by admin | Dec 14, 2020 | Member Group, Racial Justice, Top Story
President-elect Joe Biden has promised to undo many of Trump’s immigration policies, including ending the “Muslim Ban,” ending “Zero Tolerance” that separated children and parents, reinstating protections for approximately 650,000 “Dreamers,” and increasing the...
by admin | Nov 20, 2020 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Top Story
Following an election like none other, peace and justice activists face unprecedented challenges as we grapple with the deep divisions in our society, a world that has little respect for the United States, and uncertainty about what the Biden Administration will, or...
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...