Founded in 2003, Empower Peace is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging cultural and communication divides between young people worldwide. With a focus on connecting youth in the US and Arab and Muslim world, Empower Peace uses the latest in interactive technologies and intensive leadership training to break down misconceptions and build meaningful relationships. Through a global network of students and schools, Empower Peace is providing the next generation with the opportunities and tools needed to build cultural competencies and advance mutual respect, understanding, and peace.

Empower Peace operates three core programs:

Virtual Connections, which uses web-based interactive technologies to facilitate cultural dialogue and global understanding between youth worldwide;

Women2Women, an international women’s leadership program that brings together emerging young women leaders (ages 15-19) from around the globe, engages them in intensive action-oriented leadership training, and connects them to an international network of influential women leaders; and

Global Village, a series of civic engagement initiatives that connect youth to NGOs working within their community to provide meaningful service-learning opportunities for young people and capacity-building for NGOs.

The EP leadership team has over 25 years of experience in strategic communications and large-scale youth programming, both at home and abroad. Using this expertise, EP programming has been broadcast via television to over 600 million people in over 100 countries worldwide.