Partners In Peace

As a part of our commitment to making our world a better place, From War to Peace is honored to donate a portion of its profits to peace and social justice organizations.  In some circumstances From War To Peace will share as much as 20% of gross revenues with its Partners in Peace.  We have chosen a number of organizations as recipients of these funds, organizations with a proven track record of making a difference in our world.

 

 

Musicares, Santa Monica, CA.: MusiCares Foundation is a non-profit organization established and incorporated by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. They provide services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly influence the health and welfare of the music community.

 

 

Strength In Support, Laguna Hills, CA.: The mission of Strength in Support is to provide mental health services to military personnel, veterans and their families, including individual and family therapy, mentorship and workshops. Since 2012, their team has succeeded in understanding the needs of our veteran community and creating a holistic method to serve those who served U.S..

 

Nowell Family Foundation, Orange County, CA.: Inspired by late Sublime frontman Bradley Nowell, the Nowell Family Foundation provides addiction recovery services to the music community through the combined strength of the music industry and those who have been touched by the power of music. The Nowell Family Foundation is raising funds to open Bradley’s House, a six-bed recovery facility that will provide treatment for people in the music industry with opiate addiction, regardless of their financial situation with the goal to offer a top level of clinical care.

 

The Wende Museum, Culver City, CA.: The mission of the Wende Museum is to preserve Cold War art, culture, and history from the Soviet Bloc countries, inspire a broad understanding of the period, and explore its enduring legacy. Named for the Wende (pronounced “venda”), a German word meaning “turning point” or “change” that has come to describe the transformative period leading up to and following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Wende Museum.

 

Wounded Warriors, Jacksonville, FL.: Every warrior has a next mission. Wounded Warriors know that the transition to civilian life is a journey. And for every warrior, family member, and caregiver, that journey looks different. They are there for their first step, and each step that follows. Wounded Warriors believe that every warrior should have a positive future to look forward to. There’s always another goal to achieve and another mission to discover.

 

United for Peace and Justice, N.Y., NY.: United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1400 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous government policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.

 

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.

Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: Since 1985 the Center for Victims of Torture has helped more than 18,000 torture survivors rebuild their lives.  They work throughout the world to rebuild the individual lives of those subject to the horrors of war and oppression.

Peace Now (Shalom Achshav): Peace Now is the leading Israeli peace group.  It was established many years ago to promote a just Israeli-Palestinian peace through all forms of political activism.  Peace Now advocates the evacuation of west bank Jewish settlements and the establishment of a Palestinian state beside Israel.

Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles, California, USA: Jobs not Jails: Homeboy Industries assists at-risk and formerly gang-involved youth to become positive and contributing members of society through job placement, training and education.

Fellowship of Reconciliation, Nyack, New York: The Fellowship of Reconciliation seeks to replace violence, war, racism and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice.  They are an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change.  They educate, train, build coalitions, and engage in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally, nationally, and globally.

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is a global grassroots movement for total nuclear disarmament through a legally binding and verifiable Nuclear Weapons Convention.  Such a treaty would ban the production, testing, use and possession of nuclear weapons, and establish a timeframe for their elimination.


If you are aware of an outstanding Non-Profit Organization that deserves our support, please tell us about them with a nomination using our Contact Us page.