an amount determined to be a living wage for a given geographical area, and then adjusting that wage for inflation as needed. National security Williamson supports "redesigning" the partnership between the Defense Department and the State Department that would elevate the need for peace, putting it on equal footing with the need for military preparedness. Williamson supports the creation of a United States Department of Peace to aid in her proposed redesign, which also includes a plan to establish a Peace Academy modeled after military academies. In her 2014 Congressional campaign, Williamson supported dismantling the National Security Agency (NSA). Williamson supports decreasing the military budget and redirecting those funds toward peacebuilding and peace maintenance efforts e.g. mediation, diplomacy, humanitarian aid, post-conflict transitional justice, and "on-the-ground programs." She also supports maintaining a budget that would not impede military preparedness, while investing in a "sustainable society" inclusive of the development of clean energy and green manufacturing, retrofitting buildings and bridges, economically empowering women, and educating children. Williamson supports military engagement when a NATO ally is threatened, when the United States is under threat of attack, or "when the humanitarian order of the world is at risk." National service Williamson supports the creation of a program through which every citizen, between 18 and 26, can perform one year of voluntary national servicehelping schools, hospitals, infrastructure, sustainability, regenerative agricultural projects, the military, the Peace Corpsthat can be remunerated for housing, "basic costs", or financial support for higher education. Native American reconciliation Williamson supports returning dominant control of the Black Hills to the Sioux Nation, halting construction of the Keystone Pipeline, recognizing tribal sovereignty over their territory. She also supports increasing funding to Native lands’ justice systems, protecting tribal sovereignty and governance, and protecting Native religious freedom. Williamson has expressed support for "rethinking treaties" and continuing annual tribal nations' summits in Washington D.C. Black American reparations Williamson supports the distribution of $200-$500 billion in reparations for slavery, spread across 20 years for "economic and education projects," to be disbursed based on the recommendation of a selected group of black leaders. In taking this position, Williamson became the only candidate to ever submit a detailed plan for reparations for black Americans. Williamson, who first expressed her support of reparations in her 1993 book, Illuminataadvocating that the U.S. will not reconcile its racial and economic divide without them has said of the policy proposalstates that her policy