Current issue and project teams authorized by the Beyond War Board of Directors are listed below. Please look for this information to be updated often with new team listings.

Nuclear Weapons Abolitions: Bob Dodge and Mary Olson

Peace Garden Project: Randi Scheurer

We also have several other project teams in the process of forming around these interests:

Public Library Display Project: Anne Millhollen

Speaker Bureau: Mora Rogers

Audiocast/Podcast: Tim Goss

We also show several other exciting action initiatives below that have not yet moved to form teams.

University Credit Course
Seniors at Portland State University receive six college credits when they successfully complete a class developed and taught by one Beyond War team. Required reading includes The Third Side by William Ury, Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun by Geoffrey Canada, the Iraq Study Group Report and the Beyond War Study Series. The curriculum provides an overview of Beyond War and addresses the concepts of paradigm shift, war is obsolete, we are one on this planet, and the personal and societal implications of “the means are the ends in the making.”

Educating about the Health Effects of War
In collaboration with Physicians for Social Responsibility, one Eugene, OR Beyond War team developed a PowerPoint presentation that outlined the health effects of war. It also presented examples of effective responses other than war that peoples and nations can choose. Team members took turns giving this presentation to community groups.

Presidential Candidate Questions
Our Ventura, CA team has put together a list of questions to ask presidential candidates. We can all use election events to get our message out! But these questions are not just for presidential candidates. You can use these to write letters to candidates, letters to the editor and op-ed pieces; to ask at town hall meetings, to submit to debates and other ways. Use them for House and Senate candidates too. Email us at beyondwar@beyondwar.org  for a copy.

Learning Nonviolent Communication Skills
Several Beyond War teams are improving their listening and dialoguing skills to give themselves competence and confidence in talking with others. Nonviolent communication skills allow us to find common ground by accepting competing points of view as ideas that need to be explored and tested.

Public Service Announcement Billboard
Driving down a busy highway, you see a beautiful picture of the earth from space, with a message of “We Are One On This Planet” and “www.beyondwar.org” with a free DVD offer and our phone number. Think you would notice it? And click or call? Some Action Teams are exploring test markets and funding for this project.