Peace Alliance

Peace Alliance

The Peace Alliance is a nonpartisan citizen action organization representing a growing constituency for peace. It is a 501(c)4 organization co-founded in May 2004 by Marianne Williamson. [from The Peace Alliance's website located at http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/77/118/]

The current mission of the Peace Alliance is to work to pass legislation to create a United States Department of Peace. The original legislation for a U.S. Department of Peace was written and presented by Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio in 2001.


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