- demonstrate how violence against women and children is at the root of other forms of violence that tear at the fabric of the world
- hold officials, institutions and governments accountable for their brutality against women and children
- teach future generations the power of non-violence
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Our Herstory
Women's Peacepower Foundation,
Inc. was founded in 1998 as a vehicle to help in the
tireless effort to bring peace to our homes, our schools, our
streets and to our world.
Peacepower makes awards to
grassroots projects that are working to impact issues of violence
against women and their children.
WHERE THERE IS PEACE, THERE IS
TREMENDOUS POWER!
Our Mission
The Women's Peacepower Foundation, Inc. gives Women of Peace Awards to women and girls involved in grassroots projects who are working to bring peace to the everyday lives of women and their families. The majority of our awards are for activities that fall into two broad categories: violence against women and waging peace.
The Women of Peace Awards have
been given to scores of ordinary/extraordinary women around the world
who work without funding or recognition for the universal goal of peace,
fairness and true justice within the lives of women and their families.
Violence Against Women
Whether it comes in broad strokes - the rapes and beatings of thousands under the cover of war - or in staccato punches - a spouse or daughter subjected to the torture of a loved one - women and violence are two words which appear too often together across the ages and across cultures.
Peacepower funds projects that seek to reverse the forces that entrap women and their families into the spiral of pain and fear. We support programs that provide opportunities to speak out against the violence or create new solutions in helping those struggling with this shameful reality.
Teaching Peace
What should be as natural as breathing, unfortunately must be taught. Women and their children must have the opportunity to live in a violence-free world, with enough food to eat, and adequate shelter. Women deserve meaningful work that pays a living wage.
Peacepower awards activists in the US and other countries that:
Application Procedures and Qualifications
Women Of Peace Award (formerly known as Amigas Award)
Send a completed
nomination form to the foundation telling us why you think the person is
a candidate for an award. Include information and a photo
demonstrating the types of activities the person has been involved in
either through work, or as a volunteer. Talk about how you think your
Woman of Peace nominee has taken action in an area of violence against
women or children. Don't
forget to include a contact name, address, and phone number for yourself
and your nominee so that we can gather further information.
Women of Peace Award
recipients may also be eligible to receive technical assistance in
fundraising and long range planning. Our goal is to help small projects
gain stability. Award nominations must be received before May 31st. Awards are announced the last
quarter of the year.
Click here to print a copy of the nomination form
Women's Peacepower Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box
1618, Zephyrhills, FL
33539
Email: peace@womenspeacepower.org.
Website: www.womenspeacepower.org
Trustees
Diane McCabe Vaughan
President
Candice Warmke
Heather Hartman
Clare Warmke
Roberta McIntosh
Lisa Esposito
Jennifer Osgood
Women's Peacepower Foundation,
Inc.
P.O. Box 1618, Zephyrhills, FL
33539
e-mail: peace@womenspeacepower.org