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U.S.
Department of
Peace (DoP)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich has introduced a bill in the House which would create a U.S. Department of Peace.
"We are in a
new millennium," Kucinich states, "and the time has come to
review age-old challenges with new thinking wherein we can conceive of
peace as not simply being the absence of violence, but the active presence
of the capacity for a higher evolution of the human awareness, of respect,
trust, and integrity; wherein we all may tap the infinite capabilities of
humanity to transform consciousness and conditions which impel or compel
violence at a personal, group, or national level toward developing a new
understanding of, and a commitment to, compassion and love, in order to
create a `shining city on a hill', the light of which
is the light of nations."
HR 1673 establishes nonviolence as an organizing principle of American society, providing the U.S. president with an array of peace-building policy options for domestic and international use.
The department would focus on nonmilitary peaceful conflict resolutions, prevent violence and promote justice and democratic principles to expand human rights. Domestically, the department would be responsible for developing policies which address issues such as domestic violence, child abuse, mistreatment of the elderly, and other issues of cultural violence. Internationally, the department would gather research, analyze foreign policy and make recommendations to the president on how to address the root causes of war and intervene before violence begins, while improving national security, including the protection of human rights and the prevention and de-escalation of unarmed and armed international conflict.
This campaign is sponsored by North American Peace Alliance and can be reached at peace@renaissancealliance. org or (586-754-8105). More information can be found at www.DoPcampaign.org.
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