www.nccouncilofchurches.org/programs/peace/- North Carolina Council of Churches’ “Peace” page, providing the Council’s focus, upcoming event notification, and many useful links.

www.ncpeaceaction.org —Peace Action, the North Carolina affiliate of the effective national organization. From the 1963 treaty to ban above-ground nuclear testing, to the 1996 signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, from ending the war in Vietnam, to blocking weapons sales to human rights abusing countries, and eliminating funding for new nuclear weapons, Peace Action and its 100,000 members have been, and continue to be, at the forefront of the international movement for peace.

www.peace-with-justice.org ­- The Coalition for Peace with Justice welcomes all individuals and groups working for a just and sustainable peace in Israel and Palestine. It is an ecumenical and interfaith network based in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, with participants across the United States. Dedicated to human rights, non-violence, education, and advocacy, the Coalition for Peace With Justice offers a variety of activities.

http://www.franciscancoalition.org - The Franciscan Coalition for Justice and Peace is a ministry of the Catholic Community of St. Francis of Assisi (Raleigh, NC) that works to build communities of reflection and action capable of faithful witness to the "good news" of the "kingdom come." Our efforts are aimed at helping to build sustainable communities at home and abroad based on respect for nature, diversity, human rights, social justice, and a culture of life and peace.  We endeavor to do so via the two-fold approach of advocacy and service.  We are also committed to providing active leadership and education for change.

www.cpt.org —Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) offers an organized, nonviolent alternative to war and other forms of lethal inter-group conflict. CPT provides organizational support to persons committed to faith-based nonviolent alternatives in situations where lethal conflict is an immediate reality or is supported by public policy. CPT seeks to enlist the response of the whole church in conscientious objection to war, and in the development of nonviolent institutions, skills and training for intervention in conflict situations. They have maintained violence reduction teams in places such as Gaza/West Bank, Bosnia, Columbia, Iraq, and along the U.S.-Mexico border.

www.mcc.org —Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a premier relief organization with a particular historical emphasis on the task of peacemaking. MCC seeks to demonstrate God's love by working among people suffering from poverty, conflict, oppression and natural disaster, serving as a channel for interchange by building mutually transformative relationships. MCC strives for peace, justice and the dignity of all people by sharing its experiences, resources and faith in Jesus Christ.

www.peacetaxfund.org —National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund is dedicated to the implementation of taxation policies that allow conscientious objectors to pay all of their taxes towards peaceful, non-military government expenditures. It seeks to grant conscientious objectors the right to refrain from paying for war, just as they already have the right to refrain from fighting in war.

www.unitedforpeace.org  - United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1400 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.