{"id":7511,"date":"2018-11-24T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/?p=7511"},"modified":"2018-11-23T17:55:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T22:55:26","slug":"seize-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/seize-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Seize the Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Now is a transition time, a time to act, a time to <\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;Seize the Day!&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>We need your support to manifest growing <a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/o\/696\/p\/dia\/action4\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=23275\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">civil dialogue<\/a>, and return to our founding principles. As a part of upcoming Giving Tuesday, please consider a special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classy.org\/give\/214064\/#!\/donation\/checkout\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">donation<\/a> at this important time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/GROUP-HANDS-RAISED.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7512 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/GROUP-HANDS-RAISED-336x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/GROUP-HANDS-RAISED-336x113.jpg 336w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/GROUP-HANDS-RAISED-160x54.jpg 160w, https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/GROUP-HANDS-RAISED.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Washington since the mid-term elections, there is an undercurrent, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b>an opening, a new listening<\/b><b> <\/b><\/span>which we can expand to the full advantage of peace, non-violence and social justice. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b>Your dollars will increase our capacity<\/b><\/span><b> <\/b>to do that through building much desired coalitions, expanding our voice in the House and Senate, readying our initiatives and advocating for worthy causes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classy.org\/give\/214064\/#!\/donation\/checkout\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Donate now.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Much has been accomplished, and there is much more to do<\/b>&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Funding to maintain the US Institute of Peace<\/li>\n<li>Support for State Department peacebuilding efforts<\/li>\n<li>Educating local communities on the cost of youth violence<\/li>\n<li>Advocating for a US Department of Peacebuilding<\/li>\n<li>Supporting the myriad of positive solutions already working in the field<\/li>\n<li>And much, much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b>Your dollars will make the difference.<\/b><\/span><b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classy.org\/give\/214064\/#!\/donation\/checkout\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Donate today<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Please contribute to this worthy work.<\/b><\/span> It will be used with a global perspective and with great care. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b>No matter what your capacity, you are an important part of our peacebuilding community and greatly valued.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In appreciation and peace,<\/p>\n<p><i>Judy Kimmel<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Peace Alliance Board of Directors and Leadership Council<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now is a transition time, a time to act, a time to &#8220;Seize the Day!&#8221; We need your support to [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":7515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[94,93],"class_list":["post-7511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","tag-donatenow","tag-seizetheday"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seize the Day! 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