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“This is Community Organizing,” says PDF’s Paul Haible
We all get distracted by the show that is the current administration. But we should be focused on the good stuff: everyday people acting responsibly in their communities, looking out for one another, challenging “old boy networks” or institutional racism baked into our history. Instead, we get exercised by a few mad-hatters who either can’t ...Read more
Published on June 18, 2018Our Commitment to Climate Justice
At Peace Development Fund we fight for climate justice because we have always believed in equitable relationships among people, nations and the environment. ...Read more
Published on June 29, 2017We are the Trumptidote
I just read a short piece from Salon.com about the five richest men in the world (all from the US) owning more wealth than 45 percent of the world’s population. The names are well known, and three of the five are tech guys, but the underlying message, besides the gross injustice it represents, is that ...Read more
Published on June 15, 2017Not What We Had in Mind
This most recent tectonic shift of reality happened while many of us were hard at work, building communities, holding down jobs, working at a non-profit or NGO, looking out for elderly parents or getting the kids to school. We were thinking that we may not have it all going right but at least we have it going on. ...Read more
Published on May 10, 2017Executive Clemency Denied
PDF stands with the Indigenous Peoples of the world, and will continue to do whatever we can do to support and advocate for their rightful place at the table of nations and peoples! ...Read more
Published on January 19, 2017