Support a Department of Peace Resolution at the Albemarle Board of Supervisors Mtg

PLEASE ATTEND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING WITH US WEDNESDAY. PLEASE
ARRIVE AT 6PM TO REGISTER TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACE
RESOLUTION.

The Monticello High School Student Peace Alliance, the leaders of our
local Campaign for a U.S. Department of Peace, invite you to join them in
presenting a request to the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors that
Albemarle County endorse a resolution calling on Representative Goode to
co-sponsor HR 808 establishing a US Dept. of Peace and Non-Violence and
Senators Warner and Webb to introduce a Senate version of HR 808. In
April, The Monticello H.S. Student Peace Alliance won the approval of the
Charlottesville City Council for the Resolution requesting that our
Congressional delegation support the formation of a US Department of Peace
and Non-violence.

The Department of Peace and Non-Violence would be responsible for funding
best practices solutions to gun violence, domestic violence, gang
violence, school violence, hate crimes, and other violence harming
American communities. The Department would play a role internationally
implementing proactive preventative measures to stop armed conflict
globally. Finally under the Department of Peace and Non-violence, a Peace
Academy providing higher education training in domestic and international
peacemakers would be established to parallel the military academies.
Additionally, an education system for teaching kindergarten through
twelfth grade students developmentally appropriate communication,
mediation, and peace making skills would be funded.