Governing for Living Peace

This page will contain ideas for developing governing patterns that prioritize cooperation and inclusion.

• Return to Peace LAB
• Return to Peace Resource Page

Global Peace

• War Prevention Initative
• International Cities of Peace
• Cities for Peace
• Department of Peace

Interview with Kurt K. about Department of Peace https://www.facebook.com/ConnectingtheworldShow/videos/144035284138896

Prioritizing Diplomacy Through Peace

Department of Peace Origins

• 1793: Benjamin Rush, Founding Father https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Peace
• 1947: Representative Everett Dirksen (R-Illinois) introduced a bill for “A Peace Division in the State Department”.
• 1955 to 1968: Eighty-five Senate and House of Representative bills were introduced calling for a United States Department of Peace.
• 2005 This legislation was introduced into the U.S. Senate (S. 1756) and re-introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 3760) in September of 2005.

Nuclear Disarmament

• Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

• Nuclear Abolition

Truth and Reconciliation Commissions

• Truth Commission
• International Truth And Reconciliation Commissions
• https://msa.maryland.gov/lynching-truth-reconciliation/

Decision Making Through Consent

• See also: Governancealive.com and Group Genius