ON-GOING ACTIVITIES
- Monday vigil at the Fed. Building in Binghamton
- Teach Peace & Justice Action Research Grant program for Broome County schools
- Newsletter, “Update”
- This Website
- Email lists for the overall membership and for the Board
- Monthly Board meetings open to everyone (2nd Saturday, 10:30 A.M. at the First Congregational Church, corner of Main & Front Streets, Binghamton)
- Public meetings for education
- Monitoring the newspaper
- Relating to BU peace groups
ON-GOING ISSUES
(Note: many of these are dealt with through petitions (internet or otherwise)and/or phone calls to Congress, with alerts sent out through Peacenet, etc.)
- Iraq and Afganistan wars
- Possible war against Iran
- Israel-Palestine
- Nuclear weapons
- Supporting troops who resist deployment
- closing the “School of the Americas
- U.S. torture
Some specific activities or program related to these issues:
- Promoting Mayors for Peace in Binghamton
- Sponsoring of a resolution on UN reform
- Creation of the Broome County War Tax Resistance Fund
- Supporting the Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition (BRSC)
- Supporting action grants with TeachPeaceNow.com
- Promoting the local School of the Americas Watch
- Support for a DVD on Jimmy Massey
- Sponsoring the Annual Hiroshima Day/Nagasaki Day, August 6.
- Visits with our Congressmen and Senators
