NEWS & UPdates
Peace Boat US Spring 2016 Interns
Claire Jolly is a recent graduate of Pace University, where she received a degree in American Studies, an interdisciplinary study of American...
Peace Boat’s 88th Global Voyage: “Sailing 4 Sustainability & Social Innovation” Julie Markham and Design Thinking
Julie Markham, a guest speaker onboard Peace Boat, joined the ship as part of the “Sailing 4 Sustainability and Social Innovation” program,...
UN Delegates Gather to Appreciate the Historic Hiroshima Panels in New York
Peace Boat US and Hibakusha Stories, two organizations that frequently work together toward a nuclear-free world, recently welcomed delegates from...
How Cora Weiss Inspired My Path Toward a Culture of Peace and Development
Cora Weiss, President of the Hague Appeal for Peace, has been a peace activist since the early sixties, when she co-founded Women Strike for Peace,...
United Nations HQ Builds Monument in Recognition of Transatlantic Slave Trade
Earlier this year, the United Nations headquarters in New York City erected a memorial in recognition of the transatlantic slave trade and its...
Peace Boat Announces the Unprecedented “Ecoship” at COP21
Taking one step further toward setting an enormously important global precedent, Peace Boat recently unveiled its plans to create the world’s...
Peace Boat US and NYC iSchool Collaborate for Youth Opportunities
As an organization that is committed to giving young people the opportunity to learn about global issues and to become actively involved in making a...
Murals in Mexico for Sustainable Development
Peace Boat US was given a warm welcome in Cozumel, Mexico, during our recent "Sailing 4 Social Innovation" sustainability project in Latin America...
Sailing 4 Social Innovation Project: Kuna Community Visit Report and “Thank You”
From October 24 to 29, 2015 a group of social entrepreneurs joined the "Sailing for Social Innovation" project (read more here) onboard Peace Boat's...
The Power of International Education in Peacebuilding
“After recent attacks in Beirut and Paris, people may feel the world is a dangerous and messy place and wish to withdraw from it, but we must resist...