Call Number:

CDG-A.Nonviolent Peaceforce, Philadelphia Area

Repository:

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Extent:

0.04 linear ft. (.5 linear inches.)

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, CDG-A., Nonviolent Peaceforce, Philadelphia Area chapter..

Date:

2001- (bulk)

Creator:

Palmer, Clarkson

Abstract:

Collection includes, leaflets, minutes of meetings, printed correspondence including emails. Correspondents include Clarkson Palmer.

Records of the Philadelphia area chapter of Nonviolent Peaceforce, a global non-profit organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, with offices in the United States and other countries; Nonviolent Peaceforce is an international group of civilians working together to expand the power and potential of nonviolent peacemaking; NP works to promote and implement unarmed civilian protection as a tool for reducing violence and protecting civilians in situations of violent conflict; David Hartsough (a Quaker peace activist) and Mel Duncan initiated the Nonviolent Peaceforce in 1999 at the Hague Appeal for Peace, and convened it in 2002 at Surajkund, India; the first peace team was deployed in 2003, in Sri Lanka.