Cities For Peace Campaign

Cities for Peace Campaign
Cities for Peace is a rapidly growing coalition of local elected officials and concerned citizens working to get City Councils and other civic bodies to pass resolutions against a war on Iraq. Civic and religious leaders, educators, peace activists, business leaders and individuals from all sectors are coming together across the country to say "no" to President Bush's call for war. We the people of the U.S. are wary of a military venture against a country that has not attacked us. We are fearful that a war will lead to the deaths of thousands of Iraqis and US troops. We see this as a potentially dangerous distraction from fighting Terrorism and we are aware that such a war would have devastating consequences on our city budgets and on local capacity to meet the current needs of our own communities in these difficult economic times.

Citiesforpeace.org links you to the more than 80 cities who have passed resolutions, and the citizens in the more than 90 that now have Cities for Peace campaigns underway. A Cities for Peace campaign helps you exercising your democratic rights at the community level by working with local elected officials and other public institutions to pass resolutions expressing the people's will on war. War is not simply a national matter -- it is already affecting our communities, and the invasion has not yet begun. The many passed resolutions compiled here are a testament to the growing unease that people across the country are feeling about Bush's preemptive strike policy and to their commitment to cultivating a world based on peace and justice.

The Institute for Policy Studies is working with the Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC), National Priorities Project, and some American Friends Service Committee chapters help connect and educate grassroots groups, students, the faith-based community and others as they draft and pass City Council resolutions or letters opposing war with Iraq. Similar resolutions can be passed in other bodies, such as student council bodies, faculty senates, unions or church boards. We are working with groups through the United for Peace coalition. In addition to opposing U.S. military action against Iraq, these City Council resolutions are highlighting how taxpayers, city and state budgets, and critical social services will be impacted by the costs of a war with Iraq.

To join this effort contact Karen Dolan, 202-234-9382, ext. 228, or kdolan@igc.org; or Amy Quinn, 202-234-9382, ext. 238, a-quinn@mindspring.com

Resolutions Already Passed:

California passed

Arcata
Berkeley
Davis
Fairfax
Los Angeles
Mendocino County
Oakland
Palo Alto
San Fernando
San Luis Obispo
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz
Santa Monica
Sebastopol
Topanga Canyon
Ukiah
West Hollywood

Colorado passed

Boulder
Nederland
Pitkin County
Ridgway
Silver Plume
Telluride

Connecticut passed

Cornwall
Mansfield
New Haven
Salisbury

Florida passed

Key West
Georgia passed

Atlanta

Hawaii passed

State House of Representatives

Idaho passed

Blaine County

Illinois passed

Chicago
DeKalb
Evanston
Oak Park
Urbana

Indiana passed

Bloomington
Gary

Iowa passed

Des Moines

Maine passed

State Senate
State House
Hallowell
Orono
Portland
Waterville

Maryland passed

Baltimore
Greenbelt*
Takoma Park

Massachusetts passed

Amherst
Brookline Cambridge
Northampton
Somerville

Michigan passed

Ann Arbor
Brown Township
Detroit
Ferndale
Kalamazoo
Manistee County
Pleasanton Township
Traverse City

Minnesota passed

Ely
St. Paul

New Jersey passed

Jersey City
Maplewood
Newark
Paterson
Princeton Borough

New Mexico passed

Santa Fe

New York passed

Danby
Ithaca
New Paltz
Rochester*
Rockland County
Syracuse
Tompkins County
Woodstock

North Carolina passed

Carrboro
Chapel Hill

Ohio passed

Akron
Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Garfield Heights
Oberlin
Shaker Heights

Oregon passed

Corvallis
Eugene*
Multnomah County
West Linn

Pennsylvania passed

Haines Township
Philadelphia
Wilkinsburg
York

Rhode Island passed

Providence

Texas passed

Austin

Utah passed

Springdale Vermont passed

Burlington

Virginia passed

Charlottesville

Washington passed

San Juan County
Seattle
Tacoma
Vashon Maury Island Community Council

Wisconsin passed

Dane County
Madison
Milwaukee
Shorewood Hills
Stevens Point