Peace Through Commerce

A Ladder to a New Future.

How do the people of Israel and Gaza rebuild—after the wounds, the trials, and the wars that have scarred generations? Who will guide them forward, into uncharted territory—beyond grief and division, toward hope, healing, and joy?

Nobel Peace Prize nominee 2025, Peace Through Commerce, has walked this path before. Our work has shown that even in the most embattled regions, transformation begins when people—especially women—are given a safe place to meet, a model to follow, and tools to build radical tolerance and shared prosperity.

We’ve seen it firsthand: Jewish, Arab, and Palestinian women—Muslim, Christian, Druze, and Jewish—coming together despite fear and prejudice. Women who have lived through war, yet still choose to reach across divides, connect heart to heart, and imagine a better future for their children and communities.

Before the tragedy of the October 7th, 2023, massacre, Peace Through Commerce was already working with women in Israel and Gaza through a groundbreaking initiative with Together Beyond Words, combining their inner healing practices with our Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program.

Using our Matrix of Peace services (leadership training and methodology), these women learned to create tangible change—together. We watched as they built cross-border partnerships, launched joint ventures, and used creativity and compassion as instruments of peace and prosperity—tools their governments had too often ignored or suppressed.

Here’s what participants said about the experience:

“When we do things together, we get to know one another—and when we become friends, peace begins. You need peace within yourself to truly communicate with another person.”

“This work gave me access to a deeper place within—a place of power and true peace.”

“We learned to respect each other’s needs, even without agreeing on every story.”

Our mission at Peace Through Commerce is simple yet profound: to partner with people around the world to build systems of peace—whole systems—where individuals, businesses, and communities consciously co-create a just and prosperous future.

The God who wrestles with us also gives us a ladder. Together, we must climb it—and you can become part of this living ladder toward peace, healing, and renewal.

You can help today by purchasing or donating on our website: PeaceKey or our PeaceFund.

See our film before the massacre: AWEsome Beyond Words - the women share their stories about the impact of the Matrix of Peace on their lives https://youtu.be/ElLvRucsSGw. After October 7th, see our webcast Decision-making with Radical Aliveness (The Matrix of Peace).

Michelle A. Waters, VP, Peace Through Commerce Inc.

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We’re honored to again be incubating Nilima Bhat’s Shakti Kumbh 2026—an unprecedented global gathering celebrating the power of women and the feminine principle to transform our world.

This once-in-a-lifetime event will bring together visionaries, leaders, and changemakers from across the globe in Odisha, India.

Register here today:

Registration available for Shakti Kumbh 2026 Peace Through Commerce • Peace Through Commerce Peace Through Commerce, utilizing it's Matrix of Peace Whole Systems Model, inspires prosperous & peaceful communities, accelerating women entrepreneursTM, incubates social ventures, educates able leaders, and advocates peace for all.

Peace Through Commerce is thrilled to share that we, along with CEO Philomena Blees, are 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Nominees!

Learn more about the work behind the Nobel nomination here:

Peace Through Commerce, Inc. Named a 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Peace Through Commerce • Peace Through Commerce Peace Through Commerce, utilizing it's Matrix of Peace Whole Systems Model, inspires prosperous & peaceful communities, accelerating women entrepreneursTM, incubates social ventures, educates able leaders, and advocates peace for all.

We are a 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee! Join our Nobel virtual online watch party and our live watch party to see if we won! The Norwegian Nobel Institute announces it Friday, October 10, 2025 at 11 am CEST (5 am EST, 2 am PST). Links to both are here http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1044089/918f3e6f26/521401265/595a8c18ff/

Peace Through Commerce Team serving as Title Event Partner of the Inaugural Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Oslo, Norway 2017

Join show host Phyllis Blees with guest Joan Blades, co-founder of Moveon.org, showing us a Matrix-centric way to depolarize society in the face of ever-polarized elections.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpwY9Zpcub4&list=PLQpkwcNJny6n4fM53EGj4u2iLPWXUKI15

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