by admin | Oct 24, 2020 | Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
UFPJ welcomes a new member organization, the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security (CPDCS). After more than four decades with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the last 36 years of which he served as Director of the Peace & Economic...
by admin | Oct 24, 2020 | Member Group, Top Story
After 18 years of nonstop engagement of this wonderful organization, Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin are stepping back from our role as co-directors so that three younger, brilliant and capable women can step forward. The new co-directors will be: Farida Alam, our...
by admin | Sep 28, 2020 | Anti-Intervention, Events & Updates, Iraq, Top Story, UFPJ
On September 21, The UN International Day for Peace, United for Peace & Justice was pleased to co-host the north American premiere of “We Are Many”. This moving film tells the inspiring story of the historic global protests demanding No War with Iraq. The film...
by admin | Sep 27, 2020 | Events & Updates, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
A reflective reunion of the Plowshares Eight was held on September 9, 2020. One hundred forty people joined Zoom with the understanding that humanity still lives under the threat of nuclear weapons. A moment of silence began the gathering to recall Fr. Daniel...
by admin | Sep 27, 2020 | Afghanistan, Anti-Intervention, Confronting Islamophobia, Iraq, Member Group, Top Story
On the occasion of the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a coalition of human rights, civil liberties and peace organizations issued a series of reports on the legacy of the United States’ response to the attacks. Their sweeping conclusion was that, “In...
