Yoko Ono's Vote for Peace

Lennon's Widdow Waging Against War

The Peace Alliance has proposed the establishment of a Department of Peace in the United States. Here, Yoko Ono offers her support of the idea and encourages people to vote for peace.

Dear Friends,

Hi. This is Yoko Ono. I fully support the idea of voting for a Department of Peace. Please read the following instructions and VOTE! VOTE for a Department of Peace.

Make sure the BLUE VOTE BUTTON next to the title has turned to a RED VOTED BUTTON in order for your vote to be counted. Vote HERE. VOTE to appoint a Secretary of Peace in a Department of Peace and Non-Violence.

Stephen Zendt , a senior citizen of Walnut Creek, California, wrote: Our planet, our media, our social interactions, our homes all suffer from the epidemic of inter-personal violence and warfare that plagues America. With the establishment of a Department of Peace and Non-Violence, with a respected Secretary of Peace in the President’'s Cabinet, and a program to reduce violence in cities, nations, and even in our homes, we will all benefit from the growth of a culture of peace.

What is a Department of Peace?

While this is a new layer of the Federal Government, it is a positive force for change, for handling the rage and violence that has cost our country billions in emergency rooms, police protection, broken homes and marriages. This is not an attempt to circumvent or replace the Department of Defense nor to co-opt the Department of State.

This is a new entity in the President'’s Cabinet, a Department dedicated to training peace-keepers, educating our children, and suggesting non-violent alternatives to hostility and war. We are asking for a motive and a method to counteract violence, with positive potentials for resolution of conflict, by individuals trained to work with local, state and national approaches, building a United States that no longer glorifies warfare and deadly force, but brings to the table a sincere desire for peace, and a methodology to achieve it.

Ideas for Change in America

Ideas for Change in America is a nationwide competition to identify the best ideas for change in America. The top 10 ideas will be presented to the Obama administration just before inauguration day and form the basis of a nationwide advocacy campaign to turn each idea into actual policy.

Links

National Website: www.ThePeaceAlliance.org MySpace: www.MySpace.com/DepartmentofPeaceFlorida Videos: www.Youtube.com/DOPFloridaCampaign Read the Federal Bill to establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence in Congress [pdf]

www.IMAGINEPEACE.com