Justice / Peace Concerns

Hosting Instructions for NPIHN

Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network (NPIHN) Hosting at New Covenant Church
INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOLUNTEERS

ENVIRONMENT

• Alternative Gift Ideas
• Can We Live Sustainably? also available as a pdf file.
• Chestnut Hill Meeting's Minute on Global Warming
• Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Environmental Working Group
• The Costs of Sprawl: A Spiritual Perspective (pdf file) from 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania.
• The Earth Charter Values and Principles for a Sustainable Future
• Environment Advocacy Website, sponsored by 16 national environmental advocacy organizations.
  Greenpeace True Food Shopping List, see which food products contain genetically engineered foods.
• BioGems: Saving Endangered Wild Places
  A project of the Natural Resources Defense Council
  http://www.savebiogems.org

PACIFISM / TERRORISM

LOBBYING RESOURCES

• FCNL's Legislative Action Center 1-800-630-1330
• Peace Action Voting Records http://www.peace-action.org 1-301-565-4050.
• Congressional Website Current Status of Bills also at 202-225-3121. Bill texts, sponsors, and vote tallies; House and Senate committee lists, schedules, documents; individual member websites; links to federal agencies and all Library of Congress resources.
• The Petition Site
• The Progressive Secretary The Progressive Secretary is a mailing service for progressive activists. It attempts to counterbalance the highly organized lobbying done by the political right. When you sign up, you select issues in which you are interested and the frequency you wish to be contacted. Then, the Progressive Secretary sends you suggested letters at the interval you have selected.
• Project Vote Smart Everything to do with voting, state and federal. Enter your zip code for data on your elected officials, their votes on key issues, ratings by many organizations. Call 1-888-VOTE SMART (888-868-3762) to ask for a "personal researcher" or order the 2002 Voter's Self-Defense Manual, a free Congressional directory and guide.
• MegaVote http://capwiz.com/congressorg/megavote furnish your zip code, receive one email weekly when Congress is in session telling how your senators and representatives voted on important bills, what is coming up. Use links to email them.
• Peace Action Voting Records http://www.peace-action.org 1-202-0862-9740
  Friends Committee on National Legislation http://www.fcnl.org/ 1-800-630-1330
  Campaign for UN Reform Rating Guide http://www.cunr.org 1-888-869-2867
  Selected votes of all Senators and Representatives on peace, social justice and foreign policy issues, respectively. Phone to request copies or call WILPF in Washington (202-546-6727) for records of your own Senators and Representative.
• Center for Responsive Politics http://www.opensecrets.org What weapons indusry and other sectors spend on campaigns and lobbying. Look up specific candidates and donors.
• National Priorities Project http://www.natprior.org How the huge military budget impacts your state, trade-offs in domestic spending. Also see the cost to each state of projected $100 billion for invasion of Iraq.



JOIN Disarm Campaign's EYE on Congress - now in 41 WILPF branches, 22 states, 54 congressional Districts - to receive action alerts on WILPF issues in House and Senate. Email Val Mullen, vmullen@together.net or WILPF in Washington office, wilpfdc@wilpf.org.

• The True Majority

PEACE / JUSTICE LINKS

• Better World Links
• The Catholic Worker Movement
• The Classic Liberal Quaker is not designed to persuade anyone of anything (although viewpoints are expressed). Its purpose is to stimulate discussions, both electronically and within Meetings. Among other things, "classic liberal" means you make up your own mind. Go to http://clq.quaker.org/.
• CPNN-USA, (http://cpnn-usa.org). The global movement for a culture of peace has once again been called for by the UN General Assembly (http://cpnn-usa.org/resolutions/resA-57-6.html), see paragraph 1. And CPNN is encouraged as an integral part of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World contributing to this movement (see paragraph 7).
  
  Please notice that CPNN defines peace broadly in the sense of the United Nations Culture of Peace Decade, including: democracy, women's equality, human rights, non-violence, peace education, tolerance and mutual understanding, sustainable development and preservation of the environment, community development an the free flow of information. Any action or media event promoting any of these principles is appropriate for CPNN.
• Dallas Peace Center
• Fairhill Friends Ministry
• Fellowship of Reconciliation
• Friends Committee on Restorative Justice. To join their listserv, send a blank e-mail to restorejust-subscribe@egroups.com or see their website.
• Jorge Arauz's Walk from Philadelphia to the IMF in Washington, D.C., March, 2001.
• National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
• Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service offers retreats, classes, workshops and trainings in the spirituality and practice of transformative nonviolence.
• Peaceful Tomorrows a non-profit organization founded by family members of September Eleventh victims.
• Resources for Peace
  New Edition of Mark Twain's "The War Prayer" available free
• Training for Change Nonviolent direct action training based in Philadelphia
• United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA)'s Adopt-A-Minefield(tm) Campaign The Adopt-A-Minefield(tm) Campaign engages individuals, community groups, and businesses in the United Nations effort to remove landmines around the world. The Campaign serves two main purposes: 1) to help save lives by raising funds to clear minefields; and 2) to educate the public and raise awareness about the global landmine crisis. The Campaign seeks sponsors to "adopt" minefields identified by the United Nations as being in urgent need of clearance.
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
  also Peace Women
• Widows of War Living Memorial
  This site is place where widows of all wars and conflicts can record and share their stories. This memorial celebrates women as an unprecedented force for peace, healing and reconciliation.
  http://www.regrettoinform.org
  http://www.warwidows.org
  http://www.pbs.org/pov/regret

THINK PIECES

• Canadians to lead weapons inspection team into USA
• Indifference is Not an Option By Richard McCutcheon from FGC Connections
• Terrorism: Theirs and Ours By Eqbal Ahmad
• Breaking the Cycle of White Dependence; A Call for Majority Self-Sufficiency By Tim Wise. http://zmag.org/zsustainers/zdaily/2001-05/19wise.htm and
  "Shot by Cops? Not If You're White" http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10910 \
• BEING ABLE TO SAY NEITHER / NOR 'Women in Black'

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