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PR: Progressive Responses
The mission of Progressive Responses is to educate and mobilize community members to promote peace by building communities that respect human rights and the environment, and which oppose militarism and endless war. We seek to accomplish our mission through community forums, direct action, lobbying, signature ads and other media work, and collaboration with other groups and allies.
Our action goals are to:
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Stop the use of war as a tool of foreign policy and instead strengthen and rely on international cooperation and peace making.
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Dramatically decrease military spending and redirect funds to social and environmental needs
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Promote human rights including; the right to health care, housing, adequate food, education, meaningful work, and social security for all people.
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Protect the environment and promote sustainable development in the U.S. and abroad.
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Stop the attack on democracy by challenging corporate control of our political institutions.
Broad Historical Accomplishments
Collaborated
with peace, labor, immigrants’ rights and environmental groups to organize
a yearly “Troops Home Now” march and rally on the Iraq War Anniversary.
Helped
organize numerous other peace rallies and vigils.
Pushed an “End the Iraq War” resolution through the Eugene City Council.
Along
with our allies, successfully lobbied Congressman Peter DeFazio and
Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith to vote against Iraq War Funding.
Sponsored
a series of well-attended public forums on U.S. foreign policy, the
war on terror and Israel/Palestine.
Published
numerous guest opinions in Eugene’s The Register-Guard and the Eugene
Weekly.
Placed
yearly signature ads in the Register-Guard calling for an end to the
Iraq war; 1000+ signatures from a broad group of community members.
Established
an effective e-mail action network that reaches700+ people.
Hosted
a white privilege workshop and discussion group for coalition participants.
Challenged
and publicized the anti-Semitism and racism of the Pacifica Forum “peace
group” with community organizing, guest editorials and signature ads.
Helps
organize annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration in order to build
support for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Long Range Goals
Replace the U.S. Government’s counterproductive and costly military
approach to national security with a foreign policy that recognizinges
that national security depends on the promotion of global institutions
to confront the major challenges facing the world today:
depletion
of oil supply
unprecedented
crisis of climate change
deepening
global inequality
erosion
of civil liberties and human rights
Dynamic Inspiration
Each Sunday from sunrise to sunset, Arlington West Santa Monica, a veterans group for peace, builds a temporary memorial honoring all who have died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, next to the world-famous pier at Santa Monica Beach.
www.arlingtonwestsantamonica.org/
Collaboration
Progressive Responses works in conjunction with many area peace groups, including:
Beyond War, beyondwar@beyondwar.org, 485-0911
Rural Organizing Project, 503-543-8417, amanda@rop.org
Taxes
for Peace Not War, Erik & Ann Muller mulpop@efn.org
Women’s
Action for New
Directions, scundiff@riousa.com, 683-1350
Department of Peace: David
Hazen, innercom@peak.org, 541-343-2109
Veterans for Peace, Lane County, Jim Schmidt, jimschmidt32@comcast.net, 541-484-6395
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