Peace Action
Peace Action, formerly SANE and the Freeze, is the nation's largest grassroots peace group. Their website notes:
- "We are the nation's largest grassroots peace network, with chapters and affiliates in 30 states. We organize our grassroots network to place pressure on Congress and the Administration through write-in campaigns, internet actions, citizen lobbying and direct action. Through a close relationship with progressive members of Congress, we play a key role in devising strategies to move forward peace legislation, and, as a leading member of United for Peace and Justice and the Win Without War coalition, we lend our expertise and large network to achieving common goals." [1]
Contents
Long Range Strategy
"The chairs of the Long Range Strategy committees: JoAnn Fuller and Glen Stassen (Program), Brian Corr and Diana Onken (Governance), Steven Brion-Meisels and Mike Keller (Finance and Fundraising), Kevin Martin (Executive Director)
Members of the three committees include:
- "Program: Glen Stassen and JoAnn Fuller (chairs); Kevin Martin, Herb Rothschild, Lauri Kallio, Carol Allen, Rahul Mahajan, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Joshua Cooper, Mario Galvan, Phyllis Gilbert, Jon Rainwater, Shelagh Foreman and Paul Martin
- "Governance: Diana Onken, Brian Corr, Kevin Martin and Danielle Babineau
- "Finance/Fundraising: Mike Keller, Steven Brion-Meisels, Kevin Martin, Peter Deccy, Bill Towe, Alpesh Patel, Don Macaulay, Rosalie Brooks, Chris Dunn and Monica Green". [2]
Staff
Accessed March 2008: [3]
- Barbra Bearden - Communication Associate
- Rosalie Brooks - Director of Finance and Administration
- Yeabu Conteh - Development Associate
- Fields Donegan - Development Associate
- Katherine Fuchs - Organizing and Policy Associate
- Seth Long - Development Associate
- Kevin Martin (Peace Action) - Executive Director
- Paul Kawika Martin - Organizing and Policy Director
- Kendra Mingo - Finance Asst.
- Eric Swanson - Database Manager
- Sarah Tarighi - National Congress Coordinator
- Cristina Ulis - Membership Data Coordinator
- Adam Waxman - Development Associate
- Jonathan Williams - SPAN Coordinator
"Friends and Allies"
Accessed March 2008: [4]
- Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
- Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
- Democracy Rising
- Department of Peace Campaign
- Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC)
- Friends Commitee on National Legislation (FCNL)
- International Peace Bureau
- National Priorities Project
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Ploughshares Fund
- Progressive Democrats of America
- Save Darfur Coalition
- Traprock Peace Center
- United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ)
- Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
- WAND - Womens Action for New Directions
- Win Without War
Related
"The work of the Peace Action Education Fund is possible thanks to the generous support of the following foundations: The Paul & Edith Babson Foundation * The Bydale Foundation * Colombe Foundation * Janelia Foundation * The HKH Foundation * The New World Foundation * Peace Development Fund * Ploughshares Fund * Iraq Peace Fund, Underdog Fund, Tides Foundation * The Scherman Foundation, Inc. * Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis * Unitarian Universalist Funding Program * Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation * Sisters of Loretto * Dominican Sisters of Springfield Illinois * Working Assets Long Distance" [5]
Criticism
- Frances B. McCrea and Gerald E. Markle, Minutes to midnight: nuclear weapons protest in America (Sage, 1989). Obtained a grant from the Institute for the Study of World Politics
- Talmadge Wright, Felix Rodriguez, and Howard Waitzkin, “Corporate Interests, Philanthropies, and the Peace Movement,” Monthly Review, February 1985.
- Adam Garfinkle, The Politics of the Nuclear Freeze (Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1984).
Other Books
- Sam Marullo and John Lofland, Peace Action in the Eighties: Social Science Perspectives (Rutgers University Press, 1990).
Contact
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch articles
- William D. Hartung
- Boro Kitanoski
- Save Darfur Coalition: Organizational Members
- Progressive Media Project
References
- ↑ About, Peace Action, accessed March 3, 2008.
- ↑ [http://www.peace-action.org/Peace%20Action%20Long-Range%20Strategic%20Plan.pdf Peace Action Long-Range Strategic Plan Approved by the National Board of Directors : April 2005], Peace Action, accessed March 3, 2008.
- ↑ Staff, Peace Action, accessed March 3, 2008.
- ↑ Friends and Allies, Peace Action, accessed March 3, 2008.
- ↑ International Relations, Peace Action, accessed March 3, 2008.
External links
- Lawrence S. Wittner, "An Anniversary to Celebrate If You Oppose War", Znet, October 01, 2007.
