US PEACE REGISTRY

A publication of the

US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc.

1/28/12

The US Peace Registry recognizes and documents the activities of U.S. citizens and permanent residents 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 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. 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 in 2012. 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 US Peace Registry editors. 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 U.S. wars.

Note: activities listed for each individual and organization are examples and should not be considered a comprehensive listing of their peace and antiwar actions.

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, 2001-2010.

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, MN 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.

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

Produced video documentary, “Rethinking 9/11: Why Truth and Reconciliation are Better Strategies than Global War”, http://www.gzmn.org/video-rethink911.htm, 2008.

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, 1993-2010.

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.

John Attig of Eugene, OR is a retired social studies teacher who has designed simulation-games and published educational articles. jnhattig@efn.org

Signed petitions against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2009-2011.

Founder and President of the Nobel Peace Laureate Project www.nobelpeacelaureates.org which seeks to inspire others to work for peace through honoring and educating about the American winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, Eugene, OR, 2003-2011.

Fund raising for the first ever Peace Park www.nobelpeacelaureates.org/peace_park.html honoring as a group the U.S. Nobel Peace Laureates, 2011.

David O. H. Barrows, was born in Boston, MA in 1947 and has been an activist with a variety of social justice groups including the ACLU, Amnesty International, Gray Panthers, American Indian Movement, The Catholic Worker, and Free DC.

Simulated death at Nuclear Winter Die-in protest at the White House, 1985.

Arrested during Catholic Workers demonstration at the Capitol protesting Congress ceding of war powers to President, February 2003.

Protested at National Conventions (2004) of both the Democrats and Republicans. Marched with War Resisters League to Madison Square Garden. Arrested and imprisoned. Filed lawsuit against New York City for false arrest. Honor Roll of arrestees printed by The Village Voice, September 2004.

Obtained permit from National Park Service for counter-inauguration march and die-in at Malcolm X Park for Bush's second inauguration, 2005.

Organized DAWN (D.C. Anti-War Network) protest at annual lighting of White House Christmas tree, 2005.

2006.

White House vigils against torture of prisoners of war, 2005. Organized and obtained permit from National Park Service for candle light demonstration against torture, 2006.

Interrupted congressional hearings of Iraqi Study Group and Secretary of State Condoliza Rice in 2006 and budget hearing in 2005. Convicted of disrupting Congress for interrupting General Petraeus (the top war commander in Iraq) in Senate hearing, September 2007.

Wore devil costume with Bush facemask in march from White House to Capitol building with CODEPINK. Blocked traffic at Independence Avenue and Capitol Plaza and arrested, 05/14/07.

Read own poem as part of Nagasaki candle-float at the Lincoln Memorial, 2008.

Wrote successful grant for travel money for the Washington Peace Center from the Ben and Jerry's Foundation, April 2008.

Dressed in Guantanamo Bay prisoner of war garb (orange jumpsuit and black hoods) joined Witness Against Torture in protests including march to White House where chained self to the White House fence, January 2007; arrested outside Supreme Court, January 2008; 9 day fast and vigil to Inauguration of Barack Obama, January 2009; anniversary of the Invasion of Afghanistan march from McPherson Square to the White House, attempted to chain self to White House fence, 10/5/2009; fasted for 12 days and arrested at the U.S. Capitol steps and charged with trespassing, January 2010.

Protests at homes and embassies of war leaders, the White House, U.S. Capitol, State Department, and in New York City and Philadelphia against the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, including protests in moving traffic. Weekly noon vigils at the White House. Annual weapons sales protests at the Shoreham Hotel. Die-ins adjacent to Lafayette Park. Noise making during White House addresses to the nation. Senatorial and Congressional office sit-ins with CODEPINK. Visited legislators' offices. Arrested numerous times for antiwar civil disobedience. 2003-2010.

Medea Benjamin, of Washington, DC, is an antiwar and human rights activist and leader who has been arrested many times for her actions.

Co-founder of CODEPINK (Women for Peace), www.codepink.org, 2002.

Organized, participated in and mobilized people from around the country to participate in a four month White House Vigil, 11/17/2002-03/08/2003.

Organized and participated in three delegations to Iraq: met with Iraqi groups to encourage inspections not war, 2003.

Created International Occupation Watch Center (IOWC) to monitor the U.S. military and the war’s effect on civilian populations, brought U.S. military family members to see conditions of their children and to speak out against the war in Congress and the UN, 2003

Co-edited, How to Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism, Inner Ocean Publishing, 2005.

Organized the Hammering Halliburton campaign, which exposed war profiteers with corrupt no-bid contracts to corporations with close ties to the Bush administration, 2005.

Arrested for interrupting numerous congressional hearings and shareholder meetings of Halliburton, 2005.

Exposed Blackwater Worldwide illegal activities and arrested at CEO’s house, 2005.

Protested at headquarters of the International Association of War Contractors, 2005.

Delivered over $600,000 of humanitarian aid to Iraqis as part of a Families for Peace delegation, 2004-2005.

Organized International Women Say No to War and delivered 1,000,000 petition signatures to White House, 2006.

Protested at the World Social Forum, Caracas, Venezuela, 2006.

Organized Troops Home Fast and fasted for 30 days culminating with an invitation and trip to meet with Iraqi antiwar leaders in Jordan and promoted a reconciliation plan, 2006.

Organized humanitarian aid for war refugees in Lebanon and spoke out against Israeli bombing and U.S. complicity, 2006.

Organized national displays of shoes tagged with names and ages of Iraqi civilians killed in war with Walk in Their Shoes Campaign, 2006.

Organized delegation of prisoners’ family members to Guantanamo Naval Base prison camp demanding its closing, Cuba, 2007.

Protested weekly outside Justice Department concerning water boarding and indefinite detention and protested outside Attorney General Holder’s and previous Attorney General Gonzales’ office, arrested for these actions, 2007.

Organized Valentine’s Day Kiss-Ins at military recruiting centers across the country, 2008.

Arrested for staging daily counter recruitment protests at the Berkeley Marine recruiting center, 2008.

Educated the public on the negative effects of the Hummer by organizing Anti–Hummer Campaign, 2004-2010.

Attended and organized Don’t Iraq Iran campaign and the Delegation to Iran for Peace, both against bombing and sanctions of Iran, brought Iranian youth to Congress and U.S. delegates to Iran, organized office sit-ins against pro-war officials, 2005-2010.

Organized alternative conventions outside both the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention and Presidential Inaugurations, 2000-2009.

TV appearance, “The Daily Show with John Stewart” to discuss protest methods and how to engage people in antiwar movements, October 2010.

Interrupted President Obama at George Washington University speech on policy in Afghanistan. He responded to her, 04/13/2011.

Created voters’ pledge petition with over 77,000 signatures to end war with the Give Peace a Vote Campaign, 2000-2011.

Leader of CODEPINK, 2002-2011.

Organized, participated in, and mobilized multiple International Women’s Day Marches and Mother’s Days Calls for Peace, where women from war torn countries (Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan) toured the U.S. to speak about their experiences, 2002-2011.

Helped organize antiwar mass mobilization efforts in Washington, DC and New York City, 2003-2011.

Articles published in USA Today, The Huffington Post, and numerous blogs, 2006-2011.

Founded United for Peace & Justice, a coalition of over 13,000 peace and justice groups and organized their marches in Washington, DC and New York City, 2006-2011.

TV Appearances on various news channels promoting the antiwar message, 2006-2011.

Organized Gaza Freedom March, helped organize delegations to Gaza of both people and humanitarian aid, spoke out across the country regarding this issue, lobbied congress, sailed on the U.S. Flotilla to Gaza, 2009-2011.

Organized Bring Our War Dollars Home, an alliance fighting for social programs, protested in California at libraries with local groups, promoted the antiwar message to economic and social coalitions with the theme of one nation working together and the mayors’ resolution to end the war at the U.S. conference of Mayors 2010-2011

Organized Ground the Drones Campaign, protested increased use and ensuing civilian causalities at military bases across the country, 2010-2011.

Editorial, “Code Pink: Get out of Afghanistan”, USA Today www.usatoday.com, 08/09/2011.

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.

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.

TV interview, "Creating a Culture of Peace", Northwest Community Television. Available for distribution to Public-access, Educational and Governmental cable channels at PEGmedia.org (see Quick List, Real Progress, program 0006), Brooklyn Park, MN, 10/11/10.

Member, Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers and other peace organizations, 2002-2010.

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.

Vice President, World Citizen, www.peacesites.org, 2010.

Minnesota State coordinator, US Peace Memorial Foundation, 2006-2011.

Andrea K. Blanch, PhD of Sarasota, FL is a psychologist whose peace work has taken her around the world working with grassroots groups. AKBlanch@c-r-t.org

Director, Collaborative for Conflict Management in Mental Health, a national collaborative promoting creative conflict management (i.e., mediation, dispute resolution, training) in mental health and social services, 1999-2003.

Coordinator, United Religions Initiative (URI) Cooperation Circles (in Middle East/North Africa and North American Regions), 2004.

Presenter “The role of trauma in inter-religious violence,” invited presentation at International Conference on Ending Inter-Religious Violence sponsored by the Conference on the Parliament of World Religions, Jerusalem, Israel, March 2004.

Spoke on “Women of Faith Building Peace in Israel/Palestine” as invited speaker, U.S. Congressional Prayer Breakfast, 2008.

Co-facilitator, symposium at the Parliament of Worlds Religions, Barcelona, Spain, July 2004.

Founding Member, Abrahamic Reunion, 2004-2010.

Founder and Director of the Center for Religious Tolerance promoting understanding among the world’s religions and working to develop conditions for sustainable peace www.c-r-t.org/index.php, 2006-2010.

Steering Committee, Sarasota Coalition on Inclusion and Diversity, 2007-2010.

Author of many publications including: “Beyond the conflict: Women spiritual peacemakers in the Holy Land,” Elixir, 1(1), 55-59, 2005; With Boustead, R, Evans, M, Boothroyd, R, and Chen, H, “Conflict: Roadblock to success or essential ingredient for change?” Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health Newsletter, March 2006; “Towards healing trauma in the Holy Land,” PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 53 (21), Article 2, May 21, 2008; “Transcending violence I: Understanding refugee trauma” in S.A. Estrine, H.G. Arthur, R.T. Hettenbach, and M.G. Messiana, Eds, Service Delivery for Vulnerable Populations: New Directions in Behavioral Health, NY: Springer Publishing 2011; “Transcending violence II: Innovative program approaches to refugee trauma,” in S.A. Estrine, H.G. Arthur, R.T. Hettenbach, and M.G. Messiana, Eds. Service Delivery for Vulnerable Populations: New Directions in Behavioral Health, NY: Springer Publishing, 2011.

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. 2006-2011.

Beth Bradley Brookfield, of Reno NV, is an artist whose works of art often reflect the human condition as it relates to the effects of war. www.bethbrookfield.com 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 professor emeritus from The College of Saint Rose (CSR), Albany, NY, where she taught sociology and communications courses.
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, 2010.

Assistant Editor, US Peace Registry, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc., 2010-2011.

Noam Chomsky, PhD, LLD is Institute Professor and 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. http://www.chomsky.info

Co-organizer of national tax resistance against the war, 1965.

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.

Participated in Vietnam war resistance activities, described in subsequent essays and letters published in the New York Review of Books, 1967.

Marched on the Pentagon in protest of war, 1967.

Name included in ad of writers pledged to refuse to pay the Vietnam War tax New York Post, 01/30/68; New York Review of Books 02/15/68; and Ramparts magazine, 02/68.

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

Withheld all income tax in protest against the Vietnam war, 1965-1975.

Arrested, tried, and imprisoned for civil disobedience many times, 1967-1986.

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

Authored books related to peace including: Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace, Boston: South End Press, 1985; Chomsky Reader, a collection of Chomsky's critical essays on U.S. foreign policy, (edited by James Peck), New York: Pantheon Books, 1987; Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs, Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2000; 9-11, Seven Stories Press, became a bestseller in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, 2001; Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance, New York: Metropolitan Books, 2003.

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.

Wrote numerous other peace-related books and articles and has given hundreds of lectures and speeches, some recorded on DVD and CD, 1967-2011.

Selected lectures and speeches: “Noam Chomsky on Democracy and Media” at University of Maryland, http://thefilmarchived.blogspot.com/2010/08/noam-chomsky-on-democracy-and-media.html, 1994; "The evil scourge of terrorism: Reality, construction, remedy” www.chomsky.info/talks/20100323.htm; “Prospects for Peace in the Middle East” at University of Toledo, http://www.chomsky.info/talks/20010304.htm, March 2001; “The New War Against Terror” at MIT, http://www.chomsky.info/talks/20011018.htm, October 2001; “Distorted Morality: America's War on Terror” at Harvard University, http://www.chomsky.info/talks/200202--02.htm, February 2002; “The ‘War on Terrorism’ and the New Rules of World Order” at Antigonish, Nova Scotia, http://www.chomsky.info/talks/20041013.htm, October 2004; “Just War Theory” at U.S. Military Academy, West Point, http://www.chomsky.info/talks/20060420.htm, April 2006; “The War on Terror” Amnesty International Annual Lecture, http://www.chomsky.info/talks/20060118.pdf, January 2006; “The Responsibility to Protect” at UN General Assembly, New York City, http://www.chomsky.info/talks/20060118.pdf, July 2009; The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan with Malalai Joya at Harvard, http://wearemany.org/v/case-for-withdrawal-from-afghanistan, March 2011; “The Evolving Global Order: Prospects and Opportunities” at University of Cologne, view at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZ-NvbZWH8&, June 2011,

Selected interviews: “Chomsky's Version” by Luke Savage, “The Varsity” read at http://chomsky.info/interviews/20110407.htm, April 2011; “Democracy & The Public University” at Carlton University, Canada, view at http://www1.carleton.ca/iis/news/noam-chomsky/, April 2011; "The U.S. and Its Allies Will Do Anything to Prevent Democracy in the Arab World" at 25^th Anniversary of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/11/noam_chomsky_the_us_and_its, May 2011.

Selected recent articles: “It's not radical Islam that worries the US -- it's independence” The Guardian, http://chomsky.info/articles/20110204.htm, February 2011; “The Cairo-Madison Connection” Truthout, http://chomsky.info/articles/20110309.htm, March 2011; “Was War the Only Answer to 9/11?” Nation of Change, www.nationofchange.org/was-war-only-answer-911-1315234772, September 2011.

A founder and member of Board of Directors of Resist www.resistinc.org, initially organized to support draft resistance and in opposition to the war in Vietnam, 1967-2011.

Endorser, Campaign for Peace and Democracy, www.cpdweb.org, 1982-2011.

Recipient 2011 Sydney Peace Prize from the City of Sydney, Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Peace_Prize, June 2011.

Recipient of Peace Prize from the US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc. www.uspeacememorial.org/PEACEPRIZE.htm, October 2011.

Lynn Rudmin Chong, MA of Sanbornton, NH, teaches English at Plymouth State University. She is a poet and painter who often includes antiwar themes in her work and has been a member of peace and anti-nuclear organizations since 1978. chonglyn@metrocast.net

Member, War Tax Resistance, 1980s.

Member, Pledge of Resistance during U.S. sponsored wars in Central America, 1980s.

Sent banner made with other women to Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, 1981.

Made large banner to carry in anti-nuclear war protest in New York City, 06/12/82.

Visited Women's Peace Encampment in Seneca Falls, NY, 1983.

Essay published in What Will It Take to Prevent Nuclear War?: Grassroots Responses to Our Most Challenging Question, 1983.

Established Peace Vigil on Plymouth, NH, Common, 1978-1986.

Civil disobedience arrests (14) related to peace and nuclear arms freeze protests including at Avco Systems in Wilmington, MA (1982); at Pease Air Force Base (1983); at School of the Americas in Columbus, GA (1999); at New Boston Naval Air Station (2003); in Senator’s Judd Gregg's Concord, NH, office (2005); and Mother's Day March with Cindy Sheehan in D.C. (2007).

Established second Peace Vigil on Plymouth, NH, Common from 1998-2011.

Board member, New Hampshire Peace Action Education Fund, 2008-2011.

Published frequent antiwar letters to the editor, 2008-2011.

Participated in many antiwar protests, 1978-2011.

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).

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.

Emails to congressmen opposing war, 2003-2011.

Board of Directors, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc. 2006-2011.

Thomas Dickinson, DMA is a pianist in Minneapolis, MN, founder of Siberian Bridges, a non-profit working in eastern Siberia, and Senior Dharma Teacher in the Kwan Um School of Zen. tgd108@usiwireless.com

Participated in two peace marches in Washington, DC, 2007.

Held banners over Interstate 35W calling for an end to the Iraq War, Minneapolis, MN, 2007-2008.

Helped organize "Peace Island Picnic", an antiwar counter-event to the Republican National Convention, St Paul, MN, Sept. 2008.

Spoke on peace and accountability at the "free speech stage" outside the Republican National Convention, St Paul, Sept. 2008.

Member, Tackling Torture At The Top, a committee of WAMM (Women Against Military Madness) that plans events to encourage investigation and prosecution of U.S. leaders who authorized torture of war prisoners. Activities include: a weekly vigil at the Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis; meetings with Congressional representatives to call for accountability; demonstrating at the Univ. of St Thomas Law School for the removal of Prof. Robert Delahunty, one of the authors of memos giving legal justification for the torture of prisoners; exhibitions entitled "Torturing Democracy" and "American Faust; From Condi to Neo-Condi"; a forum with Captain James Yee, Marjorie Cohn and Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer; and an art exhibit on the subject of torture co-sponsored with Center for Victims of Torture and Amnesty International, 2010-2011.

Peace March in New York City, 4/9/2011

Frequent participant in antiwar marches in the Twin Cities, 2003-2011.

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, 12/12/2009.

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

Founder and Director, End US Wars, www.enduswars.org, 2009-2011.

Congressman Keith Ellison (U.S. Representative) of Minneapolis, MN, began his first term in 2007. He currently serves on the Financial Services Committee, as well as the House Democracy Assistance Commission and the Human Rights Commission. www.ellison.house.gov

Achieved a 100% voting record on peace and security issues according to Peace Action West, 2009.

Sponsored H.R. 808, and similar legislation, which proposed a Department of Peace and Nonviolence, 2007-2011.

Voted against continued funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2007-2011.

Conducted numerous town hall meetings on U.S. diplomatic strategies abroad and to hear from constituents, including a forum devoted to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2007-2011.

Member of the Out-of-Iraq Congressional Caucus and member of the Human Rights Caucus, 2007-2011.

Cosponsored a bipartisan, privileged resolution, House Concurrent Resolution 28, to require the President to withdraw all U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2011, 3/9/2011.

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", 09/24/2005.

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 09/26/2005.

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, 9/2/1985; “In Israel, Peace Movement Grows, Diversifies,” Genesis 2, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1984, Reprinted in Morning Freiheit, Sunday English Section, 3/25/1984; and “The Work of Peace,” op-ed piece in the Boston Globe, 11/8/1995.

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, 2007-2010.

Joan E. Gildemeister, Ph.D., a retired teacher, psychologist, pacifist, and worker for peace, lives in a cohousing community in Washington, D.C. jgildemeister@cs.com

Demonstrated on the Washington Mall and Lafayette Park against the Vietnam War, l960's.

Organized panel, “Youth Protest in the 80's,” for Annual Meeting of American Orthopsychiatric Assn., Boston, MA, April 1983.

Contributed chapter “Adjusting Your Priorities in Working for Peace,” in Neil Wollman, (Ed.), Working for Peace: A Handbook for Practical Psychology and Other Tools, San Luis Obispo, CA: Impact Publishers, 1985.

Contributed chapter “Intergenerational Communication Concerning Youth Participation in Political Action in the 1980's” for G. Busch and J Busch (Eds.) The Family in the Information Society, 1985.

Organized panel, Psychological Foundations of Peace Education for the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and presented “A Study of Level of Involvement in Peace Education and Preadolescents’ and Adolescents’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Nuclear War,” 1986.

Moderator and Discussant, Panel on The Psychological Effects of War: Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Secaucus, NJ, 1988.

Received Community Service Award for peace education from the District of Columbia Psychological Assn. 1988.

Wrote an article on “Living Peace: Children and Violence” for Washington Peace Letter, 26 (10), p. 2, 1989.

Produced Directories of Peace Research for Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Washington, DC. Third Edition: 1987-l989.

Presented paper “Attitudes and Values of ‘Hard Liners’ and ‘Soft Liners’ of college students of diverse ethnic identity” for panel “Comparative Political Socialization,” for Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1989.

Led vigil of Peace Committee of Friends Meeting of Washington at the White House, protesting military intervention in the Gulf. 1990.

Coordinated a consultation of Quaker meetings on the Gulf War and organized demonstrations on the Washington Mall for peaceful resolution of the conflict, 1991.

Initiated letter writing campaign urging the President to use diplomatic means to resolve the Gulf conflict, 1991.

Founding Executive Committee Member, Division 48 of the American Psychological Association (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence - Peace Psychology), and conducted first election of officers, 1991.

Produced report on the status of the Culture of Peace for Psychologists for Social Responsibility, 2005.

Membership Director, Division 48 of the American Psychological Association (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence - Peace Psychology), 2006-2008.

Received Distinguished Service Award from the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence - Peace Psychology, 2008.

Member, practice group on Non Violent Communication, 2010- 2011.

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, 10/22/1967.

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 9/28/2001.

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

Performs peace-related folk songs, 1960s-2011.

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, 9/26/2007.

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, 9/12/2002.

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, 8/31/2008.

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

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

Frequent letters to the editor in the Red Wing Republican Eagle and the St. Paul Pioneer Press newspapers questioning the wars www.republican-eagle.com/event/article/id/67499 and discussing how issues of peace and justice go hand in hand, including “The Price Paid For War” 3/9/2011, search www.republican-eagle.com, 2003-2011.

Weekly vigils, Red Wing, MN, 2003-2011.

Lobbied various Congresspeople and Senators to end the wars, 2007 and 2011.

Wrote song lyrics, The Wind of Peace and Peace Dream, 2011.

Chief organizer of Peacestock, www.peacestockvfp.org, annual event of Veterans For Peace Chapter 115, 2007-2011.

Carved and displayed antiwar and peace pumpkins in his 38^th annual public pumpkin show, Red Wing, MN, Halloween season 2006-2011.

Speech about the effects of war on our society on the steps of City Hall, March 2009 and at a 2012 Martin Luther King Day event www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jys5p6mUUpc (minute 32:25), Red Wing, MN

Director, Veterans For Peace Chapter 115, 2009-2012.

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.

Coordinator, 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.

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.

Author of books and articles including: Peace Education, Jefferson, NC: McFarland &Co., 1988; co-author Peacebuilding for Adolescents, London: Taylor and Francis, 1998; co-author, Peace Education (2nd edition), Jefferson, NC: McFarland &Co., https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/imh/www/web.htm 2003; co-author Books not Bombs: Teaching Peace since the Dawn of the Republic, Charlotte, NC: Information Age Press, www.infoagepub.com/products/Books-Not-Bombs 2010; and over 50 articles on topics that range from violence in schools to peace education.

Tom H. Hastings, Ed.D (ABD), is a Peace Studies teacher, writer, editor and activist who lives in Whitefeather Peace Community www.whitefeatherpeace.org located in Portland, OR. pcwtom@gmail.com

Conscientious Objector to Vietnam War, 1968.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Served as associate editor and columnist, The PeaceWorker, 2002-2007.
Board of Directors, Peace and Conflict Studies Consortium, 2004-2009.

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

Founded and served as Director, PeaceVoice, www.peacevoice.info, 2004-2011.

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, The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA), www.peacejusticestudies.org, 2006-2008.

Nonviolence trainer (The Honeywell Project; Citizens for Alternatives to Trident and ELF (CATE); Mobilization for Survival; Sisters of the Road Café; Civil Resist Portland (CRP); Students United for Nonviolence), 1983-2011.

Board of Directors, PJSA, 2000-2001; 2006-2011.

Faculty member with the Conflict Resolution MA/MS program at Portland State University, 2001-2011.

Governing Council member, International Peace Research Association, 2007-2011.

Member, Academic Advisory Council, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, 2010-2011.

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, 3/6/2003.

Wrote antiwar song “We Must Choose Peace”, 2003

Letter to Editor, Missoulian, Missoula, MT, 5/5/2003.

Performed antiwar music for the International Day of Peace, Caras Park, Missoula, MT, 9/21/2003.

Performed at an anniversary party for the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, Missoula, MT,10/4/2003.

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

Opened for David Rovics (playing for many area peace groups), Crystal Theater, Missoula, 02/24/2004.

Letter to Editor, Missoulian, Missoula, MT, 6/8/2004.

Performed at the Second Annual Festival of Peace, Arlee, Montana, 07/22/2006.

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" 7/17/2007 and "Rum-De-Dum-DUMB" 7/10/2007 posted at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/delabejones/page4.html.

Wrote "Let's build the US Peace Memorial" www.uspeacememorial.org/poem, 5/30/2008

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

Arthur Kanegis, of San Diego, CA is a writer/producer/co-director, and President and Founder of One Films, LLC, a motion picture development and production company dedicated to producing entertainment that will help shift our culture of violence to a culture of peace. www.imdb.com/name/nm2410842

Co-produced audio-visual documentaries on behalf of the American Friends Service Committee: “The Post War War” and “The Automated Air War” 1969-1976.

Researched and promoted the Jason Robards ABC movie “The Day After” and produced TV spot with Paul Newman that ran during the film shown in Soviet Union as well www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DhDLJYGfhA. Influenced President Ronald Reagan, who credited “The Day After” with convincing him that nuclear war was unwinnable, leading to START talks that reduced US and Soviet armaments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After, 1983.

Produced Documentaries: “War Without Winners” narrated by Paul Newman won first place at American Film Festival, www.snagfilms.com/films/title/war_without_winners. “The Weapons Bazaar” inspired the Chevy Chase movie “The Deal of the Century”, 1983.

Media director, Center for Defense Information, an organization of former military officers speaking up for peace. There he produced documentaries, testified to Congress, developed a Nuclear War Prevention kit etc., 1977-1985.

Developed “Bullyproof,” program and short videos of kids and teens turning their lives around with the arts and drama based conflict-resolution program he developed, www.futurewave.org, www.BullyProof.com, 1986.

Hosted talk show, KSFR FM in Santa Fe, NM with guests in the fields of conflict resolution, peace and positive values, 1995-1998.

Author antiwar commentary in: The Nation, The New Republic, The Washington Monthly, Media and Values, In Context, Scene4: The International Magazine of the Arts and Media and others, 1984-2008.

Established websites to facilitate teaching/learning about alternative solutions to conflict and war: www.EarthOperatingSystem.org, www.EarthOperatingSystem.com, www.EarthOperatingSystem.net, www.E-arth.com, www.e-PlanetEarth.com, 2000-2010.

Produced Documentary: “One! The Garry Davis Story” (short film) www.onefilms.com, won Best Global Documentary in the 2010 NY Independent Film Festival, 1st place in World Peace Film Awards, and Moondance International Film Festival and placed in the ION film festival, http://possiblefuturesfilmcontest.org/film_25561504, 2010.

Founder and Executive Director, Future WAVE, a non-profit which aims to shift our culture of violence to a culture of peace, 1985-2011.

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 Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL. www.uspeacememorial.org/Knox.htm Knox@USPeaceMemorial.org

Delivered talk against Vietnam War to a university public speaking 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 08/23/1967 in front of the White House in opposition to the war in Vietnam, (resolution and report on file).

Anti-Vietnam War letter (The Progressive 09/01/1969).

Ran anti-Vietnam War advertisement in newspaper (Monroe Evening News 11/15/1969).

Helped start draft counseling center (Monroe Evening News 04/07/1970).

Resigned in protest, as member of Wayne County Republican Committee, GOP Advisory Board, and GOP after Nixon's decision to invade Cambodia (The Progressive, 08/1970 and Detroit News, 06/25/1970).

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, 02/09/1971) and provided evidence that university researchers were "perfecting weapon systems used by the military to kill and incapacitate other human beings" (Science 02/19/1971).

Engaged in numerous speeches, debates, press conferences, and interviews (The Michigan Daily, 02/10,11,12,14,16,18/1971; 03/09,10,12,14,16,17,18,21,24/1971, 05/15/1971, 11/19/1971 and Detroit Free Press 02/22/1971).

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 03/08/1971).

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 04/15/1971).

Letters to the editor published including Ann Arbor News 04/20/1972 and 12/03/1973, Tampa Tribune 1/12/2003 and 3/30/2003, Time 11/17/2003, and USA Today 06/23/2004, St. Petersburg Times www.sptimes.com/2004/07/27/Opinion 07/27/2004, and www.sptimes.com/2007/10/21/Opinion/Today 10/21/2007.

Made antiwar statements while delivering Plenary speech at professional meeting (The Miami Herald and CNN 03/28/2004).

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, 01/11/2007.

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, 05/14/2007.

Demonstrated for an end to torture and an end to psychologists’ involvement in torture during Iraq and Afghanistan wars, San Francisco, CA, 08/17/2007.

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, 08/18/2007.

Refused request to assist US Army (program review) until the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are ended and all occupying forces have been withdrawn, 12/12/2008.

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, 1/13/2009.

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

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

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

http://peacejusticereport.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-06-08T09_42_45-07_00, 5/18/2010; "Free and Fair", KAOS-FM, Olympia, WA, 6/24/2010; “Gulf Coast Live”, WGCU-FM, Fort Meyers, FL, 1/5/2011.

Letter to the editor, “Outrageous Behavior”, regarding FBI attempts to intimidate antiwar activists, St. Petersburg Times, 09/28/2010.

Nominated for Peace Award, WMNF www.wmnf.org, 2011.

Listener call-in show, WMNF radio, http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_110919_170417_talkM1_395.MP3, Tampa, FL, 9/19/11.

Request discount as peace activist at stores offering discounts to military and veterans, 2009-2011.

Letters, emails, and phone calls to Congressional delegation and President in opposition to U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, 2005-2011.

Invited Speaker nationwide on the topics of “creating a culture of peace”, “honoring the peacemakers” and “peace is socially acceptable” at meetings in FL, MA, NY, NM, PA, GA, OH, MN, and OR, 2006-2011.

Editor, US Peace Registry, 2005-2011.

Founder and Chair, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc., 2005-2011.

Dennis J. Kucinich (U.S. Representative) of Cleveland, Ohio, became the youngest mayor in the United States in 1977 at the age of 31. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996, where he serves on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Education and Labor Committee; he also Chairs the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy. www.kucinich.house.gov

Hosted a roundtable discussion “Keeping the Peace” to examine the peacekeeping process in Kosovo a year after the war ended, 7/19/2000.

Spoke on the House floor in support of peace, tolerance, unity, liberty and justice in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks against the United States, 9/15/2001.

Issued a statement “On Stopping Open-ended Permanent War on Terrorism”, 4/18/2002.

Spoke at a rally organized by the National Peace Lobby Project at the Capitol: “I am here today to speak out against the unprovoked attack that the Bush Administration is intent on unleashing in Iraq. This war is not a noble fight. This war is not about defending the United States from a foreign threat …”, 3/19/2003.

Published an analysis of the Joint Resolution on Iraq, arguing each individual point made in the Iraq War authorization bill and why war was not the answer, October 2003.

Voted against the “Iran Freedom and Support Act”, calling it a “stepping stone to war” and against subsequent similar bills in Congress, 2005-2010.

Introduced a 12-point plan in the House to end the war in Iraq, 2/8/2007.

Called on Congress to oppose the Iraq supplemental appropriations bill, citing a 1999 federal court case that states that the only way to end the war is to cut the funding, 3/17/2007.

Presented articles of impeachment to Congress against President George W. Bush for committing abuses of power including manufacturing a false case for war against Iraq and 34 other offenses, 6/9/2008.

Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States as the only Presidential candidate who voted against the Iraq war authorization and every related funding appropriation, 2004 and 2008.

Received numerous awards for his efforts to promote peace including: the Gandhi Peace Award from the organization Promoting Enduring Peace, 2003; the Champion for Peace Award from Military Families Speak Out, an organization that opposes U.S. involvement in the Iraq War, February 2007; Thomas Merton Award from the Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Social Justice, 2009.

Featured speaker at Antiwar Rally at Lafayette Park in front of the White House, 12/12/2009.

Proposed legislation to create a cabinet-level Department of Peace to make non-violence an organizing principle within our society, repeatedly re-introduced to Congress 2001-2010.

Public speeches at anti-war rallies, participated in nationally televised debates, interviews by national and international news media about his opposition to the Iraq war, 2002-2011.

Called on Congressional leaders to reverse course on approving funding for the war in Iraq, 2003-2011.

Introduced a privileged resolution to force the House to debate, for the first time since the days after 9/11, whether or not to end the Afghan War, March 2010.

Peace Prize recipient in recognition of national leadership to prevent and end wars, award by the Board of Directors, US Peace Memorial Foundation www.uspeacememorial.org/PEACEPRIZE.htm, 2010.

Introduced a bipartisan, privileged resolution, House Concurrent Resolution 28, to require the President to withdraw all U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2011, 3/9/2011.

Questioned constitutionality of U.S. invasion of Libya and whether our actions were productive towards building a more peaceful world, 3/28/2011.

Filed a suit in federal court against President Barack Obama to challenge the commitment of the United States to war in Libya absent the required constitutional legal authority, 6/15/2011.

John McDonald is a citizen activist living in Grass Valley, CA, located in the Sierra Nevada foothills. jmcdonald@accessbee.com

Participated in protests against the invasion of Iraq in San Francisco and Sacramento, 2003.

Letters to the Editor, “Nothing to do with Hussein” and “Some questions”, Grass Valley Union, 03/08/2003 and 04/10/2003.

Op-Ed, “Let’s take stand against Patriot Act”, Grass Valley Union, 06/25/2004.

Helped write the “Resolution to Oppose the USA PATRIOT Act, Justice Department Directives, and Executive Orders that Violate Constitutionally Guaranteed Civil Rights and Liberties,” http://www.bordc.org/detail.php?id=68, and advocated until successfully passed by the Nevada City Council, CA, 08/08/2004.

Served on the Steering Committee of Americans for Constitutional Integrity of Nevada City that wrote a resolution to recommend impeachment of the U.S. President and Vice President for war crimes which was defeated by one vote by the Nevada City Council, 9/25/2006.

Distributed information and gathered signatures for a number of peace initiatives, 2004-2006.

Member, County Council of the Green Party and Chair, 2004-2007, during which time the organization furnished evidence of the illegality of torture, initiated resolutions, organized demonstrations, and endorsed and campaigned for peace candidates, Nevada County, CA, 2002-2007.

Participated in online discussion forums of the Peace Center of Nevada County, 2002-2010.

Member, Historians Against the War, http://www.historiansagainstwar.org, and signed their statement on the U.S. occupation of Iraq, 2003-2011.

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 8/20/1999).

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, 9/12/2001.

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

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/freelance/attack13.htm, 10/28/2001.

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, 2004-2010.

Kathleen Malley-Morrison, EdD is a psychologist at Boston University specializing in the psychology of war and peace and a graduate of Swarthmore College and Boston University. kathiemm@engagingpeace.com

Marches and Sit-ins in the Free Speech movement, Berkeley CA, 1964-65.

Tear gassed during protest at People’s Park, 1965.

Tax resister during the Vietnam War, 1972-1974.

Published books, State violence and the right to peace: An international survey of the views of ordinary people (vols. 1-4). Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?id=53872, 2009.

Signed antiwar and pro-social-justice petitions, demonstrated, 2002-2011.

Conducted research on views on war and peace in over 40 countries, 2002-2011.

Member of groups, including the American Psychological Association Peace Division and the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, MA, 2005-2011.

Published articles in journals and newsletters such as Peace Psychology (newsletter of the American Psychological Association Peace Division) and made professional presentations on aggression-tolerance, moral disengagement, and moral engagement, 2006-2011.

Developed and taught course on the Psychology of War and Peace, Boston University, 2009-2011.

TV interview, www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFB5R4KV32Y&feature=player_embedded#!, 2010.

Steering Committee Member, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, 2010-2011.

Founder and author of blog, http://engagingpeace.com, 2010-2011.

Activism highlighted in documentary film created by Beth Balaban, Peace and the Quiet, http://peaceandthequiet.com/about, 2011.

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, OR 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, 1968-1970.

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, 12/2003.

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, NM, 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, 8/15/1988.

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, 10/02/2005.

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, 2006-2011.

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.

Mary Lou Nelson, long-time peace advocate living in Minneapolis, MN.

President, Minnesota Chapter of United Nations Association, 1976-79.

Dedicated sculpture entitled “Messenger of Peace” for Landscape Arboretum, Minneapolis, 2008.

Honored by the Vincent Hawkinson Foundation www.hawkinsonfoundation.org, a Minneapolis organization dedicated to Peace which awards scholarships to young people engaged in endeavors promoting peace, 2010.

Founding member, Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers and honorary life members, 1995-2011.

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", 9/24/1983.

Press coverage of her street peace vigil includes: Houston Chronicle, 3/13/1983; New York Times, 9/7/1984, 1/6/1986; Washington Post, 12/19/1982, 11/3/1984, 5/10/1985, 8/21/1985, 8/24/1985, 4/13/1994, 12/22/1994; USA Today, 8/23/1985; and Washington Times, 10/12/1982, 3/10/1983, 5/5/1983, 8/8/1984, and 6/15/2000.

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.

Marc Pilisuk, PhD of Berkeley, CA is a psychologist, Professor Emeritus at The University of California, and currently professor, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center. mpilisuk@saybrook.edu http://www.marcpilisuk.com
Founder of the first ever antiwar Teach-in, Ann Arbor, MI, February 1965.
Founding member, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, California Chapter, 1983.
President, Society for Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence, and Co-chair of working group on Global Security and Violence, 1997.

Author of eight books including: (with Jennifer Achord Rountree), Who Benefits from Global Violence and War: Uncovering a Destructive System, Westport CT: Greenwood/Praeger, 2008;
Coordinator of the Peace and Conflict certificate program at Saybrook University, 2001-2010.
Editor (with Michael Nagler) of three volume anthology on Peace Movements World-Wide, Vol. 1 History and vitality of Peace Movements, Vol. 2 Players and Practices in Resistance to War, Vol. 3 Peace Efforts That Work and Why, Westport CT: Praeger/ABC/Clio, 2011.

Author articles including: (with Roy Eidelson & Stephen Soldz), “The Dark Side of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness”, Counterpunch, www.counterpunch.org/2011/03/24/the-dark-side-of-comprehensive-soldier-fitness, 03/24/2011.

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.

Deri Joy Ronis, PhD of Sarasota, FL is a mediator, runs workshops in anti-bullying and healing racism, and is a graduate of International Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution from the Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH. DrDeri@aol.com

Letter to the editor in opposition to the Iran-Contra war, Palm Beach Post and Times, 1985.

Volunteer, Americans for Democratic Action of Boulder, CO on the Anti-Nuclear Freeze Voter issue, 1986.

Winner, Peace Essay Contest, University of California, Irvine, 1997.

Author book, Bridging the Gap to Peace: From a New Way of Thinking into Action. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2002.

Recipient, “Peaceful Schools International Award” for Toussaint L’Ouverture High School for Arts and Social Justice, 2005.

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), 9/24/2005.

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) 1/27/2007.

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, 3/17/2007.

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, 2/26/2003.

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 9/4/2008.

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, 4/10/2010.

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.

Jolyon Sasse, BSIE, TQM is an industrial engineer working as a Supply Chain Project Manager for Disney in Orlando, FL.

Volunteer graphic design and website consultation, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc., 2005-2011.

Advisor, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc., 2009-2011.

Emails to representatives in Congress and President opposing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2010-2011.

Designed social media pages on Facebook, Google+, and Jumo for the US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc., 2011.

Applied for grant that resulted in a corporate donation by The Walt Disney Company to the US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc. in recognition of his community volunteer service, 2011.

Board of Directors, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc., 2012.

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, 05/14/2007.

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 10/5/2009.

Spoke at anti-Afghanistan War Conference (8th anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan) Stockholm, Sweden, 10/8/2009.

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.htm, 2009.

Arrested during Peace Rally in Washington, D.C., 3/20/2010.

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, 2008-2011.

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, 3/17/2003.

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, 4/1/2006; “A Symposium: Psychologists, the APA, and Coercive Interrogations,” The Chicago Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology and the Chicago School for Professional Psychology, 5/12/2007; “The American Psychological Association and Coercive Interrogations,” Panel on “Torture and the Role of Psychologists,” Chicago School for Professional Psychology, 10/10/2007; “Torture, Lies, and Videotape,” The Children and Family Justice Center, Northwestern University School of Law, 1/16/2008; “No Torture” Forum, Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL, 7/26/2008; “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, 9/12/2008; 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, 7/2/2009.

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," 1/16/2008; “Public Perspective,” on torture and psychologists involvement, 6/12/2008; Public Access TV, with Kevin McDermott, "Psychologists and Interrogation Techniques," 7/5 and 7/19/2008; and, Worldview, Chicago Public Radio, "Obama's Torture Policy and Psychologists' Role in Torture", 6/5/2009.

Presented paper, “A History of Psychology and the Military,” Division 39, Spring Conference, 04/2008.

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, 12/12/2009.

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, 2005-2011.

Author book, War Is A Lie, davidswanson.org/warisalie, 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., 2008-2009.

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, 3/16/2003.

Melva Underbakke, PhD of Temple Terrace, FL, is an educator, researcher, activist and a founding member and director of Friends of Human Rights. melvau@earthlink.net

Marched against the Vietnam War in Decorah, IA, 1968.

Marched on Washington to protest the Iraq War, 2002 & 2005.

Helped organize and led singing peace songs for weekly Iraq War protests outside of MacDill Air Force Base and outside of Senator Nelson’s office, Tampa, FL, 2005.

Arranged tour stop and presentation venues (church, coffee shop, high school) for the Wheels of Justice Tour to Tampa, February 2005.

Helped organize an Operation Cast Lead protest against U.S. support of Israeli aggression in Gaza, Temple Terrace, January 2009.

Letter to the Editor, Israel broke cease-fire, Tampa Tribune, 01/17/2009.

Organizer and participant in protests against U.S. support of Israeli aggression in front of the Federal Courthouse in Tampa and in Temple Terrace, 2007 & 2010.

Attended a rally in support of Bradley Manning, who is charged with leaking information about U.S. actions of aggression, Quantico, VA, 2010.

Member, Social Action Committee, First United Church of Tampa which organized vigils against the Iraq War and was the lead organizer of the "Voices for Peace 911 Commemoration", 1989-2011.

Nominated for WMNF Peace and Justice Award, 2009, 2010 & 2011.

Andrea G. Walsh is a Realtor living in Temple Terrace, FL 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, Tampa Quaker Meeting, 2004-2009.

William M. Weir (Rev.) is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister in Plymouth, MN, with a son, three daughters & five grandchildren all living nearby in the Twin Cities area. wweir1@gmail.com.

Led discussions regarding recommendations for strengthening the United Nations as laid out in the book World Peace Through World Law at a conference to develop American support for the UN, Star Island, NH and Rockland, MN, June 1962.

Demonstrations and recruited citizens to join in weekly protest at a prominent intersection in opposition to the Vietnam War, Iowa City, IA, 1967-1969.

Produced TV program, "Creating a Culture of Peace", Northwest Community Television. Available for distribution to Public-access, Educational and Governmental cable channels

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Performed exorcism of the Bush Administration at the White House www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcWApfiNEgk, 06/06/2006.

Author articles including: (with Roy Eidelson & Stephen Soldz), “The Dark Side of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness”, Counterpunch, www.counterpunch.org/2011/03/24/the-dark-side-of-comprehensive-soldier-fitness, 03/24/2011.

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