PDF is a public foundation supported by activist donors to provide grants, training and other vital resources necessary to community organizations working on social justice, human rights and environmental sustainability in the U.S. The Peace Development Fund (PDF) was founded in 1981 when a small group of donor activists came together with a common vision of funding social justice and peace through a public foundation. PDF was founded on the belief that lasting change will come only when a large amount of people are well informed and empowered to make change. PDF has always believed that true democratic change must take place from the bottom up. That change can only endure with citizens who are both informed and clear about what they believe. Throughout its history, PDF has always looked at peace as just not the absence of war or militarism, but as the presence of equitable relationships among people, nations, and the environment. This understanding of peace has allowed PDF to bring a social, environmental, and economic justice perspective to its work. Looking back over the last 30+ years PDF has had a great number of successes. These successes make up the bedrock and foundation upon which PDF builds the next 30 years. We look forward to this next period of funding the grassroots movement in the United States and beyond.
External link for Peace Development Fund
44 North Prospect Street
Amherst, MA 01004, US
PO Box 40250
San Francisco, CA 94140-0250, US
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We're looking for our next Executive Director! Come work with our amazing team and help resource movements for social justice around the country and the world. We are looking for a seasoned organizational leader who is collaborative, a fundraiser, and appreciates the grassroots, social justice community organizing initiatives that we support. #hiring
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Come work with me! We're looking for our next Executive Director to lead us into our next era. Build the capacity of grassroots, social justice organizations through grants, training, and technical support. https://lnkd.in/eCMHWhh9
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Inspired by abolishionist sidewalk mural tour of Greenfield on Juneteenth. Thank you to the artists, historians, and city who made this happen. #juneteenth
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Are you good with numbers or investments? Care about social justice? We are looking for someone to join our board of directors as a treasurer. Great opportunity to make a national impact and connect with grassroots grantees around the country. Message me to learn more!
Great to spend the day at the State House with Western MA folks. Thank you to Greenfield Savings Bank for hosting and Tara T. Brewster, Senator Jo Comerford, and Rep. Natalie M. Blais for organizing. #413
"We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." Martin Luther King Jr. Thank you to the dreamers and to the ones who make the dream a reality. Greenfield Savings Bank, Thomas Meshako, Pam Stobierski, Jo Comerford, Natalie M. Blais, Kristen Elechko, Emma Chen-Banas, Tara Moore, Kisha Zullo, MBA, CMP, Griet Dehandschutter, Claudia Pazmany, Jacob Robinson, Yasmin Chin Eisenhauer, Kirsten Levitt, Justin M. Pelis, Dallas Ducar MSN, RN, NP, CNL, FAAN, Marianne Winters, Amanda Sanderson, Amanda Jenkins Harrison, LMHC, Allison van der Velden, Kel Komenda, Hannah Jarrell, Yves Salomon-Fernández, Ph.D., Megan M. Who did I forget? My apologies but let’s keep dreaming shall we? What’s next?
Our letter to the editor was published on Saturday, condemning our local University's response to the Gaza protest encampment https://lnkd.in/eBNQATJZ
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Thanks to Josh Zinner for sharing his knowledge on climate shareholder activism with our supporters for our final Reframing Philanthropy session until the fall. Really amazing ideas on how to leverage your investments for environmental justice. #corporatesocialresponsibility #philanthropymatters
Check out PDF on the radio this weekend!
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So much fun being on Western MA Business Show with Tara T. Brewster earlier this week. Glad to also have one of our local grantees, Decarcerate Western MA join. Tune in on Saturday at 11 or Sunday at 2 on 101.5 FM