Bringing peace, justice, and environmental groups and individuals together since 1985
Since its founding in 1985, Maryland United for Peace and Justice (MUPJ) has provided networking, communication and support to groups and individuals working in Maryland towards a world with lasting peace, social justice and a sustainable environment.
MUPJ, a 501(c)(4) corporation, is a statewide organization that connects groups and individuals working for peace, justice, and a safe environment. MUPJ’s goal is cooperation among peace, justice and environmental groups for the purposes of mutual support and more effective coordinated actions.
MUPJ was started following a statewide call to Maryland peace groups in the fall of 1985 by Jesse Aiken, a Maryland peace activist. It was agreed that the groups wanted a monthly calendar of events, a state resource guide, and a yearly peace and justice conference. Our first statewide conference was held in April 1986. MUPJ, Inc. was formed to address the need for greater coordination, networking and communication among the many groups and individuals concerned with peace and justice, as well as the annual conference and the calendar of events.
MD United for Peace and Justice-Institute for Positive Action (MUPJ-IPA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) with the purpose of education and information concerning current issues of importance to those working for peace and justice. Tax-deductible donations can be made to the MUPJ Institute for Positive Action at the address on the front.
We conducted the annual Peace, Justice and Environment Conference, rotating its location around the state. We now offer workshops on a variety of subjects every quarter and hold Summits which connect and empower groups and individuals working on peace, justice and environment issues.
The organizations listed below carry out a wide range of activities to bring about progressive change in our state and many also participate in and/or support MUPJ activities. “S” indicates groups that participated in the November 2014 MUPJ Summit and “C” indicates co-sponsors of the May 2015 MUPJ Conference.* (If we inadvertently omitted your group from this list, please let our co-webmaster know: rdbtenor@gmail.com
Check out their websites to learn more about the vital goals and work of these MUPJ members and partners!
A-C
Adelphi Friends Meeting (S, C) www.adelphifriends.org Contact Will Kastens 240-606-9002
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Middle Atlantic Region https://afsc.org Has two Baltimore affiliates: Friend of a Friend https://www.afsc.org/program/friend-friend-program
Dominique Stevenson 240-707-0110
American Friends Service Committee
Anne Arundel Peace Action
www.mdpeaceaction.org
Michael Keller, Coordinator Emeritus
310 Riverview Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403
mjkeller@att.net
Baltimore Ethical Society (C) http://baltimoreethicalsociety.org/
Contact
Snail Mail and Calls
Our mailing address is 306 W Franklin St #102, Baltimore, MD 21201. All calls should be directed to 410-581-2322.
E-Mail
For general inquiries, please email ask@bmorethical.org.
You can email our administrator, Stephen Meskin, at admin@bmorethical.org.
You can email our president, Paul Furth, at president@bmorethical.org.
Baltimore Quaker Peace and Justice (C) http://www.stonyrunfriends.org/srcms/content/baltimore-quaker-peace-justice
5116 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210 Phone: (443) 703-2590, Email: sroffice@StonyRunFriends.org
Baltimore Nonviolence Center
325 E. 25th St. , Baltimore , MD 21218 . Email: mobuszewski2001@comcast.net.
Benjamin Peace Foundation (C) http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/52-2183293/benjamin-peace-foundation.aspx Contact Ron Benjamin ron_benjamin@hotmail.com
Bethesda Friends Meeting (C) www.bethesdafriends.org/
Bridges Not Walls – Cheverly https://www.facebook.com/bridgesnotwallscheverly/
Contact Joani Horchler https://www.facebook.com/joani.horchler
Charm City Labor Chorus (S) www.charmcitylaborchorus.org Contact Marilyn Julius marilynkjulius@gmail.com
Committee for Palestine Rights, Howard County (C) http://washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/12146
Contact 1525 Newton St NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-234-2000
info@washingtonpeacecenter.org
washingtonpeacecenter.org
Criminal Justice Policy Foundation www.cjpf.org/
Contact 8730 Georgia Ave, Suite 400, Silver Spring, MD, 20910 (301)589-6020 esterling@cjpf.org
Cyprus Friendship Program (C) http://cyprusfriendship.org/
Contact Treasurer, CFP, Inc.
8048 Cindy Lane
Bethesda, MD 20817
D-L
Democracy Alliance www.democracyalliance.org
Contact Democracy Alliance
P.O. Box 18607
Washington, DC 20036
Divine Word Missionaries (S) http://www.svdmissions.org/
Contact
Friends Committee on National Legislation (S) www.fcnl.org Contact Theo Sither theo@fcnl.org
Fund our Communities, Not the Pentagon (C) http://www.ourfunds.org/ Contact Jean Athey jeanathey@verizon.net
Get Money Out – Maryland (S) www.getmoneyoutmd.org Contact Charlie Cooper Charlie.coop47@gmail.com
Global Coalition for Peace http://www.globalcoalitionforpeace.net/
Contact gcfp@earthlink.nett or roseannlord7@gmail.com
Global Consciousness Press (S, C) www.gcpweb.org
Contact Deaver at 301-464-6994
| Howard County Friends of Latin America (C) www.friendsoflatinamerica.org Leslie Salgado cuba_is_hope@comcast.net |
Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington www.jcouncil.org/
Main Office: 301-770-0881
Little Friends for Peace (S, C) www.LFFP.org Mary Parks mjpeace@gmail.com
M-P
Maryland Conservation Council (C) http://mdconservationcouncil.org
Mailing Address
2304 South Road
Baltimore, MD 21209-4430
Email: mdconservationcouncil@yahoo.com
Maryland Green Party (C) www.mdgreens.org Contact Bahram Zandi bahram@greens.org
Maryland Progress Caucus
Contact Sheila Ruth Sheila@shielaruth.com
NAACP, Prince George’s County (S) www.naacppgc.org Contact Bob Ross bobross32@gmail.com
Paint Branch Unitarian Universalists Church Social Action Committee (C) www.pbuuc.org
Contact 3215 Powder Mill Road • Adelphi, Maryland 20783-1097
301-937-3666 • Fax: 301-937-3667 • churchadmin@pbuuc.org • webmaster@pbuuc.org
Pax Christi, Metro DC (S, C) www.paxchristimetrodc.org
Contact Catherine Rotterman
rottermanc2@gmail.com
Pax Christi, Baltimore (S, C) www.paxchristibaltimore.org
Contact Chuck Michaels
mail@paxchristibaltimore.org
Peace Action Anne Arundel County (C) http://www.mdpeaceaction.org/pages/contactus.htm
Tom May
310 Riverview Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21403-3328
Peace Action Howard County (C) http://www.peace-action.org/affiliates#Maryland
Steve Buff
6112 Fence Post Court, Columbia, MD 21044
Phone: 410-740-5583
evandstevebuff@verizon.net
Peace Action Prince Georges (also Prince George’s Peace and Justice Coalition)
- Lucy Duff, 301.577.2350
People for Change Coalition, http://www.pfccoalition.org
Prince George’s County Peace and Justice Coalition (PGPJC) (S, C) http://www.justpeace-pgmd.org/ Contact Donna Hoffmeister donna.hoffmeister@vrizon.net
Prince George’s County Commission for Individuals with Disabilities (S)
http://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/698/Commission-for-Individuals-With-Disabilities
Regular Meetings
- 4 – 6 p.m.
- The 3rd Wednesday of every month
- Largo Government Center
First Floor Conference Room
9201 Basil Court
Largo, MD 20774
Progressive Cheverly (S, C) www.progressivecheverly.org
Progressive Maryland (S) www.progressivemaryland.org/ Contact Larry Stafford larry@progressivemaryland.org
S-Y
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice http://uusj.net/
7750 16th St. NW Washington, DC 20012
Phone: 202-600-9132202-600-9132
E-Mail: info@uusj.org
Washington Catholic Archdiocese Justice and Advocacy Councils, Prince George’s County (S) http://stjanedechantal.org/ministries/parish-and-civic-ministries/justice-advocacy-councils
Washington Peace Center www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/
1525 Newton St NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-234-2000
info@washingtonpeacecenter.org
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Washington, D.C. Branch (S, C) www.wilpfus.org
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Baltimore Branch (S, C) www.wilpfus.org
Youth Leadership Support Network http://www.worldyouth.org https://www.facebook.com/joani.horchler
Resources
This includes a local Upper Marlboro Mom who lost her Son; part of the Concerned Mothers Movement
Donna Edwards MD – D Donna Edward MD D – Gets an award
Money in Politics: Rethink resource on Money in Politics
Media Benjamin of Code Pink. GO GIRL! Benjamin of Code Pink
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May Peace Prevail On Earth News
Archive for October, 2015
World Peace Flag Ceremony at Tillman Chapel in the Church Center for the United Nations-NYC-USA
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015
September 21, 2015
The Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN, the Church Center for the United Nations, and an impressive list of coalitions and organizations including the World Peace Prayer Society co-sponsored a day-long vigil for the International Day of Peace at the Tillman Chapel in the Church Center across the street from the United Nations on 21 September.
The event was entitled, “The Quest for a Just and Sustainable Peace,” with a keynote address on “A Tale of Two 70s: The 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the United Nations and the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Atomic Bombing.” The winning artwork of the 2015 Peace Pals Art Exhibition with the theme “Love to Hiroshima–Love to Nagasaki” was on display throughout the day.
The Chaplain for the Church Center, which is run by the United Methodist Women, is Rev. Dionne Boissiere. She now has her own desktop Peace Pole, which she placed in a special area where those in attendance could write their prayers on a ribbon to post on a board. The Chapel was filled with prayers for peace all day long. Rev. Boissiere also put out a call to churches to ring their bells at 12 noon and for everyone to Tweet, #MayPeacePrevailOnEarth!
The World Peace Prayer Society held a World Peace Prayer Ceremony with the flags of all nations at 3:00, following the hourly Minute of Silence, accompanied by the Society’s Peace Bell made of recycled weapons of war. The flags has been raised that morning by students at the bell ringing ceremony by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Now each one was presented in turn as everyone sent a prayer for peace to prevail in each country of the world in turn, accompanied by the transcendent music of the World Peace Violin.
Many special friends of the World Peace Prayer Society took part in the prayers, including Andrew Benson Greene of Sierra Leone, who has long worked with Bockarie Enssah, our Peace Representative there. He is an accomplished poet, who has written a book of poetry called “The Peace Pole.”
This heartfelt call to peace from the United Nations was surely felt around the world. May Peace Prevail on Earth.
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Further Resources WPPS 1
WPPS 2
REPORT FROM NEW Baltimore PEACE CHAPTER Please find a link to the report downloadable in PDF
Peace Action Baltimore Newsletter
[beloved-community-interfaith-network] Midwest Academy Organizing Strategy Chart
To: Beloved Community Interfaith Network <beloved-community-interfaith-network@googlegroups.com>
Hi all,
Last night I watched a documentary film on the activist Heather Booth, who, among many achievements, founded a school for progressive organizers called the Midwest Academy. Since several of us are involved in organizations and initiatives ourselves, here’s the Academy’s Strategy Chart for helping to guide your efforts.
-Vijay-
Maryland United for Peace and Justice 