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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO BUILD CITIZEN SUPPORT FOR BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT FUND HUMAN NEEDS INSTEAD OF ENDLESS WAR, ELIMINATE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, AND INCREASE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.

COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY: PEACE ACTION MAILS ACTION ALERTS TO ITS MEMBERSHIP LIST AND SENDS DAILY UPDATES TO ITS LIST OF AFFILIATES AND ONLINE ACTIVISTS. PEACE ACTION PROVIDES SUPPORTERS WEEKLY EMAIL ALERTS ON CRUCIAL PEACE ISSUES. PEACE ACTION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AND GROW ITS ONLINE ACTIVIST LIST WITH OVER 85,000 MEMBERS AND GROUPS, REACHING ANOTHER 100,000 ACTIVISTS VIA PEACE ACTION NATIONAL AND AFFILIATE LISTSERVS. PEACE ACTION MAINTAINS ITS WEBSITE AT WWW.PEACEACTION.ORG. WAR POWERS: PEACE ACTION CONTINUED TO MOBILIZE GRASSROOTS SUPPORT FOR AN OPEN DEBATE IN CONGRESS ON THE REQUIRED AUTHORIZATION OF MILITARY FORCE. PEACE ACTION CONTINUED TO PRESS FOR REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE, THE FIG LEAF LEGISLATION THE BUSH, OBAMA AND NOW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S USE TO JUSTIFY MILITARY CAMPAIGNS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. PEACE ACTION ALSO PRESSED FOR A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT TO THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR AND AN END TO THE WAR ON AFGHANISTAN. PEACE ACTION PROVIDED REGULAR UPDATES ON FAST MOVING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. IRAN: PEACE ACTION PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN WINNING A PEACE ACCORD THAT ENDED THE CRISIS OVER IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. IN 2019, PEACE ACTION CONTINUED TO TRACK AND OPPOSE LEGISLATION TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS OR TAKE OTHER MEASURES THAT WOULD UNDERMINE THE ACCORD. MUCH OF PEACE ACTION'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. IN 2019, PEACE ACTION FOCUSED GRASSROOTS PRESSURE ON CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION THROUGH A SERIES OF MAIL, PHONE AND EMAIL ALERTS TO PEACE ACTION MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS TO BLOCK EFFORTS TO REIMPOSE SANCTIONS AND TAKE THREATENING ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN THAT COULD SPARK A WAR. 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. PEACE ACTION WORKED TO BLOCK ARMS SALES AND MILITARY AID TO SAUDI ARABIA AND ITS ALLIES. PEACE ACTION LED A NATIONALLY COORDINATED GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN THAT SECURED PASSAGE IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE OF LEGISLATION DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT TO END U.S. SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE SAUDI-LED WAR. BUDGET PRIORITIES: PEACE ACTION CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET, A BUDGET ALTERNATIVE OFFERED BY THE CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS. EACH YEAR, WE SEEK MORE COSPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET PROVIDES PEACE ACTION THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE POLICY MAKERS, THE MEDIA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE GROWING RUNAWAY PENTAGON BUDGET. EFFORTS TO GROW SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET INVOLVE ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS ON THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS. MUCH OF THIS OUTREACH AND EDUCATION WAS DIRECTED AT THE ABUSE OF THE OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS ACCOUNT WHICH THE PENTAGON WAS USING TO GET AROUND BUDGET CAPS IMPOSED BY THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT. PEACE ACTION ORGANIZED SEVERAL CALLING AND EMAIL CAMPAIGNS AROUND KEY VOTES IN CONGRESS ON MILITARY BUDGET ISSUES AND GENERATED HUNDREDS OF NEWS ARTICLES AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IN LOCAL PRESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AROUND ITS PEOPLE'S BUDGET CAMPAIGN. IN 2019, PEACE ACTION CHAPTERS AND MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN TAX DAY ACTIONS ACROSS THE US AS PART OF THE GLOBAL DAYS OF ACTION ON MILITARY SPENDING. PEACE ACTION CHAPTERS LED DOZENS OF TAX DAY ACTIONS, A STAPLE OF LOCAL ORGANIZING AROUND THE COUNTRY. PEACE ACTION CHAPTERS CONDUCTED PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EVENTS AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL OFFICE, DISSEMINATED FACT SHEETS AND ORGANIZED RESOURCES TO HELP MAKE THESE EVENTS EFFECTIVE. DISARMAMENT: PEACE ACTION 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 BUDGET CUTS IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPENDING TO ADVOCACY FOR A UN APPROVED BAN ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS. PEACE ACTION SUPPORTED BILLS IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. PEACE ACTION CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF THE SMARTER APPROACH TO NUCLEAR EXPENDITURES ACT, OR THE SANE ACT, DESIGNED TO SLASH U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS EXPENDITURES BY 100 BILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE. THE SANE ACT HAS BECOME THE FOCAL POINT FOR CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AROUND NUCLEAR WEAPONS ISSUES, SERVING AS A POLICY ALTERNATIVE TO PLANS FOR 'MODERNIZING' THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX. PEACE ACTION ALSO WORKED ON OTHER LEGISLATION INCLUDING BILLS TO PROHIBIT THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, AND DEPLOYMENT OF SMALLER, MORE 'USABLE' NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND LIMIT THE PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY TO LAUNCH A NUCLEAR ATTACK WITHOUT A CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF WAR OR IN RESPONSE TO A NUCLEAR ATTACK. PEACE ACTION'S ROSALIE BROOKS TRAVELED TO HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI REPRESENTING PEACE ACTION AT ANNUAL COMMEMORATIONS OF THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF THESE JAPANESE CITIES IN 1945. FINALLY, PEACE ACTION CONTINUED ITS CAMPAIGN TO CUT FUNDING FOR THE UPGRADE AND EXPANSION OF THE ENTIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX. PEACE AND DIPLOMACY WITH NORTH KOREA: PEACE ACTION 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 ANNUAL DC ADVOCACY DAYS ON CAPITOL HILL IN JUNE. ACTIVISTS FROM NEARLY 20 STATES MET WITH STAFF IN HOUSE AND SENATE OFFICES TO EDUCATE STAFF AND MEMBERS ON EFFECTIVE APPROACHES TO PEACE AND DIPLOMACY.

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PEACE ACTION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JON RAINWATER, PRESIDENT, KEVIN MARTIN, AND POLITICAL DIRECTOR, PAUL KAWIKA MARTIN (NO RELATION) TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN 2019, PROVIDING DIRECT CONSULTATION AND CHAPTER BUILDING ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL GROUPS IN CA, ID, MA, MI, MD, NC, NH, NJ, NY, & UT.

AFFILIATE AND MEMBER SERVICES: PEACE ACTION CO-HOSTS WITH PEACE ACTION EDUCATION FUND AN ANNUAL GATHERING IN WASHINGTON DC OF KEY ORGANIZERS AND VOLUNTEER LEADERS FROM ITS CHAPTER NETWORK TO COORDINATE ADVOCACY AND ORGANIZING STRATEGY AND MESSAGING. PEACE ACTION ORGANIZES BI-WEEKLY CONFERENCE CALLS TO CONTINUE THIS PROCESS THROUGH THE YEAR THAT FOLLOWS. ALSO, A NUMBER OF SURVEYS WERE DEVELOPED FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS/AFFILIATES TO GATHER INPUT ON MEMBERSHIP AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES. THESE SURVEYS WOULD PROVIDE A MORE STRUCTURED AVENUE FOR GATHERING AND SHARING INPUT AND TO HELP FOCUS THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

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