by UFPJ web | Jul 8, 2018 | Economic Justice, Military Spending, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice, UFPJ
United for Peace and Justice is proud to be a partner in the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. On Saturday June 23, UFPJ’s National Co-conveners Jackie Cabasso and Terry Rockefeller joined thousands of people at the U.S. Capitol Mall to let...
by UFPJ web | May 25, 2018 | Events & Updates, Military Spending, North Korea, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Racial Justice, UFPJ
Memorial Day, formerly Decoration Day, is a day to remember those who died while serving in the armed forces. Decoration Day began as a way to remember the Civil War dead, more than 700,000, by placing flowers and flags on their headstones. Today, in our time of...
by UFPJ web | May 18, 2018 | Divest, Events & Updates, Military Spending, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice, UFPJ
This past Monday, May 14, the Poor People’s Campaign launched a multi-issue campaign in 40 states to address poverty, racism, the war economy and environmental devastation. These actions included an expansive wave of nonviolent civil disobedience. The focus of this...
by UFPJ web | May 17, 2018 | Divest, Member Group, Military Spending
On May 23rd, BlackRock will hold its annual shareholder meeting in New York City. Meanwhile, CODEPINK is co-sponsoring actions at BlackRock offices across the U.S. to highlight the firm’s investments in weapons, civilian and military alike.BlackRock has billions of...
by UFPJ web | May 11, 2018 | Divest, Events & Updates, Military Spending, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice
The Poor People’s Campaign; A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting tens of thousands of people across the country to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality. This Sunday, May...
by UFPJ web | Apr 11, 2018 | Afghanistan, Divest, Iraq, Member Group, Military Spending, No Foreign Bases, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Sanctions
In communities across the U.S. anti-war activists will be protesting on April 14 & 15 to demand:An end to all U.S. wars, bombing, and drone attacks, and other forms of aggression including weapons sales and economic sanctions;Closing all U.S. bases on foreign...
