The Power of Peace Project
Nonprofit Organization Management - Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Following in the footsteps of world-renowned activists and civic & global leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi and others, the Power of Peace Project is a registered 501c3 organization that is committed to redirecting underserved youth, reducing the overall incidence of youth crime, rehabilitating young inmates, lowering academic dropout rates, and inspiring young people to discover and develop the untapped power and potential within all of us. It is an ideal, put into action in the form of a peace movement that has begun to take root and spread. Simply put, POPP interrupts and redirects young people who are on a perilous course and sets them firmly on the pathway to extraordinary dreams.The Power of Peace movement, inspired by the Project, is spreading to schools and youth detention centers, and the Forty Days to Freedom series is bringing dramatic changes to this generation of young people. Together, we are beginning to remove the shame and stigma that comes to the families of the addicted and incarcerated, and show that these young men and women can change and prepare to become productive citizens.The Power of Peace Project (POPP) was founded in 2010 by our organization's president Kit Cummings, as he began to carry the message of peace, hope and change into the most difficult places in America– the U.S. prison industrial complex. As Kit spoke to more and more inmates, a momentum began to build in penitentiaries in different parts of the country. Behaviors began to change, and many of the men that society had left behind and essentially given up on, had rediscovered their personal power and potential. Some of the toughest prisoners began to strive to become positive role models to their kids and younger brothers. With prison inmates desperately needing a purpose and young people needing positive role models, the unlikeliest group of individuals heeded the call to action and stepped up to make a change. Peace began to spread.
