The following Partners have established an ongoing working relationship with the National Peace Academy:

In the United States, we are experiencing a period of change of historic magnitude. We are troubled with a trillion dollar war, collapsing housing and financial markets, soaring energy prices, a homicide rate ten times that of other leading industrial nations, and a prison population that includes 1 in every 100 citizens. The nation is seeking solutions that are cost-effective, sustainable, and address root causes rather than merely symptoms.

The idea of a National Peace Academy dates back to our Founding Fathers and has been called for many times over the years by members of both the US Congress and civil society. Indeed, its roots go deep, to the 12th century Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois Confederacy.

 Download a chronology of the National Peace Academy 419.31 Kb -- a bit of history and a bit of future, from the 12th to the 21st century.

The programs of the National Peace Academy comprise and address four interdependent, synthesizing, and catalytic cornerstones of peace learning and action:

In fulfilling its purpose, the National Peace Academy is a principle-based, learning institution that strives to embody and reflect the principles and processes of peace that are shaped by the definition contained in the Earth Charter:

“...peace is the wholeness created by right relationships with oneself, other persons, other cultures, other life, Earth, and the larger whole of which all are a part.”

The National Peace Academy's core team is working to coordinate, manage, network, fundraise, initiate programs, and generally bring the National Peace Academy to full operational realization.