HIGHLIGHTS FROM 50 YEARS OF MAKING HISTORY

QUOTES AND MEMORIES

Statements of Support from Members of New Jersey Peace Action’s 50^th Anniversary Host Committee

Decades later, activists still answering King's call to speak out
(Courier News: January 14, 2007)

Past Events

NJ Peace Action’s 50th Annual Soup Luncheon was held November 17, 2007

Camilo Mejia spent more than 7 years in the military and 8 months fighting in Iraq. On a furlough from the war, he applied for Conscientious Objector status, and was declared a Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International. He was convicted of desertion by the U.S. military for refusing to return to the war in Iraq and served 9 months of a one year sentence in prison.

Camilo Mejia spoke at NJPA's 50th Anniversary Soup Luncheon on Saturday, November 17th 2007. Copies of the Camilo Mejia DVD are available from NJPA for $10. Contact our office at (973) 744-3263

To watch an excerpt of Camilo speaking on his book tour, go to this Youtube page

“…Coming home gave me the clarity to see the line between military duty and moral obligation. I realized that I was part of a war that I believed was immoral and criminal, a war of aggression, a war of imperial domination. I realized that acting upon my principles became incompatible with my role in the military, and I decided that I could not return to Iraq.” – from “Regaining My Humanity” by Camilo Mejia

Highlands Music Festival

New Location: Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
231 Parish Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470
Saturday, September 8, 2007
12pm-7pm

Featuring:

Little Bobby Barton
The Swippers
Bob Nicholson
The Spook Handy Trio
Teenage guitarist and songwriter Zach Magee
Rhythm and Vocal Workshop Stage
w/Terri Clegg, Robin Burdulis & Cynthia Pierce
Spirit Wing
Tret Fure
Disappear Fear

with:
Clinton Hebard - 'A Dialogue for Peace'
Healthy Foods-Blue Earth Burrito, Non-Profit Vendors
Children's program (peace crane origami, song circle)

Workshops:
Ta Ke Ti Na
Hooping

For more info: (973) 291-4847 or  www.highlandspeaceaction.org

THE PEOPLE'S MARCH FOR PEACE, EQUALITY, JOBS & JUSTICE

Join The Peace & Justice Coalition, a coalition of more than 130 organizations concerned about the war on Iraq and the impact of the war on our communities, on August 25, at 12:00 Noon to march down Broad Street beginning at Lincoln Park, in Newark.

Download Flyers

50^th Annual Dinner

Featuring

Michael Parenti

Internationally acclaimed author and social commentator

Program and Honorees

TAX DAY EVENTS

On Tax Day, which is April 17th this year, NJ Peace Action will ask taxpayers to fill out postcards listing their priorities for government spending of their tax dollars (click here for the postcard).

Members of NJ Peace Action will be in front of the Main Post Office on Broad Street in Newark from 5 to 7 PM. If you'd like to join us, please call the office at (973)744-3263.

Please collect as many postcards as you can and mail them to NJPA, 673 Bloomfield Avenue, 2nd floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003. We'll mail the postcards to our Senators and appropriate members of Congress.

Mothers and Daughters Walk for Peace

Events Marking the 4th year of the Iraq War