United for Peace and Justice
United for Peace and Justice...
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[1]immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.
United for Peace and Justice is a partner organization[2]of the Institute for Policy Studies.
National Coordinators
In 2008 UFPJ National Coordinator were Leslie Cagan[3]. National Organizing Coordinator is[4]Judith Le Blanc.
Sreering Committee
The UFPJ Steering Committee voted on at UFPJ's 4th National Assembly December 12-14, 2008 2008 in Chicago.
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
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 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[5].
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 doneil at freedomroad.org
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
US 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
References
- ↑ http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=16
- ↑ http://www.ips-dc.org/about/partners
- ↑ http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:lOWvSDvLUEwJ:www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/6416/1/312/+leslie+cagan+judith+leblanc&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nz
- ↑ http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:lOWvSDvLUEwJ:www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/6416/1/312/+leslie+cagan+judith+leblanc&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nz
- ↑ http://www.knology.net/~bilrum/UFPJGroups071607.htm