Maryland United for Peace and Justice

An important art exhibition opens on April 15 at the Takoma Park campus of Montgomery College, continuing through May 31.  The opening reception, to which you are… Read more “Shadows and Ashes: The Peril of Nuclear Weapons”

Dear Immigration Action Focus Group members and supporters, As of April 10, 2019 we have been received donations nations totaling just over $2,000 from about 45 people. Just… Read more “Where are the children?”

Dear Colleagues, Thank you for joining more than 300 food, farming, fishing, worker, environmental, public health and public interest organizations in signing-onto this letter urging Congress to… Read more “Please share: Final GND Food & Agriculture Letter signed by 300+ groups”

You are cordially invited to a Forum on NONVIOLENT PEACEMAKING INITIATIVES   Presented by Maryland United for Peace and Justice/Institute for Positive Action Sunday, April 14, 2019… Read more “You are cordially invited to a Forum on NONVIOLENT PEACEMAKING INITIATIVES Presented by Maryland United for Peace and Justice/Institute for Positive Action”

Maryland Legislature Passes New Bill to Keep Antibiotics Effective Bill requires Department of Agriculture to put 2017 law into action, require reporting on antibiotic use on large… Read more “Maryland Legislature Passes New Bill to Keep Antibiotics Effective”

Social media for WYPR article Hi everyone, There’s a new piece on the fate of the chlorpyrifos bill in WYPR: https://www.wypr.org/post/farm-lobby-scuttles-bill-ban-brain-damaging-insecticide Below are posts for Facebook and… Read more “Social media for WYPR article”

While we can’t guarantee that candidates will stick to their campaign promises, we still must ask this vital question: What prospects for peace might each of them… Read more “War and Peace and the 2020 Presidential Candidates”

Coalition, While we have some strong votes in the Senate, we expect strong opposition and possible weakening amendments will be presented prior to the Senate floor votes.… Read more “Today’s posts are crucial – SOPC act on these today and tonight!”

Coalition, we’re getting down to the wire–we expect a vote in the Senate committee today then quick movement to the floor, where opponents will push for weakening… Read more “Coalition, we’re getting down to the wire – TAKE ACTION for Md to ban the brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos”

NATO turns 70 this year, and along with our European friends, U.S. peace activists are throwing a Counter-Summit to “uncelebrate” the birthday. What will Trump’s next foreign… Read more “Peace Action event April 2”