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S-CAR prides itself as an institution for its involvement in building peace in the world. Faculty and students work in contexts as diverse as Liberia, Georgia, and Israel/Palestine. But what of peace building in the United States, where conflict over race and class is especially heated at the moment? S-CAR faculty and students are certainly engaged on issues within the US. For instance, in their research and practice, are S-CAR faculty and students as engaged on issues of structural violence in the United States? The answer to this question may well be no. By one count, only about one-tenth of S-CAR faculty members concentrate on domestic issues, as opposed to 2/3 who focus on international ones. Similarly, US-born minority students make up a relatively small percentage of PhD and MS students, though they make up a larger proportion of the certificate and undergraduate programs. Should S-CAR deepen its dedication to these issues, and if so, how? More largely, is S-CAR the agent for peace in the United States that we might want it to be? And if not, why?