Peace X Peace

Peace X Peace (pronounced “peace by peace”) is a nonprofit women's organization founded in 2002 that promotes building peace through online communications.

History
Peace X Peace was founded in 2002 by Patricia Smith Melton, who gathered experts in peace and women's rights from around the world (including Isabel Allende, the Chilean novelist; Susan Collin Marks, the Australian-born co-founder of Search for Common Ground; and Fatima Gailani, the Afghan head of the Red Crescent) to elaborate a women's response to the September 11 attacks.

Dr. Sarah McCue served as the first President, Dr. Pat Morris served as executive director of Peace X Peace, and in 2010 Kim Weichel was named CEO.

Awards

 * In 2002 the Isabel Allende Foundation honored Peace X Peace with the Espiritu Award for the Pursuit of Peace
 * The documentary Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines won the Golden Eagle Cine Award in 2004 and the Best Documentary Aurora Award in 2006
 * In 2005, Religious Science International, a nonprofit based in Seattle, recognized Peace X Peace with its Golden Works Award for activities that exemplify the RSI mission, "awakening humanity to its spiritual magnificence"
 * In 2006, Working Mother named it one of the 25 Best Places for Women to Work
 * In 2007, Peace X Peace won the ePhilanthropy Foundation's Best Community Building/Activism Award
 * In November 2008, Peace X Peace won the Technology Innovation Award from NPower Greater DC and Accenture
 * In December 2008, Peace X Peace Founder Patricia Smith Melton was selected as one of OneWorld's People of 2008 and received The Rumi Peace and Dialogue Award