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.

Change of this magnitude requires learning, commitment, and action of equal magnitude, both personal and collective. There is a pressing need for structures and institutions to facilitate that learning, nurture that commitment, and make possible that action. The National Peace Academy is one of those institutions.

Dowload a statement of the historical context of and motivation for the National Peace Academy, with its essential premise and overall goals.