Vision

World Peace 2040

Mission

Promoting Positive Peace, Healthy Conversations, Understanding and Service in SE British Columbia, Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho and across the Globe.

Current Situation

The District 5080 Peace Committee, created by the D5080 District Council in September 2021, has accomplished the following goals:

1. Established the D5080 Peace Academy to provide oversight of all Peacebuilding related educational and training activities, including club, Rotarian, and leader training and conference coordination.
2. Established the D5080 Peace Committee Speakers Bureau to deliver training to district clubs and other Rotary and non-Rotary groups on the principles of peacebuilding.
3. Coordinated the creation of a youth-based collaborative for the promotion of Peacebuilding now and for the future.
4. Worked with the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park Association on their 100-year Peace Pole initiative by encouraging and supporting the placement of Peace Poles in the District.
5. Completed the first five Arc of Five Peacebuilder in Action summits.
6. Completed a five-year strategic plan that provides guidance to the committee for the period from July 2024 – June 2029.

Ongoing Objectives

The District 5080 Peace Committee is charged with promoting and enabling the Rotary International Peace Narrative based on the 8 Pillars of Positive Peace in Rotary Clubs within District 5080, in partnership with the other three districts of WGIAAP, among Districts within and outside of Zone 26/27, and across the Globe.

1. The engagement and empowerment of Rotarians and other stakeholders who are Practitioners, Educators, Mediators, and Advocates of Peace.
2. The creation of partnerships with International Rotary and NGOs for the purpose of identifying and accessing resources and best practices to support the work of the District, its Clubs, and members engaged in the mission of Peacebuilding.

Sub-processes Included:

• Peacebuilders in Action Summit Develop & Implement
• Peacebuilder Leadership Development
• Peacebuilder Education through the Speaker’s Bureau
• Peacebuilding Education for individual Rotarians
• Peacebuilding Outreach for the District & its Clubs
• Peacebuilding Fundraising to maintain the current District status of a Global Peacebuilder District
• Participate in Peace Advocacy by establishing affiliation and liaison relationships with Rotary groups and NGOs that focus on diverse areas of Peacebuilding and Peace Conflict Prevention.
• Management and support of the District 5080 relationship with the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park Association.

Out of Scope (within Scope of Foundation Committee):

• Rotary Peace Fellows Scholarship Recruitment
• Rotary Peace Fellows Scholarship Selection

Outcome / Deliverables

1. Recruitment of a cadre of people of action who are engaged, empowered, educated, and energized as Peacebuilders and who see themselves as promoting the Rotary International Narrative of Peace as: Practitioners, Educators, Mediators, and/or Advocates.
2. Creation of an action plan to promote Peacebuilding as a primary focus of District 5080 and its Rotary, Rotaract, and Interact Clubs.
3. Transformation of Rotarian views and actions on Peace and Peacebuilding locally, nationally, and around the world as an organizational priority to achieve World Peace.
4. Promote the use of the 8 Pillars of Positive Peace as a framework for conversation in all District 5080 clubs by providing training and opportunity for the use of the pillars to encourage clubs,

• to engage in peaceful conversations that involve difficult and challenging topics.
• To vet club projects and bring conscious awareness to peacebuilding opportunity within a project proposal.

Membership

This committee will be made up of representatives from each area of the District. 

All committee members area asked to complete the Rotary Positive Peace Academy training on the 8 Pillars of Positive Peace to gain a baseline knowledge of of the 8 Pillars of Positive Peace.

Committees

The functions of the Peace Committee are divided into several areas of focus in Operations & Peacebuilding through the development of several Sub-Committees.

Peacebuilder Clubs in District 5080

• Columbia Center Rotary Club, Kennewick WA

• Cranbrook Sunrise Rotary Club, Cranbrook BC

• District 5080 Passport Rotary Club, Sandpoint, ID

• Grand Forks Rotary Club, Grand Forks, BC

• Nakusp Rotary Club, Nakusp, BC

• Pasco Kennewick Rotary Club, Kennewick, WA

• Ponderay Centennial Club, Ponderay, ID

• Richland Rotary Club, Richland, WA

• Tri-Cities Sunrise Rotary Club, Burbank, WA

•  Walla Walla Noon Rotary Club, Walla Walla, WA

Rotary Global Peacebuilder Districts World-wide
($25,000 contribution to Rotary Peace programs)