The Iraq Moratorium is an escalating, monthly series of actions
demanding an end to the war. Held the Third Friday of every month, we will make a
break with business as usual. We will: Wear and distribute black
ribbons and armbands; Buy no gas on Moratorium days; Pressure
politicians and the media; Hold vigils, pickets, rallies, and
teach-ins; Hold special religious services; Coordinate events in music,
art, and culture; Host film showings, talks, and educational events;
Organize student actions: Teach-ins, school closings, etc.
Founded in 1977, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action offers the
opportunity to explore the meaning and practice of nonviolence from a
perspective of deep spiritual reflection, providing a means for
witnessing to and resisting all nuclear weapons, especially Trident. We
seek to go to the root of violence and injustice in our world and
experience the transforming power of love through nonviolent direct
action.
The American Friends Service Committee carries out service,
development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world.
AFSC's work is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every
person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and
injustice.
Veterans For Peace includes men and women veterans of all eras and duty
stations including from the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), World War II,
the Korean, Vietnam, Gulf and current Iraq wars as well as other
conflicts. Our collective experience tells us wars are easy to start
and hard to stop and that those hurt are often the innocent. Thus,
other means of problem solving are necessary.
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) was founded by Iraq war
veterans to give a voice to the large number of active duty
service people and veterans who are against this war, but are under
various pressures to remain silent.
From the 5th grade students at La Escuela Fratney in Milwaukee, WI. Be sure to click on "About Us" and visit each kid's page to read each kid's thoughts on the war.
The Voices in Wartime Education Project has a simple idea: Use art and
education to transform the consciousness of young people. Give teachers
and students a way to explore the most important and terrifying issues
of our day. Create a dialogue in which all voices can be heard, and all
points of view included, without engendering fear, hatred, or anger.
There are a lot of good resources on this site!
Did you know that the No Child Left Behind Act includes a section that
requires high schools to turn over private information on students to
military recruiters? And that the Pentagon has created an illegal
database of 30 million 16-25 year-olds, including names, addresses,
email addresses, cell phone numbers, ethnicities, social security
numbers, extracurricular activities, and areas of study? What to
do about it? Here's your one-stop shop for all you need to know
to get the military to leave your children alone!
Military Families Speak Out is an organization of people opposed to the
war in Iraq who have relatives or loved ones in the military. Our
membership currently includes over 3,000 military families, with new
families joining daily.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. (VVAW) is a national veterans'
organization founded in 1967 after six Vietnam vets marched
together in a peace demonstration. It was organized to voice the
growing opposition among returning servicemen and women to the
still-raging war in Indochina, and grew rapidly to a membership of over
30,000 throughout the United States. We believe that service to our
country and communities did not end when we were discharged. We remain
committed to the struggle for peace and for social and economic justice
for all people. We will continue to oppose senseless military
adventures and to teach the real lessons of the Vietnam War. We will do
all we can to prevent another generation from being put through a
similar tragedy and we will continue to demand dignity and respect for
veterans of all eras. This is real patriotism and we remain true to our
mission.
Peaceful Tomorrows is an organization founded by family members of
those killed on September 11th who have united to turn our grief into
action for peace. By developing and advocating nonviolent options and
actions in the pursuit of justice, we hope to break the cycles of
violence engendered by war and terrorism. Acknowledging our common
experience with all people affected by violence throughout the world,
we work to create a safer and more peaceful world for everyone.
YVPAN is a loose-knit peace coalition involving many different
individuals and groups in the Yakima Valley. We are teachers, lawyers,
doctors, students, nurses, farm workers, parents, grandparents, office
workers, veterans, child care workers, retirees, and more. We include
Catholics, Quakers, Unitarians, Methodists, Muslims, members of the
Bahai faith, and others. We are Democrats, Republicans and
Independents. We are people of all colors, ages, and persuasions. And
we are growing. YVPAN is united in opposing the use of military
force to solve conflicts and in advocating peaceful solutions. We are
united in our determination to give voice to our belief that another
world, a peaceful world, is possible. We support and join with the
millions of people around the world who are demonstrating for peace and
human rights. While we may differ with each other on our analysis of
events and on strategies for peace, we are united in our opposition to
war and in our quest for peace.
While visiting Bend, Oregon, recently, I had the pleasure to meet
members of the Central Oregon Peace Network, and to participate in
their weekly vigil for peace. Central Oregon Peace Network is a
regional peace education, advocacy and action group. If you live
in or are visiting Central Oregon, get to know this group!
A program of the National Council of Churches, USA, FaithfulAmerica.org
is made up of persons who believe that one’s faith -
however broadly or uniquely expressed - has a word to say about our
nation’s government and its priorities. Together we are a
progressive, inclusive, and responsive interfaith electronic advocacy
community dedicated to providing a powerful collective voice to help
advance the cause of compassion and justice in public policy.
Our mission is to articulate the biblical call to social justice,
inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals,
communities, the church, and the world. In our lives and in our
work, Sojourners seeks to be guided by the Biblical principles of
justice, mercy, and humility.
An continuously updating "clock" that shows world population, incidence
of noncommunicable and infectious diseases, number of abortions, HIV
infections, marriages and divorces, barrels of oil pumped, bicycles
produced, and more. Very interesting. (Requires javascript.)
Leave My Child Alone!