Kent Miller, District Chair for the Peace Fellowship Program, delivered an excellent message on how we, as local Rotarians, can be peacemakers—noting that Rotary’s stated mission concludes with a commitment to world understanding, goodwill, and peace. First, we must decide that peace is, in fact, actually possible. Kent states, with justification, that now is actually the most peaceful period in man’s history; we are actually making progress. However, being a single individual, or even a single club, could lead one feel alone and powerless. BUT! There are more Rotarians world-wide than the largest military force on earth! Together we are a natural force to work for peace; we can do it! Once decided that peace is possible, we prepare ourselves by defining our objective: peace is the ability to handle conflict with peaceful means that involve empathy, nonviolence and respect. Then we prepare by educating ourselves—through small beginner’s steps like this Rotary program all the way up to the 100 Peace Fellows each year who earn either a Master’s Degree (two years) or a Certificate (three months) in Conflict Resolution. Kent explained the strict criteria for each of these programs and identified their areas of employment after the training: NGO’s, government, teaching, law, research, United Nations, police, journalism, and others. And finally, we act. First we must identify the points of disagreement that fracture the relationship. Then we join together across national boundaries in service. When we accomplish a project in any of the six area of service (promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, saving mothers and children, supporting education, growing local economies), we are building peace. When we join a Rotary Action Group, we are building peace. When we donate to the Rotary Foundation, we are building peace. When a local club convenes or participates in dialogue, or helps train peacemakers in the local educational system, or empowers youth for responsible leadership, we are building peace. Kent’s final challenge was in distributing a leaflet defining a step-by-step process for using the Rotary Four-Way Test for conflict transformation. He left a few extra leaflets for members not present today.