Sam Alves is a communications professional, community organizer and peace activist in the Washington, D.C. metro area. His writing has been published by Pax Christi USA, shared by the official international campaign to free Julian Assange, and included in scripts for the YouTube channel J&D Productions (167K subscribers).
He currently works as the communications coordinator with Little Friends for Peace, where he is also a trained Peace Coach.
Sam is a 2022 graduate of the Virginia Tech sports media and analytics program. As a college student, he covered men’s basketball and baseball as a credentialed beat writer for 3304 Sports, where he also managed 15 students as the co-editor in chief during his senior year. He also worked as a production assistant with ACC Network and the ESPN family of networks for multiple years. In addition to working for these credentialed organizations, he interviewed student athletes for print and video with UNCUT Blacksburg, telling human interest stories.
Featured Work
Year in Review 2025 | Little Friends for Peace
A testament to LFFP’s conviction that peace is possible.
This 12-page document highlights LFFP’s mission and vision for peace building and features photos and testimonies from the year’s peace programming – Peace Class, Peace Camp, our ongoing work with community partners, retreats, and other peace witnesses in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
“[Peace Camp] has been super rewarding for me because it shows that being peaceful is kind of a way of life. It’s not just some moments of your day.“
Faris P. | Peace Camp junior counselor
Book Review: Martyrs to the Unspeakable: The Assassinations of JFK, Malcolm, Martin, and RFK
Published by Pax Christi USA in their spring 2026 print newsletter, mailed nationally and uploaded to their website.
When I spoke to author Jim Douglass about his most recent book, Martyrs to the Unspeakable, he said, “This story contains the world.” Douglass echoes the words of Jesus, who speaks prophetically two millennia on through the theologian-turned-historian’s most recent tome.
This book is a must-read for all those concerned with US American state-sponsored murder, in the streets or elsewhere; those concerned with Zionist criminality and entanglement with our own government; and anti-nuclear weapons activists.
Behind the scenes.
Played trombone for four years in Virginia Tech’s marching band, the Marching Virginians.
Double minored in French and Language Sciences.
Served in Kinship Community Food Center’s community of generosity in Milwaukee through AmeriCorps from August 2023 through August 2024.
Covered the ACC men’s basketball tournament, Blacksburg baseball Regional and Blacksburg softball Super Regional in 2022.
What people are saying.
“Hi Sam, You should be proud for pulling this off! You sound like a real syntactician in moments here.” — Dr. Abby Walker, associate director of linguistics at Virginia Tech
Contact me!
sam.j.alves@gmail.com
(571) 814-8979
© 2026 Sam Alves
You musn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
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