Peace (2010 Q3)

Featured beneficiary in the PEACE category for third quarter 2010:

Foundation Beyond Belief has always welcomed nominations of organizations founded in any worldview so long as they do not proselytize. Quakers (aka Society of Friends) are utterly non-dogmatic, include many nontheists in their ranks, and hold that no individual can tell any other what to believe -- the essence of freethought.

From early in their 350-year history, Quakers have taken a clear stand for peace. The words they have written and action they have taken in opposition to war and in support of peace, have come to be known as ‘the Quaker peace testimony’.

Quaker Peace & Social Witness is at work in the Ugandan conflict, supporting and training groups working on peacemaking and peacebuilding; facilitating truth and reconciliation work to deal with the past in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia; managing teams of human rights observers in Palestine and Israel; working to strengthen nonviolent movements in South Asia; and advocating at the UN for refugees and for disarmament policies. In 1947, QPSW shared the Nobel Prize for Peace.

LEARN MORE ABOUT QUAKER PEACE & SOCIAL WITNESS
Website:	quaker.org.uk

ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS

Foundation Beyond Belief highlights ten charitable organizations per quarter. Among other considerations, beneficiaries are chosen for efficiency, effectiveness, moderate size (annual budget under $10 million), compatibility with humanist focus on mutual care of this world and this life, no direct promotion or proselytizing of a particular worldview, and geographical diversity.

Active members can help us choose future beneficiaries by researching and nominating charities and by discussing, debating, and advocating for the causes of their choice through our social network and discussion forums. Final decisions are made by the Board, but collective member input is among the most important considerations.

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