Find some clips from the new film Countdown to Zero. Use the clips for discussions starters or as previews for the film if it is showing in your area. The film’s Web site offers the following description: The Countdown To…
Read more »The Convention on Cluster Munitions went into effect on Sunday, 1 August 2010. Due to the number of countries that have signed and ratified the Convention, it becomes binding international law in countries around the world. This is a cause…
Read more »The first batch of red hands and letters has been delivered. Over 800 red hands were created by participants in the Presbyterian Youth Triennium, They had the simple message: children should be children, not soldiers. Participants wrote some 200 letters…
Read more »Our colleagues with the Friends Committee on National Legislation report that Senator John Kerry, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has announced that the committee vote on the START treaty has been delayed until September 15 or 16. This…
Read more »I give thanks for the life and witness of long-time peacemaker Art Gish. I pray that God will comfort Peggy and all who grieve at Art’s death. I had the privilege of meeting Art and Peggy several years ago when…
Read more »This year marks the 30th anniversary of Peacemaking: The Believers’ Calling – the statement of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that called for a renewed commitment to Peacemaking and created the Peacemaking Offering and the Presbyterian Peacemaking…
Read more »Check out Countdown to Zero – a new film that traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possess nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with…
Read more »We have been encouraging support for the START agreement between the United States and Russia. Here is another take on that topic from our colleagues in the Presbyterian Washington Office History of the START agreement The original START agreement between…
Read more »Check out what Presbyterian Lura Pierce, a retired teacher, has been doing in retirement: From her original blog:The time has come to travel for peace. I will carry the originally designed butterfly peace quilt wherever I am invited. I will…
Read more »The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a vote on the New START Treaty on Tuesday, August 3 or Wednesday, August 4. This treaty would reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and Russia.A treaty only…
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