Dear friend,
The totally unexpected results from the Presidential race was indeed shocking, discouraging, and depressing. But we must not succumb to the temptation to letting ourselves be disempowered!
I have now been in full time peacemaking for 47 years. Over that time, I've seen many valleys--but also many peaks. In 1979, I helped found the national Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. By November 1980, Ronald Reagan had been elected. He recklessly talked about nuclear warning shots, and his Assistant Secretary of Defense said "with enough shovels, we will all survive a nuclear war."
But by June, 1982, we had the largest demonstration in US history, with 1 million attending in Central Park in NYC. That was followed by Nuclear Freeze referenda in ten states. I chaired the NJ campaign, and the Freeze was supported by 2/3 of New Jersey voters! In 1983, we sent a 12 busloads with 600 New Jersey citizens to lobby Congress, and the Freeze passed in the US House.
President Reagan was forced to resume negotiations with the then Soviet Union, and by 1987 the first Nuclear Reduction Treaty in history was signed--eliminating land based medium range nuclear weapons in Europe!
So I'm writing to urge you to remember the famous slogan, Don't Mourn, Organize! Despite Trump's deeply troubling landslide victory, we even had a few bright spots supported by our Peace Voter 2024 Campaign here in NJ. Of the three races we targeted, the candidate shown to be more pro-peace won in two: Andy Kim for US Senate, and Herb Conaway for NJ Congressional District 3.
We very much want to re-energize and strengthen CFPA's high impact peacemaking at this critical time. Click and scroll down to see our recent activities, including our Peace Voter 2024 Campaign. But we can only do that with your generous support. Click here or below to donate as generously as possible!
P.S. There are now only 38 seats left for our 45th Annual Conference for Peace on Sunday afternoon, November 17 in Princeton. So if you haven't already registered, I urge you to click here and scroll down to register NOW!
Sincerely,
The Rev. Robert Moore
Executive Director
Coalition for Peace Action &
Peace Action Education Fund
7 Vandeventer Ave.
Princeton, NJ 08542
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