Nario-Galace, JasminPabotoy, Arlyssa Bianca2023-04-142023-04-142023978288931521510.58863/20.500.12424/4278459http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/4278459The Philippines is faced with various threats to peace and security: poverty, economic instability, violent extremism, inequality, war, community, and gender-based violence, among others. In 2020, the country ranked 129th of 163 in the World Peace Index, due primarily to high levels of internal conflict, extrajudicial killings, militarization, and vulnerability to the climate crisis. The Center for Peace Education (CPE)-Miriam College is an advocacy center that promotes the building of a culture of peace through its education, advocacy, women and youth organizing, and networking programs. CPE's theory of change is that reduction of violence and a culture of peace can be achieved when people develop the will to address local and global problems, have the skills to resolve conflicts, and work collaboratively and nonviolently for justice, equality and human dignity. This article describes how peace education, interfaith dialogue, advocacy for arms control and disarmament, and the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security and Youth, Peace and Security Agenda have helped change mindsets and attitudes of indifference, passivity and aggression to those supportive of action that will challenge various forms of violence. Data used were drawn from interviews, project evaluations, surveys, focus group discussions, tracer studies, and personal observations and experiences.engGlobethics PublicationsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/peaceviolencePhilippinesSDG 16Education and ethicsBook chapter