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To contact CCPJ, click => here


Just how many military interventions has the United States had in its history?
Click to see ==> here  

Town / City level Resolutions putting human needs before military expenditures 

US Peace Council Initiative: Click to see the Resolution

US Peace Council-National People's Campaign: to download, click => here

Peace Commission Resolution 2017 PASSED BY ALDERS Calling for Hearing on Funding Human Services in New Haven: to download, click => here

Model Resolution for US cities: to download, click => here 


 

2017 Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance

Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance
A Call to Abolish Nuclear Weapons


6:00 - 9:00 PM, Sunday, August 6th
Unitarian Society of Hartford
50 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105

Door open at 6:00 pm
Potluck begins at 6 pm -- please bring food to share
Program of music, speakers & poetry begins at 6:30 pm
Candle-lighting Ceremony at 8 pm (this will be outdoors, as weather permits)

Sponsored by:
CT Coalition for Peace and Justice
Hope Out Loud
No Nukes/No War 
Unitarian Society of Hartford
United Nations Association of Connecticut

For more information, click => here

For a flyer for Hartford, click => here  

Visit us on => Facebook

For more information:
  (860) 561-1897


Vigils in New Haven for Nuclear Abolition

2017 New Haven Remembrance

NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE INHUMANE.
Poetry and Candle Ceremony
August 6th 7:00 p.m. -­ 8:30 p.m.
New Haven Green, Flagpole


2017 Vigils 

Silent Vigil for Hiroshima
Saturday, August 6th
8:15 a.m.
New Haven Green, Flagpole

Silent Vigil for Nagasaki
Tuesday, August 9th
11:00 a.m.
New Haven Green, Flagpole


For More Info:

Web Site: Greater New Haven Peace Council

or

Greater New Haven Peace Council 
PO Box 3105
New Haven, CT 06515-0205
grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com

City of New Haven Peace Commission

For a flyer, click => here

 


Town / City level Resolutions putting human needs before military expenditures 

US Peace Council-National People's Campaign: to download, click => here

Peace Commission Resolution 2017 PASSED BY ALDERS Calling for Hearing on Funding Human Services in New Haven: to download, click => here

Model Resolution for US cities: to download, click => here 



 

Election 2016 – One step closer to WW III?
Achieving Peace is NOT on the National Agenda

Military Buildups with increased risk between nuclear powers, Climate Disruptions, Social Unrest and Economic Inequality all threaten our planet.

How do we work together to stop impending global catastrophes and rebuild our communities?

A one day Conference to bring together CT Peace and Justice Communities promoting a vision of Peace achieved through non-violent conflict resolution, social justice, economic equity and environmental sustainability.

 

Saturday, November 12th
12 to 5 pm

Chapman Hall
Middlesex Community College
100 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT

For a flyer, click => here
Another flyer version, click => here

For information:
contact – skrevisky@mxcc.commnet.edu

Program

12:00-12:45 pm: Registration (Lunch, Music, Literature tables, and Postcard Campaign)

1:00-1:15 pm: Welcome
   Steve Krevisky, MC
   Anna Wasescha, President, Middlesex Community College

1:15-2:00 pm: Keynote Address
   On the Dangers of War, and the Connection to Other Issues, Doctor Bahman Azad, professor of economics and sociology in New Jersey, member of executive board and organizational secretary of the US Peace Council. Followed by Q and A

2:00-2:10 pm: Postcard Campaign
   Preventing War by Communicating With Elected Officials, Joe Wasserman

2:30-3:30 pm: Workshops (Chapman Hall) 
   A) Preventing War, facilitated by Madelyn Hoffman, Executive Director, Peace Action, New Jersey, & the Greater New Haven Peace Council
   B) Climate Change, facilitated by Chris Schweitzer, Program Director, New Haven/ León Sister Project
   C) Economic Equity, facilitated by Marc Moorash, co-editor of art young’s good morning
   D) Student Issues, facilitated by student senates from Middlesex Community College and other colleges
   E) Racism and Social Justice, facilitated by Bishop John Selder

3:45-4:45 pm: Reports Back From the Workshops, With Plans for Future Actions and Organizing
   Workshop Reports
, Henry Lowendorf, moderator
   Geographic Caucuses, People from the same town assemble can work together (via sign-up sheets and liaisons). 

4:45-4:50 pm: Follow-up on Postcard Campaign
   Joe Wasserman

4:50-5:00 pm: Wrap-up
   Steve Krevisky, MC

Sponsored by: Greater New Haven Peace Council, CT Coalition for Peace and Justice, 
No Nukes/No War, Hope Out Loud and Congress of Community Colleges (4C’s/SEIU)


2016 Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance

Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance
A Call to Abolish Nuclear Weapons


6:00 - 8:00 PM, Saturday, August 6th
Unitarian Society of Hartford
50 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105

Door open at 6:00 pm
Potluck begins at 6 pm -- please bring food to share
Program of music, speakers & poetry begins at 6:30 pm
Candle-lighting Ceremony at 8 pm (this will be outdoors, as weather permits)

Sponsored by:
CT Coalition for Peace and Justice
No Nukes/No War 
UN Association-CT
Unitarian Society of Hartford

For more information, click => here

For a flyer for Hartford, click => here  

Visit us on => Facebook

For more information:
  (860) 561-1897


Vigils in New Haven for Nuclear Abolition

President Obama called for nuclear abolition but said “maybe not in our lifetime. ”

Secretary Clinton said in “some century.”

4,803 Mayors for Peace say “Abolition by 2020!”

U.S. Conference of Mayors agrees.  For more information about the mayors, 
click => here 

Yes We Can.

2016 New Haven Remembrance

NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE INHUMANE.
Poetry and Candle Ceremony
August 6th 7:00 p.m. -­ 8:30 p.m.
New Haven Green, Flagpole


2016 Vigils 

Silent Vigil for Hiroshima
Saturday, August 6th
8:15 a.m.
New Haven Green, Flagpole

Silent Vigil for Nagasaki
Tuesday, August 9th
11:00 a.m.
New Haven Green, Flagpole


For More Info:

Web Site: Greater New Haven Peace Council

or

Greater New Haven Peace Council 
PO Box 3105
New Haven, CT 06515-0205
grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com

City of New Haven Peace Commission

For a flyer, click => here

Older - 2015


2015 Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance

Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance
A Call to Abolish Nuclear Weapons


5:30 - 8:00 PM, Thursday, August 6th
Unitarian Society of Hartford  <=   Location Same as 2014
50 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105

Door open at 5:30 pm
Potluck at 6 pm -- please bring food to share
Program of music, speakers & poetry begins at 6:30 pm
Candle-lighting Ceremony at 8 pm (this will be outdoors, as weather permits)

Sponsored by:
CT Coalition for Peace and Justice
No Nukes/No War 
UN Association-CT
Unitarian Society of Hartford

For more information, click => here

For a flyer for Hartford, click => here  

Visit us on => Facebook

For more information:
  (860) 561-1897


Vigils in New Haven for Nuclear Abolition

President Obama called for nuclear abolition but said “maybe not in our lifetime. ”

Secretary Clinton said in “some century.”

4,803 Mayors for Peace say “Abolition by 2020!”

U.S. Conference of Mayors agrees.  For more information about the mayors, 
click => here 

Yes We Can.

2015 New Haven Remembrance

NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE INHUMANE.
Poetry and Candle Ceremony
August 6th 7:00 p.m. -­ 8:30 p.m.
New Haven Green, Flagpole


2015 Vigils 

Silent Vigil for Hiroshima
Thursday, August 6th
8:15 a.m.
New Haven Green, Flagpole

Silent Vigil for Nagasaki
Sunday, August 9th
11:00 a.m.
New Haven Green, Flagpole


For More Info:

Web Site: Greater New Haven Peace Council

or

Greater New Haven Peace Council 
PO Box 3105
New Haven, CT 06515-0205
grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com

City of New Haven Peace Commission

For a flyer, click => here

Older - 2014

 


2014 Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance
Hartford / New Haven


Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance

Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance
A Call to Abolish Nuclear Weapons


Wednesday, August 6 
Unitarian Society of Hartford
50 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford

Pot Luck 5:30 PM
Remembrance with Music and Poetry at 7 PM
Candle Lighting Ceremony at 8 PM

 

Featuring an exhibition 
of drawings and paintings by Paul Martin Butkovich 
As a memorial to the bombing of Hiroshima. 

Sponsored by:
Hope Out Loud
No Nukes/No War
UN Association-CT
Unitarian Society of Hartford
American Friends Service Committee

For more information, click => here

For a flyer for Hartford, click => here  

For more information:
  (860) 561-1897

 


Vigils in New Haven for Nuclear Abolition

President Obama called for nuclear abolition but said “maybe not in our lifetime. ”

Secretary Clinton said in “some century.”

4,803 Mayors for Peace say “Abolition by 2020!”

U.S. Conference of Mayors agrees.  For more information about the mayors, 
click => here 

Yes We Can.

End 69 Years of Nuclear Terror
No More Hiroshimas
No More Nagasakis

Total, global abolition is the only way to prevent terrorists from getting nukes and to avoid nuclear accidents. 

Vigils 

Wednesday,
Aug. 6, 2014
8:00-8:45 AM
New Haven Green, flag-pole

Saturday, 
Aug. 9, 2014
11:00-11:30 AM 
New Haven Green, flag-pole 

For More Info: 203-230-1312 (Mary)
Greater New Haven Peace Council 
PO Box 3105
New Haven, CT 06515-0205
grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com

City f New Haven Peace Commission

For a flyer, click => here (not available yet)


When the defense contracts stop, do firms and their employees have any alternative to simply shutting down? This documentary explores the history of attempts by workers and their unions to convert military enterprises to civilian production. 

Economic Conversion Now

 Monday January 28, 2013
 at 7:30 PM

Friends Meeting House
144 South Quaker Lane
West Hartford, CT

The Connecticut Citizens For Peace and Justice will be showing a documentary from Sawmill River Productions entitled "Economic Conversion Now." This was produced in the mid 1980's and the interviews and examples are somewhat dated. The concepts are timeless.

For more information click => here


In 1968 Martin Luther King organized a 3,000-person tent city for economic justice, called the Poor People's Campaign or Resurrection City. 

Occupying for Economic Justice in 1968:
Martin Luther King's Poor People's Campaign

Monday, January 21, 2013 
5:30-8:00 p.m. 
Kabbalah House 
1023 Albany Avenue, Hartford

Join Occupy Hartford on Martin Luther King Day for a vegetarian potluck, short film about the Poor People's Campaign, and discussion of what this history tells us about the Occupy movement, its issues, and its tactics.

For a flyer, click => here 


Are you new to activism and would like to organize with others committed to creating peace? 

Connecticut Citizens For Peace and Justice

Amplify Your Voice

Do you have an economic or social issue that you are passionate about?

Join us every 2nd and 4th Monday
 at 7:30 PM

Friends Meeting House
144 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford

For more information, call (860)678-1846


2012 Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance

Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance
A Call to Abolish Nuclear Weapons


5:00 - 8:00 PM, Monday, August 6th
Friends Meeting House    <=   New Location
144 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford
(Riverside Park was unavailable this year)

Pot Luck Picnic at begins at 5:00 pm 
Program begins at 7:00 pm with
Music, Speakers and ends with 
Candle-Lighting Ceremony at 8 pm.

Sponsored by:
CT Coalition for Peace and Justice
No Nukes/No War,  UN Association-CT
West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice,
American Friends Service Committee-CT

For more information, click => here

For a flyer for Hartford, click => here  

For more information:
  (860) 561-1897


Vigils in New Haven for Nuclear Abolition

President Obama called for nuclear abolition but said “maybe not in our lifetime. ”

Secretary Clinton said in “some century.”

4,803 Mayors for Peace say “Abolition by 2020!”

U.S. Conference of Mayors agrees.  For more information about the mayors, 
click => here 

Yes We Can.

End 67 Years of Nuclear Terror
No More Hiroshimas
No More Nagasakis
No More Fukushimas

Total, global abolition is the only way to prevent terrorists from getting nukes and to avoid nuclear accidents. 

Vigils 

Monday,
Aug. 6, 2012
8:00-8:45 AM
New Haven Green, flag-pole

Thursday, 
Aug. 9, 2012
11:00-11:30 AM 
New Haven Green, flag-pole 

For More Info: 203-389-9547; 203-387-370
Greater New Haven Peace Council 
PO Box 3105
New Haven, CT 06515-0205
grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com

City f New Haven Peace Commission

For a flyer, click => here

Proclamation
City of Hartford
Hiroshima Remembrance Day
In the City of
Hartford
August 6, 2009

To see the Proclamation, Click => here


Wayne Cycling

Wayne Goes Cycling to Raise Money for Soldiers Heart!

In mid June 2007, Tariffville resident Wayne Coste began a 4,200 mile, coast-to-coast bicycle trip across America to raise money and awareness of veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. In 64 days, he crossed 13 states and a Canadian province, averaging 65 miles per day, under his own power.

http://www.waynegoescycling.com
http://www.soldiersheart.net

For more information, click => here


Rulers

This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries (the links are at the bottom of the respective country entries), as well as a selection of international organizations. Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately. 

For more information, click => here

 


Dates and figures of the worldwide leadership since 1945.

To see the people who have been in power throughout the world in modern times, click => here


The War Stops Here
A New Blog

This blog is intended to be a regularly updated hub for those who take anti-war work seriously and want to learn what other people are doing, and to let new people know that there are ways to tangibly grind this war to a halt.

We're finally at a stage in the antiwar movement where there is something to report in terms of creative, militant direct actions against the occupation of Iraq happening right here in the US. It's happening on campuses, at ports, in the Capitol, in small towns and in big cities. 

The main purpose is to put forward the alternatives that have been advocated for a long time; that are now taking shape. It's really a wonderful time to be a part of this movement; it is not hard to feel a re-awakening and a shift in movement politics. The time when a handful of groups and individuals can monopolize the direction of the movement is coming to a close.

For more information, click => here


Stop the United States From Launching a New Nuclear Arms Race!

 

New Nuclear Weapons Complex 
(Complex 2030)

"Although national security is widely perceived to depend on military strength, more weapons do not provide enduring security. Military expansion provokes fear and potential retaliation. Threats tend to increase the hostility and distrust that lead to war. We believe that nations must move toward comprehensive disarmament. We urge multilateral disarmament, supported by the conversion of military industries to the production of civilian goods and services, and the retraining of personnel toward that end. We also advocate that the United States take unilateral steps toward its own disarmament, believing that other nations will respond affirmatively to this example. The risks of disarmament are far smaller than the risks involved in the current course of weapons stockpiling and development." 

~ Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) Statement of Legislative Policy

For more information, click => here


Come Help CCPJ Discuss
Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSS)

Monday, January 22 at 7:30
at
Friends Meeting House
144 South Quaker Lane
West Hartford

We will show Dr. Ed Tick's 90 minute DVD (a brief synopsis of his book "War and the Soul") and discuss efforts to hold a larger Central Connecticut and/or State forum on PTSS and helping returning Iraq War Veterans

For more information, click => here


No More Blood On Our Hands Campaign

The Red Hand campaign is about stopping any nuclear or conventional attack on the people of Iran.  We urge you to download  flyer(s) get them signed and deliver them to your Congressional Representatives (House and Senate)

You may return them to Joe Wasserman for him to deliver as part of a consolidated package (joewass64@yahoo.com)

For a flyer click => here


Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice
Has put up a Billboard to identify supporters of torture among elected officials

For more information on IWagePeace.org, click => here

For more information on Reclaiming The Prophetic Voice, click => here


The Exxpose Exxon campaign is a collaborative effort of many of the nation's largest environmental and public interest advocacy organizations aimed at pressuring ExxonMobil by educating and activating Americans about ExxonMobil's efforts to stop action on global warming, drill in the Arctic Refuge, and keep America addicted to oil.

For more information, click => here


For an interview (interspersed with music) with Jose Davilla who discusses the latest Seminar on Civil Liberties by John Brittian with an emphasis on Jose Padilla click => here

Rev. Martin Luther King

Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence

Speech given 4 April 1967
Riverside Church in New York City

For more information, click => here

(For an undated 2007 version, substitute the word "Iraq" for "Vietnam")


Weekly Vigils
There are two weekly vigils that the Connecticut Coalition For Peace and Justice actively participates.  These are:

- Every Friday in front of the Federal Building in Hartford at 11:00 - 12:30 PM.  This is the longest continuous vigil in Connecticut.

- Every Saturday at 11:30 am to 12:30 pm at the corner of Main Street and Farmington Avenue.


To see selected Web Archives of activities previously posted on this site, click => here


About Connecticut Coalition For Peace and Justice (CCPJ)

The Connecticut Coalition to Stop Star Wars was borne in the summer of 2001, following the stirring words of Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. At first, the diverse group was established to combat the disasterous missile defense system of President Bush II. But the events of 9/11/01 changed everything for the group, including its name. The Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice (CCPJ) has worked ardently to pursue peace and justice since 9/11, but while broadening its message, it still holds to its founding principle of combatting Star Wars.

CCPJ meets every week on Monday evening => No Longer Meeting on a Regular Basis

7:30 PM at the Quaker Meeting House, 144 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford

Thanks
CCPJ Steering Committee


Other CCPJ Materials can be found => Here

CCPJ Weekly Agenda Form can be found => Here

Unpublished CCPJ Committee Materials => Here