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At the Resilient Peace Center, we know we can’t solve peace everywhere. Here are some other resources we use to help us, which might help you too. This page is a collection of other teams we trust to walk with us in our pursuit to fortify peace.

Shelters & Food Banks

Oakland Catholic Worker

Founded in 1986, OCW was begun by Bay Area community activists in response to the urgent need for short term emergency housing for the hundreds of homeless immigrants who were fleeing the war in El Salvador.

Dorothy Day House

Dorothy Day House is a volunteer and donor-driven 501(c)3 non-profit organization. For 30+ years, the DDH has supported people experiencing homelessness in Berkeley, California. DDH was co-founded by one of our own founders, Michael Siani-Rose.

USA-Mexico Desert Help

Tuscon Samaritans

Tucson Samaritans provide water, food, first aid, and other essential items to migrants who cross the border in southern Arizona. A grassroots, volunteer-run, humanitarian aid organization, with a goal to alleviate the suffering of people who are making the arduous journey to a better life across the harsh Sonoran desert

Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans

Gree Vally-Sahuarita Samaritans is a group that believes in respect for human rights and one's ethical responsibility to assist those who are suffering. Founders Randy Mayer and Shura Wallin decided in 2005 it was time to establish a Green Valley-Sahurita Samarita group that would work independently, and as a complement to, the Tucson Samaritans.

Peers We Admire

SERPAJ: Servicio Paz y Justicia

Servicio Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ) was founded in 1974 by Adolfo Perez Esquival who won the Nobel Peace prize in 1980. SERPAJ’s goal is to promote peace, active non-violence (NOVA) and to create a culture based on full recognition of human rights.

M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence

By serving as a physical manifestation of Gandhian principles and Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community, the Gandhi Institute seeks to advance the cause of peacemaking regionally and beyond from within a neighborhood challenged by poverty and violence. The Gandhi Institute collaborates with local organizations, academic institutions, students, and committed peacemakers in nonviolence education, restorative practices, environmental stability, and racial justice.