Peace Related Links

If you’re looking for ideas and inspiration when developing your storyboard, please check these links.  Each site has additional links to more organizations.
   

The United Nations
   
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 UNESCO Declaration for All Life on Earth
   
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 UNESCO International Decade for a Culture of Peace.
   
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 Founded in 1985, Friends of the United Nations is an independent, non-partisan organization dedicated to increasing awareness of the United Nations' activities. We work with educational institutions, corporations, the media, the international governments and other organizations to inform and educate people about the U.N.'s efforts on behalf of peace, human rights, the environment, children and responsible economic development.
   
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 The eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.
   
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 Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly.
   
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 The International Day of Peace provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of Peace on a shared date. Use the International Day of Peace annually to highlight the Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001 to 2010.
   
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO)
   
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 Action Against Hunger mission is to save lives by combating hunger, malnutrition, physical suffering and the associated distress that endanger the lives of children, women, and men in emergency situations of war, conflict, and natural disaster.
   
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 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.
   
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 Oxfam America is a non-profit organization that works to end global poverty through saving lives, strengthening communities, and campaigning for change.
   
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 Seva (say-va) is a Sanskrit word for service. Seva Foundation was formed in 1978 with a mission to alleviate suffering caused by disease and poverty.
   
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 Heifer International works to end hunger and poverty, and care for the earth by providing appropriate livestock, training and related services to small-scale farmers and communities worldwide.
   
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 Global Healing works to implement the bringing of ethics to public policy for peace, justice and sustainability.
   
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 Amnesty International's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.
   
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 The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation initiates and supports worldwide efforts to abolish nuclear weapons, to strengthen international law and institutions, and to inspire and empower a new generation of peace leaders.
   
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 Founded in 1961, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) founding mission  is to achieve nuclear disarmament, bringing attention to both the catastrophe of atomic warfare and the legacy of these weapons, from fallout, power accidents, nuclear winter, and radiation experiments and exposures on solider and workers.
   
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 Grandmothers for Peace, a non-profit organization, was formed in May of 1982 at the height of the Cold War.
   
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 The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is the oldest women's peace organization in the world.
   
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 The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University,  is committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering. Founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, the Atlanta-based Center has helped to improve the quality of life for people in more than 65 countries.
   
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 The Mayors for Peace is composed of cities around the world that have formally expressed support for a way to transcend national borders and work together to press for nuclear abolition.
   
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 The International Institute For Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) is a not for profit organization dedicated to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives which contribute to international understanding and cooperation, an improved quality of environment, the preservation of heritage, and through these initiatives, helping to bring about a peaceful and sustainable world.
   

Religious Initiatives and Organizations 
   
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 The mission of the Goi Peace Foundation is to bring together people in wisdom, united in their hearts toward the common goal of peace on Earth. By encouraging public awareness of peace and by building cooperation among individuals and organizations in all fields, including education, science, culture and the arts, we aim to build an international peace network and to stimulate the global trend toward a culture of peace. (Official HVH sponsor)
   
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 People all over the world are joining together to bring peace to our hearts and our planet through the prayer May Peace Prevail on Earth. This prayer for world peace carries a message of great hope and healing. It transcends barriers of nationality, race and religion to unite humanity in a call for the common good of all life on Earth.
   
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 The American Friends Service Committee is a practical expression of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Committed to the principles of nonviolence and justice, it seeks in its work and witness to draw on the transforming power of love, human and divine.
   
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 Call To Global Healing - Ethical Imperatives For Sustainable Development
The purpose of the United Religions Initiative is to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, end religiously motivated violence and create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings.
   

FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH 
   
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 The mission of The Lion & Lamb Project is to stop the marketing of violence to children. We do this by helping parents, industry and government officials recognize that violence is not child’s play –and by galvanizing concerned adults to take action.
   
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 The Lamb Umbrellas for Peace is a global art project,  which is bringing the message of  Love and Peace to all people worldwide, with the help of millions of children  painting and decorating umbrellas!
   
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 The purpose of the World Peace Project for Children is to promote world peace by educating children about global matters that concern them and by giving them tools to build positive connections with children in other cultures.
   
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 TakingITGlobal and the Global Youth Action Network inspires, informs and involves young people to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
   

CORPORATIONS SUPPORTING PEACE 
   
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 Since 1997, Peace Cereal has promoted the transformative power of peace by donating 10% of its profits to peace building organizations, resulting in more than $1 million in donations. Now they are sponsoring Celebrate Peace, an ongoing national effort to promote peace through workshops, concerts and more.
   
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 The Peace Company fosters a culture of peace by making peace practical, popular, and profitable through fair trade and community building.
   

GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 
   
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 The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and democratic transformations, and increase peacebuilding capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. The Institute does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by its direct involvement in peacebuilding efforts around the globe.
   
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 The Peace Corps traces its roots and mission to 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. From that inspiration grew an agency of the federal government devoted to world peace and friendship.  Since that time, more than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have been invited by 138 host countries to work on issues ranging from AIDS education to information technology and environmental preservation.
   
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 There is currently a bill before both Houses of Congress (House Resolution 3760 and Senate 1756) to create a U.S. Department of Peace. This historic measure will augment our current problem-solving modalities, providing practical, nonviolent solutions to the problems of domestic and international conflict.
   

OTHER SOURCES 
   
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 One Day in Peace is an excellent and comprehensive source for peace links.
   
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 People for Peace – Linking the World for Peace on Earth.
   
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 More Peace links from A Better World.
   
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 Earth Charter from Kosmos Journal in Adobe PDF.
   
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 Peace Poster in  Adobe PDF.
   

ABOUT STORYBOARDS 
   
Learn more about the storyboarding process, view professional samples and download storyboard form.
   

HOW-TO STORYBOARD 
   
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 Storyboarding Your Movie from exposure, the internet resource for low-budget filmmakers.
(Includes samples)
   
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 Animation “How To” from The Cartoon Network. (Also links to books you can order)
   
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 Storyboarding from the Digital Animation mentoring project of Ohio State University.
   
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 The storyboard process from Don Bluth’s Animation Academy.
   

PROFESSIONAL SAMPLES 
   
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 Samples from storyboard artist Josh Sheppard’s website.
   
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 Samples from Animatics & Storyboards, Inc.
   

STORYBOARD SAMPLES 
   
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 Free storyboard forms from Your Resume Sucks. (Contact information required)
   
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 Downloadable storyboard form in Adobe PDF.