To Make Peace a Practical Reality for the 21st Century

Published Tuesday, 13th November, 2018 | By Susan AKA Peacefull

PATHWAYS TO PEACE

Culture of Peace Initiative

A CULTURE OF PEACE STARTS WITH YOU

“Acting in concert we do make a difference in the quality of our lives, our institutions, our environment and our planetary future. Through our cooperation, we manifest the essential spirit that unites us amongst our diverse ways.”

— Avon Mattison

Through inspired interaction we will make choices that will build a culture of peace, which fosters the well-being of our global community. Guided by vision and acting in concert with one another, each organization and individual contributes unique expertise and thereby augments power and purpose to transcend what any one organization or individual could have achieved alone.

The Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI) is a UN-designated “Peace Messenger Initiative” with participants in all the world’s regions. Its purpose is to unite the strengths of organizations and individuals who are working to make Peace a practical reality.

In the spirit of the original vision that brought forth the Charter of the United Nations, the purpose of this local and global Initiative is to build a Culture of Peace in the 21st century, uniting the strengths of organizations, projects and peoples in order to make Peace a practical reality for the children of this and future generations. The annual highlight of this Initiative is the International Day of Peace (Peace Day), which is celebrated worldwide on September 21.

VISION:	To make Peace a practical and sustainable reality in the 21st century.
MISSION:	The mission of Pathways To Peace (PTP) is threefold: • To expand the comprehension and expression of “PEACE“ and the emerging Peacebuilding field through 8 practical pathways; • To build an integral movement for a Culture of Peace by fostering cooperation amongst organizations, networks, movements, groups and programs along diverse paths to Peace; • To activate worldwide inter-generational and inter-cultural participation in Peace Day, 9/21, as an annual highlight of local/global Peacebuilders daily activities throughout the year.

VISION:

To make Peace a practical and sustainable reality in the 21st century.

MISSION:

The mission of Pathways To Peace (PTP) is threefold:

• To expand the comprehension and expression of “PEACE“ and the emerging Peacebuilding field through 8 practical pathways;

• To build an integral movement for a Culture of Peace by fostering cooperation amongst organizations, networks, movements, groups and programs along diverse paths to Peace;

• To activate worldwide inter-generational and inter-cultural participation in Peace Day, 9/21, as an annual highlight of local/global Peacebuilders daily activities throughout the year.

WHO WE ARE

Pathways To Peace (PTP) is an International Peacebuilding, Educational and Consulting organization dedicated to making Peace a practical reality through both local and global projects. Incorporated in 1983, PTP is an official Peace Messenger of the United Nations and has Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and works with the U.N. Centre for Human Rights, U.N. Centre for Human Settlements, UNESCO, UNICEF and other agencies. PTP is a tax-exempt, Social Profit, Non-partisan 501(c)(3) Corporation, (taxexempt ID# 68-0015625).

WHAT WE DO

Pathways To Peace works locally and globally to promote Peacebuilding, Education and to collaborate with other organizations in initiatives that help further our Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI). Our founder Avon Mattison developed CPI with then-Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations Robert Muller in 1983. The annual highlight of this initiative is the International Day of Peace (Peace Day), held annually on September 21. In addition to Peace Day, our signature initiative for 2015 is the launch of our first City Peace Commission.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

You can help PTP build a culture of Peace by donating, volunteering, attending events or simply sharing information on social media. Please follow us on Twitter and Facebook to stay up to date about initiatives and events to attend or volunteer for. If possible, make a donation, too, to support our major 2015 initiatives. As a donor, you become a Peacebuilder and a key member of a community of like-minded individuals. You will receive monthly newsletter updates and see first-hand how your contributions are effecting change.
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COUNCIL OF DIRECTORS

Avon Mattison

David Wick

Masankho Kamsisi Banda

Robert Browning

Sheva Carr

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Tezikiah Gabriel
DIRECTORS EMERITUS

Alain Gauthier

Jeff Vander Clute

Joanie Ciardelli

VOLUNTEER ANGELS

Betty Carr

Cami Peterson-Devries

Irene Kai

Linda Klein

Michael Shipe

Patty Sullivan

Sherry Garrison
WEB MASTER

Beth Alexander

BOOKKEEPER

Diana Fairbanks
UN REPRESENTATIVES

Abdul Rad

Avon Mattison

Betsabe Reyna

Chief Fidela Ebuk

George S. Anthony

Harry Sunday Juwe

Jessica Hoefer

Kate McAvoy

Katelyn Grano

Lindy Crescitelli

Manar Marouf

Michael Johnson

Mohammed Bakhreiba

Mussie Hailu (Hon)

Sheva Carr

Stephen Gironda

ADVISORS

Amb. John McDonald

Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury

Barbara Marx Hubbard

Baroness Edmee Di Pauli (In Spiritus)

Bernard Lietaer

Betty Williams

Chief Fidela Ebuk

David Spangler

Elinore Detiger

Fumi Johns-Stewart

Hazel Henderson

Jean Houston

Joseph W. O. Findlay, Jr. (In Spiritus)

Marc Luyckx

Marilyn King

Mussie Hailu (Hon)

Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs

Steve Nation

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Avon Mattison, President & Co-Founder of Pathways To Peace

Avon Mattison is a Peacebuilding and Inter-Organisational Consultant, Adviser and Mentor with over four decades’ experience. She works with innovative leaders, groups and organizations on the “frontline” building Cultures of Peace inter- generationally and inter-culturally for future generations. She is Co-Founder and President of Pathways To Peace (PTP), an international peacebuilding, educational and consulting organization. PTP has Consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is an official Peace Messenger of the United Nations (UN). PTP is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit, non-partisan organization.

A U.S. Foreign Service diplomat for three years serving the European Community, Avon has served as special adviser to United Nations Conferences, renowned international leaders, and emerging youth leaders. She serves on the Advisory Councils/Boards of several international organizations and has been quoted in numerous publications worldwide. Through Pathways To Peace, she created the CULTURE OF PEACE INITIATIVE (CPI), in 1983 in colleagueship with former UN Assistant Secretary-General Robert Muller. This local/global Peacebuilding Initiative unites the strengths of over 4,000 international organizations and focuses co-operative Peacebuilding along diverse pathways/sectors.