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’

ALSO LISTEN TO:

• 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
• Sylvia Pankhurst – Suffragette Socialist and Scourge of Empire, with Dr. Kate Connelly
• The 365 Foundation’s Natalie Venezia on Promoting Women’s Empowerment Through Art, Advocacy, and Community Service
• After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do about It, with Julie C. Suk 

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