivery strategy. Through these projects we seek to build capacity of communities to develop and […]

Job Opportunity in Calvert County, Maryland! Peace Through Action USA is pleased to announce a new job in Calvert County, Maryland. We seek a motivated, engaging, and dependable employee who will contribute to the development and delivery of civic and social engagement projects for youth and adults in the county. Peace Through Action USA activates […]

David T. Deal, on the subject of racial healing As a trained, certified, and practicing mediator and restorative justice facilitator, I see myriad opportunities for promoting racial healing on a case-by-case basis. Both mediation and restorative justice processes subordinate any impulse for a person, group, or institution to fully decide for a subject what needs […]

“Pete’s” Reflection* on intimate partner violence I have been a huge Billie Holiday fan for years now. There is one song she covered that has always left me feeling uncomfortable when listening to it. That’s her version of the song, “My Man.” The reason I shift around uncomfortably when listening to the song is that […]