Ignite Peace (formerly Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center) educates and advocates for peace, challenges unjust systems, and promotes the creation of a nonviolent society.
Ignite Peace brings unique educational opportunities to the classroom with our interactive presentations, docuseries screenings, and other adaptable and engaging curriculum. If you’re a teacher or student, contact us to bring a presentation or workshop to your school. We are excited to raise awareness, literacy, and understanding of important issues of criminal justice and immigration justice among young people in our community.
Pictured: Students from Xavier University’s Alternative Breaks participating in our interactive Immigration 101 presentation.
Ignite Peace was founded by five congregations of Sisters with a call for justice. We know that for many, moral convictions are tied deeply to faith and move them to work for peace and justice. We work with people of all faiths to provide education on justice issues and ways to take action. Whether you are clergy or a lay person, we encourage you to connect your community with Ignite Peace. Talk to us about hosting an educational event for your membership or ways to take action as a group for systemic change.
Pictured: Members of Our Lady of Divine Providence viewing and discussing the Race and Racism in Cincinnati Docuseries.
We know that there is power to be found in connecting with others and sharing knowledge and resources. Our workshops can be tailored to your staff or volunteers for professional development, to deepen your understanding of an issue, or to prepare your group to take strategic nonviolent action.
We also work in coalition and solidarity with many organizations including advocacy groups and direct service providers to achieve our shared goals. We are proud to be a part of the No Death Penalty Ohio coalition and to facilitate the Immigrant Dignity Coalition. If you are part of an organization whose mission aligns with peace and justice, reach out to see how we can work together.
Pictured: Members of the NoDeathPenaltyOH coalition attending proponent testimony at the Ohio Statehouse, advocating for death penalty abolition.
From being a pen pal, to organizing a letter writing campaign, to setting up an educational presentation, to joining protests, or engaging in dialogue with leaders and fellow community members, individuals have the power to create change. Nonviolence creates space for everyone to take part in the movement toward justice. Check out our upcoming events page to get involved in one of our policy campaigns, join a community event, or sign up for a nonviolence training.
Pictured: Former youth leader, Alex, leading an immigration rally to save the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Ignite Peace is proud to invite you to our 40th Anniversary Annual Gathering, honoring our history and incredible local peacemakers. Tickets and sponsorship packages are now available!
give.ignitepeace.org/GATHERING2025
The evening will include high energy dance performances, desserts, cash bar, split-the-pot, and more. All are invited to join in an joyful evening, celebrating the power of a community who cares for each other through the decades.
Ignite Peace is proud to invite you to our 40th Anniversary Annual Gathering, honoring our history and incredible local peacemakers. Tickets and sponsorship packages are now available!
give.ignitepeace.org/GATHERING2025
The evening will include high energy dance performances, desserts, cash bar, split-the-pot, and more. All are invited to join in an joyful evening, celebrating the power of a community who cares for each other through the decades.
Celebrate some wins with us.
Ignite Peace is seeking a mission-driven Director of Development and Communications to lead fundraising and strategic communications efforts. This is a hands-on leadership role for a dynamic team player with a passion for social justice, a talent for donor engagement, and the ability to tell powerful stories of impact.
Review the job description (link in bio) and submit your resume and cover letter via email to careers@ignitepeace.org by October 5, 2025.
Ignite Peace is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and identities. We encourage applicants from marginalized and underrepresented communities to apply.
Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to individual inquiries by phone or email.
Ignite Peace is seeking a mission-driven Director of Development and Communications to lead fundraising and strategic communications efforts. This is a hands-on leadership role for a dynamic team player with a passion for social justice, a talent for donor engagement, and the ability to tell powerful stories of impact.
Review the job description (link in bio) and submit your resume and cover letter via email to careers@ignitepeace.org by October 5, 2025.
Ignite Peace is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and identities. We encourage applicants from marginalized and underrepresented communities to apply.
Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to individual inquiries by phone or email.
Shannon is celebrating one year as our Executive Director! Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 We`re glad to have you!
Shannon is celebrating one year as our Executive Director! Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 We`re glad to have you!
Next series of Engaging Nonviolence starts next week! Register today!
ICE is targeting immigrant workers, workplaces and worksites using unlawful tactics. We want local area businesses and employees to know about their rights, to be prepared for raids and to designate an area in their business that ICE cannot enter. Join this training to learn how to canvass businesses to offer resources and signage. Then sign up for a canvassing slot. #linkinbio
Monday, August 11
6:00 – 7:00 PM
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
RSVP Required
#immigration #peace #justice #nonviolence #solidarity #workersrights #cincinnati
ICE is targeting immigrant workers, workplaces and worksites using unlawful tactics. We want local area businesses and employees to know about their rights, to be prepared for raids and to designate an area in their business that ICE cannot enter. Join this training to learn how to canvass businesses to offer resources and signage. Then sign up for a canvassing slot. #linkinbio
Monday, August 11
6:00 – 7:00 PM
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
RSVP Required
#immigration #peace #justice #nonviolence #solidarity #workersrights #cincinnati
Ignite Peace is looking for interns for the fall 2025 semester! If you are a college student in Cincinnati who is passionate about peace and justice, APPLY!
Link in bio.
#cincinnati #internship #hiring #ignitepeacecincy #peace #justice
Ignite Peace is looking for interns for the fall 2025 semester! If you are a college student in Cincinnati who is passionate about peace and justice, APPLY!
Link in bio.
#cincinnati #internship #hiring #ignitepeacecincy #peace #justice
Ohio Senate Bill 172, which has passed the Senate and been sent to the House, would allow law enforcement to detain anyone they believe is an immigrant, even without possession of a warrant. This would create fear throughout immigrant families and communities in Ohio. This bill heavily relies on law enforcement to racially profile those within our communities, even those with granted status or birthright citizenship. As long as someone looks like whatever law enforcement deems an immigrant - they can be detained.
Take Action!
This bill has already ripped through the Senate, passed, and is now in the hands of the House. To take action, reach out to your representative to say NO to SB172!
#immigrationjustice #peace #justice #ohio #immigration #dueprocess #ignitepeacecincy
Ohio Senate Bill 172, which has passed the Senate and been sent to the House, would allow law enforcement to detain anyone they believe is an immigrant, even without possession of a warrant. This would create fear throughout immigrant families and communities in Ohio. This bill heavily relies on law enforcement to racially profile those within our communities, even those with granted status or birthright citizenship. As long as someone looks like whatever law enforcement deems an immigrant - they can be detained.
Take Action!
This bill has already ripped through the Senate, passed, and is now in the hands of the House. To take action, reach out to your representative to say NO to SB172!
#immigrationjustice #peace #justice #ohio #immigration #dueprocess #ignitepeacecincy
Last night hundreds of brave and compassionate community members joined Ignite Peace and faith leaders to hold a peaceful vigil and rally for the release of Imam Ayman Soliman, currently detained by ICE in the Butler County Jail. Ayman, unfortunately, is just one of thousands of innocent people who have been subjected to the violence of immigration detention all across the country. Immigrants in detention, like Ayman, are subjected to the violence of being denied due process, being torn from their families, and being subjected to the harsh conditions of jail and prison. We know this is wrong.
After the vigil concluded, some attendees chose to walk across the Roebling Bridge, on their own accord, paying homage to John Lewis and the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Those peaceful protesters were met with undue police violence and excessive force.
Ignite Peace believes in the power of peaceful protest and condemns the response of the Covington Police Department. The violence that was committed against the people is indicative of the violent systems we seek to challenge.
In this moment, we want to remind you that peace is possible, nonviolence works, and that justice is worth the struggle.
Please continue to advocate for Ayman and justice for our immigrant neighbors. https://www.yusraorganizing.org/free-imam-ayman
Last night hundreds of brave and compassionate community members joined Ignite Peace and faith leaders to hold a peaceful vigil and rally for the release of Imam Ayman Soliman, currently detained by ICE in the Butler County Jail. Ayman, unfortunately, is just one of thousands of innocent people who have been subjected to the violence of immigration detention all across the country. Immigrants in detention, like Ayman, are subjected to the violence of being denied due process, being torn from their families, and being subjected to the harsh conditions of jail and prison. We know this is wrong.
After the vigil concluded, some attendees chose to walk across the Roebling Bridge, on their own accord, paying homage to John Lewis and the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Those peaceful protesters were met with undue police violence and excessive force.
Ignite Peace believes in the power of peaceful protest and condemns the response of the Covington Police Department. The violence that was committed against the people is indicative of the violent systems we seek to challenge.
In this moment, we want to remind you that peace is possible, nonviolence works, and that justice is worth the struggle.
Please continue to advocate for Ayman and justice for our immigrant neighbors. https://www.yusraorganizing.org/free-imam-ayman
We stand with our immigrant neighbors! #freeayman #immigrantsbelong #peace #justice #cincinnati
We stand with our immigrant neighbors! #freeayman #immigrantsbelong #peace #justice #cincinnati
#freeayman
Our fight to expose and dismantle oppressive systems is more urgent than ever. Across the country, efforts to address systemic racism and injustice are being silenced. In Ohio, Senate Bills 1 and 113 threaten access to truthful education. But at Ignite Peace, we are committed to sharing anti-racism educational resources and advocacy tools, like our Docuseries. Your gift will help us reach more individuals, schools, churches, and communities—especially now, when access to honest education is under threat. You’ll be fueling courageous conversations, inspiring new advocates, and ensuring that the truth is not buried—but lifted up. As author and historian Ibram X. Kendi reminds us, “The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it—and then dismantle it.” At Ignite Peace, we are committed to doing just that. But we cannot do it alone. Will you stand with us?
https://give.ignitepeace.org/campaign/690942/donate
#antiracism #racialjustice #dei #diversity #equity #inclusion #cincinnati #ohio #peace #justice
Our fight to expose and dismantle oppressive systems is more urgent than ever. Across the country, efforts to address systemic racism and injustice are being silenced. In Ohio, Senate Bills 1 and 113 threaten access to truthful education. But at Ignite Peace, we are committed to sharing anti-racism educational resources and advocacy tools, like our Docuseries. Your gift will help us reach more individuals, schools, churches, and communities—especially now, when access to honest education is under threat. You’ll be fueling courageous conversations, inspiring new advocates, and ensuring that the truth is not buried—but lifted up. As author and historian Ibram X. Kendi reminds us, “The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it—and then dismantle it.” At Ignite Peace, we are committed to doing just that. But we cannot do it alone. Will you stand with us?
https://give.ignitepeace.org/campaign/690942/donate
#antiracism #racialjustice #dei #diversity #equity #inclusion #cincinnati #ohio #peace #justice
February 1, 2024
Ohio legislators, Stewart and Plummer, and Attorney General Yost are supporting new legislation to make nitrogen hypoxia available in Ohio. Let lawmakers know Ohioans will not accept this method of execution.
January 24, 2024
Submit your nominations for our 2024 Ignite Peace Awards!
July 10, 2023
After much anticipation and a lot of hard work, we are excited to reintroduce ourselves with our new organizational name…
While much attention has been focused on our federal government’s attacks on peaceful immigrant families, state lawmakers in Columbus have been quietly introducing their own catastrophic legislation.
September 9, 2025
Ignite Peace is seeking a mission-driven Director of Development and Communications to lead fundraising and strategic communications efforts. This is a hands-on leadership role for a dynamic team player with […]
