Roxanne Cooper efforts to heal the wounds of . US Editor and Publisher Prize nominee, 2014. P.O. Box 21040 Washington, DC 20009 Contact information: 8 Telephone: 202-538-0274 Mark Graham Website: www.alternet.org Director of Communications 1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 Organizations Honored The American Friends Service Telephone: 215-241-7000 Committee Email: [email protected] AFSC, a Quaker organization Website: www.afsc.org founded in 1917, focuses on Facebook: www.facebook.com The US Peace Registry recognizes the work of eighty organizations that are building lasting peace with justice. Twitter: @afsc_org role models for a broad range of peace and antiwar actions and activities. The organization draws people from many backgrounds and countries ALL PEOPLES – a Unitarian Louisville, KY 40222 into work to prevent and end Arkansas Coalition Universalist Congregation Telephone: 502-425-6943 conflict, establish fair and equitable for Peace and Justice Founded in 1960, ALL PEOPLES Email: [email protected] economies, accountable governments ACPJ, founded in 2002, is an asso- (previously Thomas Jefferson Website: //www.allpeoplesuu.com and systems, and develop healthy, ciation of individuals and organiza- Unitarian Church) is a member Facebook: //www.facebook.com/ inclusive societies. AFSC works tions whose mission is to promote of the Unitarian Universalist AllPeoplesUU to end and prevent , heal peaceful and just relationships Association of Congregations Twitter: @allpeoplesUU individuals and communities after between individuals, communities, and has adopted its Statement of conflict, and create just conditions organizations, governing bodies, and Conscience, “Creating Peace,” that make violence obsolete. the environment, by focusing on which concludes: “In reverence for AlterNet Examples of this organization’s three areas: peace and , all life, we covenant to practice peace Founded in 1998, this independent activities include work on the social justice, and ecology. Activi- at all levels of human interaction.” online news magazine provides free truth and reconciliation process in ties include bringing the Eyes Wide The church helped found Interfaith online content to millions of readers Burundi, youth film festival, art Open exhibit to Little Rock, AR, Paths to Peace in Louisville, KY. and is a progressive alternative to exhibits such as Eyes Wide Open demonstrating against the On a Veterans Day, the church commercial media. The mission is to and Windows and Mirrors that War, supporting the Arkansas Peace saluted veterans and a conscientious stimulate, inform, and inspire action expose the human costs of war, Week celebration, sponsoring the objector, and held a special and advocacy on topics including a framework for foreign policy, Unembedded photo exhibit about collection to benefit the US Peace the environment, and advocacy work to reduce the military the Iraq War, and an annual com- Memorial Foundation. Founding , social justice, war, and budget and increase funding for real memoration to remember victims Member, US Peace Memorial peace. Articles offercritiques of community needs, online activism, of the bombing of and Foundation. policies, investigative reports, and and various other educational Nagasaki. analysis. programs and sponsored events. Contact Information: AFSC received the Nobel Peace Contact Information: Van Hurst, Church Administrator Contact Information: Prize in 1947, along with British Bob Estes, Chair 4936 Brownsboro Rd Quakers, on behalf of all Quakers’ P.O. Box 250398 254 255 ENDING U.S. WARS ORGANIZATIONS HONORED

Little Rock, AR 72225 Website: www.atriumsociety.org channels/1221133 National Organizer and Email: [email protected] Spokesperson Website: arpeaceandjustice.org Email: info@blackallianceforpeace. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Black Alliance for Peace com groups/24341104958 Founded in 2017, BAP’s mission Website: blackallianceforpeace.com is to recapture and redevelop the Facebook: www.facebook.com/ historic antiwar, anti-imperialist, and BlackAllianceforPeace Atrium Society: The Center for pro-peace positions of the radical Twitter: @Blacks4Peace the Education of Children in black movement. The organization YouTube: www.youtube.com/ Conflict Beyond Nuclear works to oppose war through channel/UCs2jKnOIfnP6- Founded in 1984, the purpose of Founded in 2007, Beyond Nuclear’s educational activities, organizing L6k0nDGygw Youth Peace Literacy is twofold: mission is to educate the public and supporting campaigns, and Instagram: www.instagram.com/ to provide free online access to its about the connections between other sponsored events. Campaigns blackallianceforpeace award-winning peace-educating nuclear power and nuclear weapons have included Divest From the books which help young people and the need to abolish both. The Military; No Compromise, No to understand and alleviate the organization advocates for an end Retreat, to stop war against African/ Center for Citizen Initiatives fundamental source of human to the development and use of Black people in the U.S. and abroad; Founded in 1983, CCI’s mission conflict—psychological conditioned nuclear power and nuclear weapons Demilitarize the and is to prevent a war between the thinking created by the primitive and promotes safer, sustainable the World; U.S. Out of Africa!; and U.S. and by planning and biological brain—and to also offer alternatives. Actions include media the BAP 2020 Candidate Campaign, implementing citizen-to-citizen supplemental regional and online interviews and articles, and which calls on all elected officials to initiatives between the two countries, training certification courses publishing reports, fact sheets, address issues of war and and fostering understanding that provide teachers with its pamphlets, and a newsletter. by signing a 2020 Candidate and reducing tensions that exist peace educating curriculum. The Founding Member, US Peace Pledge, asking individuals to sign between them. Activities include the organization developed an online Memorial Foundation. a 2020 Candidate Petition, and Russians Meet Mainstream America! and the exhibit asking organizations to sign a 2020 exchange program, which brings Creating Battlefield Warriors for Contact Information: Election Campaign Endorsement Russian citizens to the U.S. to share Combat. Linda Pentz Gunter, Founder Form. Other actions include a blog, ideas and discuss issues related to 7304 Carroll Avenue #182 media interviews, and public U.S.-Russia diplomacy; a video Contact Information: Takoma Park, MD 20912 speaking engagements. BAP is a library of their trips to Russia; Jean Webster-Doyle Telephone: 301-270-2209 founding member of the Coalition and the President’s Column, which Founder and President Email: [email protected] Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases. has articles including “Waiting Dr. Terrence Webster-Doyle Website: beyondnuclear.org Received the 2020 International Out the Potential Strike On ,” Director Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Hero for Peace Award, given by “Developing World Crisis? What to 2037 Harvard Avenue BeyondNuclear Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Do?,” and “Citizen Diplomacy: A Dunedin, FL 34698 Twitter: @BeyondNuclear Center, CA. Critical Need in 2019.” Telephone: 800-848-6021 or 727- YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ 238-8311 BeyondNuclear1 Contact Information: Contact Information: Email: [email protected] Vimeo: vimeo.com/ Ajamu Baraka Sharon Tennison, President

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San Francisco, CA A Prosecution by Book, Articles of Facebook: www.facebook.com/ establishing peace through lectures, Website: www.ccisf.org against George W. / courses, and information about Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Bush, and Amend the War Powers Twitter: @nonkilling peacemaking, nonviolence, and CCISF.ORG Resolution. CCR has received YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ . Wikipedia: Center for Citizen awards and grants including the globalnonkilling Initiatives National Peacemaker Award, the Contact Information: Lennon Ono Grant for Peace and Colman McCarthy the Peace Center for Religious Tolerance 4501 Van Ness Street, NW The Center Award. Founded in 2006, this organization Washington, DC 20016-5629 for Constitutional Rights initiates and supports local, Telephone: 202-537-1372 CCR, founded in 1966, is a Contact information: national, and international interfaith Email: [email protected] non-profit legal and educational Website: www.ccrjustice.org activities, conflict management, Website: http:// organization committed to the Facebook: www.facebook.com/ trauma awareness, and social change washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/4815 creative use of law as a positive force CenterforConstitutionalRights strategies, particularly in areas of for social change. The organization Twitter: @theCCR religious conflict. CRT focuses on understands that U.S. militarism creating conditions for sustainable Christian Peacemaker Teams does not advance human rights. The peace, especially by engaging local Founded in 1988, CPT arose from a organization litigates, advocates, Center for Global Nonkilling women of faith in the process. call in 1984 for Christians to devote and supports cases that deal with The mission of the Center (founded Activities include news and events, the same discipline and self-sacrifice an array of issues connected to in 1994) is to promote a killing-free a blog, publications, newsletters, to nonviolent peacemaking that militarism and war, including world through partnerships with podcasts, and partnerships with armies devote to war. To promote targeting killing in Al-Aulaqi v. individuals and institutions both other groups. nonviolent alternatives to war, Panetta, private military contractor local and worldwide, and programs the organization places violence- misconduct at Abu Ghraib, and that include research, publications, Contact Information: reduction teams in crisis situations holding high-ranking officials monitoring, education and Dr. Andrea K. Blanch and militarized areas, around the accountable for their involvement training. The organization is in Founder and Director world, at the invitation of local in the U.S. torture program. It special Consultative Status with 520 Ralph Street, peace and human rights workers, joined with Iraqi human rights the Economic and Sarasota, FL 34242 therefore embracing the vision of organizations, U.S. veterans and Social Council and is a member of Telephone: 941-312-9795 unarmed intervention waged by allies to launch a joint initiative, the World Health Organization’s Email: [email protected] committed peacemakers. Actions Right to Heal, demanding that the Violence Prevention Alliance. US Website: www.c-r-t.org/index.php include webinars and campaigns, human rights impact of the war in Peace Prize nominee, 2016. non-violence training, books, and Iraq be assessed and concrete action other literature. The organization be taken towards rehabilitation Contact Information: Center for Teaching Peace sends delegations worldwide to and reparations for those impacted Joám Evans Pim, Director Founded in 1985, this organization help communities that are victims by the war’s lasting effects. The 3653 Tantalus Dr. works with schools on all levels to of violent oppression and/or human organization has published books, Honolulu, HI 96822-5033 begin as well as expand programs rights violations. articles, and reports about wars and Telephone: 808-536-7442 in . Their goal is the issues they have raised including Email: [email protected] to attain nonviolent efforts for Contact Information: The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld: Website: www.nonkilling.org 258 259 ENDING U.S. WARS ORGANIZATIONS HONORED

Carol Rose, Co-Director Operations organizers, online supporters and , Co-Founder and Fax: 413-485-2881 Doug Pritchard, Co-Director donors, with an emphasis on joy Co-Director Email: [email protected] Program and humor, their tactics include Jodie Evans, Co-Founder and Co-Di- Website: www.consistent-life.org Box 6508 satire, street theater, visuals, civil rector , IL 60680-6508 resistance, directly challenging 2010 Linden Ave Telephone: 773-376-0550 decision-makers in government and Venice, CA 90291 Fax: 773-376-0549 corporations, and of course, wearing Telephone: 310-827-4320 Email: [email protected] pink. Campaigns have included Email: [email protected] Website: http://cpt.org protests at the CIA Director’s Website: www.codepink.org Senate confirmation hearing and Facebook: www.facebook.com/code- the president’s national security pinkalert speech at the National Defense Twitter: @codepink.org Costs of War Project University, hand delivered “Women Instagram: www.instagram.com/ Founded in 2011, this is a research Say No War on ” petition to codepinkalert collaboration at Brown University’s the president’s spouse, “War is Watson Institute for International Not Green,” “Close Guantanamo,” and Public Affairs. More than fifty “Arrest the War Criminals,” “Women Consistent Life political scientists, anthropologists, CODEPINK: Women For Peace Say NO to War,” Camp Casey, “New Founded in 1987, Consistent Life economists, humanitarians, and A women-initiated grassroots Good Neighbor Policy,” “Mother’s is an international network that lawyers from multiple universities movement founded in 2002, Day for Peace,” “Peace Positions connects issues, builds bridges, and and organizations are engaged in the CODEPINK works to end U.S.- for Presidential Candidates,” “Stop strengthens the case against each work. Through ongoing research funded wars and occupations, Hate/Dump Trump,” “International kind of socially-approved killing, and analysis of the impacts of the to challenge militarism globally, Day of Action: No War With Iran,” including war, by consistently post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghani- and to redirect our resources into cultivating a “Local Peace Economy,” opposing them all by placing ads in stan and the conflicts in and healthcare, education, green jobs, and other actions including national and local media, calls to Syria, the project seeks to shed light and other life-affirming activities. projecting antiwar messages onto a Congress, marches, and videos. on the hidden and unacknowledged The group opposes the U.S. war Trump hotel, a blog, and promoting Members seek a revolution in think- costs of war in terms of human casu- in , Venezuela and books: Drone Warfare: Killing by ing and feeling, an affirmation of alties, economic expense, social con- other countries, U.S economic Remote Control and Stop the Next peace and nonviolence, an infinite sequences, and political effects in the sanctions, the detention center at War Now! Effective Responses to gentleness, a value for the life, happi- United States and internationally. Guantanamo, U.S. support for the Violence and Terrorism. See tenth ness and welfare of every person, and Contributors to the project conduct Israeli occupation of Palestine and anniversary video for more details. political and structural changes to studies, and publish papers and the repressive regimes, and advocates Founding Member, US Peace bring this about. latest figures. divesting from the U.S war machine Memorial Foundation. US Peace and boycotting Saudi Arabia. Prize recipient, “In recognition of Contact Information: Contact Information: They organize protests, vigils, inspirational antiwar leadership and Bill Samuel, President Dr. Stephanie Savell educational programs, creative grassroots activism,” 2014 P.O. Box 9295 Project Co-Director congressional briefings, marches, Silver Spring, MD 20916-9295 Email: [email protected] online campaigns, and other Contact Information: Telephone: 866-444-7245 Website: watson.brown.edu/costsofwar events. Rooted in a network of local

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Facebook: www.facebook.com/cost- Hero stories that emphasize non- third-party nonviolent intervention, a branch of the International Fellow- sofwar violent choices. The historic Pollack placing them with peace teams in ship of Reconciliation. Twitter: @CostsOfWar House, home of the museum, houses armed conflict zones overseas, and YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ permanent and rotating exhibits, providing a sanctuary for returning Contact Information: WatsonInstitute a host of peace activities, special activists; maintaining a Peace and Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson events, and conferences that focus Justice Library; hosting meet- Executive Director on changing our culture of violence ings for the Des Moines chapter of Box 271 Courage to Resist to a . This organiza- ; and publishing a Nyack, NY 10960 This organization, founded in 2005, tion also hosts the annual Dayton newsletter. Bishop Dingman Peace Telephone: 845-358-4601 provides political, emotional, and Peace Accords 5K Walk/Run and Award recipient, 2016. Fax: 845-358-4924 material support to military service a Summer and other Email: [email protected] members who have resisted illegal projects including ”Peace Labyrinth: Contact Information: Website: www.forusa.org war and occupation and/or have Quilting the Golden Rule.” Frank Cordaro Facebook: www.facebook.com/FO- been critical of the government’s Community Member RUSA current policies of empire. The Contact Information: 713 Indiana Avenue Twitter: @forpeace website documents their support Bashir G. Ahmad Des Moines, IA 50314 of U.S. military members who have 208 W. Monument Avenue Telephone: 515-490-2490 objected to war. The organization Dayton, OH 45402 Email: [email protected] Florida Veterans for produces podcasts, a newsletter, Telephone: 937-22PEACE (227- Website: http://dmcatholicworker. Common Sense, Inc. people-power strategy to end war, 3223) org This organization, founded in 2003, books, a leaflet, and campaigns. US Email: info@daytonpeacemuseum. Facebook: www.facebook.com/Des- advocates for assistance to veterans Peace Prize nominee, 2013. org MoinesCatholicWorker and for a common sense national Website: www.DaytonPeaceMuse- security. Their activities include Contact Information: um.org committees and working groups, a Jeff Paterson, Project Director Facebook: www.facebook.com/Day- Fellowship of Reconciliation blog, a calendar of events, resources 484 Lake Park Avenue, #41 tonInternationalPeaceMuseum FOR, founded in 1915 and the old- for education and veteran outreach, Oakland, CA 94610 est interfaith peace and justice orga- and a Funding for Diplomacy Telephone: 510-488-3559 nization in the U.S., offers programs appeal. They have taken positions Email: [email protected] Des Moines Catholic Worker and educational projects that focus against the Iraq invasion, against Website: www.couragetoresist.org Founded in 1976, the DMCW on domestic and international peace funding for continuing the wars in community is a response to the and justice as well as nonviolent alter- Iraq and Afghanistan, and urging for Gospel call to compassionate action, natives to conflict. Their activities deadlines for withdrawal from both Dayton International mercy, justice, and love. Members are include leadership training, edu- countries. Other activities include Peace Museum committed to a simple, nonviolent cation, presenting fellowships for hosting public antiwar speeches, Founded in 2003, the museum con- lifestyle as they live and work among peace leadership, a store, the Fellow- conducting petition drives urging tributes to a local, national, and in- the poor. Activities include sup- ship Magazine, a video library, and members of Congress to end wars, ternational culture of peace through porting the Rachel Corrie Project, support for anti-drone initiatives identifying peace candidates for exhibits, a blog, events, and Peace which is an effort to train people in and the “Demilitarizing Lives in the public office, and distributing and U.S. and Abroad” project. They are installing yard signs: “How is the

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war economy working for you?” Friends for a NonViolent World of profits to peace and social justice Global Coalition for Peace for their War is Making us Poor This Quaker-inspired nonprofit organizations working to transform Founded in 2002, GCP’s mission is campaign. Founding Member, US founded in 1981 advances nonvio- our world. They are dedicated to to promote non-violence as an effec- Peace Memorial Foundation. lence as an ethic for honoring human turning weapons meant to destroy tive and positive means for societal dignity and a strategy for achieving us into stunning jewelry and art that transformation leading to world Contact Information: peace through justice by engaging restore us, swords into plowshares, peace; to support all actions con- Gene Jones, President community members in Alternatives bombs into beauty, hate into love, ducive to the unity of human kind P.O. Box 2311 to Violence Project (AVP) training, and war into peace. regardless of man-made barriers as Sarasota, FL 34230 podcasts, People Camp, an events created by religious, national, ethnic, Telephone: 941-349-5131 calendar, and the Everyday Nonvi- Contact Information: economic, and political differences; Fax: 941-349-5131 olence blog. Other activities include Paul Ogren, Founder to promote universal understand- Email: [email protected] a newsletter, forums, demonstra- 1101-1127 Monterey St. ing of the need to act as a planetary Website: http://floridaveterans- tions, calls-to-action, and position San Luis Obispo, CA 93403 family; to uphold the notion of the forcommonsense.org papers. Telephone: 626-695-2653 sacredness of human life; and to Email: [email protected] explore the magnitude and different Contact Information: Website: www.FromWarToPeace.com forms of economic slavery. Found- Bob Nechal, Managing Director ing Member, US Peace Memorial Founded in 1980, this all-volunteer 393 Dunlap St., Suite 307 Foundation. worldwide movement shares free Saint Paul, MN 55104 Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace vegetarian food with the hungry in Telephone: 651- 917-0383 Founded in 1972, GVCP works Contact Information: protest to war and poverty. They Fax: 651-917-0379 towards peaceful solutions to in- Victor (Vyasa) Landa, provide food and supplies to Email: [email protected] ternational conflicts, zero nuclear Founder/Director people participating in occupations, Website: www.fnvw.org weapons, and an end to militarism 4217 East West Highway strikes, marches, protests, and other in our society. Current and ongoing Bethesda, MD 20814 events. Activities include videos, activities include an events cal- Email: [email protected] events, “Food Not Bombs ‘Soup- From War to Peace endar, newsletters and updates, Website: www.globalcoalitionfor- stock’ Anniversary” gatherings, and Founded in 2010, this company recy- annual vigils to commemorate the peace.net a store with books such as Hungry cles materials from disarmed nuclear victims of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki for Peace. US Peace Prize nominee, weapon systems to create peace atomic bombings, and marches and 2013. art, jewelry, and accessories from demonstrations. Affiliated with Global Network Against Weap- an alloy they call “Peace Bronze.” New York State. ons & Nuclear Power in Space Contact Information: They also sell “Beers not Bombs,” Founded in 1992, the network plans Keith McHenry, Co-Founder “Make Wine Not War,” and other Contact Information: events and offers news items, P.O. Box 422 peace-themed accessories, and send Arnie Matlin videos, music, links and relevant Santa Cruz, CA 95061 antiwar emails to their customer P.O. Box 363 websites, and a store. Other activ- Telephone: 800-884-1136 list. They cast the Gandhi Peace Geneseo, NY 14454 ities include organizing protests Email: [email protected] Prize and the International Peace Telephone: 585-624-3673 and holding annual conferences like Website: www.foodnotbombs.net Bureau’s Sean MacBride Peace Prize. Email: [email protected] “Keep Space for Peace,” with dozens Facebook: www.facebook.com The company donates 20 percent Website: www.GVCP.org of countries in participation, to stop

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the arms race from entering space. Global Security Institute Vimeo: vimeo.com/globalsecurityin- Telephone: 671-777-7285 Founded in 1999, GSI’s mission is to stitute Fax: 671-477-1077 Contact Information: eliminate nuclear weapons through SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/user- Email: [email protected] Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator international cooperation and securi- 259428087-108897641 P.O. Box 652 ty, focusing on nuclear arms control, Brunswick, ME 04011 non-proliferation, and disarmament in Human Rights and Peace Store Telephone: 207-389-4606 order to influence national laws. Their Founded in 2006, this online store Email: [email protected] programs are the Nonpartisan Security is a joint venture of the Human Website: www.space4peace.org Group, which provides information Rights Resource Center (University Blog: http://space4peace.blogspot. and analysis of global security issues to of Minnesota) and Growing Com- com members of Congress and their staff; munities for Peace. The store is a providing Disarmament and Peace tool for bringing Human Rights and Education for citizens and leaders; Guåhan Coalition for Peace and Peace Education into schools, homes, Global Peace Film Festival the Middle Powers Initiative, which Justice workplaces, and communities. It GPFF was established in 2003 to use conducts forums between key govern- Founded in 2006, this community- provides access to human rights creative media as a catalyst to inspire ments to facilitate ; based organization has led the and peace education books, cur- and educate people to initiate pos- and the Parliamentarians for Nuclear grassroots opposition to the ricula, posters, training guides, itive change in their local commu- Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, militarization of Guam and multi-media materials, gifts, book- nities and worldwide. The festival’s which networks legislators around is committed to promoting marks, and other resources through mission is to present films from the world to work for nuclear disar- dialogues on demilitarization and links with partnering organizations, around the world relating to peace mament. Activities include an online peace. Activities include leading publishers, small presses, and com- issues and non-violent conflict reso- newsroom that features policy briefs, multiple groups of petitioners munity-based initiatives. lution, and to facilitate discussion reports, and publications; events; to the UN Special Committee on and action, through educational op-eds; multimedia; The President’s Decolonization, organizing local Contact Information: panels with filmmakers and activists Page, which has speeches, articles and and regional conferences on nuclear N-120 Mondale Hall involved in these issues. Other activi- presentations; and The Inspiration abolition and demilitarization, University of Minnesota ties include the CITYARTS festival page. There is also a newsletter, video helping to organize the 7th 229–19th Avenue South and Student Peace Art Exhibit. blog, and bookstore. International Women’s Conference Minneapolis, MN 55455 (a gathering of the International Telephone: 612-626-0041 Contact Information: Contact Information: Women’s Network Against Email: [email protected] Nina Streich, Executive Director Jonathan Granoff, President Militarism), and demonstrating Website: www.humanrightsand- P.O. Box 3310 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite against the expansion of Marianas peacestore.org Winter Park, FL 32790-3310 4050 Testing Range. Telephone: 407-582-6018 New York, NY 10017 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 646-289-5170 Contact Information: International Cities of Peace Website: peacefilmfest.org Email: [email protected] Lisa Natividad, Co-Founder The mission of this network, found- Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Website: gsinstitute.org Julian Aguon, Co-Founder ed in 2009, which includes almost PeaceFilmFest Facebook: www.facebook.com/gsin- P.O. Box 5063 300 Cities of Peace, is to encourage, Twitter: @PeaceFilmFest stitute1999 Mangilao, Guam 96923 document, and provide resources Twitter: twitter.com/GSInstitute 266 267 ENDING U.S. WARS ORGANIZATIONS HONORED

and information for leaders and Peace Prize nominee, 2014. al videos, ads and posters, protest and Prevent War with Venezuela. organizations working to make demonstrations, petition, and peace a consensus value, through Contact Information: press releases. Examples of cam- Contact Information: its global movement. Information Betsy Mulligan-Dague paigns include: “Deadly Exchange: Robert Naiman, Policy Director and financial and visionary support Executive Director Ending US- Police Partnerships, 4410 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, is provided through an online blog 519 S. Higgins Reclaiming Safety,” “Divestment #290 and newsletter, and actions in- Missoula, MT 59801 from Hewlett-Packard,” and “Net- Washington, DC 20016 clude: conflict resolution training, Telephone: 406-543-3955 work Against Islamophobia.” US Telephone: 202-448-2898 building schools, proclamations, Fax: 406-541-3997 Peace Prize nominee, 2019. Email: [email protected] resolutions, and providing medi- Email: [email protected] Website: www.justforeignpolicy.org cines for victims of war. Website: www.jrpc.org Contact Information: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com Stefanie Fox, Executive Director pages/Just-Foreign-Policy Contact Information: Twitter: @JRPCMontana P.O. Box 589 Twitter: @justfp J. Fred Arment, Founding Director Berkeley, CA 94701 YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ 1740 E. Stroop Road, #291761 Telephone: 510-465-1777 justforeignpolicy Dayton, Ohio 45429 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 937-708-1335 Website: jewishvoiceforpeace.org Email: info@internationalcitiesof- Facebook: www.facebook.com/Jew- Kings Bay Plowshares 7 peace.org ishVoiceforPeace This group of seven Catholic Website: www.internationalcitiesof- Twitter: @jvplive activists protested the use of nuclear peace.org YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ weapons by entering Kings Bay Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Jewish Voice for Peace JVP18 Trident Naval Submarine Base in St. groups/internationalcitiesofpeace JVP is a community of activists Mary’s, , on April 4, 2018, inspired by the Jewish tradition to to bring an indictment charging the work together for peace, social jus- Just Foreign Policy U.S. government with crimes against Jeannette Rankin Peace Center tice, equality, human rights, respect This independent and non-partisan peace. Their activities included Founded in 1986, JRPC works to for international law, and a U.S. membership organization founded hanging crime scene tape and teach and model non-violence, social foreign policy based on these ideals. in 2009 is dedicated to reforming banners and carrying hammers to justice, and environmental sustain- Founded in 1996, the organization U.S. foreign policy by educating, “beat swords into plowshares.” The ability. Activities include: educa- provides a voice for Jews and allies mobilizing and organizing the seven were found guilty of various tion, a library with over three thou- who believe that peace in the Mid- broad majority of Americans who charges and are either jailed or face sand resources, community action, dle East will be achieved through want a foreign policy based on prison sentences for their symbolic networking, a fair trade store, Art justice and full equality for both diplomacy, law, and cooperation. It disarmament of Trident II D-5 exhibits and contests, film series, Palestinians and Israelis. JVP has led sponsors petitions such as End US missiles. Other actions include a other public events, and an annual efforts to oppose the wars on Gaza, Drone Strikes in Pakistan and John petition to dismiss charges, a Letter Peacemaker Award. The center has and urged members of Congress Kerry: Talk to Iran About Syria. to the Pope, webinars, and a fact modeled peace with veterans in the to support the Iran Nuclear Deal. Other activities are the Iran Media sheet. community (watch the documen- Actions have included issuing policy Fact Check and email campaigns tary film, Beyond the Divide). US statements, fact sheets, education- including End the War on Yemen Contact information:

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P.O. Box 3087 Maryland United for Peace and and devise cooperative strategies to National Security Agency (NSA), Washington, DC 20010 Justice, Inc. accomplish common goals. Projects protesting drone strikes by holding Telephone: 607-280-8797 This statewide organization is a include events, actions with other die-ins, and marching, at the NSA Email: kingsbayplowshares@gmail. coalition of over twenty-five groups organizations, and resources headquarters. com and individuals that work to including a Fiscal Year Military Website: kingsbayplowshares7.org empower those who want to achieve Spending card and the Peacemakers Contact Information: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ a world of peace and social justice. of Minnesota Video Series. Max Obuszewski Kingsbayplowshares Founded in 1987, MUPJ’s mission MAP sponsors and/or supports 325 E. 25th St. Twitter: @kingsbayplow7 is to coordinate and network, peace related activities including Baltimore, MD 21218 Instagram: www.instagram.com/ to facilitate cooperation on issues conferences, peace essay contest, Telephone: 410-323-1607 kingsbayplowshares7 of common concern; encourage Alternatives to Violence Training, Email: [email protected] and support nonviolent means of speeches, petition drives, Facebook: www.facebook.com/pag- resolving problems/conflicts; lobbying, and protests. Founding es/National-Campaign-for-Nonvio- Los Angeles Peace Council support activism and education by Member, US Peace Memorial lent-Resistance The mission of this organization, sponsoring and promoting events, Foundation. affiliated with the petitions, videos, and rallies for Council and founded in 2011, is to peace and justice. The Institute for Contact Information: promote peace internationally and Positive Action is its tax-deductible P.O. Box 16396 locally through activities aimed at arm that organizes an annual Minneapolis, MN 55419 stopping drone warfare and ending and sponsors Email: [email protected] imperialism and fascism in Ukraine workshops and summits. Website: www.mapm.org and Venezuela. Members participate Facebook: www.facebook.com/ in protest demonstrations with signs Contact Information: MNallianceofpeacemakers National Network Opposing the and collaborate with groups such Tony Langbehn Militarization of Youth as the United National Antiwar 327 E. 25th Street Founded in 2003, NNOMY is Coalition and the campaign to Baltimore, MD 21218 National Campaign for a networking body that brings boycott and divest in Honeywell. Telephone: 301-390-9684 together national, regional, and Email: [email protected] Members of NCNR, founded local organizations to oppose the Contact Information: Website: www.mupj.org in 2003, speak out and conduct military’s growing intrusion into Kelly McConnell, Chair nonviolent civil resistance as they young people’s lives by Pentagon P.O. Box 741104 call attention to violations of programs that are designed to Los Angeles, CA 90004-9104 Minnesota Alliance of international law by the United promote recruitment into military Telephone: 213-448-4363 Peacemakers States government. Examples service. Campaigns and projects Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Founded in 1995, this organization’s of actions include organizing include Winning the Peace, A Na- LosAngelesPeaceCouncil mission is to strengthen the and coordinating sit-ins and tional Call: Save Our Civilian Public Twitter: @lapeacecouncil effectiveness of the peace and demonstrations in Washington Education, Divest Your Body from justice community in Minnesota by DC, being arrested, and going to the War Machine, a School Demili- enabling member organizations to court to protest war, demanding tarization Kit, workshops, a blog, share resources, insights and ideas a jury trial, writing letters to the newsletter, and a resource library of downloadable reports, videos, 270 271 ENDING U.S. WARS ORGANIZATIONS HONORED

brochures, and other information. letters to the IRS; programs and Facebook: www.facebook.com/pag- tional.net US Peace Prize nominee, 2019 and events and resources promoting war es/Nobel-Laureate-Peace-Project Website: nonviolenceinternational.net 2021. ; a store; and media Facebook: www.facebook.com/Non- including a blog, articles, and war violenceInternational Contact Information: tax resister video clips. Produced Nonviolence International Twitter: @NVIntl Rick Jahnkow, Steering Committee filmDeath and Taxes about motiva- NVI’s mission is to advocate for 3850 Westgate Place tions, methods, risks, and rewards of active nonviolence through support San Diego, CA 92105 war tax resistance. of creative, constructive nonviolent Telephone: 619-798-8335 campaigns worldwide including Email: [email protected] Contact Information: “Stop Killer Robots” and support Website: www.nnomy.org Lincoln Rice, Coordinator for “No War-No Warming.” This Facebook: www.facebook.com/ P.O. Box 5616 501(c)(3) founded in 1989 organizes NNOMYfriends Milwaukee, WI 53205 international conferences on non- Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Twitter: @nnomynetwork Telephone: 800-269-7464 violent resistance, youth and adult NAPF’s mission is to educate and YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ Email: [email protected] nonviolent action training pro- advocate for peace and a world free NNOMYnetwork Website: nwtrcc.org grams, and provides financial spon- of nuclear weapons, and to empower TikTok: //www.tiktok.com/@ sorship of groups including Con- peace leaders. The foundation, nnomyweb? trol Arms Coalition, International established in 1982, offers education- Nobel Peace Laureate Project Action Network on Small Arms, and al resources including a newsletter, This organization seeks to inspire Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The or- publications, press releases, National War Tax Resistance others to act for peace by creating ganization publishes educational ma- videos, and it operates a store. It Coordinating Committee the first ever Peace Park honoring terials including an anti-coup d’etat hosts an annual event, Evening For NWTRCC provides information Americans who have won the Nobel training manual, peace education Peace, to present its Distinguished and support to people involved in or Peace Prize. Founded in 2003, it has curriculum for high school students Peace Leadership Award and/or considering conscientious objection developed educational materials in Indonesia, and a book. Other World Citizenship Award. It also to military taxes by supporting, describing the U.S. Peace Laureates actions include a speaking tour and sponsors an annual peace poetry coordinating, and publicizing war and what they did for world peace. participating in protests. NVI is a contest. Founding Member, US tax resistance actions. The orga- These materials have been download- member of No U.S. Bases Network, Peace Memorial Foundation. nization, founded in 1982, opposes ed for classroom use internationally. serves on the international steering militarism and war and refuses to committee against foreign military Contact Information: participate in the tax system which Contact Information: bases, and served on the advisory Dr. David Krieger supports such violence. Actions are John C. Attig, Founder and past council of Occupation Watch. Founder and President undertaken in accordance with each President 1622 Anacapa Street individual’s moral, religious, or po- P.O. Box 21201 Contact Information: Santa Barbara, CA 93101 litical conscience, and with the hope Eugene, OR 97402 Michael Beer, Director Telephone: 805-965-3443 that such actions will contribute to a Telephone: 541-686-1027 4000 Albemarle St. NW, #401 Website: www.wagingpeace.org change in the priorities and policies Fax: 541-345-2459 Washington, DC 20016 Facebook: https://www.facebook. of the U.S. government. Members Email: [email protected] Telephone: 202-244-0951 com/wagingpeace participate in Resist!, a collection of Website: www.nobelpeacelaureates.org Email: michael@nonviolenceinterna- Twitter: @napf

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Email: info@nuclearwakeupcall. NukeWatch.NM to communities of reflection and earth Twitter: @NuclearWatchNM action to transform structures of Website: www.nuclearwakeupcall. society. The organization rejects earth war, preparations for war, and every Pax Christi Metro New York form of violence and domination. Founded in 1983 and rooted in Gospel Their programs include The Peace NuclearWakeUpCall.Earth Nuclear Watch New Mexico nonviolence and Catholic Social Ribbon 2020 and Back from the Established in 2018 after the Hawaii Through research, public Teaching, PCMNY educates and Brink, both calls to prevent nuclear missile scare, this organization’s education, and citizen action this advocates for peace and social justice war, and the School of the Americas mission is to awaken people to organization founded in 1999 seeks locally and globally through prayer, protest. Resources include No War nuclear dangers and inspire action to to promote safety and environmental study, and action. This region of with Iran statements, studies, and transform nuclear policy and U.S.- protection at regional nuclear Pax Christi USA sponsors events actions, webinars, and brochures Russia relations to move toward a facilities; mission diversification away including Peacemaking through the and support for conscientious world without nuclear weapons. from nuclear weapons programs; arts, education, advocacy, Peacemaker objection. Other activities include a Through citizen diplomacy, greater accountability and cleanup Awards Reception, forty-day fast blog and news. education, film, mediation, in the nationwide nuclear weapons for Christian Nonviolence, and indigenous wisdom, music and complex; and consistent U.S. Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial. Contact Information: cultural exchange, the organization leadership toward a world free of Educational programs such as Just Johnny Zokovitch encourages the people of the U.S. nuclear weapons. Its larger strategy War/Just Peace and Seventy Times Executive Director and Russia to compel their political is to prevent the U.S. from resuming Seven are offered to the public. 415 Michigan Ave. NE, Suite 240 leaders to take concrete steps to industrial-scale bomb production. Washington, DC 20017-4503 reduce the risk of a nuclear Actions include lobbying elected Contact Information: Telephone: 202-635-2741 catastrophe and work with all officials, litigation, drafting letters Elda Luisi, Office Coordinator Fax: 202-832-9494 countries to eliminate nuclear and legislation, investigations, 371 Sixth Avenue Email: [email protected] weapons. Their website offers ten press releases, interviews, an New York, NY 10014 Website: www.paxchristiusa.org steps to reduce nuclear risk in The interactive map of nuclear weapons Telephone: 212-420-0250 Nuclear Playbook campaign and a sites/facilities, and time-lapse map Email: [email protected] What You Can Do action plan. of nuclear detonations since 1945. Website: www.nypaxchristi.org Peace Abbey Other activities include seminars, Facebook: www.facebook.com This organization, founded in 1988 interviews, concert tours, a Contact Information: based on faith in action and activist festival for peace, a mentoring Jay Coghlan, Executive Director , is dedicated to creating program for women, events, 903 W. Alameda, #325 Pax Christi USA innovative models for society that documentaries and inspirational Santa Fe, NM 87501 Founded in 1972, this section of empower individuals on the paths videos, podcasts, and articles. Telephone and Fax: 505-989-7342 Pax Christi International strives to of nonviolence, peacemaking, Founding Member, US Peace Email: [email protected] create a world that reflects the Peace and cruelty-free living. Projects Memorial Foundation. Website: www.nukewatch.org of Christ by exploring, articulating, include creating and installing Blog: www.nukewatch.org/ and witnessing to the call of public peace memorials, leading Contact Information: watchblog Christian nonviolence. This work requiem Stonewalks worldwide Cynthia Lazaroff Facebook: www.facbook.com/ begins in personal life and extends to commemorate unknown Founder and Executive Director 274 275 ENDING U.S. WARS ORGANIZATIONS HONORED

civilian casualties of war, a Pacifist that support the culture of peace. Its these issues. Some research findings justice, and sustainable development. Memorial, Conscientious Objectors Business Certification initiative conclude that warmongering- It develops and implements a variety Cremation Cemetery, National honors businesses that align their proneness and violence-proneness of programs and projects, joins in Registry for Conscientious operations and strategies with can be reliably measured as coalitions for effective action, gives Objection, Traveling Peace universally respected principles in a psychological trait using two awards, The Anthony J. Marsella Sculpture Exhibit, an Interfaith the areas of human rights, labor, questionnaires. These studies have Award and The Josephine “Scout” Peace Chaplaincy, Int’l Courage of community, environment, anti- led to a practical tool for identifying Wollman Fuller Award, and sends Conscience Award, and affiliating corruption, and peace. Its Peace dangerous, warmongering-prone letters to the president, secretary of with The Life Experience School. Practitioner Education Program political leaders so that citizens defense, and other officials, calling for They also offer a gathering place offers instruction on how to think and can avoid voting them into office. an end to torture of U.S. prisoners for peace activists, training in act peacefully and how to apply these Projects include Research and raising ethical issues regarding the nonviolent civil disobedience, and ideas to life. This organization also highlights of the author’s studies, involvement of psychologists. It supplies Peace Seeds interfaith prayers. (In distributes the film Admissions - A publications, and a model for a critical information from psychology 2012, the Peace Abbey’s materials Film for Peace and leads an initiative new democracy. for public policy making. Founding and holdings were incorporated into to recognize the International Day of Member, US Peace Memorial the University of Massachusetts, Peace. Contact Information: Foundation. US Peace Prize nominee, Boston.) Founding Member, US Dr. William A. McConochie 2014 and 2016. Peace Memorial Foundation. Contact Information: Founder and President Scott Bruer, Founder 71 East 15th Avenue Contact Information: Contact Information: P.O. Box 10432 Eugene, OR 97401 Dr. Brad Olson Lewis M. Randa, Founder/Director Marina Del Rey, CA 90295 Telephone: 541-686-9934 122 S. Michigan Avenue 16 Lavender Street Telephone: 855-315-2100 Fax: 541-485-5702 National Louis University Millis, MA 02054 Email: [email protected] Email: Info@ Chicago, IL 60603 Telephone: 508-655-2143 Website: www.peacenow.com PoliticalPsychologyResearch.com Telephone: 707-797-7016 Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Website: www. Email: [email protected] Website: www.peaceabbey.org PeaceNowCommunity politicalpsychologyresearch.com Website: www.psysr.org Twitter: @peacenowco Facebook: www.facebook.com/PsySR YouTube: Our Vision of PeaceNow Twitter: @PsySR_org Psychologists for Social Responsibility Political Psychology Founded in 1982, PsySR applies the Quaker House Research, Inc. research, knowledge, and practices of A manifestation of the Friends’ PPRI, founded in 2007, is a non- psychology to promote durable peace at , this organization PeaceNow profit corporation dedicated to community, national, and international advocates for a more peaceful world The mission of this international research in the public interest, levels. Its membership is made up of by providing counseling, education, organization established in 2012 is specifically on psychological traits, psychologists, other mental health and support to soldiers who are to gather one billion signatures on attitudes, etc. related to government, professionals, and others interested questioning their role in the military. a petition to back a UN Global politics, peace and empowering the in the application of psychological Founded in 1969, it organizes events Resolution to establish infrastructures people to have an effective voice in knowledge to foster peace, social such as workshops, peace rallies,

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vigils, and conferences; maintains a RootsAction.org Bay community. It is opposed Email: [email protected] GI Rights Hotline; and publishes a This online initiative established to U.S. foreign interventions, Website: truthout.org newsletter, a blog, pamphlets, and in 2011 is dedicated to galvanizing spying, torture, and oppression Facebook: www.facebook.com/ articles. people who are committed to of all forms, and doesn’t believe truthout economic fairness, equal rights, in American “exceptionalism.” Twitter: @truthout Contact Information: civil liberties, environmental The group participates in actions YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ Lynn and Stephen Newsom protection, and defunding endless including rallies, marches, protest truthout Directors wars. Activities include events, demonstrations, and a film series Instagram: www.instagram.com/ 223 Hillside Avenue dissemination of news and with discussions about socially truthout Fayetteville, NC 28301 articles, petition campaigns, conscious topics. Telephone: 910-323-3912 a store, Drone Whistleblower Email: [email protected] Fellowship, and lobbying Contact Information: United for Justice with Peace Website: www.quakerhouse.org Congress. Founding Member, US Chris Ernesto, Co-Founder UJP (2001-2021) was a coalition Facebook: www.facebook.com Peace Memorial Foundation. P.O. Box 1216 of peace and justice organizations Twitter: @Quaker_House St. Petersburg, FL 33731 in the Greater Boston region. It Contact Information: Telephone: 727-504-8929 opposed all wars, the use of military David Swanson Email: [email protected] and economic aggression, U.S. Randolph Bourne Institute Campaign Coordinator Website: stpeteforpeace.org support for the Israeli occupation of RBI is a nonprofit organization 1500 West El Camino Ave #370 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ the West Bank and Gaza, economic founded in 2001 that seeks to honor Sacramento, CA 95833 stpeteforpeace sanctions against Iraq, and U.S. Bourne’s memory by promoting a Email: [email protected] Twitter: @StPeteforPeace support for repressive regimes. The noninterventionist foreign policy Website: rootsaction.org YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ focus was to redirect human energy for the United States as the best Facebook: www.facebook.com/ stpete4peace/videos and material resources to the basic way of fostering a peaceful, more RootsAction needs of healthcare, education, prosperous world. It produces news, Twitter: @Roots_Action and affirmative social supports. Antiwar Radio, a blog, a fellows YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ Truthout An online community encouraged program that provides support for rootsaction This nonprofit news organization people to learn about and participate authors and researchers interested established in 2001 provides in a variety of activities and events in nonintervention, and a speakers independent reporting and including lectures, films, vigils, bureau. commentary that seeks to inspire direct protests, work groups, meetings, action and bring about social change and Campaigns. Members were Contact Information: by exposing government and corporate encouraged to participate in a Eric Garris exploitation as they relate to social discussion listserv as well as to Webmaster and Managing Editor justice issues. Their website offers news, browse forums, blogs, and news. 1017 El Camino Real #306 op-eds, analysis, and interviews on Redwood City, CA 94063 St. Pete for Peace, Inc. many topics including War & Peace. Telephone: 323-512-7095 This non-partisan antiwar United National Antiwar Fax: 602-801-2659 organization founded in 2003 Contact information: Coalition Email: [email protected] provides peace-oriented educational Maya Schenwar, Editor-in-Chief UNAC’s goal is to bring together Website: Antiwar.com events and services to the Tampa 278 279 ENDING U.S. WARS ORGANIZATIONS HONORED

organizations and movements to by advocating the prohibition of P.O. Box 3105 Contact Information: unify people to fight against war and all weapons of mass destruction New Haven, CT 06515 Dr. Michael D. Knox injustice at home and abroad. The and the closing of foreign military Telephone: 203-387-0370 Founder and Chair coalition, founded in 2010, opposes bases. Antiwar activities include Email: [email protected] 334 East Lake Road #136 all U.S. wars and interventions delegations at the UN, a petition Website: USPeaceCouncil.org Palm Harbor, FL 34685-2427 and defends civil liberties, using to cut the military budget, and Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Telephone: 202-455-8776 mass mobilization as a means to issuing statements, USPeaceCouncil Email: [email protected] effect change. It supports and/or campaigns, and calls to action Website: www.USPeaceMemorial.org organizes campaigns including including “Stop the US-Led Coup Facebook: www.facebook.com/ “People’s Mobilization to Stop the Against Venezuela!,” “A Call for USPeace US War Machine,” “Venezuelan National Mobilization to Oppose Twitter: @USPeaceMemorial Embassy Protectors Collective NATO, War, and Racism,” and Instagram: www.instagram.com/ Defense,” “Hands off Venezuela: “We Must Prevent Imperialist uspeacememorial No Coup, No War, No Sanctions,” Aggression Against Syria.” The YouTube: www.youtube.com and “Hands Off Syria Coalition.” Council is a founding member of SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com Other actions include participating the Coordinating Committee of in demonstrations and rallies, United For Peace and Justice and US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc. issuing statements and reports, a the U.S. Hands Off Syria Coalition; This tax-exempt 501(c)(3) conference, a blog, and petition member of the Administrative Foundation established in 2005 drives. Committee of the United National directs a nationwide effort to honor Antiwar Coalition; and member Americans who stand for peace by Contact Information: and organizer of solidarity publishing the US Peace Registry, Joe Lombardo, Co-Coordinator delegations to Syria and Venezuela. awarding the annual US Peace Prize, P.O. Box 123 Other projects include initiator and planning for the US Peace Delmar, NY 12054 and coordinator of the Coalition Memorial as a national monument Veterans For Peace Telephone: 518-281-1968 Against U.S. Foreign Military in Washington, DC. These VFP, founded in 1985, is an Email: [email protected] Bases; the Global Campaign educational projects help move the organization of military veterans and Website: www.unacpeace.org Against US/NATO Military Bases; United States toward a culture of allies with chapters in the U.S., U.K., Facebook: www.facebook.com/ co-coordinator of the Embassy peace by recognizing and honoring Ireland, Mexico, Korea, Okinawa, EndTheWars Protectors Defense Committee; the thoughtful and courageous and Vietnam. Veterans’ voices are Twitter: @UNAC1 and main organizer of the National Americans and U.S. organizations used to educate the public on the Conference Against U.S. Foreign that have taken a public stand against true causes and costs of wars by Military Bases and the International one or more U.S. wars or who have publishing a newsletter; sponsoring U.S. Peace Council Conference Against US/NATO devoted their time, energy, and the Golden Rule peace boat, which Founded in 1979, this peace-and- Military Bases. Founding Member, other resources to finding peaceful provides education about nuclear disarmament activist organization US Peace Memorial Foundation. solutions to international conflicts. dangers; and using the Vietnam Full is affiliated with the World Peace The foundation celebrates these role Disclosure Campaign to counter Council. USPC opposes U.S. wars Contact Information: models to inspire other Americans the Pentagon’s efforts to rewrite the and interventions in other countries Dr. Bahman Azad to speak out against war and to work history of that war. Its members Executive Secretary for peace. 280 281 ENDING U.S. WARS ORGANIZATIONS HONORED

work to heal the wounds of war in Website: www.veteransforpeace.org Voices For Creative Nonviolence Walpole Peace and Justice Group veterans and civilians through the Facebook: www.facebook.com/ VCNV (2005-2020) was committed Founded in 1981, this group is Iraq Water Project, support for veteransforpeace to strategic campaigns that involved committed to promoting peace and cleanup of undetonated bombs, Twitter: @VFPNational active nonviolent resistance to U.S. justice in the community and the and advocacy for victims of Agent YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ war-making. Its members have larger world through education, Orange. Some of the organization’s VeteransForPeace marched and engaged in acts of study, witness, advocacy, and projects are to end and prevent wars civil disobedience, often resulting action. Activities include holding through campaigns against military in arrest and imprisonment, peace vigils against war and recruiting in schools, promote the Vietnam Peace including occupying offices of injustice, sponsoring speakers and original meaning of Armistice Day, Commemoration Committee legislators and entering military authors, showing and discussing Veterans Challenge Islamophobia, VPCC, established in 2014, seeks to bases to protest the wars. They have film documentaries, collaborating public actions to oppose drone tell the truth and learn the lessons of traveled to war zones to contact with other peace activist groups, and warfare, concerts, poetry the U.S. war in Indochina and the peace activists and bear witness communicating with the public contests, and celebrate the U.N. protest movement that ended the war. to the effects of U.S. war-making and government representatives. International Day of Peace. Other The committee was formed by activists on ordinary civilians. Educational Issues of concern have included the actions include legislative advocacy primarily to monitor the Pentagon’s projects include Drone Activism, 1984 Nuclear Freeze Campaign on war, peace, and the military program to commemorate the history Shut Down Guantanamo, Peace and opposition to the Iraq and budget; videos; and the Peace at of the and challenge its with Russia, Peace with Iran, Afghanistan Wars. Founding Home, Peace Abroad project that portrayal of the war, when necessary. Action for Yemen, and Abolishing Member, US Peace Memorial addresses militarization of police. Among their activities are conferences, Nuclear Weapons. The Afghanistan Foundation. The website has downloadable projects including Challenging the program includes a Duvet Project brochures, images, and handouts as Pentagon, commemorative events, for destitute families, Street Kids Contact Information: well as a store. The organization also resources such as books and films, a School, and educational Videos from Philip Czachorowski hosts an annual national convention. blog, and coordinating grassroots Afghanistan. Other activities are Email: [email protected] Founding Member, US Peace support for actions related to the a newsletter, a schedule of events, Website: http://walpolepeace. Memorial Foundation. US Peace Vietnam War and the movement that books and DVDs, and a speakers blogspot.com Prize recipient, “In recognition of worked to stop it. bureau. Founding Member, US heroic efforts to expose the causes Peace Memorial Foundation, 2020. and costs of war and to prevent and Contact Information: WarIsACrime.org end armed conflict,” 2016. Terry Provance, Staff Contact Information: Formerly AfterDowningStreet 6260 29th Street NW , Co-Coordinator and founded in 2005, this is a Contact Information: Washington, DC 20015 Telephone: 773-619-2418 nonpartisan coalition of over two Garett Reppenhagen Telephone: 202-686-7483 Email: [email protected] hundred veterans, peace, and Executive Director Email: [email protected] Website: www.vcnv.org political activist groups working 3407 S. Jefferson Ave, #219 Website: www.vietnampeace.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/ to expose the lies that create and St. Louis MO 63118 Facebook: https://youtu.be/ pages/VCNV sustain wars and occupations and to Telephone: 314-725-6005 IPhZ0r_k9aw Twitter: @info_from_vcnv hold accountable those responsible. Fax: 314-227-1981 Activities include interviews, Email: [email protected] public speaking, building

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coalitions of antiwar candidates warpreventioninitiative.org Whatcom Peace and Day, in the spirit of Larry Cloud for Congress, press releases, public Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Justice Center Morgan (Whitefeather of the Ojib- service announcements, efforts to WarPreventionInitiative WPJC is a grassroots organization we), and in the spirit of nonviolent impeach U.S. leadership, and blogs. Twitter: @WarPrevention centered on social justice and - resistance to war, militarism, and YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ ing war and militarism, both abroad injustice, the group conducts ed- Contact Information: WarPreventionTV and at home. The group was born ucational roundtables, provides David Swanson, Co-Founder out of the longest-running weekly meeting space for groups grounded Email: [email protected] peace vigil in the United States, in nonviolence, and helps to organize Website: WarIsACrime.org War Resisters League operating under the sponsorship of events. When possible, the house Founded in 1923, WRL affirms that the Bellingham Friends Committee offers overnight hospitality to war is a crime against humanity and until it received its own 501(c)(3) sta- traveling nonviolent resisters. War Prevention Initiative strives for the nonviolent removal tus in 2002. Activities and resources The mission of this organization of all causes of war, international include an Alternatives to Military Contact Information: founded in 2011 is to advance the or civil, including racism, sexism, Service program, which makes year- Tom Hastings Global Peace System by supporting, and any form of exploitation. ly visits to all schools in Whatcom Co-Founder and Core Member developing, and collaborating Activities include a campaign for County; workshops and expert 3315 North Russet Street with peace building efforts in all Solidarity with Iraq; providing speakers; a peace library; direct Portland, OR 97217 sectors of society including the Counter Recruitment resources action campaigns; a bi-weekly Telephone: 503-327-8250 Rotarian Action Group for Peace, and training to enable young people newsletter; a community blog; an Email: [email protected] WarPreventionTV, and other to oppose military recruitment in annual fundraiser for International Website: hastingsnonviolence. grassroots movements that work for their communities; supporting GI Day of Peace; and being a member blogspot.com/2007/01/ a world beyond war. Their journal, Rights and Resistance and War Tax of the Washington Against Nuclear whitefeather-house.html Peace Science Digest, provides access Resistance; and a store. Weapons coalition. The physical to and analysis of research in the field space of the center also works as a of peace and conflict studies. Other Contact Information: community hub. US Peace Prize Witness Against Torture actions have included organizing Linda M. Thurston nominee, 2020. This movement founded in 2005 the Parkdale Peace Gatherings, Office Coordinator is represented by dozens of small sponsoring speakers and 168 Canal Street, Suite 600 Contact Information: groups across the U.S. whose discussions, and co-sponsoring the New York, NY 10013 Aline Prata, Executive Director mission is to raise awareness about Oregon Arms Spending Alternatives Telephone: 212-228-0450, Ext. 14 1220 Bay Street the torture and indefinite detention Project. Email: [email protected] Bellingham, WA 98225 of prisoners in Guantanamo, Website: www.warresisters.org Telephone: 360-734-0217 with the ultimate goal of closing Contact Information: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Email: [email protected] the Guantanamo and Bagram Dr. Patrick Hiller, Director resistwar Website: www.whatcompjc.org detention centers. They also work 221 NW 2nd Ave., Suite 204 Twitter: @resistwar to combat Islamophobia in the U.S. Portland, Or 97219 YouTube: www.youtube.com Actions include demonstrations, Telephone: 503-505-5721 Whitefeather Peace House workshops, vigils, and fasts; Email: [email protected] Founded in 2005 in the spirit of writing letters to prisoners at Website: www. nonviolence, in the spirit of Dorothy Guantanamo and their families;

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and an annual featured event. Their Contact Information: Contact Information: P.O. Box 6264 website offers videos, leaflets, films, K. Dooley, Director Christine Ahn, Executive Director Vacaville, CA 95696 and books as well as a store. 4200 Cedar Avenue South, Suite #3 Contact form: www.womencrossdmz. Telephone: 707-317-8586 Minneapolis, MN 55407 org/about-us/contact Email: CindySheehan@marchon- Contact Information: Telephone: 612-827-5364 Website: www.womencrossdmz.org pentagon.com Chris Knestrick Fax: 612-827-6433 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Website: marchonpentagon.com Organizing Team Member Email: [email protected] WomenCrossDMZ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ 55 East Third Street Website: www. Twitter: twitter.com/womencrossdmz groups/marchonpentagon New York, NY 10003 womenagainstmilitarymadness.org Instagram: www.instagram.com/ Twitter: @WomenMarch4Paz Email: [email protected] womencrossdm Website: www.witnessagainsttorture.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ The Workable World Trust witnessagainsttorture Founded in 2014, the Trust dissem- Twitter: @WitnessTorture inates and promotes proposals for YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ a more workable system of global witnesstorture governance including improved Instagram: www.instagram.com/ decision-making and program execu- witnessagainsttorture Women Cross DMZ tion within the United Nations and WCDMZ is a global movement of Women’s March on the Pentagon other global governance agencies. women mobilizing for peace on the Founded in 2018, this is a women- While it focuses on the proposals Women Against Military Korean Peninsula. Founded in 2014, led coalition of groups and citizens of its founder, Dr. Schwartzberg, Madness its mission is to achieve a formal around the world who demand an published in Transforming the WAMM is a nonviolent, feminist end to the , replace the end to the ongoing U.S. military United Nations System: Designs for a organization founded in 1982 that armistice with a peace agreement, aggression across the globe, and Workable World, it will also support works in solidarity with others to reunite separated families, and the continuing bipartisan increases additional proposals and initiatives. create a system of social equality, involve women in all levels of the in Pentagon funding. Actions The trust has endowed two annual self-determination, and justice peace building process. Their website have included marching, fasting, graduate fellowships for students through education, action, and the offers educational resources as well pledging, and petitions. The at the University of Minnesota and empowerment of women. WAMM as advocacy programs including organization also works to revive the organized an international confer- spreads the word of peace and justice meetings with senior officials antiwar movement in the U.S. Their ence, “Creating a Workable World,” into the schools and community from the U.S., South and North issues include war’s effect on Women at the university’s Humphrey School organizations through their events Korea, and other countries, videos/ and the Environment; Yemen, of Public Affairs in October 2015. calendar, vigils, newsletters, and webinars, women’s symposiums Venezuela, Where the Money Goes, Founding Member, US Peace Me- committees including Ground and leadership training, and Rage Against The War Machine. morial Foundation. All Drones, End War/Ban Nuclear delegations, and providing US Peace Prize nominee, 2019. Weapons Campaign, and Middle humanitarian aid in North Korea. Contact Information: East. Founding Member, US Peace Other projects include Take Action Contact Information: Nancy Dunlavy, Director Memorial Foundation. to support peace in Korea, a monthly 445 Wacouta St., Unit 101 newsletter, and events. Founder/Coordinator St. Paul, MN 55101

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Telephone: 651-785-4243 WBW’s grassroots campaigns “war of terror,” torture, rendition, Email: [email protected] focus on weapons divestment and spying, and political repression. The Website: www.workableworld.org closing military bases around the group holds protests and publish- world as critical steps toward dis- es ads in national and local media. mantling the war machine. Other Campaigns include War Criminals actions include a store, a No to Watch to protest against war crimi- NATO - Yes to Peace Festival, an nals when they come to a communi- annual and global #NoWar confer- ty, Crimes are Crimes - No Matter ence, and a Declaration of Peace, Who Does Them, and We Are Not which has been signed by individuals Your Soldiers, an anti-military re- and organizations in 175 countries cruiters campaign. World BEYOND War worldwide. Founding Member, US Founded in 2014, WBW is a grass- Peace Memorial Foundation. US Contact Information: roots, global network of activists, Peace Prize nominee, 2015, 2019, Debra Sweet, Director chapters, and affiliated organizations 2020, and 2021. 305 West Broadway, #185 that advocate for war abolition. This New York, NY 10013 nonviolent movement strives to end Contact Information: Telephone: 866-973-4463 war and establish a just and sustain- David Swanson, Executive Director Email: [email protected] able peace. They work to debunk the 513 E Main Street, #1484 Website: www.worldcantwait.org myths that war is inevitable, just, Charlottesville, VA 22902 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ necessary, or beneficial, and they Telephone: 202-329-7847 worldcantwait advocate for an “alternative global Email: [email protected] Twitter: @worldcantwait security system” based on demilita- Website: www.worldbeyondwar.org YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ rizing security, managing conflict Facebook: www.facebook.com/ WorldCantWaitVideos nonviolently, and creating a culture worldbeyondwar of peace. Peace education, a core Twitter: @worldbeyondwar pillar of WBW’s work, outlines the Instagram: www.instagram.com/ economic, environmental, democrat- worldbeyondwar/ ic, cultural and moral downsides of YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ war and preparations for war. worldbeyondwar Educational offerings include the book A Global Security System: An Alternative to War, a daily Peace World Can’t Wait Almanac, the Study War No More WCW is a national movement discussion and action guide, founded in 2005 to organize peo- online courses, fact sheets, news- ple to repudiate, stop, and demand letters, podcasts, webinars, a prosecution for criminal acts by our Speakers Bureau, billboards, government including occupations mapping militarism charts, a video of Iraq and Afghanistan, the global library, and a global events map.

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