Urge your Representative and Senators to Sign the Congressional Declaration of Peace! [1]

Download the Congressional Declaration of Peace (Word document). [2]

See current Iraq legislation [3]

One of the first steps in the campaign is to present our demands to our U.S. Congressional Representatives and Senators. Declaration of Peace calls on local organizers to schedule visits to invite your Congressional members to demonstrate their commitment to peace through signing the Congressional Declaration of Peace. Your group may also choose to deliver the Congressional Declaration of Peace during a scheduled Candidates Forum or Town Hall Meeting.

If you can be the point person for a visit to your Representative or Senator, sign up here [4].

A Help Guide for the Congressional visits can be found here [5].

If your Congressional Representatives or Senators sign the Congressional Declaration of Peace, it is important to acknowledge and thank them for this important commitment. You may wish to express appreciation with thank you cards from your delegation and their affiliated groups or with a Letter to the Editor in your local newspaper.

If your Representatives or their staff members refuse to meet, your delegation may choose to deliver the Congressional Declaration of Peace without an appointment. We invite you to bring the Declaration to the home office of your district Representative or Senator. Your delegation may simply meet with a staff person and ask them to bring the Congressional Declaration of Peace to the attention of the member of Congress, or, this “Special Delivery” may include a variety of possible features:

• Parade and march leading to the office
• Press Announcement and Follow-up calls
• Reading of names of those that have been killed in this war
• Educational materials on the war and occupation

If your “Special Delivery” does not result in an immediate signature, consider leaving the unsigned Congressional Declaration of Peace with the Representatives or Congressional staff. Invite your Representatives to consider the consequences of their decisions on the people of Iraq and our own country. In the intervening weeks, you may wish to encourage a phone-in, email and letter-writing campaign communicating the importance of their making a commitment to peace.

Keep us updated on your plans and any response you receive from your visits with your Congressional representatives by sending an email to info@declarationofpeace.org [6].

As with all activities of the Declaration of Peace, we defer to the experience and wisdom of your local group as to the appropriate strategy in your District and State. We look forward to your feedback and comments.

Thank you!

Download the Congressional Declaration of Peace (Word document). [7]

See The Occupation Project’s List of Resources, including Congressional Voting Records [8]