Nonviolent Peaceforce, Philadelphia Area chapter Collected Records
Scope and Contents
Collection includes, leaflets, minutes of meetings, printed correspondence including emails. Correspondents include Clarkson Palmer.
Dates
- Creation: 2001-
Creator
- Palmer, Clarkson (Correspondent, Person)
- Nonviolent Peaceforce (Organization). Philadelphia Area Chapter (Organization)
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research without restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Records of the Philadelphia area chapter of Nonviolent Peaceforce, a global non-profit organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, with offices in the United States and other countries; Nonviolent Peaceforce is an international group of civilians working together to expand the power and potential of nonviolent peacemaking; NP works to promote and implement unarmed civilian protection as a tool for reducing violence and protecting civilians in situations of violent conflict; David Hartsough (a Quaker peace activist) and Mel Duncan initiated the Nonviolent Peaceforce in 1999 at the Hague Appeal for Peace, and convened it in 2002 at Surajkund, India; the first peace team was deployed in 2003, in Sri Lanka.
Extent
0.04 linear ft. (.5 linear inches.)
Subject
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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