Urge your Senators to declare publicly their support for speedy action on the new START treaty. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has long supported securing nuclear materials from terrorists and reducing the number of nuclear armaments. For decades the General Assembly…
Read more »President Obama of the United States and President Medvedev of Russia will meet in Prague, Czech Republic, today to sign a new strategic arms control agreement. In the United States, the treaty will go to the Senate which must ratify…
Read more »Barranquilla, Colombia Here’s the ask: Participate in the Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia. This year’s focus is on Colombians who are internally displaced. Here’s the background: Those of us who have gathered to discuss the Colombia Accompaniment Program,…
Read more »President Obama announced that the United States and Russia have agreed to a new treaty limiting each country “to significantly fewer strategic arms within seven years from the date the Treaty enters into force.” Plans are to sign the treaty…
Read more »The Associated Press reports that: “the U.S. and Russia have reached agreements for a historic new treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals.” The treaty will require ratification in the United States Senate and would represent a significant step toward a…
Read more »With one email, letter, phone call, or visit, you can call for a step that would help reduce nuclear weapons, hunger and poverty. Urge your representative to support H Res 278. It is especially important to contact members serving on…
Read more »Sign a petition to President Obama calling for efforts to abolish nuclear weapons. On April 5th President Obama pledged the United States to demonstrate leadership for nuclear disarmament and abolition. Sign a petition calling the president to make good on…
Read more »Sign a letter urging President Obama to work address humanitarian needs in Gaza. Churches for Middle East Peace is coordinating this effort to ask the United States to work for peace. A recent report by international aid organizations notes that…
Read more »President Obama is currently making critical decisions about U.S. nuclear weapons. The Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is expected to be completed by March 1, and will be the basis for United States nuclear policy for years to come. Write to…
Read more »Insisting that fighting modern-day slavery is a shared responsibility President Barack Obama urged all Americans to educate themselves on the signs and consequences of human trafficking, declaring January to be National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Work on human trafficking is…
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