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19 NH community organizations elect Martin Luther King Coalition officers

The Martin Luther King Coalition is made up of 19 NH community organizations having missions that reflect the principles of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In addition to those listed above, the following organizations are members of the Coalition: the American Friends Service Committee-NH, represented by Arnie Alpert; the Arab- American Forum, represented buy Nabil Migalli; the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, represented by Jess Riendeau; Global Citizens Circle, represented... [ more ]

Posted on Jun 24, 2009 by Martin Luther King Coalition - NH

Evolutionary Steps: Bearing Witness to the Historic Presidential Election in El Salvador

By Will Thomas

As a member of a small contingent of Veterans for Peace, I joined a larger group called Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad (CIS) to be an official observer of El Salvador’s presidential election on March 15, 2009, and thus had the remarkable privilege of witnessing the election of Mauricio Funes.

CIS provided training for its over 250 volunteers, some of whom had traveled from Australia, Norway, Canada, the UK, and the U.S. As election observers, we... [ more ]

Posted on May 05, 2009 by Veterans for Peace (New Hampshire)

Cost of War Video

A video from the American Friends Service Committee cogently explains the financial cost of one day to wage war and occupy Iraq: [ more ]

Posted on May 12, 2008 by

New Resource Available

Top Military Recruitment Lies

Article, which appeared on AlterNet's website, by Aimee Alison and David Solnit, Seven Stories Press, is based on Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War and build a Getter World. Article gives top military recruitment facts and talking points and background information. 7 pages

You may access the link to the Alternet article in our resources section here more ]

Posted on Nov 01, 2007 by

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Advocate TODAY! Help save MiND TV

Several months ago, we learned that Governor Rendell zeroed out funding for Pennsylvania's eight public television stations in his FY2010 budget. At that time, the stations began a campaign to mobilize the public to let the governor and all of the state legislature know that public tv plays a very important role ... [ more ]

Posted on PAActionNetwork by PA Action Network

Emergency Action Alert: Coup in Honduras!

[This action alert comes to you from the Alliance for Global Justice and its member projects, the Nicaragua Network, the Campaign for Labor Rights, the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, and the Respect for Democracy Campaign.]

EMERGENCY ALERT: COUP IN HONDURAS!
Demonstrate at Honduran Consulates or US Federal Buildings Sunday or Monday
[See list of consulates below!]

MOBILIZE YOUR COMMUNITY NOW!
Demand Obama Denounce the Coup and Demand Return of President... [ more ]

Posted on CRIpjen by American Friends Service Committee - CT (AFSC)

6/30 - 7/6/09 Peace/Justice Feature

Hi folks:

NOTE: The next two Features (July 5 and 12) will be put out by my intern Andrew Kimmel. So email events to him at andkimme@iupui.edu We are assuming that events for the first Sat. (July 4) will occur on the second Sat.;
let Andrew know if this is not so or if any monthly event is taking a summer hiatus.

The Peace/Justice Feature for this week (Tues-Mon) focuses on:

1) The Indianapolis Peace Institute and our community of students living... [ more ]

Posted on Network4Peace by Northwest Indiana Code Pink

OH UU posts CommUUnity in Challenging Times

The Economy has experienced a major meltdown in recent months. Savings and jobs continue to vanish and the recession feeds on itself. Congregations and congregants are and will be affected. Major restructuring is needed, and The Great Turning is an important part of that change!

As a part of that turning to Earth Community, what is the role of our community - our church - in helping to mitigate the impact of what is surely to come to some or many of us? How can we ensure that, ... [ more ]

Posted on OhioPeaceNetwork by Unitarian Universalist for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC)

6/23 - 6/29 Peace/Justice Feature

The Peace/Justice Feature for this week (Tues-Mon) focuses on:

1) [Columbus] "Civil Rights & Protections for LGBT Hoosiers," a Brown Bag event
in honor of LGBT Pride Month, with panel discussion and Q&A (see below), will take place
on Tues. June 23 from 11:30-1:00 pm at YES! Cinema, 280 Commons Mall. For more info,
visit Inclusive Community Coalition at ColumbusICC.org or email Julia Stumpff at JuliaStum
pff@gmail.com

... [ more ]