“The current crisis in our democracy has less to do with Congressional failure to express the will of the people and more to do with failure of people to express their will in a meaningful way.”
Marianne Williamson
The Department of Peace Campaign:
Participate in an historic citizen lobbying effort to create a U.S. Department of Peace. The primary function of a United States Department of Peace will be to research, articulate and facilitate nonviolent solutions to domestic and international conflict.
The Department of Peace will facilitate the most cutting edge ways to wage peace. From nonviolent communication skills, to conflict resolution techniques and cultural relationship building, the Department of Peace will employ proven and effective strategies for diminishing violence in our country and in our world. As a member of the President’s cabinet, the Secretary of Peace will provide the President; the State Department; the Departments of Defense, Education and Justice with greatly expanded problem solving options. The Department of Peace will also provide support for state and local government to address issues of domestic violence.
In the words of president Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Politics should be the part-time profession of every American." We think he was right.
The Department of Peace Will Address Causal Issues
- Current policy-making tends toward reactive, not proactive approaches to violence reduction
- Traditional political problem-solving focuses primarily on addressing symptoms of violence, such as imprisonment of offenders and engagement in armed conflict.
- Suppression of symptoms should be augmented by stronger preventative measures and treatment of root causes of violence.
- The United States should be as effective in addressing the sources of violence as we are effective in addressing its symptoms.
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