Register now for Peacebuilding Advocacy Days in Washington DC
CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF PEACEBUILDING
Invites You to Register Now
For Peacebuilding
Advocacy Days in Washington DC
September 24 – 26
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Dear Peacebuilders,
Register now to advocate on Capitol Hill for a U.S. Department of Peacebuilding (DoP) and other peace and justice legislation. Join us from September 24-26, 2018. If you cannot travel to DC, AMPLIFY our voices by calling Congress while we’re there. If you can come to DC early, join us for Pace e Bene’s Campaign Nonviolence Convergence events on September 21 – 22, 2018 and other pre-Advocacy Days options. Join us to build peace together.
Advocacy Days in Washington DC
To participate in the Peace Alliance DoP Campaign Advocacy Days, Register here and see detailed flyer here . We will meet with Representatives and Senators to advocate for establishment of a cabinet-level Department of Peacebuilding and for other peace-related legislation. This is an opportunity to work with like-minded peacebuilders and to experience walking the halls of Congress. Dialogue with legislators and aides, get an up-close feel for governance, and work to make peacebuilding a national priority. We will provide training and attend Congressional meetings together.
Call from Home to AMPLIFY Our DC Peacebuilding Efforts
As part of Advocacy Days, for those who cannot go to Washington, DC, we are asking you to AMPLIFY our efforts by calling members of Congress while we are on Capitol Hill from September 24-26, 2018. The call list includes:
1) your member of Congress;
2) former Department of Peacebuilding (DoP/ HR 1111) cosponsors who have not signed on yet; and
3) other potential cosponsors. Call as many on the list as you can. Each call takes only a few moments.
For more details on who to call and what to say, see the AMPLIFY flyer.
Other Pre-Advocacy Days Options
Please join us for any of these events:
- 9/21-22 in DC – Pace e Bene Campaign Nonviolence Convergence.
- 9/21-23 in Toronto & via simulcast – World Beyond War Conference with many speakers and workshops, including a 9/22 DoP workshop, Departments and Other National Infrastructures for Peace – A Way Forward.
- 9/23 in DC – The National Museum of African American History and Culture. A limited number of free ‘timed entry tickets’ are available. Reserve 10 am or 2 pm tickets ASAP by contacting [email protected].
Please join us to do the critical work of peacebuilding.
It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it.
And it isn’t enough to believe in it.
One must work for it. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Building peace together,
National Department of Peacebuilding Committee
Anne Creter, Karen Johnson, Nancy Merritt, Kendra Mon,
Debra Poss, Pat Simon and Jerilyn Stapleton
