Peace Action Education Fund

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“Peace action education fund (paef) is dedicated to increasing public understanding of nuclear and conventional disarmament, human rights abuses and the arms trade, and that national and global security requires working cooperatively with the international community.”

“Peace education paef leaders continue to play a leadership role in the pentagon budget campaign, budget priorities working group, iran working group, syria-iraq working group, nuclear weapons working group, win without war, korea peace network and other groups. We bring together washington, dc-based disarmament organizations as well as grassroots groups and our own grassroots network to help coordinate public and congressional education. Paef mobilized its online and grassroots network on all paef's nationally coordinated campaigns, via letter, calling and online actions in support of our goals. These communications and others like it, educate our readers and supporters on the latest developments and upcoming actions.”

“National campaigns budget priorities as part of its move the money campaign, paef has continued to build its grassroots movement and alliances with social and economic justice groups at the local and national level to move various stakeholders, influence public opinion and impact the debate in washington. Working with our coalition partners and allies in congress, the peace movement has strengthened its call for sharp cuts in military spending. Since the onset of the cold war, consideration of military budget requests has resembled a rubber stamp process, channeling trillions of dollars to the pentagon and nuclear weapons programs. All the while the nation's infra-structure suffered neglect and major problems of poverty and environmental degradation. The challenges of providing the population with top quality education and health care took a back seat. Paef's move the money demands are gaining greater traction as the debate of federal budget priorities continues without resolution. Nuclear disarmament peace action education fund participates in the nuclear weapons working group, the alliance for nuclear accountability and the fissile materials working group to coordinate advocacy and actions around a broad range of issues from advocacy for a middle east nuclear free zone treaty to efforts to cut funding for nuclear weapons. In the first year of trump's term in office, peace action education fund mobilized its network in opposition to the trump administration's exorbitant and hypocritical proposal to increase spending for the approximately 1.7 trillion over the next 30 years on these and other plans for 'modernization'. Peace action education fund president chairs the korea peace network, a national grassroots network of korean-american, faith, peace, human rights and labor groups promoting diplomacy between the us and north korea. Kpn convenes regular conference calls and maintains a listserv of over 140 people to help coordinate education, organizing and advocacy efforts. Kpn held its 3rd annual dc advocacy days on capitol hill last june, simultaneous with the first summit meeting between president trump and north korean chairman kim. Sixty activists from nearly 20 states met with staff in about 70 house and senate offices to educate staff and members on effective approaches to peace and diplomacy. Finally, peace action worked to prevent the trump administration from withdrawing from the intermediate nuclear forces (inf) treaty with russia. Justice not war iran: peace action education fund played a significant role in winning a peace accord that ended the crisis over iran's nuclear program. During the 1st half of 2018, peace action focused grassroots pressure on the administration through a series of mail, phone and email alerts to peace action members and chapters in an effort to prevent the trump administration from withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal. This work continued after trump's decision to withdraw from the accord to block efforts to reimpose sanctions and take threatening actions against iran that could spark a war. Much of paef's work has centered on preventing those who favor threats and intimidation over diplomacy from winning a new round of punishing sanctions to force iran to knuckle under. Such measures poison negotiations and potentially lead to military action. The war on yemen: the war on yemen, where a u.s. Backed coalition, led by saudi arabia, executes a ruthless bombing campaign hospitals, schools and other civilian targets have been destroyed. Paef continued its work to block the arms sales and military aid to saudi arabia and its allies. Isis and the war on afghanistan: in 2018, peace action pressured the trump administration to withdraw u.s. Forces fighting isis in syria. Paef mobilized grassroots support for a negotiated settlement to the syrian civil war and america's longest war in afghanistan. Paef provided regular updates on fast moving events throughout the region. Paef continued to press f”