by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Afghanistan, Confronting Islamophobia, Member Group, Top Story
Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), the most vocal congressional champion of closing Guantánamo, chaired a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 7. Colleen Kelly a co-founder of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, one of the founding...
by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Racial Justice, Top Story, UFPJ
United for Peace and Justice’s (UFPJ’s) initial group of emerging activists have now had about two sessions on each on the four big topics of their six-month training program with UFPJ’s National Organizer, George Friday. The topics were chosen to encourage the...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Afghanistan, Anti-Intervention, Member Group, Top Story
No flag is big enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people – Howard Zinn The Ban Killer Drones campaign asked peacemakers to protest drone war on Nov. 29, and PeaceWorks-KC answered the call. Fourteen of us witnessed for peace that day at Whiteman Air Force...
by admin | Dec 8, 2021 | Action Alerts, Economic Justice, Poor Peoples Campaign, Top Story
Congress has not yet taken action to pass the Build Back Better plan, protect voting rights, advance immigrant rights, fight for the health of the planet, and more. United for Peace & Justice is partnering with the Poor People’s Campaign in calling for a...
by admin | Nov 29, 2021 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Racial Justice, Top Story
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, December 11th, 10AM -2PM Pacific, 1PM – 5PM Eastern Southern Anti Racism Network (SARN) is a new UFPJ member group. The First Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Branch Human Rights Conference, organized by the Fannie Lou Hamer branch of Women’s...