The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center is truly one of the best community resources in the US. It is a home to many, where dialogue takes place and individuals expand their mindsets. Betsy, the director, is a champion for so many causes and will welcome any and all with open arms and an open heart. This organization should be modeled across the country as an example of what community activism can be. The JRPC gives people hope, solidarity, and inspiration.
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- EIN 36-3591327
- (406) 543-3955
- 519 S Higgins Missoula MT 59801 USA
- http://www.jrpc.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arms Control & Peace, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, International, International Peace & Security
Mission: The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center (JRPC) exists to educate and empower people to work locally to build a socially just, non-violent and sustainable community and world. We are committed to a process of reflection, dialogue and action, both in times of regional and global crisis and in the on-going work of peacemaking. We believe that relationships - creative, sustained collaborations between and among people - are the basic structure for bringing about social change. JRPC?s purpose is first to enable and amplify community action, and second to propagate a culture of peace, justice and sustainability.
Programs: The peace center was featured in a full-length documentary, "beyond the divide" about the courage to find common ground and overcome differences between veterans and peace advocates. We were invited to speak at screenings locally and in california. The peace center hosted an ongoing discussion group in conjunction with the um mansfield center on intercultural dialogue attended monthly throughout the summer by 40 people each month. The peace center hosted gershon baskin, jewish/palestinian peacemaker in february 2015 in missoula for a community lecture to 200 people. The peace center conducted our annual youth search for peace art contest with about 40 entries from local youth and we displayed the art at an event attended by 50 people from the community. The peace center engaged over 300 individuals throughout mt and from texas and california to fold over 12,000 origami cranes over the summer of 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki. The peace center's peace knitting group made 35 hats for children in burma, 30 toys to be distributed to burmese children, 25 hats for children in a monastery school in myanmar, 15 pair of mittens for children in a local school, and 9 items for the seaman's institute. The peace center's dish pantry offered dishes, silverware and napkins to 34 individuals and groups for events to prevent the use of disposables.
the fair trade store provided outreach to the community by hosting a fair trade month event attended by over 100 people to educate and the public about fair trade and ethical practices. We continue to provide an alernative shopping experience for an average of 300 customers per week.
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