The Declaration of Peace

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Press Release for September 28, 2006 [DOC]
Declaration of Peace week of action against Iraq occupation ends with highest level of activism nationwide since beginning of conflict

Press Release for September 27, 2006 [DOC]
Immigrant rights leader joins peace activists for sustained nonviolent action to demand an end to the occupation of Iraq

Press Release for September 26, 2006 [DOC]
Former top Presbyterian Church official joins religious leaders for interfaith procession, moral witness against Iraq occupation

Press Release for September 21, 2006 [DOC]
Religious, peace movement leaders kick off actions against Iraq occupation, 34 arrested at White House

Statement by Leslie Cagan, National Coordinator of United for Peace and Justice

Speaker Profiles

List of Declaration of Peace Events, PDF, 24 pages, 120 KB: Updated 9/20/06, 3:30 PM, Eastern

Media Advisory for September 21, 2006 [DOC]
Religious and peace movement leaders to commit nonviolent civil disobedience at White House against Iraq occupation

August 24, 2006: Press Release [PDF]
Religious & Community Leaders Call for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience If Bush Persists in Iraq Fiasco

Published Articles/Editorials about the Declaration of Peace

September 20, 2006: News Article
Hip Hop Caucus President to Use Civil Disobedience at White House
By Abena Agyeman-Fisher, Vibe Magazine Online

September 7, 2006: Opinion/Editorial
Righteous Opposition To War
Rev. Lois M. Powell in TomPaine.com

July 11, 2006: Opinion/Editorial
Sign Me Up for the Declaration of Peace!
John Dear, SJ in CommonDreams.org