Featured Peacebuilding Group: Harford County, Maryland Community Mediation Program

My first involvement in community mediation was helping establish the Harford County (MD) Community Mediation Program in the early 1990s.  I served on the commission that oversaw the program for nearly 10 years.  As a bit of “throwback” Monday, this week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group is the Harford County Community Mediation Program.  There are nearly 500ContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Harford County, Maryland Community Mediation Program”

Featured Peacebuilding Group: Reporters Without Borders

This week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group is Reporters Without Borders (RWB),  one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to promoting and defending freedom of information. Thanks to its network of active correspondents in over 150 countries, Reporters Without Borders strives daily to maintain a free press in every corner of the globe. Registered in France asContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Reporters Without Borders”

Featured Peacebuilding Group: Friends Committee on National Legislation

This week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group is the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). FCNL lobbies Congress and the administration to advance peace, justice, opportunity, and environmental stewardship. Founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), FCNL fields an expert team of lobbyists on Capitol Hill and works with a grassroots networkContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Friends Committee on National Legislation”