Peace X Peace
Formation2002 (2002)
Legal statusNonprofit
PurposeBuilding peace through online communications
Location
  • Online
Region served
World
Membership
18,000
Founder
Patricia Smith Melton
Past Executive Directors
Dr. Sarah McCue, Dr. Pat Morris
CEO
Kim Weichel
Staff
6
Websitewww.peacexpeace.org

Peace X Peace (pronounced “peace by peace”) is a nonprofit women's organization founded in 2002 that promotes building peace through online communications.

History

Peace X Peace was founded in 2002 by Patricia Smith Melton, who gathered experts in peace and women's rights from around the world (including Isabel Allende, the Chilean novelist; Susan Collin Marks, the Australian-born co-founder of Search for Common Ground; and Fatima Gailani, the Afghan head of the Red Crescent) to elaborate a women's response to the September 11 attacks.

Dr. Sarah McCue served as the first President, Dr. Pat Morris served as executive director of Peace X Peace, and in 2010 Kim Weichel was named CEO.

Awards

  • In 2002 the Isabel Allende Foundation honored Peace X Peace with the Espiritu Award for the Pursuit of Peace[1]
  • The documentary Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines won the Golden Eagle Cine Award in 2004 and the Best Documentary Aurora Award in 2006
  • In 2005, Religious Science International, a nonprofit based in Seattle, recognized Peace X Peace with its Golden Works Award for activities that exemplify the RSI mission, "awakening humanity to its spiritual magnificence"[2]
  • In 2006, Working Mother named it one of the 25 Best Places for Women to Work[3]
  • In 2007, Peace X Peace won the ePhilanthropy Foundation's Best Community Building/Activism Award
  • In November 2008, Peace X Peace won the Technology Innovation Award from NPower Greater DC and Accenture
  • In December 2008, Peace X Peace Founder Patricia Smith Melton was selected as one of OneWorld's People of 2008[4] and received The Rumi Peace and Dialogue Award

References

  1. "Isabel Allende Foundation".
  2. "Golden Works Award". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  3. "Mar-2006: National Magazine Names Beacon as Best Small Company". www.beacontechnologies.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-07.
  4. "Founder chosen as Finalist for Person of the Year". OneWorld.

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