Month: February 2018

Following a vote at its last board meeting, East Bay Peace Action has joined a grassroots effort to take on systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation with the endorsement of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.

When 1 in 2 Americans is poor and the news of the day is climate chaos, police brutality, foreign wars, and tax cuts for the wealthy, we need Dr. King’s “revolution of values” and a moral revival in America more urgently than ever. It’s time not to commemorate Dr. King’s work, but to complete it.

The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting tens of thousands of people across America to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality. We need you to step up and join our efforts.

Add your name now if you’re ready to help unite all Americans in our movement to transform the political, economic and moral structures of the country.

East Bay Peace Action today joined with other organizations across the United States to endorse the Olympic Truce, an initiative calling for a cessation of hostilities on the Korean Peninsula during the Winter Olympics in South Korea..

As supporters of the truce state:

The Winter Olympics and Paralympics, to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, offer a unique moment to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula. On a very encouraging note, in November 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for an Olympic Truce, or a cessation of hostilities during the Winter Games, which gained the support of 157 Member States including both Koreas and future hosts of the Olympic Games: Japan, China, France and the United States.

The Olympic Truce represents an important opportunity to defuse tensions and begin the work of reconciliation on the Korean peninsula. The United States should fully support both Korean governments’ current efforts to restore a peace process.

You can read more of the details and view a list of endorsing organizations by following this link.