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aaron-voldman After an online competition that spanned the first two weeks of June, Democracy for America selected SPA Executive Director Aaron Voldman to receive one of 40 scholarships granted to bold activists to attend the Netroots Nation Conference.

Kevin Sanchez Wins Campus Progress Contest

After over 200,00 votes, Kevin Sanchez was selected as one of three contestants to speak about the youth PROMISE Act at the Campus Progress national conference. Over 1000 youth will be present to hear Kevin. Thanks to everyone in our network voting!

South Sudan Creates Peace Ministry

galogo The Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace is pleased to welcome South Sudan into the growing number of countries who have established a ministry or department of peace.

A Mother's Plea; Why We NEED the Youth PROMISE Act

mothers-plea-sm On May 13, the Los Angeles Sentinel ran an open letter written by Ms. Pat Hendricks Munson , whose son Dwayne was shot to death on May 1st - an unnecessary victim of ongoing violence within his community. Ms. Munson’s open letter pleads us, and our leaders, to stand up against the preventable conditions that promote violence. The Youth PROMISE Act represents a positive step in this direction.

Terrorist's Son Shakes Father's Sins

zak-ebrahim Zak Ebrahim was one of the keynote presenters at the 2010 Student Peace Alliance National Conference. We were honored to have him share his powerful story about growing up as the son of a terrorist, and how he transformed a path of violence and prejudice into one that promotes peace and accepting diversity.

SU Hosts Peace Conference After Years of Hard Work

SU SPA students in Austin, TX The Student Peace Alliance National Conference, held recently at Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX took years to evolve from a bold idea into a reality. The SPA chapter at SU worked diligently to make this conference an empowering event for all involved. You can read some of the backstory, recently published in Southwestern's Megaphone in the following article.

Michigan SPA Chapter Organizes for Peace

The Schoolcraft Student Peace Alliance Chapter in Michigan is meeting short term goals and creating long term plans in order to establish peace in the community, and for the students, in themselves.