{"id":7498,"date":"2018-11-18T14:04:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T19:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/?p=7498"},"modified":"2018-11-18T14:04:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T19:04:09","slug":"advocating-for-peacebuilding-in-dc-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/advocating-for-peacebuilding-in-dc-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocating for Peacebuilding in DC and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

One student wrote to Congress that she hopes for a world
\nwhere we don’t have to fear and worry about how to hide students during a mass shooting.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Another said he hopes we can one day be a country <\/span>
\nwhere no one is a victim of domestic violence.<\/span> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

From letters by San Diego students delivered to Congress during Advocacy Days 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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During the week of International Day of Peace (9\/21\/18), Department of Peacebuilding (DoP\/ HR 1111) advocates traveled to Washington, D.C. to make peacebuilding a national priority<\/strong> and to seek additional cosponsors for current DoP legislation<\/strong>.\u00a0 We also urged support for the DoP Act of 2019, which will be introduced likely in February 2019.\u00a0 We relayed messages of peacebuilding from students in CA and Washington, D.C.\u00a0 (See Someday.\u00a0 With Liberty & Justice for All – DC Advocacy Days, Part I<\/em><\/a> and Then We Met Congress – DC Advocacy Days, Part II<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Against the backdrop of contentious hearings on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, DoP advocates visited legislators to promote multiple peace-related bills, delivered constituent letters, worked with others in the field to AMPLIFY requests for DoP cosponsors, followed up after Advocacy Days, and coordinated with other International Day of Peace actions: <\/p>\n

Legislative Visits<\/strong><\/span>
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