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Home   »  Calls to Action  »  January 27-29 DC Mobilization

Please Register for the UFPJ Congressional Advocacy Day

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Bring the Mandate for Peace to Washington!

United for Peace and Justice
Congressional Advocacy Day

January 29, 2007

Washington, DC

January 28
Organizing meetings, Issue briefings, Legislative update, State caucuses

To make the most of this opportunity, when peace activists from around the country will be together in Washington, UFPJ has planned a full day of opportunities for networking, organizing meetings and advocacy training. The agenda is still being set but plan to join us!

9 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Organizing meetings and strategy sessions on Palestine, defunding the war, G.I. resistance, student and youth organizing, Iran and more

12:30 - 2:30: Legislative update, advocacy training, update on Iraq

2:30 - 4:30: State and congressional district meetings (get together with activists from across your state to plan your lobby day meetings and to lay the groundwork for working together when you get back home)

Location: Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School, 4301 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD.

Convenient to the Bethesda Metro Station on the red line metro (please check www.wmata.com for public transportation options).

January 29
Congressional Advocacy Visits -- various times throughout the day
If this is your first time making a visit to your member of Congress, don't be nervous! We will make sure you have all the information you need, and there will probably be others from your congressional district to do the visit with you. We do recommend that you dress conservatively (within reason of course!), and plan on being polite and willing to listen. This is an opportunity to pressure your Rep. and Senators, and also to learn more about what they are thinking about Iraq, so you can get information to them that will move them on the issue. We are planning more confrontational tactics for recalcitrant members of congress for February and March. This time, we'll be polite.

Appointments for congressional visits:
We will coordinate appointments for visits to members of congress through our volunteer state coordinators. You may be asked to contact your Representative's office to request and appointment.

Volunteer to Help Organize your State!
We need coordinators from each state to help build participation and to make Senate appointments on behalf of the entire state delegation. If this sounds interesting to you, please contact Sue Udry, email: sue at unitedforpeace.org for more information.
(Instructions for making appointments.)

State Coordinators:

Arizona:
Lisbeth Applefield, contact: amethystapple at gmail.com

California:
Dinah Mason, Daughters of the American Revolution, contact: dinahmason at aol.com

Colorado:
Stephanie Westbrook, US Citizens for Peace and Justice, contact: Steph at webfabbrica.com

Connecticut :

David Amdur, AFSC, contact: Connecticut at afsc.org

Florida:
Michael T.Heaney, University of Florida, contact: mtheaney at ufl.edu

Georgia:
Robert Randall, contact: glynnpeace at bellsouth.net

Hawaii:
Col. Ann Wright, contact: microann at yahoo.com

Illinois:
David Borris, North Suburban Peace Initiative, contact: BBKBOR at aol.com
Julia Fields, CodePink, contact: juliafield at sbcglobal.net

Indiana:
Christine Glaser, BloomingtonPeaceActionCoalition, contact: bpacpeace at hotmail.com

Iowa:
Mary Huneke, contact: mary.huneke at gmail.com

Kansas:
Jim and Ginger Kenney, FCNL and Network of Spiritual Progressives, contact: gkenney at kcnet.com

Kentucky:
Lee Lewis, contact: leelewis04 at hotmail.com

Louisiana:
Al Bernard, contact: albernard at cox.net

Maryland:
Nancy Campbell, Citizens for Integrity, contact: nancelot_1 at yahoo.com

Massachusetts:
Beth Adams, Declaration of Peace, contact: eadams at earthtones.com
Shelagh Foreman, Mass. Peace Action, contact: shelagh at masspeaceaction.org

Michigan:
Al Fishman, Michigan Peace Action, contact: af111827 at yahoo.com

Minnesota:
Jennifer Umolac, Peace Alliance, contact: jumolac at yahoo.com

Missouri:
Tina Richards, Military Families Speak Out, contact: MFSOMOevents at aol.com

Montana:
Patti Holly, CodePink, contact: kwgrlup at ndsupernet.com

New Hampshire:
Tom Jackson, contact coffeeanon at yahoo.com

New Jersey:
Rev. Bob Moore, Coalition for Peace Action, contact: cfpa at peacecoalition.org
Mary Bell, NJ Peace Action, contact: mbonlbi at aol.com

New Mexico:

Guy Watson, MoveOn.org, contact: drguy at qwest.net

New York:
Melissa Van, Peace Action of New York State, contact: melissa at panys.org

North Carolina:
Jon Paul McClellan, contact: jmcclellan at nc.rr.com

North Dakota:
Patti Holly, CodePink, contact: kwgrlup at ndsupernet.com

Ohio:
Mary Nichols-Rhodes, PDA, contact: mac40oh at aol.com

Oklahoma:
Angela Spotts, Tulsa, OK, contact: ajkrunch at cox.net

Joni Leviness, contact: myths16 at cox.net
 

Oregon:
Michael Carrigan, CALC, contact: calcdev at efn.org

Pennsylvania:
David Gibson, Coalition for Peace Action, contact: peacehome at earthlink.net
Phyllis Gilbert, Peace Action of Delaware Valley, contact: peaceact at critpath.org

Rhode Island:
Jay Miller, contact: jmiller123 at cox.net

Tennessee:
Elizabeth Barger, PeaceRoots Alliance, contact: jbarger at usit.net

Texas:
Jay Miller, contact: jmiller123 at cox.net

Charlie Jackson, Texans for Peace, contact: charliej at texansforpeace.org

Utah:
Patti Holly, CodePink, contact: kwgrlup at ndsupernet.com

Vermont:
Joseph Gainza,
American Friends Service Committee, contact: jgainza at afsc.org

Virginia:
David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org, contact: david at davidswanson.org

Washington:
Fred Miller, Peace Action of Washington, contact: freefred at drizzle.com
Mike Yarrow, SNOW, FOR, contact: yarrows at riseup.net

Washington, DC:
Carol Waser, contact: waser at waser.us

West Virginia:
Joe Brandt, Green Bank, WV, contact: mrbrandt at excite.com

Wisconsin:
Virgine Lawinger, PeaceActionWI, contact: svirgine at earthlink.net

Wyoming:
Patti Holly, CodePink, contact: kwgrlup at ndsupernet.com

Updates and Additional Information:
We will update you by e-mail as needed. You will be invited to participate in several conference calls that will address issues pertinent to the Congressional Advocacy Days.

Questions?
If you have any questions about the Training and Congressional Advocacy Days, you may email Sue Udry, UFPJ legislative coordinator at sue at unitedforpeace.org, or call at 301-565-4050 x315.


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