The Peace Department is a not-yet-existent, but possible Department of The Service Guild, dedicated to fun service projects related to inner peace, conflict resolution, world disarmament, and world peace.
We are inspired by the teachings of Peace Pilgrim, who spoke of the possibility of a Peace Department:
When I was not on the road I was speaking and gathering signatures for the three peace petitions which I carried…The second petition was directed to the President and congressional leaders requesting the installation of a Peace Department. It read:
‘This is the way of peace: overcome evil with good and falsehood with truth and hatred with love. We plead for the establishment of a Peace Department, with a Secretary of Peace who accepts these principles — and with all conflicts at home and abroad to be referred to this Peace Department.’
I would establish a Peace Department in our government. It would have very useful work to do. It would research peaceful ways of resolving conflicts, war prevention measures and economic adjustments to peace. It would be established with some fanfare and we would ask every other nation to establish similar departments and come and work with us for peace. I think many nations would be willing to do so. Communications among the Peace Departments would be a step toward peace in our world.