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• Peace Partners •
A very big thanks to our Peace Partners, 501c3 non-profit organizations throughout Southwest Colorado that will be providing volunteer staff for the Colorado Peace Ride's aid stations.
Please take a moment to visit their website to learn of the many significant ways they are contributing to the communities of Southwest Colorado.
Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County provides responsible families in need, the life changing opportunity to purchase their own home. Through the cooperative efforts of volunteers, partner families, donors, and staff, Habitat for Humanity reaches out from Christian roots to build decent, affordable homes and communities in which people can live and grow.
Habitat for Humanity works to build social harmony through a more secure economic future for the families within the communities we serve. Habitat brings people together regardless of their religious preference or background to work side-by-side to eliminate sub-standard housing. What Habitat does locally is an extension of our parent organization, Habitat for Humanity International, who promotes peace, reconciliation and justice, bridging borders and resolving conflict by providing families throughout the world with homeownership opportunities.
The mission of the PeaceJam Foundation is to create a new generation of young leaders committed to positive change in themselves, their communities and the world through the inspiration of Nobel Peace Laureates and a CSAP standards-based service learning curriculum that spans Kindergarten through College. Since its launch in 1996, more than 600,000 youth have participated in the PeaceJam program. Over one million service projects have been created and implemented by participating youth, and over 140 PeaceJam youth events have taken place in 10 different countries throughout the world. Together Ivan Suvanjieff and Dawn Engle got, one by one, twelve Laureates-The Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, President Oscar Arias, Aung San Suu Kyi, Jody Williams, Máiread Corrigan Maguire, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Bishop Carlos Belo, José Ramos-Horta, Betty Williams, and Sir Joseph Rotblat-learned about the PeaceJam vision and asked, "Where do I sign up?"
Since its launch in 1996, more than 600,000 youth have participated in the PeaceJam program. Over one million service projects have been created and implemented by participating youth, and over 140 PeaceJam youth events have taken place in 10 different countries throughout the world. Within Southwest Colorado there is currently a team of Americorps VISTA members who are working to create a chapter of PeaceJam in the Southwest. With a chapter of PeaceJam, Nobel laureates will be able to meet directly with students in our communities, instead of students going to Denver for the annual youth conferences. So far a number of classrooms have begun to use the curriculum and initiate their own service work within Durango, Ignacio, Mancos, and across Southwest, Colorado.
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