by admin | Jan 20, 2015 | Action Alerts
Even though it has been 51 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously shared his dream of an America made available to all, regardless of skin color or economic status, we are still fighting for many of the same principles that the Civil Rights Movement stood...
by admin | Oct 27, 2014 | Action Alerts, Climate and Environmental Justice
On the heels of the September 21 People’s Climate March, a broad international network of NGOs is marking the first United Nations-led International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons by announcing plans for a major mobilization in the run-up to the...
by admin | Sep 5, 2014 | Action Alerts, Afghanistan, Climate and Environmental Justice, Iraq, UFPJ
We are at a crossroads, faced with a climate crisis that threatens to end our world as we know it. We can’t afford the greenhouse gas emissions from the way we live and from war and preparations for war. We must end the fossil fuel energy economy which war protects....
by admin | Sep 5, 2014 | Action Alerts, Climate and Environmental Justice, Top Story, UFPJ
Here’s some very exciting news! UFPJ will have a strong presence in New York City over the People’s Climate March weekend, September 20-22. The whole spectrum of the Progressive Movement – environmental, labor, peace, interfaith, anti-nuclear, racial and...
by admin | Jul 10, 2014 | Action Alerts, Iraq, Legislative Working Group Posts, Top Story
To this point the only organized expressions of Congressional opinion have occurred in the House.Rep. Barbara Lee has taken the lead on this. Last month, when the House of Representatives was deliberating on the FY 2015 Defense Appropriations Bill, she offered two...
by admin | Jul 8, 2014 | Action Alerts, Iraq, Syria, Uncategorized
1) Tell Your Member of Congress: Oppose US Military Intervention in Iraq or Syria Oppose the $ 571 Billion Defense Appropriations Bill Congressional Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 2) Call the White House. Let President Obama know you oppose military intervention of any...