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A Purposeful Life: Honoring Ruby Maddox
Two years ago, I was looking for a trainer to work with the board of the Peace Development Fund on an organizational analysis when they were in town for their […]
Published on June 19, 2025Resisting Together; Lead Article in Spring Newsletter
The attacks on our communities, non-profits, civil society, and our democracy has hit us at a dizzying pace over the last two months. It has been hard to process and […]
Published on May 30, 2025Hamilton Hall Then and Now
written by Lora Wondolowski for the AAPOV Just over fifty-six years ago, students and community members occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University to protest the plans to build a gymnasium […]
Published on June 11, 2024Condemning the UMass Response to Student Protest
written by a current UMASS Student On April 29th, 2024, students of the University of Massachusetts Amherst started their liberation encampment on UMass campus, following the wave of protests and […]
Published on May 10, 2024Seeding Change: Celebrating Earth Day with our 2024-2025 Grantees
This Earth Day, the Peace Development Fund is excited to highlight the exceptional initiatives of three grantees from our 2024-2025 Seeding the Movement Fund. Each of these organizations is pioneering […]
Published on April 22, 2024