Peace Building: A Call to Conscience Conflict has been one of the defining aspects human experience, shaping history not through the triumph of reason but too often through superior force of arms. Justice, the rule of law, and basic human needs have tragically been the causalities.
Conflict manifests in ethnic and tribal rivalries, in warring states and, in the twentieth century, through two great world wars that cost the lives of tens of millions of people. Efforts to resolve conflict peacefully have also proliferated in the postwar era. The emergence of peace-building nongovernmental organizations has enabled third parties to intervene as brokers for peace and to establish models of reconciliation in laboratories of hot conflict.
Despite these efforts, ethnic strife, war, and the threat of nuclear destruction remain very much a part of the social landscape of the twenty-first century. Effective peacemaking must draw upon the valuable lessons learned from both state-sponsored and "people to people" diplomacy and deploy these efforts to meet contemporary challenges.
The Global Peace Service Alliance is a coalition of partners that transcends religious and ethnic divisions, that includes service to others as a strategic methodology, and that effectively engages every sector—government, faith based, corporate, and volunteer—as stakeholders in achieving sustainable peace.
Echoing John F. Kennedy’s call to “ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country,” the GPSA calls upon a new generation of peace makers to build a global service corps based on the ethical imperative of living for the sake others.  | Featured Articles
An innovative peace festival and service initiative is creating the framework for peace in war-torn Mindanao.
An International Young Leaders Summit in Nairobi calls for a new era of peace for the continent through mobilizing its youth, renewing the family as the normative model, and building a culture of service.
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