UPEACE/US
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UPEACE/US
"Our mission to promote and advance the United Nation-mandated University for Peace and the practice of education for peace in the U.S. and beyond.
"UPEACE/US is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2006 by a diverse community of educators and practitioners committed to implementing practical solutions for building a more peaceful world.
"This is achieved through the following program areas - (1) Innovative Conflict Prevention & Peace Education for Youth, (2) Professional & Civil Society Capacity Building for Peace, and (3) The Global Network for Upeacebuilders." [1]
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Staff
Accessed April 2010: [2]
- Executive Director: Nicholas C. Martin
- Director of Programs: Rebecca Harned
- DCPEACE Program Manager: Indhika Jayaratnam
- DCPEACE Program Manager: Tres Thomas
- DCPEACE Program Advisor: Karen Douglass
- DCPEACE Program Advisor: Kelsey Visser
- DCPEACE Coordinator: Diana Wells
- Executive Intern: Emily Hunter Cohen
- Legal Counsel: Stephanie Gliege
Board
Accessed April 2010: [3]
- Peter E. de Janosi – Chairman
- Kirsty Bonner
- Mary Losty
- Winstead (Ted) Rouse
- Ying Wang
- Nicholas C. Martin (Ex-Officio)
Advisory Council
Accessed April 2010: [4]
- Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser - Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations
- Claudia Abate - President, Foundation for Post-Conflict Development
- David S. Anderson - Director, Center for Advancement of Public Health, George Mason University
- Steven Umin - Senior Partner, Epstein, Baker & Green
- Colman McCarthy - Founder and Director, Center for Teaching Peace
- Ben Francisco Maulbeck - Director of Advancement, Hispanics in Philanthropy
- Brian Polkinghorn - Executive Director, Salisbury University Center for Conflict Resolution
- Malaak Shabazz - Trustee, Shabazz Center. Daughter of Malcolm X.
- David Adams - Fmr Director of Culture of Peace Program, UNESCO
- Dominic Volonnino - Consultant, United States Institute of Peace
