What is the Peace Research Center (PRC)?
We’re transforming an old building in the heart of Bethlehem to a library and resource center. The center will focus on two areas: the history and contemporary community of Bethlehem and the general study of peacemaking, nonviolence and conflict resolution. Books, digital media and specialized research materials will be available on both subjects. This will be the first center of its kind in Palestine. Researchers, international visitors, students and the general public will be able to access historical data on Bethlehem that merges theoretical and historical perspectives. They will also be be able to access materials on peacemaking in a region of conflict, where these materials have a direct, immediate, real world application.
 
So it’s a Library?
The Peace Research Center (PRC) will be more than a collection of research materials. In addition to the materials available, we will be sponsoring weekly programming and activities, including:
 
* Film Screenings and Premiers
* Nonviolence Trainings / Workshops. 
* Seminars and Guest Speakers
* Local Women’s Forums
* Community Dialogues
* Cross Cultural Encounters / Exchanges
* Children’s Programming and Activities
 
What Help do We Need?
We have the space! Now we just need to fill it. We need funding for chairs, tables, books and materials. With your help we can turn an empty building into a living, breathing center, available to both the local community and international researchers and guests. We want Bethlehem to become known as a center of peacemaking, rather than a center of conflict and division. Please consider partnering with us on this project. A small donation can have a lasting impact felt for years to come.