Barbara Simmons on International Women’s Day and Organizing for Peace in Bucks County

Barbara Simmons serves as executive director of The Peace Center, an educational peace and justice non-profit organization in Bucks County. After retiring from the role in 2019 (after 30 years in the position), she came out of retirement in October 2025 to once again lead the organization after it was announced it was planning on closing—something she couldn’t let happen. Barbara spoke with me today to talk about International Women’s Day, what’s new at The Peace Center, and the organizing work around making Bucks County a more just, inclusive, and compassionate community.

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Transcript: Barbara Simmons on International Women’s Day and Organizing for Peace in Bucks County

Bucks County’s Peace Center Isn’t Going Anywhere

On International Day of Peace, Let’s Pledge to Make Peace a Bigger Part of Our Lives

Why I Commemorate the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Raising Our Children as Future Leaders in an Era of Book Banning and Attacks on ‘Critical Race Theory’

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The Radical History of International Women’s Day and the Feminist Movement, with Liza Featherstone

Radical Independent Media, Feminist Struggles, and International Women’s Day: A View from Latin America, with Dawn Paley

Peace Activism from Bucks County to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with Barbara Simmons