Created by Maria Nicoletta Gaida, the Ara Pacis Initiative (API) is promoted by the City of Rome and has been granted the High Patronage of the Republic of Italy as well as the auspices of the Office of the Prime Minister of Italy and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Ara Pacis Initiative places Rome and, in particular, the Ara Pacis Augustae monument at the center of a targeted project aimed to launch an active reflection on forgiveness, in its various religious and cultural meanings, as a moral, spiritual and political tool for achieving reconciliation among peoples. An initiative that seeks to bring to light and recognize the roots and causes of contemporary suffering and the wounds buried deep in collective memory in order to restore dignity to those who have suffered, thereby creating the premise for a reconciliation that allows for the building of a common future. Read more
A non-profit organization, the Ara Pacis Initiative was founded by:
- Maria Nicoletta Gaida Founder and President of the Ara Pacis Initiative
- Anas Altikriti representing The Cordoba Foundation
- Ali Abu Awwad representing Al-Tariq-the Palestinian Institution for Development and Democracy
- Alexandra Asseily Governor and Founder of the Center for Lebanese Studies at Oxford; Board Member of Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace
- Stefano Amore representing the Young Magistrates of Italy
- Barakat Fawzi Hassan representing Al-Quds Educational TV, Al-Quds University
- Robi Damelin representing Parents Circle/Forum of Israeli and Palestinian Families
- Ron Fremder representing the We Do Care Association
- Anne Gallagher representing Seeds of Hope-Northern Ireland
- Leymah Roberta Gbowee representing the Women Peace and Security Network of Africa
- Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Professor of Psychology at the University of Cape Town and former member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa
- Asha Hagi Elmi representing the Save Somali Women and Children association
- Megan Hallahan Secretary General of the Ara Pacis Initiative
- Le Ly Hayslip representing the Global Village Foundation, Vietnam
- Donna Hicks Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University
- Thavory Huot representing the Khmer Ahimsa Organization of Cambodia
- Monica Jimenez de la Jara former Minister of Education of the Republic of Chile
- Elias Khoury Attorney-at-law and dialogue advocate, Jerusalem
- Solomon Lerner Febres representing the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
- Alberto Melloni UNESCO Chair for Religious Pluralism and Peace; Director of the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies
- Joseph Montville Board Chair of the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution of the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University; Distinguished Diplomat in Residence, American University
- Leonel Narváez Imc Director of the Foundation for Reconciliation, Colombia
- Donald W. Shriver, Jr. President Emeritus of Union Theological Seminary
- Peggy Shriver former Assistant General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ-U.S.A.
- Vamik D. Volkan President of the American College of Psychoanalysts; Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Virginia.
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