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Groups Across Country Meet with Congresspeople to Urg

Groups Across Country Meet with Congresspeople to Urge them to Oppose the War in Afghanistan/Pakistan

Inspired by the September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows’ report "Afghanistan: Ending a Failed Military Policy," groups across the country have arranged visits to their Congresspeople about the need to rethink our policy in Afghanistan. Wright Salisbury of MAPJEN’s member group Alliance for Jewish, Christian and Moslem Understanding, jumped at the opportunity offered... [ more ]

Posted on May 08, 2009 by Alliance for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding (and Interfaith Peace)


Area Coalition of Peace Groups Takes Message to Markey

On Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, a group of representatives of peace organizations met with staff members of Congressman Ed Markey's office to discuss the Peaceful Tomorrows report, "Afghanistan: Ending a Failed Military Strategy."   Attendees included Terry Rockefeller and Terry Greene from September 11th Familiies for Peaceful Tomorrows, and Wright Salisbury of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and Alliance for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding, Sarah Furho of Military Families... [ more ]

Posted on Jan 19, 2009 by Alliance for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding (and Interfaith Peace)


ACLU joins fray in schools

Group seeks access equal to recruiters'

By Christine Legere, Boston Globe Correspondent | January 11, 2009
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/11/aclu_joins_fray_in_schools/

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has taken up the cause of a Bridgewater-based antiwar group that has been ... [ more ]

Posted on Jan 11, 2009 by Citizens for an Informed Community


B-R won’t bow to ACLU

A recent article about the continuing efforts to make available counter-recruiting information at Bridgewater-Raynham High School.

American Civil Liberties Union steps into fray over counter-recruiters in school
By Theresa Knapp Enos
ENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT
Posted Dec 29, 2008 @ 03:12 AM
BRIDGEWATER —
School Committee members say they won’t be “bullied, threatened or intimidated” into changing their decision now that the American Civil ... [ more ]

Posted on Jan 04, 2009 by Citizens for an Informed Community


Visit to Senators to Push for Peace in Afghanistan

Wright Salisbury, of MAPJEN member group Alliance for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding, was one of a group of peace activists who visited the offices of Massachusetts Senators Kennedy and Kerry in Boston on December 17, 2008.

The group of 8 activists, including representatives of Peaceful Tomorrows, veterans groups and the Alliance for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding, delivered copies of Afghanistan: Ending A Failed Military Strategy --- A Primer for Activists to the Senators... [ more ]

Posted on Dec 22, 2008 by Alliance for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding (and Interfaith Peace)


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Advocate TODAY! Help save MiND TV





Several months ago, we learned that Governor Rendell zeroed out funding for Pennsylvania's eight public television stations in his FY2010 budget. At that time, the stations began a campaign to mobilize the public to let the governor and all of the state legislature know that public tv plays a very important role ... [ more ]

Posted on PAActionNetwork by PA Action Network


Emergency Action Alert: Coup in Honduras!

[This action alert comes to you from the Alliance for Global Justice and its member projects, the Nicaragua Network, the Campaign for Labor Rights, the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, and the Respect for Democracy Campaign.]

EMERGENCY ALERT: COUP IN HONDURAS!
Demonstrate at Honduran Consulates or US Federal Buildings Sunday or Monday
[See list of consulates below!]

MOBILIZE YOUR COMMUNITY NOW!
Demand Obama Denounce the Coup and Demand Return of President... [ more ]

Posted on CRIpjen by American Friends Service Committee - CT (AFSC)


6/30 - 7/6/09 Peace/Justice Feature

Hi folks:

NOTE: The next two Features (July 5 and 12) will be put out by my intern Andrew Kimmel. So email events to him at andkimme@iupui.edu We are assuming that events for the first Sat. (July 4) will occur on the second Sat.;
let Andrew know if this is not so or if any monthly event is taking a summer hiatus.

The Peace/Justice Feature for this week (Tues-Mon) focuses on:

1) The Indianapolis Peace Institute and our community of students living... [ more ]

Posted on Network4Peace by Northwest Indiana Code Pink


OH UU posts CommUUnity in Challenging Times

The Economy has experienced a major meltdown in recent months. Savings and jobs continue to vanish and the recession feeds on itself. Congregations and congregants are and will be affected. Major restructuring is needed, and The Great Turning is an important part of that change!

As a part of that turning to Earth Community, what is the role of our community - our church - in helping to mitigate the impact of what is surely to come to some or many of us? How can we ensure that, ... [ more ]

Posted on OhioPeaceNetwork by Unitarian Universalist for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC)


19 NH community organizations elect Martin Luther King Coalition officers

The Martin Luther King Coalition is made up of 19 NH community organizations having missions that reflect the principles of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In addition to those listed above, the following organizations are members of the Coalition: the American Friends Service Committee-NH, represented by Arnie Alpert; the Arab- American Forum, represented buy Nabil Migalli; the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, represented by Jess Riendeau; Global Citizens Circle, represented... [ more ]

Posted on NHVpjen by Martin Luther King Coalition - NH


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