Organizations Filed Purposes:
PEACE DIRECT IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WORKING WITH LOCAL PEOPLE TO STOP VIOLENCE AND BUILD SUSTAINABLE PEACE. WE PUT LOCAL PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO. SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 2004, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OURSELVES AS A CHAMPION OF LOCALLY LED EFFORTS TO PREVENT VIOLENT CONFLICT AND BUILD LASTING PEACE AROUND THE WORLD. A RECENT INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF PEACEBUILDING ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE BY PORTICUS FOUNDATION RANKED PEACE DIRECT NO. 2 IN REACH AND INFLUENCE GLOBALLY, SECOND ONLY BEHIND AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF MORE THAN 150 ORGANIZATIONS. WE SUPPORT LOCAL PEOPLE ON THE FRONTLINES OF CONFLICT WHO ARE PREVENTING, RESPONDING AND REBUILDING AFTER WAR. WE SUPPORT COURAGEOUS LOCAL PEACEBUILDERS IN 13 COUNTRIES THROUGH LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS, NETWORKING, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND SHARED LEARNING.ALL OF THE PROGRAMS WE DELIVER ARE DESIGNED BY OR CO-DESIGNED WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS AND WE HAVE NO OVERSEAS OFFICES OR EXPATRIATE STAFF. WE ACTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR AND WITH OUR PART
TO FIND, FUND, AND PROMOTE LOCALLY LED PEACEBUILDING WORLDWIDE.
ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH: MAPPING PEACEBUILDING IN THE U.S.: SINCE 2018, PEACE DIRECT HAS MAPPED ABOUT 200 LOCAL PEACEBUILDING GROUPS ACROSS THE U.S., A FRACTION OF THE FULL SCOPE OF PEOPLE ENGAGED IN ADVANCING PEACE WITH JUSTICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE CONTINUE TO ADD TO THIS MAP AND ARE DEVELOPING DATA ANALYTICS THAT CAN HELP MAP VIOLENCE IN THE U.S. AGAINST THE CAPACITIES FOR PEACE, PROVIDING BOTH AN ACTIVE RESPONSE TOOL AND A MEASURE OF THE GAPS AND NEEDS FOR GREATER PEACEBUILDING WORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY. "PEACE EXCHANGES AND STRENGTHENING NETWORKS": BUILDING ON OUR MAPPING, WE WILL HOLD ONLINE AND IN-PERSON PEACE EXCHANGES TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE, NETWORK, COLLABORATE, AND ACTIVATE PROJECTS TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE ESCALATING VIOLENCE AND STRUCTURAL CONFLICTS PLAGUING THE U.S. WE WILL BRING LESSONS FROM OUR 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH LOCAL PEACEBUILDERS AROUND THE WORLD TO BEAR ON OUR WORK HERE AT HOME AS WE LISTEN AND FOLLOW THE LEAD OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONTLINES IN THIS COUNTRY. "TRANSFORMING US POLICY AT HOME AND ABROAD": WHILE WE HAVE ALWAYS ADVOCATED FOR BETTER US FOREIGN POLICY THAT PRIORITIZES PEACEBUILDING OVER MILITARISM, WE WILL NOW ALSO WORK WITH OTHERS TO EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT HELP UNDO RACISM AND MILITARISM HERE AT HOME AS WELL. THIS INCLUDES SHIFTING RESOURCES FROM WASTEFUL WAR SPENDING TO SUPPORT REAL SECURITY FOR COMMUNITIES IN THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD. "LATIN AMERICA PARTNERSHIPS": AS WE GROW OUR SUPPORT FOR LOCAL PEACEBUILDERS WORLDWIDE, WE ARE ACTIVELY PLANNING FOR NEW PARTNERSHIPS IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA IN THE YEARS AHEAD, A REGION WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF VIOLENCE GLOBALLY AND A THRIVING CIVIL SOCIETY WITH WHICH TO PARTNER FOR PEACE. "CHANGING POLICIES AT THE UN AND IN WASHINGTON": WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO CREATING MORE SPACE FOR LOCAL VOICES WITHIN INTERNATIONAL POLICYMAKING AND ADVOCATING ALONGSIDE LOCAL PEACEBUILDING PARTNERS FOR THE NEEDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THEY THEMSELVES IDENTIFY. AS A LEADING VOICE WITHIN THE PEACE AND SECURITY FIELD FOR LOCALLY LED PEACEBUILDING, WE SEEK TO HELP SHIFT U.S. AND UN POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TOWARD GREATER RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT FOR LOCAL PEACEBUILDING. WE REGULARLY CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL PEACEBUILDERS TO INTERACT DIRECTLY WITH U.S., UN AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS. OUR KNOWLEDGE SHARING WILL BE DONE THROUGH OUR ONLINE PLATFORM (PLATFORM4DIALOGUE), POLICY BRIEFS, ONLINE BRIEFINGS, AND DIRECT DECISION-MAKER ENGAGEMENT FOCUSED ON THE UN AND U.S. GOVERNMENT (EXECUTIVE AND CONGRESS).
SUPPORT FOR PEACEBUILDERS: "MOBILIZING A MOVEMENT": ONE OF PEACE DIRECT'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVES IN THE U.S. IS TO BUILD A BROAD-BASED PUBLIC CONSTITUENCY WHO IS INFORMED, INSPIRED, AND ACTIVATED TO WORK FOR PEACE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES, AND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OTHERS AROUND THE GLOBE. THROUGH OUR GROWING DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT AND DIRECT PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE CONNECTIONS, WE ARE ENGAGING NEW CONSTITUENCIES -- PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE -- TO BELIEVE IN THE POSSIBILITIES OF PEACE AND WORK ACTIVELY TOWARD THEM. IN THE U.S., THIS INCLUDES OUR PEACEBUILDER ALLIES PROGRAM- WE WILL EMPOWER A NETWORK OF YOUNG ADULTS AND OTHER ACTIVISTS TO BE LOCAL PEACEBUILDERS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD, DEVELOPING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BUILD PEACE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.
COMMUNICATION/MARKETING:"PEACETALKS": WE WILL ENHANCE OUR PUBLIC PEACETALKS SERIES, WHICH FEATURES LOCAL PEACEBUILDERS SHARING THEIR STORIES AND INSPIRING OTHERS TO ACT, BY COMPLEMENTING THIS SERIES WITH FOCUSED REGIONAL AND THEMATIC EVENTS AROUND THE U.S.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Bridget Moix | US EXEC DIRE | 40 | $106,070 |
Dica Adotevi | US FINANCE O | 40 | $10,627 |
Evelyn Thornton | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
Michael Ryder | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
Dylan Mathews | EX-OFFICIO | 3 | $0 |
Keith Johnson | TREASURER | 3 | $0 |
Jackson Jeyanayagam | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
Stacey Haefele | CHAIR PERSON | 3 | $0 |
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