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Revision as of 09:25, 22 March 2010
United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) is a coalition of more than 1400 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.[1]
The National Coordinator is Leslie Cagan.[2]
United for Peace and Justice is a partner organization of the Institute for Policy Studies.[3]
Steering Committee
The UFPJ Steering Committee voted on at UFPJ's 4th National Assembly December 12-14, 2008 in Chicago.
- Dana Balicki -- CODEPINK
- Phyllis Bennis -- Institute for Policy Studies
- Frida Berrigan -- War Resisters League
- Jacqueline Cabasso -- Western States Legal Foundation
- Steve Carlson -- Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice
- Libero Della Piana -- Communist Party USA
- Matt De Vlieger -- Orlando Peace and Justice
- Lisa Fithian -- Alliance for Community Trainers Inc.
- Joseph Gainza -- American Friends Service Committee - Vermont
- Nora Gordon -- Brooklyn For Peace
- Katie Heald -- PDX Peace Coalition
- Mike Hearington -- Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition
- Bill Henning -- US Labor Against the War
- Marilyn Katz -- Chicagoans Against War and Injustice
- Hany Khalil -- War Times
- Leslie Kielson -- NYC - United For Peace and Justice
- Siu Hin Lee -- National Immigration Solidarity Network
- Siri Margerin -- Bay Area - United For Peace and Justice
- George Paz Martin -- Milwaukee Coalition for a Just Peace
- Monami Maulik -- Desis Rising Up and Moving - DRUM
- Deb McIntyre -- South Dakota Peace and Justice Center
- Michael McPhearson -- Veterans For Peace
- Bamshad Mobasher -- Oakland Park Coalition for Truth and Justice
- Perry O'Brien -- Iraq Veterans Against the War
- Shauen Pearce -- Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Baltazar Pinguel -- American Friends Service Committee
- Terry Rockefeller -- September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
- Virginia Rodino -- Baltimore - United For Peace and Justice
- Larry Syverson -- Military Families Speak Out
- David Wildman -- US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
National Organizations Affiliated With UFPJ
UFPJ affiliates as of July 17, 2007[4].
- 1000 Grandmothers - Sue Hilderbrand, Chico CA
- 50 Years Is Enough Network - Sameer Dossani, Washington DC
- After Downing Street Coalition -David Swanson MD
- American Friends Service Committee - Allison Budschalow, Philadelphia PA
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee - Nabil Mohamed, Washington DC
- Antiwar.com - Eric Garris, Sunnyvale CA
- Beyond the Choir - Madeline Gardner, Lancaster PA
- Black Radical Congress, St. Louis MO
- Bring Them Home Now Campaign - Dennis O'Neil, New York NY
- The Camp Casey Peace Institute - Cindy Sheehan, Venice CA
- Campus Greens - Kirsten Powers, Katy TX
- Center for Community Change - Deepak Bhargava, Washington DC
- Center for Constitutional Rights - Annette Warren Dickerson, New York NY
- Center for Economic and Social Rights - Jacob Park, Brooklyn NY
- Center for International Policy - Abigail Poe, Washington DC
- Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment - Luke Cole, San Francisco CA
- CODEPINK Women for Peace - Gael Murphy, Washington DC
- Columbia Support Network - John Laun, Madison WI
- Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism - Attieno Davis, New York NY
- Committee in Solidarity with the People of Iran - Siamak Azadi, Los Angeles CA
- Communist Party USA - Judith LeBlanc, New York NY
- Democracy Rising - Marcia Jansen, Washington DC
- Democratic Socialists of America - Jason Schulman, Brooklyn NY
- Ella Baker Center for Human Rights - Van Jones, San Francisco CA
- Episcopal Peace Fellowship - Jackie Lynn, Chicago IL
- Farms Not Arms - Michael O'Gorman, San Diego CA
- Freedom Road Socialist Organization - Juliet Ucelli, New York NY
- Freedom Socialist Party - Henry Noble, Seattle WA
- Friends Committee on National Legislation - Mary Trotochaud, Washington DC
- Friends of the Earth - Brent Blackwelder, Washington DC
- Global Exchange - Andrea Buffa, San Francisco CA
- Gold Star Families for Peace - Dede Miller, Venice CA
- Grassroots America - Tina Richards, Washington DC
- Green Party USA PAX Committee - Wendy Barth, Cedar Rapids IA
- Green Party USA - Charles Shaw, Washington DC
- Greenpeace - Bill Richardson, Washington DC
- Historians Against the War - Van Gosse, Lancaster PA
- In These Times - Jeff Enton, Chicago IL
- Independent Progressive Politics Network - George Friday, Pittsboro NC
- Institute for Policy Studies - Saif Rahman, Washington DC
- Institute For Public Accuracy - Sam Husseini, Washington DC
- International Socialist Organization - Ahmed Shawki, Chicago IL
- Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) - Jen Hogg, New York NY
- Jewish Voice for Peace - Mitchell Plitnick, Oakland CA
- Just Foreign Policy - Chelsea Mozen, Washington DC
- Latinos for Peace - Rosalio Munoz, Los Angeles CA
- League of Revolutionaries for a New America - Chris Mahin, Chicago IL
- Left Turn - Max Uhlenbeck, New York NY
- Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers - Richard Callahan, Maryknoll NY
- Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns - Jean Fallon, Ossining NY
- Middle East Research & Information Project - Chris Toensing
- Military Families Speak Out - Anne Roesler, San Francisco CA
- National Day Laborer Organizing Network -Carlos Preza, Los Angeles CA
- National Hip Hop Political Convention - Orlando Green, NY
- National Immigrant Solidarity Network/PeaceNoWar - Siu Hin Lee, South Pasadena CA
- National Latino Officers Assoc. & Labor Council, City of NY - Rafael Collazo, New York NY
- National Lawyers Guild - Heidi Boghosian, New York NY
- National Network on Cuba - Sobukwe Shukura, Clarkston GA
- National Organization for Women - Melody Drnach, Washington DC
- National Organizers Alliance - Patrick Masterson, Washington DC
- National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee - Bill Ramsey, St. Louis MO
- National Youth Advocacy Coalition - Urooj Arshad - Washington DC
- National Youth & Student Peace Coalition - Angela Kelly, Cambridge MA
- Network in Solidarity with People of Philippines - Dave Pugh, Woodside NY
- NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Marge Clark, BVM Washington DC
- New Majority Alliance - Joseph Kitchen, Hyattsville MD
- Not in Our Name / Afrikan-American Institute for Policy Studies (SC) - Efia Nwangaza, Greenvlle SC
- Nuclear Age Peace Foundation - Nickolas Roth, Washington DC
- Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service - Ken Butigan, Oakland CA
- Pax Christi USA - Jean Stokan, Washington DC
- Peace Action - Kevin Martin, Silver Spring MD
- PeaceMajority.org - Randi Scheurer, Lindenhurst IL
- Pride at Work, AFL-CIO - Howard Wallace, San Francisco CA
- Progressive Democrats of America - Tim Carpenter, Lawrence MA
- Progressive Government Institute - Dal LaMagna, Washington DC
- Quixote Center - Kristen Arant, Washington DC
- Rainbow PUSH Coalition - National - Butch Wing, Chicago IL
- School of the Americas Watch - Hendrik Voss, Washington DC
- September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows - Kelly Campbell, Portland OR
- Shalom Center - Arthur Waskow, Philadelphia PA
- Socialist Alternative - Ramy Khalil, Seattle WA
- Socialist Party USA - National - Greg Pason, New York NY
- Solidarity - Charles Post, Pelham NY
- STARC Alliance - Amy Schoenwald, San Francisco CA
- Student Peace Action Network - Miranda (Randy) Wilson, Silver Spring MD
- Students Take Action for New Directions - Cicley Gay, Atlanta GA
- Students United for Peace and Justice - Fathi Abdelsalam, Tallahassee FL
- Tikkun Community - Marvin Feldman, Berkeley CA
- TransAfrica Forum - Mwiza Munthali, Washington DC
- TrueMajority - Duane Peterson, Burlington VT
- United States Student Association - Jennifer Pae, Washington DC
- US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation - Omar Masri, Washington DC
- US Labor Against the War - Nancy Romer, Brooklyn NY
- U.S. Peace Council / Greater New Haven Peace Council - Alfred Marder, New Haven CT
- Veterans for Peace - Michael McPhearson, St. Louis MO
- Vietnam Veterans Against the War - David Cline, Chicago IL
- War Resisters League - Frida Berrigan, New York NY
- War Times/Tiempo de Guerras - Hany Khalil, Houston TX
- Witness Against Torture - Matthew Daloisio, New York NY
- Women's Action for New Directions - Darcy Scott Martin, Washington DC
- Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - Jody Dodd, Philadelphia PA
- Working Assets - Michael Kieschnick, San Francisco CA
- World Can't Wait, Drive Out the Bush Regime - Elaine Brower, New York NY
- Young Communist League - Erica Smiley, Brooklyn NY
- Young Democratic Socialists of America - Lucas Shapiro, New York NY
- Young Koreans United USA - Clifford Lee, Anaheim
- Youth Against War and Racism - Ramy Khalil, Seattle WA
- Z Magazine and ZNET - Michael Albert, Woods Hole MA