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Poverty Amidst Pandemic: A Time to Break Silence
April 4, 2020 will mark the 52nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s tragic and untimely assassination, and the 53rd anniversary of his prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” In the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist...
United For Peace and Justice endorses initiatives for peace and economic justice
UFPJ regularly signs onto letters initiated by other groups dealing with a broad range of important peace and justice issues. Here's a recent sampling: --UFPJ joined more than 350 groups signing onto an urgent letter, initiated by the Nuclear Information and Resource...
The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington Goes Digital!
The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington is going digital! On June 20th, we will hold the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in this nation’s...
The Breakdown of the Iran Deal – Global perspectives
On October 2, 2019, the International Day of Nonviolence, the Abolition 2000 Global Network for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons held its fourth webinar on issues related to its goals of eliminating nuclear weapons and nuclear power, this time on the crucial issue...
Poverty Amidst Pandemic: A Moral Response to COVID-19
With its broad sweep, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us into an unprecedented national emergency. This emergency, however, results from a deeper and much longer-term crisis - that of poverty and inequality, and of a society that ignores the needs of 140 million...
Global Day of Action Against Military Spending Briefing Calls
Recordings of these calls are now available at the links below: March 25 Call March 19 Call Join Shailly Gupta Barnes of the Kairos Center and environmental attorney Mark Dunlea for the second of two national calls on Global Days of Action on Military Spending...
Bolivia’s Struggle for Democracy Continues
2020 began with protests and government repression in Iraq and Iran, atop the many existing “forever“ wars. As the U.S. peace movement grappled with this growing number of crises, soon the events of November 10, 2019 in Bolivia and the removal of President Evo Morales...
The We must Do MORE (Mobilize, Organize, Register, and Educate) Tour.
The Poor People's Campaign We must Do MORE Tour is moving across the country to highlight 1) Poverty and Inequality 2) Systemic Racism 3) Ecological Devastation and 4) War and Militarism. Hear powerful testimonies, and share a moral vision for what this nation can...
Subject: End All Endless Wars, Korea Peace Now!
National Action to End the Korean War March 15-17, 2020; Washington DC Deadline for registration: March 1, 2020 70 Years Too Long! The Korean War (1950-53) never ended. It was merely suspended by an armistice agreement between North Korea and the United States. While...
Poor People’s Campaign Mobilization Meeting in Washington, DC February 22 2020
Dear UFPJ supporter, United for Peace & Justice (UFPJ) has signed on as a mobilizing partner of the Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington on June 20, 2020. We understand that the interconnected injustices of poverty, systemic racism,...
An Opportunity to Raise Your Voice for Environmental and Racial Justice!
We know that the Climate and the Environment are the biggest casualties of war, and that the Pentagon has the single largest carbon footprint in the world. UFPJ holds the health of our environment as part of the world with Peace and Justice we strife to manifest. As...
It’s 100 Seconds to Midnight: The Existential Threats Posed by Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change
On January 23, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical hands of the “Doomsday Clock” to 100 seconds to midnight. The Bulletin’s advisory group has been assessing the threat posed to humanity by its own activities since 1945. Until recently, that...