by admin | Jun 27, 2020 | Member Group, Racial Justice, Top Story
The police murder of George Floyd sparked an outpouring of public protest across the nation, and members of UFPJ’s leadership, past and present, joined calls to defund the police and the military, while warning of imminent threats to our democracy. Michael McPhearson,...
by admin | Jun 27, 2020 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
Webinar: 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings – Deconstructing the Myths and Promoting a Nuclear Weapons-Free and Just World In the runup to the 75th anniversary commemorations of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on July 13, three...
by admin | Jun 27, 2020 | Economic Justice, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice, Top Story
United for Peace & Justice is proud to be a National Mobilizing Partner in the Poor People’s Campaign; A National Call for Moral Revival. On June 20 the voices of our movement rang out loud and clear through the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on...
by admin | Jun 24, 2020 | Military Spending, Racial Justice, Top Story
Central to the crucial debates about policing and racism that Americans are engaged in is the growing militarization of U.S. law enforcement: adoption of the equipment, tactics and mindset of the military, along with the overwhelmingly disproportionate use of SWAT...
by admin | Jun 19, 2020 | Events & Updates, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice, Top Story
The Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington Digital Gathering is just 2 days away and momentum is growing! United for Peace & Justice is proud to be among the more than 200 partner organizations across the country, including unions,...
by admin | Jun 17, 2020 | Economic Justice, Events & Updates, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice, Top Story
History teaches us that it is exactly in moments like these that a movement of the many is necessary to force the nation into action. In the midst of a pandemic, economic collapse, a racial justice uprising, militarization of the police, and more, the key to real and...
