US PEACE REGISTRY

A publication of the

US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc.

7/9/10

The US Peace Registry recognizes and documents the activities of US citizens who have publicly opposed military solutions (including invasion, occupation, production of weapons of mass destruction, use of weapons, and threats of war), rather than diplomacy and global cooperation, to solve international problems. It is hoped that honoring these role models will inspire new generations of Americans to speak out for peace and to work to end the hatred, ignorance, greed, and intolerance that lead to war. The specific behaviors listed under each record are intended to provide ideas and guidance to others citizens so that peace/antiwar behaviors can be replicated nationwide.

This is a developing national database that will document a broad range of modern peace and antiwar activities and recognize individual and organizational role models for peace leadership. US citizens who have written an antiwar letter to their representatives in Congress or to a newspaper are included, along with Americans who have devoted their lives to peace and opposing war. Organizations ranging from groups such as the Quakers, who have opposed war for centuries, to the hundreds of new peace-related websites will be included.

To view a more detailed rationale for the US Peace Registry please read "Honoring Peace and Antiwar Behavior" by clicking on this link. The US Peace Registry is published electronically on the US Peace Memorial Foundation website. A hard copy will be published and be available for purchase as a reference book by the end of 2010. It will eventually be displayed for public viewing at the US Peace Memorial in Washington, DC.

Registrants have provided antiwar and peace activism related biographical information, with supporting documentation (see individual application and organization application for requirements), which was reviewed by the Foundation staff. Those applications that are vetted and verified are then approved by the Foundation's Board of Directors for inclusion in this publication.

Successful registrants and Foundation members are asked to nominate others for inclusion in the US Peace Registry and to provide contact information. In addition, the Foundation has directly invited individuals and organizations that have well known antiwar reputations to submit biographical information.

As seen in the entries below, a brief description of each registrant is followed by his or her specific antiwar/peace activities listed in chronological order from oldest to most recent. In addition to recognizing role models, the US Peace Registry documents a broad range of peace and antiwar actions. These are shown in bold to highlight the wide variety of activities that have occurred throughout the years. Some of the entries may serve as models for future peace actions that can help to prevent and/or end US wars.

INDIVIDUALS

David Adams, PhD, a resident of Branford, CT, promotes the Global Movement for a Culture of Peace, called for by the UN General Assembly in its Resolution A/53/243. mail@decade-culture-of-peace.org

Author, Psychology for Peace Activists, 1985.

Organizer, Seville Statement on Violence, 1986.

Organizer of the Peoples Peace Appeal, 1986.

Author, The American Peace Movements, 1986.

Consultant for the project of the UNESCO Culture of Peace Program, 1992-1993.

Staff, UNESCO Culture of Peace Program responsible for national programs in El Salvador, Mozambique and Russia, 1994-1997.

Director, United Nations International Year for the Culture of Peace, 1998-2001.

Webmaster, Culture of Peace News Network http://cpnn-usa.org, Culture of Peace Information site http://culture-of-peace.info, and World Report on the Culture of Peace http://decade-culture-of-peace.org, since 2001.

Anne Anderson, MSW is a social worker, mother of three and grandmother of two, living and working in Washington, DC. mobileanne@earthlink.net

Demonstrated at the White House frequently against the Vietnam War, organized marches, raised money, passed out leaflets, and provided child care while others demonstrated as a member of the Committee to Defend the Conspiracy, Washington, DC, 1969-1975.

Developed and led the workshop, "Living Politics" to help people explore their understanding of complex crisis situations (including war) in the early 1980's.

Executive Director of Psychologists for Social Responsibility (www.psysr.org), an organization that uses psychological knowledge and skills to promote peace with social justice, 1984-2006.

Michael Andregg, PhD of St. Paul, Minnesota is a teacher who left medical genetics in 1980 because he thought war was a larger public health hazard than rare diseases he worked on then. mmandregg@stthomas.edu

Led a caravan to the UN Special Session on Nuclear Disarmament in 1981.

Founding member of the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers, 1995.

Wrote a book, On the Causes of War that won the National Peace Writing award in 1999, has been translated into Italian and reprinted in Canada, 1997.

University lectures on causes of war and global problems related to war at the University of Minnesota, 1981-2008 and the University of St. Thomas, 1993-2008.

Coordinating peace activists and others to be involved in responding to the 2008 Republican National Convention, 2007-2008.

John Arnaldi, PhD, a resident of Tampa, FL, has been involved in peace work since high school (late 1960's).

Conscientious Objector to Vietnam War, 1970.

Member of the Tampa Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) where he serves as Clerk of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee, 2005-2008.

On the first anniversary of the U.S. attack on Iraq, helped organize a peace demonstration in front of Fox 13 TV station, challenging all news media to do honest reporting about the war, 2004.

Coordinated the AFSC Eyes Wide Open exhibit in Tampa. Eyes Wide Open is a memorial display of boots for each U.S. soldier killed in Iraq, shoes representing the civilian deaths, and an educational exhibit, http://www.afsc.org/eyes, 2004.

Helped organize a memorial service in Tampa for the 60^th anniversary of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 2005.

Founded a Web Site, www.JesusPrinceofPeace.org to provide education and inspiration about peacemaking to Christians and to teach strategic nonviolent actions for peacemaking, 2005.

Marched on Washington to End the War on Iraq, 9/24/05.

Coordinated the visit to Tampa of an Iraqi pharmacist, Entisar Ariabi, sponsored by Code-Pink’s the Women Say No to War campaign. Held a press conference, set up radio interviews and an in-depth newspaper interview, met with staff of Senators Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez, April 2006.

Coordinated a public program on Healthcare in Iraq since the invasion at the University of South Florida College of Public Health, April 2006.

Wrote letters to senators, congressmen, leadership in both houses, and the president, calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Israeli attack on Lebanon, July 2006.

Letter to the Editor, Tampa Tribune calling for a cease-fire in the Israeli attack on Lebanon http://www.tbo.com/news/opinion/lettertotheeditor/MGBD95P37QE.html, 7/30/06.

Dick Bernard of Woodbury, MN is a retired teachers’ union representative (NEA affiliate), a military veteran (U.S. Army), husband, father, and grandfather of nine. dick_bernard@msn.com

Began a daily e-network that most often focuses on peace related topics, since 2001.

Published columns on peace and justice issues in major newspapers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, including this pre-Iraq War piece in the Minneapolis Star Tribune 4/20/02 www.commondreams.org/views02/0420-02.htm, 2002-2006.

Member, Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers and other peace organizations, since 2002.

President, Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers www.mapm.org, 2005-2007.

Created and maintained websites devoted to Peace and Justice: www.amillioncopies.info and www.chez-nous.net/peace, 2002-2008.

Helped organize a conference on peace during the Republican National Convention peaceisland.us, 2008.

Linked websites to other world peace resources, 2005-2010.

Participated in peace demonstrations since his first in October 2001 at the MN State Capitol to protest the bombing of Afghanistan, 2001-2010.

Warren J. Blumenfeld, EdD is an Assistant Professor of Multicultural and International Curriculum Studies at Iowa State University in Ames, IA where his research interests include multiculturalism, Queer Studies, and issues of social justice. wblumen@iastate.edu

High school antiwar activist, 1964-65.

Organized and participated in antiwar activities against US involvement in Vietnam, including large-scale demonstrations protesting San Jose State University's involvement in support of the war effort, demonstrated to end the military draft, and helped organize a student strike in opposition to the war, 1965-1970.

Member, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a national organization opposing the war in Vietnam, informed high school students in the San Jose area of antiwar activities on the San José State University campus, 1969-1970.

Organizer of the May Day demonstration (as a member of the Gay Liberation Front) which brought together antiwar activists from across the US and Canada in an attempt to shut down the federal government in Washington, DC to voice opposition to the war in Vietnam, May 1971.

Arrested for attempting to stage a sit-in in front of the South Vietnamese embassy as part of an antiwar demonstration, May 1971.

Participated in an antiwar rally on Boston Common in Boston, MA in advance of US incursion into Iraq, 1990.

Participated in a "Bring Home the Troops" demonstration to end the war in Iraq in Ames, IA, February 2006.

Lucy Bradley-Springer, PhD, RN, ACRN, FAAN is a nurse, educator, and a Vietnam-era veteran of the United States Air Force, now living in Denver, CO.

Developed and taught a series of classes entitled, "Dead Rats, Dan Rather, and ACT UP: Social Contributions to Epidemics" that focused on the issues of colonialism, war, racism, sexism, and classism and how those had historically fed epidemics around the world, 1991-1995.

As president of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, published a President's Letter in the organization newsletter, post 9/11, on the problems related to responding to violence with violence (ANACdotes, 2003).

Published antiwar editorial in Professional Journal: Collateral damages, Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 19(2), 87-89, 2008.

Advisory Board member, Physicians for Human Rights, 2003-2006.

Board of Directors, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc. 2006-2010.

Beth Bradley Brookfield, of Reno Nevada, is an artist whose works of art often reflect the human condition as it relates to the affects of war. www.helloreno.com/art/BethBrookfield.Cfm. beth.brookfield@gmail.com

Rallied against potential military action in Iraq, Washington, D.C., Spring 2003.

Participated in peace rallies in Reno, NV from 2005-2008.

Antiwar Letter to Editor, Reno News and Review, Spring 2007.

Created an artist’s conception of the US Peace Memorial that is included on the Foundation's website at www.uspeacememorial.org/drawing2, 2008.

Sondra (Sandy) Cadman, a member of the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in Sarasota, FL, is retired from teaching sociology and communications courses at The College of Saint Rose (CSR) in Albany, NY.
Wrote and led Peace Prayer Service for CSR community during Gulf War, 1991.
Created and taught courses on Interpersonal Communication, Communication and Culture, Gender and Communications, and Conflict Management that focused on the importance of building bridges between people, CSR, 1970-1997.
Co-authored “Peace: A Shabbat Service” with ritual committee, Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Sarasota, FL, 4/10.

Noam Chomsky, PhD, LLD is the Institute Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. He has received numerous honorary degrees from prestigious universities around the world and is widely known for his antiwar activism and criticism of U.S. foreign policy.

Wrote essay, "The Responsibility of Intellectuals," published in The New York Times Review of Books, and became a leading opponent of the war in Vietnam, 1967.

Chomsky participated in Vietnam war resistance activities, which he described in subsequent essays and letters published in the New York Review of Books, including withholding half of his income tax and taking part in the 1967 march on the Pentagon.

He testified on the origins of the war before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by J. William Fulbright, 1972.

Dorothy Eldridge Peacemaker Award, New Jersey Peace Action, 2000.

Authored books related to peace including: Chomsky Reader, a collection of Chomsky's critical essays on U.S. foreign policy, published 1987; Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs, published 2000; 9-11 became a bestseller in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, published 2001; Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance, published 2003; America's Other War: Terrorizing Colombia, published 2005.

Books banned at Guantánamo's prison camp library by U.S. military censors www.miamiherald.com/2009/10/11/1275646/anti-war-activists-works-banned.html, 2009.

Written numerous other peace-related books and articles and has given hundreds of lectures and speeches, some recorded on DVD and CD, including "The evil scourge of terrorism": Reality, construction, remedy” www.chomsky.info/talks/20100323.htm, 1967-2010.

See Professor Chomsky's official website for additional examples of his antiwar work: http://www.chomsky.info.

Charles F. Clark, MD, MPH served as a captain in the Medical Corps during the Vietnam War, a lieutenant colonel with NATO, a psychiatrist with the Tampa Veterans Administration Hospital, and currently practices psychiatry and addiction medicine in Denver, CO.

Letter to the editor opposing invasion of Afghanistan before it occurred (Boulder Daily Camera, 2002).

Emails to congressmen opposing war, since 2003.

Gives public presentations about long-term detrimental psychological impact of combat on soldiers and the enormous dollar cost over many years of their care, 2004-2006.

Board of Directors, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc. 2006-2010.

Laurie Dobson of Kennebunkport, ME, is a writer, journalist, community organizer, land planner, and citizen activist who ran for the U.S. Senate as an antiwar candidate. lauriegdobson@yahoo.com

Candidate for State Representative to CT legislature, 2002.

Organized weekly rallies and vigils during the lead up to the war on Iraq, 2003.

Organized Camp Alex during protests against Bush in Kennebunkport, ME, 2007.

Candidate for US Senate, Maine, www.youtube.com, 2008.

Spokesperson for Cindy Sheehan at Martha's Vineyard protests against Obama's war policies, 2009.

Sponsored and organized the first major rally against Obama's planned surge on Afghanistan, www.enduswars.org/guide, 12/12/09.

Writes letters to the editor frequently and coordinates with other peace leaders 2003-2010.

Founder and Director, End US Wars, www.enduswars.org, 2009-2010.

Bill Falcone lives in Brandon, FL and has been a case manager with Hillsborough County since 1986, working with unemployed ex-felons, homeless, and the medically indigent. wfalcone14@hotmail.com

Participated in antiwar demonstration: "March on Washington - Tampa Bay", 09/24/05.

Sent many letters to Congress members asking for their opposition to the war, 2003-2006.

Letter to the editor regarding opposition to US unilateralism in foreign affairs, The Nation 09/26/05

Member, United for Peace and Justice, 2005-2008.

Member, Hillsborough County Green Party, 2005-2008.

Member, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, 2005-2008.

Gordon Fellman, PhD of Cambridge, MA, is a Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University and chairs its program in Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies. Fellman@Brandeis.edu.

Participated in activities against US war in Vietnam and in civil rights work, 1960s-1970s.

Author, The Deceived Majority: Politics and Protest in Middle America, New Brunswick, NJ: TransAction Press, 1973.

Co-chair, National Middle East Task Force for New Jewish Agenda, 1982-1987.

Founder, Boston Nuclear Study Group, 1990.

Co-author, The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn't Matter and What Does, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990.

Co-produced video, with Iftach Shavit and Roger Hurwitz, “This Is the Moment: Israelis and Palestinians Talking Peace”, Boston, New Jewish Agenda, 1991.

Wrote book review, “Israeli Machismo and Peace Forces,” of Paul Breines’ Tough Jews, in Jewish Currents, Vol. 46, No. 7, 1992.

Wrote articles, letters and op-ed pieces on peace, especially on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including: “Israeli Policy Bolsters Meir Kahane’s Appeal,” New York Times, p. 20, 9/2/85; “In Israel, Peace Movement Grows, Diversifies,” Genesis 2, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1984, Reprinted in Morning Freiheit, Sunday English Section, 3/25/84; and “The Work of Peace,” op-ed piece in the Boston Globe, 11/8/95.

Author book, Rambo and the Dalai Lama: The compulsion to win and its threat to human survival, Albany, NY: SUNY Press, people.brandeis.edu/~fellman, 1998.

Executive Producer video, “Not Just for Tibetans...for Justice”, on the Dalai Lama’s visit to Brandeis, Award Productions, 1998.

Scholarly writings including: "World Conflict" The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. 1^st ed., pp. 5291-5295, Blackwell, 2007; Rev. of A Peaceful Superpower: The Movement against War in Iraq, by David Cortright in Mobilization, pp. 506-507, vol. 11, 2007; and "Enemy, Concept and Identity of", Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, 2^nd ed., 2008.

Mary Edda Gamson, a resident of Sarasota, FL, first became involved in nuclear disarmament activism in 1983.

Member Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament (founded by Helen Caldicott) and did volunteer work in the local office, 1983.

Member of CP Pax, a peace and justice organization, attending their demonstrations, peace rallies, and meetings with legislators, Boston, 1990-1995.

Sang Raging Granny songs with local group at peace rally and in the office of Congressman Vern Buchanan, 2007.

Member of SW Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice participating in rallies, peace vigils, slow walks for peace and non-violence training, 2005-2010.

Organized peace and justice information tables and interfaith prayers for annual New Year's World Peace Days, 2007-10.

Jim Glover is a long-time peace activist and folk singer who lives in Brandon, FL. Part of the well-known 60s folk duo, Jim and Jean , he describes himself as an “old folk singer with lots of drive to do liberal political activist songs in the tradition of Woody, Pete, and Phil Ochs” and says, "If you believe folk music has a mission to help change the world, I'm your man." jimglover.aesound.com

March on the Pentagon to protest the war in Vietnam, 10/22/67.

Demonstrated at the Democrat National Convention in Chicago and entertained other demonstrators, with Jean Glover and Phil Ochs, at the Quiet Knight Coffee House during breaks in the protests, August 1968.

Letter to the Editor, (St. Pete Times 9/28/01).

Wrote poem the day after 9/11 which he recited at a peace rally, September 2001.

Performs peace-related folk songs, 1960s-2010.

Mike Gravel, BS (U.S. Senator) served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1963-66, and as Speaker from 1965-66. He represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate from 1969-81, serving on the Finance, Interior, and Environmental and Public Works committees, and chairing the Energy, Water Resources, Buildings and Grounds, and Environmental Pollution subcommittees. www.gravel2008.us.

Waged a successful one-man filibuster for five months that forced the Nixon administration to end the military draft, 1971.

Released to the media a top secret Defense Department study, “The Pentagon Papers” that exposed decades of U.S. decision making regarding Vietnam that led the country into War, 1971.

Began to read the 7000 page top-secret document into the senate record insisting that his constituents had a right to know about the lies and manipulations of successive U.S. administrations that misled the country into the Vietnam War. The US Supreme Court ruled that he couldn’t release the information, 1971.

Published top-secret document as The Senator Gravel Edition of The Pentagon Papers, Beacon Press www.beacon.org/client/pentagonpapers.cfm, 1971.

Appeared on TV (MSNBC) several times warning against the planned attack on Iraq and stated that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, Iraq was not a threat to the United States and had nothing to do with 9/11, 2002.

Antiwar Candidate for the 2008 Democratic nomination for President of the United States, 2007-2008.

Spoke at antiwar rallies, participated in nationally televised debates, interviewed by news media about his opposition to the Iraq war, 2007-2008.

Warned against a planned attack on Iran during the Presidential debate at Dartmouth and called to account some of his fellow Democratic presidential rivals for a vote that gave the Administration a green light to attack Iran, 9/26/07.

Michael Haas, PhD, a professor of political science (retired), University of Hawai’i, lives in Los Angeles, CA. mikehaas@aol.com.

President, Peace Science Society (West), 1980-1981.

Member of US-Indochina Reconciliation Team, 1986-1987.

Chaired Cambodia Studies Committee, University of Hawai’i, 1991-1992.

Member, Board of Directors, Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, 1996-present.

Chaired Committee on Peace Research, University of Hawai’i, 1970, 1990-1991, 1993-1996.

Prepared founding documents for the establishment of the Institute for Peace, University of Hawai’i, 1970 and served as Institute Council member, 1986-1997.

Edited Korean Reunification: Alternative Pathways, New York: Praeger, 1989; Human Rights Imperiled, New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 2001; and International Relations: Arena of Terror, New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 2002.

Authored books including: International Conflict, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1974; The Pacific Way: Regional Cooperation in the South Pacific, New York: Praeger, 1989; The Asian Way to Peace: A Story of Regional Cooperation, New York: Praeger, 1989; Cambodia, Pol Pot, and the United States: The Faustian Pact, New York: Praeger, 1991; Genocide by Proxy: Cambodian Pawn on a Superpower Chessboard, New York: Praeger, 1991; Polity and Society: Philosophical Underpinnings of Social Science Paradigms, New York: Praeger, 1992; Improving Human Rights, Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994; George W. Bush, War Criminal? The Bush Administration’s Liability for 269 War Crimes, Westport, CT: Praeger, 2009.

Nominated for 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for documenting human rights violations in several books.

Founded and led Political Film Society (presents annual awards for raising consciousness about peace) 1986-2010.

Edited and reviewed films for the Political Film Review, 1998-2010.

Originated and maintains website www.USwarcrimes.com, 2007-2010.

William W. Habedank, DVM, a retired veterinarian living in Red Wing, MN, went from voting for George W. Bush in 2000 to joining local peace groups and supporting Dennis Kucinich in 2004. habedank@charter.net

 Visited U.S. Senate office of Mark Dayton to ask, “why are we going to attack Iraq?” Washington, DC, 9/12/02.

MN state DFL delegate for antiwar presidential nomination candidate Dennis Kucinich, 2004.

Delegate, national conventions of Veterans for Peace, Dallas, TX, 2005.

Demonstration at White House with Christian Peace Witness http://christianpeacewitness.org, Washington, DC, March 2007.

Marched to the Pentagon with A.N.S.W.E.R., Washington, DC, March 2007.

Arrested during demonstration at the White House, March 2007.

Marched on the Republican National Convention Saint Paul, Minnesota, 8/31/08.

Speech about the effects of war on our society on the steps of Red Wing, MN City Hall, March 2009.

Associate member, Veterans For Peace www.veteransforpeace.org, 2003-2010.

Weekly vigils, Red Wing, MN, 2003-2010.

Frequent letters to the editor in the Red Wing Republican Eagle newspaper questioning the wars www.republican-eagle.com/event/article/id/67499 and discussing how issues of peace and justice go hand in hand, search www.republican-eagle.com, 2003-2010.

Lobbied various Congresspeople and Senators to end the wars, 2007 and 2010.

Demonstration at White House with Minnesotans for Peace, Washington, DC, January 2010.

Chief organizer of Pigstock, www.pigstockwi.com, annual event of Veterans For Peace Chapter 115, 2007-2010.

Executive Director, Veterans For Peace Chapter 115, 2009-2010.

Ian M. Harris, EdD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Policy and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

As a member of Resistance, participated in numerous anti-Vietnam war marches and demonstrations, 1966-1976.

Taught first class in peace education, 1983.

Helped found the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, a statewide consortium of 23 colleges and universities that promotes peace awareness with conferences, speakers' programs, and by publishing The Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, 1984.

Part of a faculty committee that established a peace studies certificate program at UW-M, 1990.

Conducted a 14-day fast to protest U.S. involvement in Central America, 1990.

Ran the UW-M Summer Institute on Nonviolence for adolescents, Milwaukee, 1995-2002.

Member, Board of Directors of the Consortium of Peace Researchers, Educators and Developers (now known as the Peace and Justice Studies Association) a nationwide organization that supports peace studies on college campuses, 1996-1998.

Author of books and articles including: Peace Education (Jefferson, NC: McFarland &Co., 1988), co-author (with Linda Forcey) of Peacebuilding for Adolescents (London: Taylor and Francis, 1998), co-author (with Mary Lee Morrison) of Peace Education (2^nd edition ) (Jefferson, NC: McFarland &Co., 2003), and over 50 articles on topics that range from violence in schools to peace education.

Secretary-General, Peace Education Commission of the International Peace Research Association, helped create The Journal of Peace Education, 1998-2002.

President, International Peace Research Association Foundation (iprafoundation.org), 2003-2007.

Tom H. Hastings, MA, is a Peace Studies teacher, writer, editor and activist who lives in Whitefeather Peace Community (http://www.whitefeatherpeace.org) located in Portland, Oregon. hastings@pdx.edu.

Conscientious Objector to Vietnam War, 1968.

Board of Directors, Stop Project Extremely Low Frequency (ELF), 1982-1984.

Founded and served as community organizer, Waging Peace, Hayward, Wisconsin, 1982-1988.

Authored numerous chapters in edited compilations of peace and nonviolence books and many op-eds in various newspapers, 1982-2009.

Founded and served as newsletter editor, Citizens for Alternatives to Trident and ELF (CATE) - US Navy Nuclear Submarine Command Site, 1983-1987.

Anti nuclear weapons nonviolent resister (including two Plowshares actions, i.e. cut down poles supporting ELF Antennae, resulting in felony convictions in Michigan in 1985 and Wisconsin in 1996), 1983-1999.

Nonviolence trainer (The Honeywell Project; Citizens for Alternatives to Trident and ELF (CATE); Mobilization for Survival for Nonviolent Resistance to Military Aid To the Contra in Nicaragua; Sisters of the Road Café; Civil Resist Portland (CRP); Students United for Nonviolence), 1983-2009.

Earned a peace studies degree from Northland College, 1993.

National Committee, War Resisters League, 1996-2000.

Authored books, Ecology of War and Peace, 2000; Meek Ain't Weak: Nonviolent Power and People of Color, 2002; 2002 War Resisters League Datebook (with Geov Parrish); Nonviolent Response to Terrorism, 2004; Power, 2005; The Lessons of Nonviolence, 2006.

Board of Directors, The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA), http://www.peacejusticestudies.org, 2000-2001.

Faculty member with the Conflict Resolution MA/MS program at Portland State University, 2001-2009.

Served as associate editor and columnist, The PeaceWorker, 2002-2007.
Board of Directors, Peace and Conflict Studies Association, http://www.peaceandconflictstudies.org, 2004-2009.

Founded and served as Director, PeaceVoice, http://www.peacevoice.info, 2004-2009.

Founded Civil Resist Portland (CRP) (antiwar campaign of nonviolent resistance), 2005-2009.

Arrested six times due to CRP civil disobedience activity (One arrest in March, 2005 at the Office of US Senator Ron Wyden; Five arrests at the Office of US Senator Gordon Smith, 2006-2007), 2005-2007.

Co-Chair, PJSA, 2006-2008.

Governing Council member, International Peace Research Association, http://soc.kuleuven.be/iieb/ipraweb, 2007-2009.

Amy M. Holtz is a 6^th grade Language Arts teacher and mother of five living in Kalispell, MT who writes and performs songs (especially about peace).

Letter to Editor, The Independent, Missoula, MT, 3/6/03.

Wrote antiwar song “We Must Choose Peace”, 2003

Letter to Editor, Missoulian, Missoula, MT, 5/5/03.

Performed antiwar music for the International Day of Peace, Caras Park, Missoula, MT, 9/21/03.

Performed at an anniversary party for the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, Missoula, MT,10/4/03.

Received the Father Hogan Peace Award, Missoula, MT, November, 2003.

Opened for David Rovics (playing for many area peace groups), Crystal Theater, Missoula, 02/24/04.

Letter to Editor, Missoulian, Missoula, MT, 6/8/04.

Performed at the Second Annual Festival of Peace, Arlee, Montana, 07/22/06.

Streaming audio performance of “We Must Choose Peace” at www.jrpc.org, 2006-2007.

Kimberly Raechelle Jenkins is a college student studying Peace and Social Justice Studies at Berea College in Berea, KY. kimberlyraechelle@yahoo.com

Participated in a March on Washington to protest Bush's war in Iraq, January 2007.

Attended a Peace and Justice Studies Association Conference at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, September 2007.

Abbie Jenks, MSW of Pelham, MA is a former social worker and current professor at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, MA. jenks@gcc.mass.edu

Sponsored Pastors for Peace Caravan, Pioneer Valley Cuba Solidarity Committee, June 2008.

Sponsored Footprints for Peace speakers from Australia, October 2008.

Advisor, GCC PSJ Club Peace and Truth for Reel Film Series, Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, 2008.

Advisor, Cuba Film Series, Pioneer Valley Cuba Solidarity Committee, March 2008.

Created Curriculum for Peace and Justice Studies at Greenfield Community College (GCC) www.gcc.mass.edu/departments/psj, 2003-2009.

Member, Pioneer Valley Cuba Solidarity Committee, 2004-2009.

Advisor, GCC Student Peace and Justice Club, 2005-2009.

Board of Directors, Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, 2008-2009.

Robert Jensen, PhD is an associate professor in the School of Journalism, director of the Senior Fellows Honors Program of the College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin, and a speaker to college and community groups throughout the US. rjensen@uts.cc.utexas.edu

Author many essays and articles on US imperialism including, "Never a good war or a bad peace", The Hindu (Sunday Magazine), http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/freelance/attack13.htm, 10/28/01.

Founding member, Nowar Collective www.nowarcollective.com, 2001-2004.

Author, Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity, San Francisco, CA: City Lights, 2004.

Founding board member, Third Coast Activist Resource Center, www.thirdcoastactivist.org, 2004-2009.

Del "Abe" Jones (The Poor Man's Poet) served in the United States Air Force 1958-1961 and is a retired sheet metal worker living in White Bluff, TN where he writes poetry about current issues including the military/industrial complex and war. abeabe@bellsouth.net

Wrote antiwar poems including "Mister President" 7/17/07 and "Rum-De-Dum-DUMB" 7/10/07 posted at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/delabejones/page4.html.

Wrote "Let's build the US Peace Memorial" www.uspeacememorial.org/poem, 5/30/08

Signed petitions to end the war in Iraq, to bring the troops home, and calling for impeachment of Bush and Cheney, 2007-2008.

Lucinda Page Knox, MSW, ACSW is a freelance editor and writer and former social worker currently living in Tampa, FL.

Member, Another Mother for Peace, 1970-1975.

Participant in anti-Vietnam War marches, 1969-1972.

Numerous letters and emails to congressional representatives asking for an end to the War in Iraq, 2004-2006

Advisory Council Member, US Peace Memorial Foundation, 2005-2006.

Michael D. Knox, PhD, a licensed Clinical Psychologist, is a Distinguished Professor of Mental Health Law and Policy, Medicine, Global Health, Aging Studies, and Psychology at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL. Knox@USPeaceMemorial.org

Delivered talk against Vietnam War to a university class, 1965.

As a member of the Eastern Michigan University Student Senate Executive Committee helped to organize anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, 1966-1968.

As a delegate to the 20th National Student Congress of the US National Student Association, drafted and introduced a successful resolution to hold a demonstration on 8/23/67 in front of the White House in opposition to the war in Vietnam, (resolution and report on file).

Anti-Vietnam War letter (The Progressive 9/1/69).

Ran anti-Vietnam War advertisement in newspaper (Monroe Evening News 11/15/69).

Helped start draft counseling center (Monroe Evening News 4/7/70).

Resigned in protest, as member of Wayne County Republican Committee, GOP Advisory Board, and GOP after Nixon's decision to invade Cambodia (The Progressive, 8/70 and Detroit News, 6/25/70).

Appointed as a member of the Classified Research Committee of the University of Michigan to oversee secret Defense Department research at the University 1970-1971. Disclosed secret details of inappropriate research to the Faculty Senate (The Michigan Daily, 2/9/71) and provided evidence that university researchers were "perfecting weapon systems used by the military to kill and incapacitate other human beings" (Science 2/19/71).

Engaged in numerous speeches, debates, press conferences, and interviews (The Michigan Daily, 2/10,11,12,14,16,18/71; 3/9,10,12,14,16,17,18,21,24/71, 5/15/71, 11/19/71 and Detroit Free Press 2/22/71).

Prepared minority report documenting conflict of interest and inappropriate activities of the Classified Research Committee and calling for an end to war research at Michigan (Ann Arbor News 3/8/71).

Consultation to member Stanford University Committee on Research regarding publishing study of classified research there (letters on file, 1971).

Resigned from Classified Research Committee charging violation of new university research policy (The Michigan Daily 4/15/71).

Letters to the editor including Ann Arbor News 4/20/72 and 12/3/73, Time 11/17/03, and USA Today 6/23/04, St. Petersburg Times www.sptimes.com/2004/07/27/Opinion 7/27/04, and www.sptimes.com/2007/10/21/Opinion/Today 10/21/07.

Made antiwar statements while delivering Plenary speech at professional meeting (The Miami Herald and CNN 3/28/04).

Anti- Iraq War commentary in Professional Journal, Journal of HIV and Social Services Vol. 4, 2005.

Plenary session address in opposition to spending tax money on war rather than healthcare and medical research at annual medical conferences, 2006 and 2007.

Participated in emergency rush hour rally at busy intersection to protest Bush plan to send more soldiers to Iraq, Tampa, 1/11/07.

Letters to Congressional representatives in opposition to attacking Iran, February 2007.

Marched from White House to Capitol building via Pennsylvania Avenue, “Mother of a March” with Cindy Sheehan and CODEPINK and Blocked traffic at Independence Avenue and Capitol Plaza for 45 minutes, 05/14/07.

Demonstrated for an end to torture and an end to psychologists’ involvement in torture during Iraq and Afghanistan wars, San Francisco, CA, 8/17/07.

Awarded the Anthony J. Marsella Prize for the Psychology of Peace and Social Justice “For more than four decades of outstanding contributions to peace and humanitarian assistance”, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, San Francisco, CA, 8/18/07.

Refused request to assist US Army (program review) until the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are ended and all occupying forces have been withdrawn, 12/12/08.

Blog statement on the ethics of psychologists preparing soldiers to return to combat

psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2009/06/21

Letter to President-elect Obama asking that he act immediately to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan following his inauguration, 1/13/09.

Scholarly journal articles, published in Peace and Conflict www.uspeacememorial.org/article and Peace Psychology www.uspeacememorial.org/article2, 2009.

Invited Speaker at AntiWar Rally at Lafayette Park in front of the White House, www.youtube.com/KennedyQuote and www.youtube.com/2009PeacePrize, 12/12/09.

Letters and phone calls to Congressional delegation and leadership in opposition to wars, 2005-2010.

Professional and community meeting presentations nationwide on the topics of “creating a culture of peace”, “honoring the peacemakers” and “peace is socially acceptable”, 2006-2010.

Radio Interviews on “Peace & Justice Report”, WSLR-FM, Sarasota, FL

http://peacejusticereport.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-06-08T09_42_45-07_00, 5/18/10 and on "Free and Fair", KAOS-FM, Olympia, WA, 6/24/10.

Editor, US Peace Registry, 2005-2010.

Founder and Chair, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc. 2005-2010.

Rahul Mahajan, PhD, who earned his doctorate in physics from the University of Texas, is an antiwar blogger, author and activist currently living in Madison, WI. rahul@empirenotes.org

Organized antiwar protests and teach-ins in Austin TX, 1998-2001.

Speaker at rallies, teach-ins, and conferences, 1998-2008.

Published op-ed on the one-year anniversary of US bombing of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Sudan (Houston Chronicle 8/20/99).

Published antiwar op-eds in USA Today, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Dallas Morning-News, Jordan Times, and others, 1999-2008.

Published online commentary in alternative news websites including Common Dreams www.commondreams.org, ZNet www.zmag.org, Counterpunch www.counterpunch.org and Alternet www.alternet.org, 1999-2008.

Board of Directors, Peace Action, 2000-2003.

Founding Coordinating Committee member, National Network to End the War on Iraq, 2001.

Founded Austin Against War, 9/12/01.

Wrote "Never a good war or a bad peace", The Hindu (Sunday Magazine),

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/freelance/attack13.htm, 10/28/01.

TV and Radio interviews including MSNBC regarding Abu Ghraib, 2001-2008.

Ran for Governor of Texas as the Green Party nominee on an anti-militarist platform, 2002.

Authored Book, The New Crusade: America's War on Terrorism, New York, NY: Monthly Review Press, 2002.

Founded Third Coast Activist Resource Center, www.thirdcoastactivist.org, April 2003.

Authored Book, Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond, New York, NY: Seven Stories Press Open Media Book, June 2003.

Steering Committee of United for Peace and Justice, www.unitedforpeace.org, 2003-2006.

Reported news from US war zone, Fallujah, Iraq www.democracynow.org, January and April 2004.

Founded blog Empire Notes www.empirenotes.org, writing weekly blog commentary, 2004-present.

Arnold (Arnie) H. Matlin, MD of Linwood, NY is a retired pediatrician who has been a peace and social-justice activist since the early 1970s. ahmatlingvcp@igc.org

Founding member of Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, www.gvcp.org, 1972-2009.

Helped coordinate demonstrations against nuclear weapons for the Finger Lakes Peace Alliance, Seneca Army Depot, Romulus, NY, 1981-1983.

Planned and executed demonstration that was the biggest antinuclear demonstration ever held in Upstate New York, October 23, 1983.

Steering Committee and Executive Committee member, Peace Action New York State, www.peaceactionnewyorkstate.org, 2006-2008.

Vice-President (Upstate) of Peace Action New York State, 2008-2009.

Margaret W. Matlin, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at SUNY Geneseo, NY, author of college textbooks that discuss peace and social-justice issues, and a peace activist since the early 1970s. matlin@geneseo.edu

Attended national and regional peace marches and demonstrations from 1969-2008.

Founding member of Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, www.gvcp.org, 1972-2008.

Taught college courses in Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking at SUNY Geneseo, (1980s)

Faculty advisor to student groups that focus on peace and social-justice issues at SUNY Geneseo, 1980’s-2008.

Wrote textbook discussion of aggression, war, groupthink, and conflict resolution in Matlin, M. W. Psychology, Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt, 1992, 1995 and 1999.

Member of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, www.psysr.org mid-1990’s-2009.

Charter member and Fellow of American Psychological Association’s Division 48 (Peace Psychology), 1998-2008.

Wrote textbook discussion on war, refugees, conflict resolution in Matlin, M. W. The psychology of women (6^th edition), Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2008.

Wrote textbook discussion of peace-related issues in connection with decision making and making unjustifiable inferences in Matlin, M. W. Cognition (7^th edition), Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009.

Daniel M. Mayton II, PhD is Professor of Psychology at Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID, where he has taught courses on nuclear war, peace, and nonviolence and published research in peace psychology. dmayton@lcsc.edu

Demonstrations against the Vietnam War at Ohio State University in early 1970s.

Developed and taught course on nuclear threat issues, the first taught in Idaho, 1984.

Chair of Task Force on Peace, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 1991.

President of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, www.psysr.org, 2002-2003.

President of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, & Violence (Division 48 of the American Psychological Association) www.webster.edu/peacepsychology, 2007.

Demonstrated for an end to torture and an end to psychologists’ involvement in torture during Iraq and Afghanistan wars, San Francisco, CA, 8/2007

Author of textbook Nonviolence and Peace Psychology: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Societal, & World Peace, www.springer.com/psychology, 2009.

William A. McConochie, PhD of Eugene, Oregon is a research psychologist specializing in political psychology studies. Bill@Politicalpsychologyresearch.com

Clarified via research more than twenty psychological traits that relate to the trait of warmongering and developed a rating scale for measuring the warmongering-proneness of current and historical political and military leaders, Politicalpsychologyresearch.com, 2006.

Member, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, for whom he has drafted a new code of ethics for psychologists who consider themselves pro-social and opposed to participating in torture or other illegal activities ordered by employers, 2008.

Persuaded a Rotary International community service committee to donate money and manpower to the new Nobel Peace Prize Monument project in Eugene, Oregon, 2006.

Presented papers related to peace at annual meetings of the International Society of Political Psychology, 2007-2009.

Member, Research Committee, Peace and Violence Studies Division, American Psychological Association, 2008-2009.

Jim McDermott, MD (U.S. Representative) is serving his eleventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 7th Congressional District in Washington State. He is a senior Member of the Ways and Means Committee. He served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, 1968-70.

Voted against authorizing military force in Iraq and correctly predicted that no weapons of mass destruction would be found in Iraq, 2002.

Recipient of awards for his work including: the Paul Beeson Peace Award from Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, 1997; The Don Kazama Human Rights Award, Seattle Chapter, Japanese American Citizens League, 2001; and the Physicians for Social Responsibility Congressional Achievement Award, 2002.

Rated 100% for a pro-peace voting record by Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy, now Peace Action www.peace-action.org/home/2003record.html, 12/03.

Voted to impeach Vice President Cheney for lying about Iraq, 2007.

Introduced legislation designed to bring an end to U.S. involvement in the Iraq War, 2007.

Voted to impeach President Bush for lying about Iraq, 2008.

Co-sponsored a resolution in Congress recognizing “Seeds of Peace” www.seedsofpeace.org, an organization that seeks to promote peaceful coexistence in regions of conflict, 2008.

Co-authored legislation designed to help stop trade in valuable “conflict minerals” whose revenue fuel the brutal civil war in the Congo where rape has frequently been used as a tool of war, 2009.

Co-authored letter to President Obama supporting financial aid for the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip and urged easing of the blockade on Gaza as part of Middle East peace efforts, 2009.

Voted against funding to send additional troops to Afghanistan, 2009.

Member, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, 2008-2010.

Public speeches against entering into war with Iraq and Iran, against the use of depleted uranium in weaponry, and to inform the American public that the war in Iraq was started under “false pretenses”, 2002-2010.

Keith McHenry, currently of Arroyo Seco, New Mexico, has been arrested over 100 times for his work and faced life in prison. Amnesty International stated he would be a “Prisoner of Conscience” if convicted. keith@foodnotbombs.net

Designed political button "U.S. Out of El Salvador" for the Committee in Solidarity with El Salvadore, www.consensus.net/illustrations7.html, October 1979.

Co-founded Food Not Bombs in Boston Massachusetts www.foodnotbombs.net/keithbio.html, 5/24/80

First time arrested for sharing food at Golden Gate Park www.foodnotbombs.net/keitharrest.html, 8/15/88.

Coauthor of the book Food Not Bombs, How to Feed the Hungry and Build Community www.foodnotbombs.net/bookindex.html, 1992

Planned and participated in the “Drop Bush Not Bombs” tour of Europe and the Middle East speaking for peace in over 50 cities www.foodnotbombs.net/europe_tour.html and www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2005/05/the_25th_annive.html, October 2003 to January 2004.

Keynote speaker at the Celebration of Gandhi's Birthday in Lagos, Nigeria. www.foodnotbombs.net/nigerian_photos.html, 10/02/05.

Victor Molinari, PhD, ABPP is a Professor in the Department of Aging and Mental Health at the Florida Mental Health Institute of the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL. vmolinari@fmhi.usf.edu

Letters and phone calls to Congressional representatives regarding not invading Iraq and stopping support for the War in Iraq, 2005-2008.

Member of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, www.psysr.org, 2005-2010.

Member of Peace Division, American Psychological Association, charged with identifying better ways of resolving conflict than war, 2006-2010.

Michael N. Nagler, PhD is Professor emeritus from UC, Berkeley who resides at the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation and runs the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education in Berkeley, CA. mnagler@igc.org

Founded the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at UC, Berkeley, ca. 1975.

Wrote book America Without Violence: Why Violence Persists and How You Can Stop It, Covelo, CA: Island Press, 1982.

Founded the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education, www.mettacenter.org, 1982.

Wrote The Search for a Nonviolent Future: A Promise of Peace for Ourselves, Our Families, and Our World (2^nd edition), Makawao, HI: Inner Ocean Publishing, 2004.

Wrote Our Spiritual Crisis: Recovering Human Wisdom in a Time of Violence. Chicago: Open Court, 2005.

Wrote approximately 50 op-eds articles and other antiwar/peace works, 1970s-2010.

Founded, Educators for Nonviolence, www.efnv.org, 2001.

Created nonviolence training video for LaOnf in Iraq (2008) as well as many other activities through the Metta Center, 1982-2009.

Barbara M. Nicholson, MSW retired social worker in Sun City Center, FL formed Windhunter Corporation with husband David to move planet toward use of hydrogen for energy to prevent wars for resources. dabonich@aol.com

Member, Womens' International League for Peace & Freedom, Columbus, OH, 1958.

President WILPF Indiana Branch, 1968.

Responded to TV Editorial on anti-ballistic missile program, Indianapolis, IN, 1968.

Helped organize retirees to protest plans for Iraq War in Sun City Center, FL, Jan-March 2002.

Organized Tampa4Kucinich and Sun City Center4Kucinich groups, 2004.

Wears medallion, Another Mother for Peace, since Vietnam "War Is Not Healthy For Children and Other Living Things", 1966-2010.

Featured in newspaper article, "Gray-haired rebels with a cause", 2006

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/10/Brandontimes/Gray_haired_rebelswit.shtml.

Concepcion (Connie) Picciotto calls 1601 Pennsylvania Avenue her home, directly across the street from the White House, where she and her colleagues have maintained a round-the-clock vigil to protest nuclear arms and war for over a quarter century. concepcionpicciotto@yahoo.com

Demonstrates daily before the White House for peace and maintain a 24 hour vigil, 1981-2010.

Arrested and jailed by the US Park Police for "camping", 9/24/83.

Press coverage of her street peace vigil includes: Houston Chronicle, 3/13/83; New York Times, 9/7/84, 1/6/86; Washington Post, 12/19/82, 11/3/84, 5/10/85, 8/21/85, 8/24/85, 4/13/94, 12/22/94; USA Today, 8/23/85; and Washington Times, 10/12/82, 3/10/83, 5/5/83, 8/8/84, and 6/15/00.

Featured in the film Fahrenheit 9/11, 2004.

Listed in Wikipedia under the category American activists.

Provides peace education to those who visit her display of signs and literature or visit her on the web at www.prop1.org/conchita.

John M. Porter, MA is a social worker who lives and works in Traverse City, MI. porterj3@charter.net

Draft counselor in early 1970s.

Supporter of various peace, environmental, social justice organizations - ongoing.

Green Party activist/Presidential Nominating Convention delegate, 2000 and 2004.

Circulated petitions to gain access on the ballot for the Green Party of Michigan in July 2000.

Participated in anti-Iraq war demonstration on the occasion of the local National Guard unit leaving town to join the war effort before the invasion, March 2002.

Member, Green Party US Accreditations Committee 2003-2004.

Presenter at conscientious objection workshop in March 2005.

Draft counselor training completed, 2005.

Member, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, 2005-2010.

Robert Rouse of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a retired musician who waited until later in life to have a family. robert@leftofcentrist.com

Sit-in at Warren Central High School in protest of the Vietnam War, Bowling Green, KY, 1971.

March and rally in Washington, DC to protest War in Iraq (http://leftofcentrist.blogspot.com/2005/09/mr-rouse-goes-to-washington.html), 9/24/05.

Participant in Antiwar encampment near the Bush ranch, Camp Casey II's Easter. (http://leftofcentrist.blogspot.com/2006/04/easter-at-crawford-tx-journey-begins.html) Crawford, TX, April 13-16, 2006

Rally and march (http://leftofcentrist.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-do-we-want-peace-when-do-we-want.html) 1/27/07.

Monthly rallies on the Courthouse Green to protest the invasion of Iraq, Fort Wayne, IN, First Saturday of each month, 2005-2007.

Maintains blog Left of Centrist that often deals with antiwar issues, 2005-2010.

Writer for “Politics Wikia” and “American Chronicle Magazine”, often contributing antiwar articles, 2005-2007.

Wrote and performed antiwar songs including “The Countdown” and “Not One More Man (Bush's War)”, 2005-2007.

March on the Pentagon to protest continuing war in Iraq, 3/17/07.

Coleen Rowley, JD of Apple Valley, MN is a retired FBI Agent who was on the cover of Time Magazine twice in 2002; as a FBI whistle-blower who made our country aware of mistakes the bureau made before 9-11 TIME Cover June 3, 2002 and as a Time Person of the Year TIME Cover Dec. 30, 2002. See wikipedia.

Warned FBI Director that the launching of a pre-emptive war on Iraq was not justified by the evidence and that the war would prove counterproductive, Excerpts From Letter to FBI Director, 2/26/03.

Painted and organized the painting of banners used in Twin Cities peace vigils We'd Banner a Warning this Mother's Day, 2007-2008.

Antiwar Candidate for Congress, Minnesota's Second Congressional District, 2006.

Planning and hosting a Peace Picnic (Peace Island Picnic) as an antiwar protest during, and in the same city as, the Republican National Convention on 9/4/08.

Invited Speaker at a parallel conference on peace during the Republican National Convention peaceisland.us, September, 2008.

Made and displayed banners featuring U.S. flag and message, “Peace is Patriotic”, 2008.

Delivered hundreds of speeches throughout the country and published dozens of op-ed, letters to the editor, and blog pieces published nationwide regarding the avalanche of FBI mistakes, leading to a cover-up of institutional failure, followed by a willingness to exploit 9-11 and the fear of terrorism in deceptive ways to launch unjustified wars and engage in illegal actions like torture, warrantless monitoring and other violations of international and constitutional law, 2004-2010.

Letter to the editor, “Really want economic freedom? End the wars”, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/90405594.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:UHDaaDyiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr, 4/10/10.

Holiday demonstrations (Memorial Day, Flag Day, Mothers and Fathers Day, etc) holding up peace banners and U.S. flags on footbridges that span Interstates 94 and 35W. www.myspace.com/tcPeaceVigils in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. 2007-2010.

Floyd W. Rudmin, PhD of Valcour, NY graduated from Bowdoin College, SUNY Buffalo, and Queen’s University (Canada), and is now a professor of social psychology in Norway.

Wrote biographies of 17 famous psychologists who were peace activists, J. Humanistic Psychology, 1991.

Co-authored petition for psychologists to cease military research, J. Humanistic Psychology, 1993.

Authored Book, Bordering on Aggression about history of US military planning against Canada, Hull, Quebec: Voyageur Publishing, 1993.

Article and lecture http://www.peacemagazine.org/archive/v09n2p20.htm, 1993.

Helped develop graduate program, Masters in Peace and Conflict Transformation, University of Tromso, 2001.

Organized conferences on peace research 2000, 2001, 2004.

Blogs about insecure nuclear power plants - 2003, US militarism - 2006, attacking Iran - 2008.

Board Member, Science for Peace, 2000-2010.

Steering Committee, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, 2009-2010.

Sends thank you notes to authors of articles critical of militarism and war, 2002-2010.

Submitted Nobel Peace Prize nomination, 2010.

Joseph E. Schwartzberg, PhD, an Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota, has done significant work in seeking peaceful solutions to the Kashmir conflict. www.geog.umn.edu/Faculty/Schwartzberg schwa004@umn.edu

Study Group, to promote a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute, by working with retired diplomats, members of Congress, and senior academic specialists on South Asia, 1993-2008.

Authored publications directly related to peace including:

“A new perspective on peacekeeping: lessons from Bosnia and elsewhere”. Global Governance, 3(1): 1-15, 1997.

“1947 - 1997, The Kashmir Dispute at Fifty, Charting New Paths to Peace”, co-author of this report on the Visit of an Independent Study Team to India and Pakistan, The Kashmir Study Group, 72 pp, 1997.

“Kashmir: A Way Forward”. Livingston, NY: Kashmir Study Group, 24 pp, 1999.

Co-founder, Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers, now comprised of 67 organizations, 1995.

Member, Executive Committee and chair or member of other committees, Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers, 1995-2008.

Public speaking regarding war and peace in U.S. and other countries, 1997-2008.

Organized and participated in numerous peace marches, rallies, and organizations, 1996-2008.

Cindy Sheehan of San Francisco, CA became a leading voice in the antiwar movement soon after her eldest child, Casey Austin, was killed in military action in Sadr City, Iraq on April 4, 2004.

Co-founder and President, Gold Star Families for Peace, an organization devoted to families who have lost loved ones in Iraq and dedicated to ending the occupation in Iraq, January 2005-2009.

Speaker, opening of Eyes Wide Open: the Human Cost of War, a traveling exhibition created by the American Friends Service Committee that displays pairs of combat boots to represent every U.S. military casualty, Washington, D.C., January 2005.

Organized vigils and demonstrations near the Crawford, Texas home of George W. Bush in protest against the U.S. occupation of Iraq – what became known as "Camp Casey" – drawing thousands of activists and celebrities from around the word, August 2005.

Founder and Director, The Camp Casey Peace Institute, 2005-2009.

Authored books, including “Not One More Mother’s Child” (Kihei, Maui: Koa Books; 1st THUS edition, 2005); “Dear President Bush” (San Francisco, CA: City Lights Publishers, 2006); “Peace Mom: A Mother’s Journey through Heartache to Activism” (New York: Atria Books, 2006).

Authored articles, including “Pulling No Punches” (2005), “A Lie of Historic Proportions” (2005), “Friends Don't Let Friends Commit War Crimes” (2006), “The Human Cost of War” (2006), “Imagine Peace” (2007) and “All Power to the People” (2008).

Arrested numerous times for antiwar and civil disobedience behavior: antiwar demonstration outside the White House (September 2005), displayed antiwar slogan while attending George W. Bush’s State of the Union address (January 2006), blocked the door to the U.S. Mission to the U.N. offices in New York during a protest against the Iraq war (March 2006), repeatedly interrupted congressional testimony of General David Petraeus, Bush’s top war commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador to Iraq (September 2007).

Keynote and featured speaker at a variety of conferences and organizations around the world, including at the International Peace Conference - London, organized by the Stop the War Coalition (December 2005), Feminism and War Conference (Syracuse, NY, October 2006), 3rd Annual Midwest Peace and Justice Summit (April 2007), Greensboro Peace Fair (April 2007), Omaha Peace and Justice Expo (April 2007), San Diego Protest Rally to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq (March 2009).

Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, 2005.

Participated in the protest action and vigil Declare Peace on Mother’s Day that was staged in front of the White House, May 2006.

Lead march, sponsored by Code Pink: Women for Peace from White House to Capitol building “Mother of a March” blocked traffic at Independence Avenue and Capitol Plaza until arrested, 05/14/07.

Recipient of numerous awards, including Pacifica Radio's “Unvarnished Truth Award” (2005), The Peace Abbey’s “The Courage of Conscience Award” (2005), “Pegaso d'oro” of the Tuscany Region - U.S. Citizens for Peace and Justice (2006), “The Truthout Freedom and Democracy Award” (2007), and Thomas Merton Center’s “The Thomas Merton Award” (2007).

Panel member, presenter and honored guest at a host of conferences and events, including at Historians Against the War (HAW) - "Empire, Resistance, and the War in Iraq" (University of Texas, Austin, February 2006), Peace and Sustainability Conference (Albany, NY, April 2008), and Building a New World conference (Radford, VA, May 2008).

Candidate for Congress (House of Representatives) - ran as an Independent for California's Eighth District seat (San Francisco) against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on a platform that included antiwar/peace principles and policy objectives, July 2007-November 2008.

Wrote foreword to a collection of anti-zionist peace essays by Jewish female authors titled Shifting Sands, 2009.

Protested During President’s vacation at Martha's Vineyard, August, 2009.

Authored International People's Declaration of Peace (IPDoP) www.IPDOP.org, 2009.

Established Facebook group with over 6000 members, 2009.

Developer and Coordinator of Peace of the Action www.PeaceoftheAction.org, 2009.

Chained self to White House fence and arrested on 10/5/09.

Spoke at anti-Afghanistan War Conference (8th anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan) Stockholm, Sweden, 10/8/09.

Protested against Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama, at the invitation of Oslo Peace groups, Norway, December 2009.

Peace Prize recipient for extraordinary and innovative antiwar activism, award by the Board of Directors, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc., www.youtube.com/2009PeacePrize and www.uspeacememorial.org/peaceprize, 2009.

Arrested during Peace Rally in Washington, D.C., 3/20/10.

Radio talk show host, Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox, LLC, an alternative media platform for open exchanges on issues ranging from war and peace to progressive social change and justice, 2008-2010.

Frank Summers, PhD, ABPP of Evanston, IL is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst; a professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern Medical School; a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis; a faculty member of several other psychoanalytic institutes; and president of Psychoanalysts for Social Responsibility.  Franksumphd@hotmail.com.

Participated in protests against the war in Vietnam, 1964-1970.

Demonstrated against America’s invasion of Iraq, 3/17/03.

Participated on numerous panels as a speaker and discussant on the involvement of psychologists in detention centers, including “Psychologists and Torture”, The Chicago Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, 4/1/06; “A Symposium: Psychologists, the APA, and Coercive Interrogations,” The Chicago Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology and the Chicago School for Professional Psychology, 5/12/07; “The American Psychological Association and Coercive Interrogations,” Panel on “Torture and the Role of Psychologists,” Chicago School for Professional Psychology, 10/10/07; “Torture, Lies, and Videotape,” The Children and Family Justice Center, Northwestern University School of Law, 1/16/08; “No Torture” Forum, Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL, 7/26/08; “A History of the Relationship Between Psychology and the Military,” conference on The Interrogation and Torture Controversy: Crisis in Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 9/12/08; and, “Psychologists, The APA, and Coercive Interrogations,” the Chicago School for Professional Psychology, 2007, 2008, and 2009; “Psychologists, the APA, and Illegal Detention Sites,” International Academy of Law and Mental Health, 7/2/09.

Authored various articles, including “Psychoanalysis, The American Psychological Association, and the Involvement of Psychologists at Guantanamo Bay,” Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Society, 12 (1), 83-92, 2007; “Making Sense of the APA: A Brief History of Psychology and the Military,” Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 18 (5) 614-637, 2008; “Critical Decisions on Psychologists and Detention Sites,” CAPPSTONE, newsletter of the Chicago Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, fall, 2008; and, “Violence in American Foreign Policy: A Psychoanalytic Approach,” International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 6 (4), 300-325, 2009.

Joined www.withholdapadues.com Steering Committee and wrote and signed letter protesting the appointment of John Brennan to head CIA, after which Brennan withdrew, 2007.

Interviewed for several TV/Radio programs, including Worldview with Jerome McDonnell, Chicago Public Radio, "Psychologists and Torture," 1/16/08; “Public Perspective,” on torture and psychologists involvement, 6/12/08; Public Access TV, with Kevin McDermott, "Psychologists and Interrogation Techniques," 7/5 and 7/19/08; and, Worldview, Chicago Public Radio, "Obama's Torture Policy and Psychologists' Role in Torture", 6/5/09.

Presented paper, “A History of Psychology and the Military,” Division 39, Spring Conference, 04/08.

Received award for “Contributions to Psychoanalysis and Human Rights”, Chicago Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, 2008.

Advocated for passage of referendum prohibiting psychologists from participating in interrogations at detention centers, fall, 2008.

Wrote letter to the editor, Nature (July issue), opposing their support of psychologists working in interrogations in detention centers, 2009.

David Swanson, MA in philosophy from the University of Virginia, lives in Charlottesville, VA and has worked as a newspaper reporter, press secretary, writer, media coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and as communications coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. davidswanson.org/about. david@davidswanson.org

Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's campaign as an antiwar candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, 2003-2004.

Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, recently renamed WarIsACrime.org, May 2005.

Steering Committee Member, Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, 2006-2008.

Wrote, introduction to The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush, by Congressman Dennis Kucinich, 2008.

Created website, ProsecuteBushCheney.org, 2009.

Held up sign "Torture Is Illegal" and shouted during a congressional hearing "We need a special prosecutor for torture, Mr. Attorney General…”, www.davidswanson.org/node/1723, 2009.

Created website for Cindy Sheehan's counter recruitment effort: nomorecannonfodder.org, 2009.

Invited Speaker at many antiwar rallies in Washington, DC and elsewhere including one in Lafayette Park in front of the White House, www.youtube.com, 12/12/09.

Author book, Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union, New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, http://davidswanson.org/book, 2009.

Board Member, Voters for Peace votersforpeace.us, 2007-2010.

Chair, Robert Jackson Steering Committee which works to bring about the prosecution of war criminals, many of whom are top U.S. government officials, lawsnotmen.org, 2009-2010.

Wrote blogs and articles, Radio and TV interviews, hosted radio programs, quoted by the media, 2005-2010.

Brian J. Trautman, MEd of Albany, NY, is a military veteran (U.S. Army, 1993-1997), a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership and Change program at Fielding Graduate University, and a faculty member with the Peace and World Order Studies program at Berkshire Community College. b.trautman@yahoo.com

Participated in protests, pending invasion of Iraq, Anchorage, AK, 2003.

Signed petitions and wrote letters to congressional and local representatives on various peace issues, including letters condemning violent US foreign policy and action such as the Iraq war, Afghanistan war, military support of Israel, and rhetoric of aggression against Iran, 2003-2009.

Authored articles and book reviews on peace issues, including two book reviews for Academic Leadership Journal, 2006, and two entries for The International Encyclopedia of Peace (2009), edited by Nigel Young, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004-2009.

Facilitated workshops and presented papers at conferences on peace related issues, including panel participation and presentation of a short essay, “Peace education informed by systems thinking, Eastern mysticism, and Indigenous worldviews” at the 2008 Comparative and International Education Society – Panel: Peace Education: Transformative Models for Self, School, and Society, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2007-2009.

Member, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Peace Education Special Interest Group (SIG), http://www.cies.us/SIGS/peace_education, 2007-2009.

Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Peace Education SIG, http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?id=831, 2007-2009.

Participated in peace vigils, Pittsfield, MA, 2007-2009.

Member, Berkshire Citizens for Peace and Justice (BCPJ), http://www.endusmilitarism.org, 2008-2009.

Member, Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA), http://www.peacejusticestudies.org, 2008-2009.

Invited participant at the “Global Peace and Security in Community Colleges and the Communities They Serve: A Seminar for Community College Faculty & Administrators”, United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Washington, DC, http://www.usip.org, 2008.

Volunteered in various roles for the conference “How to prevent war on Iran and on the US Constitution,” Berkshire Community College, 2008.

Participated in annual memorial ceremony led by spiritual leader Jun Yasuda in commemoration of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (63rd anniversary), Grafton Peace Pagoda, Grafton, NY, 2008.

Member, Global Research Team, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS). Personal research contributions to HumanDHS involved the role of peace education to protect and restore human dignity and prevent and end humiliation. http://www.humiliationstudies.org, 2008-2009.

Co-advisor, Global Issues Resource Organization (GIRO), Berkshire Community College, 2009.

Co-organized, GIRO and BCPJ sponsored bus trip to ‘March on the Pentagon’ to mark the 6^th anniversary of the US war against Iraq, 2009.

Wrote editorials on various antiwar/peace topics including U.S. torture of prisoners, military recruitment, and nonviolence: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/42755,

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=808659&category=LETTER, http://www.warresisters.org/node/690, http://iberkshires.com/story/30584/Guest-Column-Holding-Our-Government-Accountable.html, http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv05n04page1.html#appealobama, http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/may/10/0510_online/, http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/41292, 2009.

Assistant Editor, US Peace Registry, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc., 2008-2010.

Meredith Tupper is a small business owner in Springfield, VA.

Attended and documented the MacDill AFB / Central Command protests in January 2002 (http://www.newworldtimes.com/peace_rally.html) and January 2003. (http://www.newworldtimes.com/MacDillProtestJan2003sm.jpg) among others.

Member, The Peace Alliance whose goal it is to form a US Department of Peace (http://www.thepeacealliance.org). Have lobbied Congressional representatives to support this initiative.

Volunteer, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc., 2006, 2010.

Mary Beth Twining, a retired secretary, widow, and liberal living in Denver, CO, has participated in antiwar rallies since the Vietnam War.

Street corners demonstrations holding up antiwar signs on weekends to protest the invasion and occupation of Iraq, Denver, CO, 2003-2004.

Letters To the Editor, including one published in the The Denver Post, 3/16/03.

Andrea G. Walsh is a Realtor living in Temple Terrace, Florida who has 2 children and 4 Grandchildren. AndreaGWalsh@Yahoo.com

Demonstrated in front of Fox 13 TV station asking for all news media to report the war news honestly, 2004.

Worked on the American Friends Service Committee "Eyes Wide Open" exhibit at the University of South Florida Tampa campus. Eyes Wide Open is a memorial exhibit of boots for U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and shoes representing civilian deaths, 2004

Marched on Washington to End the War in Iraq, September 2005.

Member of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee within Tampa monthly Quaker Meeting, 2004-2009.

Joan Wile of New York City is a grandmother of five and a singer-musician-ASCAP lyricist-composer, who performed and wrote for cabarets, records, concerts, television and theatre with credits for over 1,000 songs and jingles and 7 musicals, 4 of which were produced Off- and Off-Off Broadway. joanwile@grandmothersagainstthewar.org

Founded Grandmothers Against the War, 10/03.

Produced rally, New York City, 11/22/03.

Founded weekly vigil on 5th Ave. at Rockefeller Center 2004-2010.

Organized action at Times Square recruiting center where grannies were arrested for trying to enlist at an army recruiting center. Charged with blocking a public entrance and jailed, 10/17/05.

On trial for six days in criminal court and acquitted, 04-06.

Publicity, speeches, performances, seminars, and rallies abroad and domestically. See example of Granny Peace Brigade actions at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_1YlahJA6U, 2004-2010.

Authored book, Grandmothers Against the War: Getting Off Our Fannies and Standing Up for Peace, New York, NY: Citadel Press, 2008.

Delivered speech at the UN, www.globalaging.org/agingwatch/events/IDOP/speech-wile, 10/08/09.

Wrote songs, skits and plays that grannies have performed here and abroad and on YouTube, for example: "GUANTANAMO", 2009 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_zkTzBTg3Q, 2004-2010.

Articles published online by michaelmoore.com; commondreams.com; opednews.com, and others, 2006-2010.

George Wilhelm, MSW is a realist sculptor living in San Francisco, CA. wilhelm767@aol.com

Helped start draft counseling center (Monroe Evening News, 04/07/70).

Participated in antiwar demonstrations, 1970-1972.

Arrested during anti-Gulf War demonstration at San Francisco Federal Building, 1991.

Participated in numerous antiwar marches, 2002-2006.

Sent many letters to congress members asking them to oppose war in Iraq, 2003-2006.

Linked personal/business website to antiwar site georgewilhelm.com, 2008.

Alice Yeager, MFA has a creative and healing arts studio and residence at Peace Point in Edgewater, MD alice@spiritcreativeservices.com

Founder and President of Spirit Creative Services, Inc. and the American Healing Arts Alliance Inc. Her work through these organizations encourages individuals, and especially leaders, to take responsibility for becoming peacebuilders, starting within themselves and then inspiring their family, community, nation, and the world to do the same.

Developed Inner Peace Treaty™, www.americanhealingarts.org/the-inner-peace-treatyTM, initially ratified in Annapolis, MD, 06/21/98.

Began global email version on the Inner Peace Treaty™, 03/21/04

With others, formed a human peace symbol on the front lawn of the US Capital Building, 2007.

Created an Artist’s conception of the US Peace Memorial that is included on the Foundation's website at www.uspeacememorial.org/sample, 2007.

Kim Yaeger of Burbank, CA works as a Program and Research Assistant at the Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation, financially assisting families of children who are catastrophically ill. kyaeger@mac.com

Member, Burbank High Conscientious War Objectors club, Burbank, CA 2002

Demonstrated against possible military action in Iraq, Hollywood, CA 2002 and 2003

Demonstrated against the War on Iraq, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2006

Demonstrated against the War on Iraq, Cal Poly campus, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2006

Stephen Zunes, PhD of Santa Cruz, CA is Professor of Politics and Chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco. zunes@usfca.edu

Antiwar activist against Vietnam War as a teenager, 1968-1975.

Trainer and activist, Movement for a New Society, Philadelphia Life Center, 1976, 1979-1982.

Staff and volunteer, Mobilization for Survival, Philadelphia (1980) and Boston (1983-84), 1980-1984.

Antiwar activist against intervention in Central America, Ithaca, NY, 1984-1988.

Traveled to Iraq and organized against Gulf War, 1990-1991.

Board member and chair, Washington State SANE/Freeze, 1991-1994.

Founding director, Institute for a New Middle East Policy, 1991-1995.

Delegate, disarmament conferences in Hiroshima, 1992.

Chair, Peace & Justice Studies Program, University of San Francisco, http://www.usfca.edu/artsci/ug/peace_justice_studies, 1997-2004.

Authored articles on peace themes, including “Nonviolent Resistance and Islam”, Nonviolent Activist (2002); “How the hawk kills the dove: Western intervention keeps slamming the door on peace in Iraq,” Thomson Gale: New Internationalist (2005), 1995-2009.

Delegate, Hague Appeal for Peace, http://www.haguepeace.org, 1999.

Authored several books on peace themes, including Nonviolent Social Movements: A Geographical Perspective (Eds.), Blackwell Publishing: Malden, MA (1999); Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism, Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press (2003), 1999-2009.

Member, Governing Council, International Peace Research Association, 2000-2002.

Peace Scholar of the Year, Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA), http://www.peacejusticestudies.org, 2002.

Chair, Commission on Law and Peace in the Middle East, Toda Institute, http://www.toda.org, 2002-2003.

Board member, Peace Action Education Foundation, 2004-2006.

Chair, Committee of Academic Advisors, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), http://www.nonviolent-conflict.org, 2006-2009.

ORGANIZATIONS

After Downing Street (founded in 2005)

After Downing Street is a nonpartisan coalition of over 200 veterans groups, peace groups, and political activist groups that work to pressure Congress and the media to investigate whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the war in Iraq. The coalition takes its name from the emergence in May and June of 2005 of several documents that quickly came to be known as the Downing Street Memos. Their website features impeachment books, evidence/documentation, and planned activities designed to lead to impeachment.

Contact Information:

David Swanson, Co-Founder

Telephone: 202-329-7847

E-mail: david@davidswanson.org

Website: afterdowningstreet.org

AlterNet (founded in 1998)

AlterNet is an independent online news magazine providing free online content to millions of readers and a progressive alternative to commercial media. The mission is to stimulate, inform, and inspire action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, and health care issues. It provides critiques of policies, investigative reports and expert analysis related to war.

Contact Information:

Don Hazen, Executive Editor

77 Federal Street, 2nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94107

Telephone: 415-284-1420

Fax: 415-284-1414

Website: www.alternet.org

Christian Peacemaker Teams (founded in 1988)

Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) arose from a call in 1984 for Christians to devote the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war. Enlisting the whole church in an organized, nonviolent alternative to war, today CPT places violence-reduction teams in crisis situations and militarized areas around the world at the invitation of local peace and human rights workers. CPT embraces the vision of unarmed intervention waged by committed peacemakers ready to risk injury and death in bold attempts to transform lethal conflict through the nonviolent power of God's truth and love.

Contact Information:

Carol Rose, Co-Director Operations

Doug Pritchard, Co-Director Program:

Box 6508

Chicago, IL 60680-6508

Telephone: 773-277-0253

Fax: 773-277-0291

E-mail: peacemakers@cpt.org

Website: http://cpt.org

Consistent Life (founded in 1987)

Formerly Seamless Garment Network, Consistent Life is an international network that connects issues, builds bridges, and strengthens the case against each kind of socially-approved killing, including war, by consistently opposing them all by placing ads in national and local media, calls to Congress, marches, and videos. We seek a revolution in thinking and feeling, an affirmation of peace and nonviolence, an infinite gentleness, a value for the life, happiness and welfare of every person, and political and structural changes to bring this about.

Contact Information:

Bill Samuel, President

PO Box 9295

Silver Spring, MD 20916-9295

Telephone: 866-444-7245

Fax: 413-485-2881

Email: info@consistent-life.org

Website: www.consistent-life.org

Dayton International Peace Museum (founded in 2003)

Mission: to contribute to a local, national, and international culture of peace through exhibits and events that focus on nonviolent choices. The historic Pollack House, home of the Dayton International Peace Museum in Dayton, OH, houses permanent and rotating exhibits, a host of peace activities and special events that focus on changing our culture of violence to a culture of peace.

Contact Information:

Steve Fryburg, Director

208 W. Monument Ave.

Dayton, OH 45402

Telephone: 937-22PEACE (227-3223)

Email: steve@daytonpeacemuseum.org

Website: www.DaytonPeaceMuseum.org

Food Not Bombs (founded in 1980)

Food Not Bombs is an all volunteer worldwide movement that shares free vegetarian food with the hungry in protest to war and poverty.

Contact Information:

Keith McHenry, Co-founder

Food Not Bombs

P.O. Box 424

Arroyo Seco, NM 87514

Telephone: 505-776-3880 or 800-884-1136

Email: menu@foodnotbombs.net

Website: http://www.foodnotbombs.net

Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace (founded 1972)

Work towards peaceful solutions to international conflicts, zero nuclear weapons, and an end to militarism in our society. Current and ongoing activities include Antiwar storefront, Annual Vigil in Commemoration of the victims of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki atomic bombings, and marches and demonstration. Affiliated with Peace Action New York State.

Contact Information:

Arnie Matlin

P.O. Box 363

Geneseo, NY 14454

Telephone: 585-624-3673

Email: ahmatlingvcp@igc.org

Website: www.GVCP.org

Global Coalition For Peace (founded 2002)

Mission: To promote the importance of non-violence as an effective and positive mean for societal transformation leading to world peace; to support all actions conducive to the unity of human kind regardless of man-made barriers as created by religious, national, ethnic, economic and political differences; to promote universal understanding of the human race for the need to act as a planetary family; to uphold the notion of the sacredness of human life; and to explore the magnitude and different forms of economic slavery.

Contact Information:

Victor (Vyasa) Landa, Founder/Director

4217 East West Highway

Bethesda, MD 20814

Telephone: 301-654 6759

Email: gcfp@earthlink.net

Website: www.globalcoalitionforpeace.net

Human Rights and Peace Store

The online Human Rights and Peace Store www.humanrightsandpeacestore.org is a joint venture of the Human Rights Resource Center (University of Minnesota) and Growing Communities for Peace. The Store is an important tool for bringing Human Rights and Peace Education into our schools, homes, workplaces, and communities. This unique Store provides easy access to Human Rights and Peace Education books, curricula, posters, training guides, multi-media materials, gifts, bookmarks, kindness currency, and other resources. This special collection of Human Rights and Peace Education products represents years of research and networking to find, through links with partnering human rights and peace organizations, publishers, small presses, and other hard-to-find community-based initiatives.

Contact Information:

Human Rights and Peace Store

University of Minnesota

N-120 Mondale Hall

229 – 19th Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55455

Human Rights Resource Center: 612-626-0041

E-mail: peace@umn.edu

Website: www.humanrightsandpeacestore.org

Jeannette Rankin Peace Center (founded in 1986)

The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center exists to connect and empower people to build a socially just, non-violent and sustainable community and world. We are committed to a process of reflection, dialogue and action, both in times of crisis and in the ongoing work of peacemaking. We believe that informed, engaged citizens are the foundation of both democracy and peace, and aim our efforts at supporting both. Ongoing activities include: a resource lending library; a public education/media campaign; an Arts Activism program; a weekly e-newsletter; an interactive website; local underwriting of Free Speech TV which includes the program "Democracy Now”; and a weekly peace and justice film series at the University of Montana.

Contact Information:

Betsy Mulligan-Dague, Executive Director

Jeannette Rankin Peace Center

519 S. Higgins

Missoula, MT 59801

Telephone: 406-543-3955

Fax: 406-543-0128

E-mail: peace@jrpc.org

Website: www.jrpc.org

Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers (founded in 1995)

Mission: to strengthen the effectiveness of the peace and justice community in Minnesota by enabling member organizations to share resources, insights and ideas and devise cooperative strategies to accomplish common goals. Sponsor and/or support peace related activities including conferences, Alternatives to Violence Training, petition drives, lobbying, and protests.

Contact Information:

Rebecca Janke, President

Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers

c/o Hennepin Ave. United Methodist Church

511 Groveland

Minneapolis MN 55403-3240

Telephone: 651-214-8282

E-mail: peace@tc.umn.edu

Website: www.mapm.org

Nobel Peace Laureate Project (founded in 2003)

Will inspire others to act for peace by creating the first ever programs honoring and educating about the American winners of the Nobel Peace Prize as a group. A K-12 education project has been completed and is available on our website. Fundraising is in progress to create a Peace Park in Eugene, Oregon that will honor all American Nobel Peace Laureates.

Contact Information:

John Attig, President

2335 Terrace View Drive

Eugene, OR 97402

Telephone: 541-686-1027

Fax: 541-345-2459

E-mail: jnhattig@efn.org

Website: www.nobelpeacelaureates.org

Peace Abbey (founded in 1988)

The Peace Abbey is dedicated to creating innovative models for society that empower individuals on the paths of nonviolence, peacemaking, and cruelty-free living. We offer a variety of programs and resources that teach, inspire and encourage one to speak out and act on issues of peace and social justice. Faith in action is the cornerstone of our fellowship and activist pacifism is our creed. The organization offers a gathering place for peace activists, a peace museum, conference center, and training in nonviolent civil disobedience.

Contact Information:

Lewis M. Randa, Founder/Director

Two North Main Street

Sherborn, MA 01770

Telephone: 508-655-2143

Fax: 508-376-6246

E-mail: info@peaceabbey.org

Website: www.peaceabbey.org

Peacework Magazine (founded in 1972)

The mission of Peacework Magazine is to spotlight global thought and local action for nonviolent social change. This monthly publication is intended to serve as a source of dependable information to those who strive for peace and justice and are committed to furthering the nonviolent social change necessary to achieve them.

Contact Information:

Sara Burke and Sam Diener, Co-editors

American Friends Service Committee New England

2161 Massachusetts Ave.

Cambridge, MA 02140

Telephone: 617-661-6130

E-mail: pwork@igc.org

Website: http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org

Political Psychology Research, Inc. (founded in 2007)

PPRI is a non-profit corporation dedicated to research in the public interest, specifically on psychological traits, attitudes, etc. related to government, politics, peace and empowering the people to have an effective voice in these issues. Some research findings include that Warmongering-proneness and Violence-proneness can be reliably measured as a psychological trait using questionnaires. These studies have led to a practical tool for identifying dangerous, warmongering-prone political leaders so that citizens can avoid voting them into office.

Contact Information:

William A. McConochie, Ph.D., Founder and President

71 East 15th Avenue

Eugene, OR 97401

Telephone: 541-686-9934

Fax: 541-485-5702

E-mail: Info@PoliticalPsychologyResearch.com

Website: www.politicalpsychologyresearch.com

Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR) (founded in 1982)

PsySR applies the research, knowledge, and practices of psychology to promote durable peace at community, national, and international levels. To accomplish this mission, our members mobilize and train psychologists, social scientists and other mental health professionals to apply their knowledge to foster peace, social justice, and sustainable development. We support each other's projects and join in coalitions for effective action. We supply critical information from psychology for local, national and international public policy making.

Contact Information:

Colleen Cordes, Executive Director

208 I St. NE, Suite B

Washington, DC 20002-4340

Telephone: 202-543-5347

E-mail: psysr@psysr.org

Website: www.psysr.org

WarIsACrime.org (founded May 2005)

WarIsACrime.org, formerly AfterDowningStreet, is a nonpartisan coalition of over 200 veterans, peace, and political activist groups working to expose the lies that create and sustain wars and occupations and to hold accountable those responsible. Activities include interviews, public speaking, building coalitions of antiwar candidates for Congress, press releases, public service announcements, efforts to impeach U.S. leadership, and blogs,

Contact Information:

David Swanson, Co-Founder

E-mail: david@davidswanson.org

Website: WarIsACrime.org

FOUNDING MEMBERS

Dr. D. C. Amarasinghe, Virginia

Anne Anderson, District of Columbia

Dr. John Arnaldi, Florida

Robin D. Azevedo, California

Nancy Baker, Vermont

Dr. Jeffrey Beal, Florida

Dr. Marion A. Becker, Florida

R. Rhudy Bell, Florida

Dick Bernard, Minnesota

Mona Bernstein, California

Thomas A. Block, Maryland

Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld, Iowa

Beth Bradley Brookfield, Nevada

Dr. Lisa M. Patty Brown, Florida

Dr. Lucy Bradley-Springer, Colorado

Sondra G. Cadman, Florida

Dr. Gloria B. Callwood, US Virgin Islands

Dr. Robert J. Casañas, Florida

Dr. Beata Casañas, Florida

Dr. Tiffany Chenneville, Florida

Dr. David Chiriboga, Florida

Lynn R. Chong, New Hampshire

Citizens for Global Solutions, Minnesota

Dr. Charles F. Clark, Colorado

Dr. Hewitt B. "Rusty" Clark, Florida

Janet R. Clark, Florida

Dr. Marcus A. Conant, California

Conant Foundation, California

Dr. James W. Conn, Florida

Dr. A. Gene Copello, District of Columbia

Julian Corvin, Florida

Alice M. Curtis, Washington

Dr. Clinton J. Dawes, New Hampshire

Kathleen Dawes, New Hampshire

Dr. Ann Vickery DeBaldo, Florida

Patrick T. De Marco, Florida

Adma d'Heurle, New York

Dr. Glen Dunlap, Nevada

Brian Dunn, Florida

Jeremy Ebersole, Pennsylvania

Dr. Judy I. Eidelson, Pennsylvania

Dr. Roy J. Eidelson, Pennsylvania

William J. Falcone, Florida

Dr. Francisco Fernandez, Florida

First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Barbara Fite, Florida

Florida Veterans for Common Sense, Inc., Florida

Dr. Sondra J. Fogel, Florida

Dr. Linda Rose Frank, Pennsylvania

Dr. Martha Friedrich, Colorado

Donna Gallagher, Massachusetts

Dave Gammon, Massachusetts

Stephen M. Gammon, Florida

Dr. Jerry D. Gates, California

Dr. Bernie C. Gerstein, Iowa

Dr. Joan E. Gildemeister, District of Columbia

Global Coalition For Peace, Maryland

Jim R. Glover, Florida

Dr. William W. Habedank, Minnesota

Dr. William Haley, Florida

Nuzhat Haneef, Minnesota

Dr. Ian M. Harris, Wisconsin

Roseann Hirneisen, Florida

Dr. Kathryn Hyer, Florida

Del "Abe" Jones, Tennessee

Esther Kleine, Florida

Dr. Georg Kleine, Florida

Chris A. Knox, Ohio

Harold L. Knox Trust, Florida

James Robert Starring Knox, Florida

John Michael Page Knox, Texas

Lucinda Page Knox, Florida

Mary Knox, Florida

Mary Knox Trust, Florida

Dr. Michael D. Knox, Florida

David M. Korman, Pennsylvania

Dr. Jeffrey D. Kromrey, Florida

RoseMarie K. Kromrey, Florida

Dr. Bernadette Lalonde, Washington

Mary Robin Leigh, Florida

Beth Lenholt, Washington

Dr. Nathan L. Linsk, Illinois

Dr. Jancis Long, California

Jason M. Longo, Florida

Karen E. Lowman, Florida

Dr. Charles S. Mahan, Florida

Dr. R. Averell Manes, Connecticut

Dr. Anthony J. Marsella, Georgia

Donald Martin, Michigan

Dr. Arnold H. Matlin, New York

Dr. Margaret W. Matlin, New York

Dr. Daniel M. Mayton II, Idaho

William D. McColl II, District of Columbia

Dr. William A. McConochie, Oregon

Dr. Lynette Menezes, Florida

Robert Lockwood Mills, Florida

Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers, Minnesota

Dr. Victor Molinari, Florida

Dr. Linda Moody, Florida

Network of Spiritual Progressives, Minnesota

Dr. Dennis Neyman, Kentucky

Barbara M. Nicholson, Florida

David W. Nicholson, Florida

Dr. Lois LaCivita Nixon, Florida

Dr. Bradley Olson, Illinois

Dr. Henry R. Pacheco, Texas

Christina Pacheco, Missouri

Chorale Page, Florida

Shirley J. Page, Illinois

John C. Palm, Florida

Carol Partington, Florida

John J. Pearlman, New Jersey

Rev. Leslie K. Penrose, Oklahoma

Dr. Victor Peppard, Florida

Dr. Felice D. Perlmutter, Pennsylvania

Joyce D. Piecuch, Indiana

Dr. Larry J. Polivka, Florida

Psychologists for Social Responsibility, District of Columbia

Susan Purdin, New York

Dr. Kathleen M. Rehl, Florida

Dr. E. Michael Reyes, California

Dr. Penny J. Rice, Iowa

Anne M. Richter, Florida

Barbara A. Riordan, New York

Dr. Lawrence G. Ritt, Florida

Riverhills Corporation, Florida

Carol Lee Ross-Gammon, Florida

Dr. William Rowe, Florida

Coleen Rowley, Minnesota

Dr. Floyd W. Rudmin, New York

Delia Sanchez, Florida

Jolyon Sasse, Florida

Barbara Schechtman, Illinois

Dr. Alice E. Dash Scheuer, Hawaii

Dr. Joseph E. Schwartzberg, Minnesota

Edmund A. Schwesinger, Jr., Connecticut

Marjorie D. Schwesinger, Connecticut

Dr. Michael W. Sharinus, North Carolina

Cindy Sheehan, California

Diane Meyer Simon, California

Madeline Simon, Minnesota

Barbara Sinnott, Florida

Dr. John Sinnott, Florida

Southwest Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice, Inc., Florida

Dr. Karen M. Sowers, Tennessee

Deborah Spielberg, Maryland

Robert E. Springer, Jr., Colorado

Dr. Charlie Stapatanachai, Alaska

Charles F. Streibig, Jr., Pennsylvania

Joyce A. Streibig, Pennsylvania

Dr. Gregory B. Teague, Florida

Frank L. Tetrick, III, Virginia

Barbara A. Tomsik, Florida

Francis J. Tomsik, Florida

Meredith Tupper, Virginia

Dr. Art Ulene, Utah

Melva Underbakke, Florida

Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church, Kentucky

Peace & Justice Team of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Vancouver, Washington

Peace Network, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, Georgia

Vancouver for Peace, Washington

Richard V. Wagner, Maine

Andrea G. Walsh, Florida

Dr. Richard B. Weinberg, Florida

Rebecca L. Weinberg, Florida

Dianne Weyer, Georgia

Dr. Ronald Wilcox, Louisiana

George Wilhelm, California

Dr. Nilufer Wilkins, Florida

Linda J. Winsor, Minnesota

Alice Yeager, Maryland

Stephen G. Yovino, Florida

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