The coronavirus pandemic highlights the urgent need to reprioritize US foreign policy toward global cooperation and peace. Join UFPJ member groups and affiliates for these exciting actions and webinars.
1) National Action to End the Korean War: June 1 – 5, 2020/National Advocacy Week
In the 70th anniversary year of the unended Korean War, join hundreds of people across the country in nationally coordinated virtual advocacy meetings to urge your Member of Congress to support a peace agreement to end the Korean War and the lifting of sanctions for life-saving humanitarian assistance. Register here by May 15.
Organized by Korea Peace Network, Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network, Peace Treaty Now, and Women Cross DMZ
2) Webinar: Shifting from “Security” to “Peace” in Korea
Thursday, May 21, 2020: 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. Click here to register
Why have the U.S. and North Korea been at war for 70 years? How do we get to peace? What makes us truly secure?
Join this webinar with Dr. Han S. Park on the need for a radical shift toward a peace paradigm in Korea. English to Korean interpretation will be provided.
Han S. Park is University Professor Emeritus of International Affairs and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) at the University of Georgia. Dr. Park has visited North Korea more than 50 times since 1981 to further efforts for diplomacy and peacemaking. He was instrumental in President Jimmy Carter’s visit to North Korea in 1994 to avert military confrontation and President Bill Clinton’s visit to Pyongyang to free detained American journalists in 2009.
Hosted by Korea Peace Network, Korea Peace Now Grassroots Network, Peace Treaty Now, Re’Generation Movement, Women Cross DMZ
3) Join CODEPINK and World Beyond War for the last two installments of their 5-part Divest from the War Machine webinar series.
Tuesday, May 12: Divesting Universities; 5 – 6 pm PT/8 – 9 pm ET. Register here.
Tuesday May 19: Coalition Building Across Movements; 3 – 4 pm PT/6 – 7 pm ET
4) Did you know the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, invests billions of dollars in weapons manufacturers? Thursday, May 21, at 7:30 am ET, join CODEPINK and allies for the People’s Blackrock Stakeholders’ Protest. Take action online as the BlackRock shareholders meeting will be taking place virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic.
