by admin | Nov 20, 2020 | Anti-Intervention, Member Group, Military Spending, No Foreign Bases, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Petition, Top Story
How are you feeling after this nail-biting election? Relieved? exhausted? apprehensive? That’s where we—the peacemakers— come in. Just as grassroots groups around the country are pushing Biden to embrace visionary policies such as a Green New Deal and Medicare for...
by admin | Oct 24, 2020 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story, UFPJ
On September 26, the UN International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, UFPJ took part in a 10 hour Nuclear-Weapon-Free World global civil society program with presentations, video messages, art, music, workshops and panels. Click here to read the full...
by admin | Oct 24, 2020 | Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
UFPJ welcomes a new member organization, the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security (CPDCS). After more than four decades with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the last 36 years of which he served as Director of the Peace & Economic...
by admin | Oct 24, 2020 | Member Group, Top Story
After 18 years of nonstop engagement of this wonderful organization, Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin are stepping back from our role as co-directors so that three younger, brilliant and capable women can step forward. The new co-directors will be: Farida Alam, our...
by admin | Sep 27, 2020 | Afghanistan, Anti-Intervention, Confronting Islamophobia, Iraq, Member Group, Top Story
On the occasion of the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a coalition of human rights, civil liberties and peace organizations issued a series of reports on the legacy of the United States’ response to the attacks. Their sweeping conclusion was that, “In...
by admin | Sep 27, 2020 | Briefing Call, Events & Updates, Member Group, Top Story, UFPJ
UFPJ’s Member Group Gathering via Zoom on Saturday, September 12th included presentations by six member organizations from all regions of the U.S. If you missed it, or would like to review any of the discussion, watch the video of the UFPJ September 12th Member Group...