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Speakers for Reframing Philanthropy 3: Indigenous Land Back Initiatives event

DRAG BINGO: Friday the 13th

Join us for a discussion on Wednesday, March 20.

Will fortune favor you on the unluckiest day of the year?

Find out at our Friday the 13th Drag Bingo event! Join us for an evening of suspense and excitement as you compete for fabulous prizes from local businesses.

To add an extra layer of intrigue, a tarot reader will be on hand to offer insights and predictions. (reading included in ticket cost, first come first serve)

Don’t miss your chance to defy superstition and claim your prize!

Bingo starts promptly at 7pm. $20 for 10 rounds of bingo.

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STM grantees PR

Seeding the Movement Fund Grantees 2024!

Join us for a discussion on Wednesday, March 20.

PDF announced grant awards through their STMF to 19 social justice organizations in every region of the United States, as well as Haiti and Mexico. Each organization received grants of varying amounts for a total of $80,000 granted this spring.

Read the Press Release

2024 Spring House Party

PDF Supports Students' Rights to Protest
The Peace Development Fund stands in solidarity with the student protesters fighting for divestment from the arms industry and a ceasefire in the Israel/Gaza War. These non-violent demonstrations for social justice are being misconstrued and met with excessive force. We urge universities to uphold peaceful protest and free speech and call on legislators to end attempts to silence dissent. Students have long been at the forefront of social change in the US and around the world. True peace requires listening to all voices, not suppressing criticism.

Quote: 2023 Braiding New Worlds Grantees

"Thanks to your support, we are able to sustain and grow our Fellowship program this year, which provides stipends for 20 LGBTQ+ student activists working at the intersections of gender, race, and disability. We can't wait to share their incredible work with you! with your help, we were also able to host a successful second annual Let Trans Athletes Play, a day f sports and civic action at Danehy Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts."

—Queer Youth Assemble

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The Peace Development Fund is more than a grantmaker: our model of philanthropy involves direct funding, advocacy where appropriate and partnerships built around mutual respect, sharing of resources, and transparency of planning and decision-making. We endeavor to be a key “go-to” foundation on issues of peace, human rights, social justice and environmental protection. We work to counter-balance dominant power structures by moving resources and sharing decision-making with activist groups and communities. Learn more…

FY 2023 Annual Report

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Hamilton Hall Then and Now June 11, 2024
written by Lora Wondolowski for the AAPOV Just over fifty-six years ago, students and community members occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University to protest the plans to build a gymnasium… Read more: Hamilton Hall Then and Now
Condemning the UMass Response to Student ProtestMay 10, 2024
written by a current UMASS Student On April 29th, 2024, students of the University of Massachusetts Amherst started their liberation encampment on UMass campus, following the wave of protests and… Read more: Condemning the UMass Response to Student Protest