Blog Archives: January, 2024

My Hope Chest

An article by PDF’s Advancement and Communications Director Lora Wondolowski for the January 2024 edition of AAPOV magazine. View the entire January edition of AAPOV here. My Hope Chest Happy New […]

Published on January 9, 2024

Braiding New Worlds Grantees 2023

PEACE DEVELOPMENT FUND AWARDS $30,000 TO YOUTH-LED COMMUNITY ORGANIZING  AMHERST, MA- Through the Braiding New Worlds Fund, the Peace Development Fund (PDF) awarded a total of $30,000 of grants ranging […]

Published on August 11, 2023

Letter to the Editor: The Power of Storytelling Oppenheimer and the Call for Peace 

Dear Editor,  This weekend’s release of the film “Oppenheimer” is a reminder of the risk of nuclear weapons that began 78 years ago in the desert of New Mexico.    This […]

Published on July 27, 2023

PEACE DEVELOPMENT FUND AWARDS $80,000 TO GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS

AMHERST, MA – The Peace Development Fund (PDF) announced grant awards from their Seeding the Movement Fund to 22 social justice organizations in every region of the United States, as […]

Published on July 11, 2023

Demilitarizing Our Police

Every spring the new recruits for the sheriff’s department participate in drills on the grounds and parking lot of the Franklin County Jail. I live a few blocks from the […]

Published on June 14, 2023
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