Peace Action Maine's Mission:
We are a voice of education and a center for people committed to disarmament and creative responses to conflict.

Peace Action Maine's Mission:
We are a voice of education and a center for people committed to disarmament and creative responses to conflict.

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  Join our Zoom Oct 30 Sat. 8 PM   Register HERE
 Program is facilitated by board member Devon Grayson-Wallace.

How the Pentagon Fuels  Climate 

      Lisa Savage*: What is Cop26?  
      David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is cofounder and executive director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson’s books include War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts Talk Nation Radio. He is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and was awarded the 2018 Peace Prize by the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation. Longer bio and photos and videos here.Sign the petition that will be hand delivered to Glasgow!
      Janet Weil is a longtime peace activist.  A military family member and Lifetime Associate Member of Veterans For Peace, she serves on the Climate Crisis and Militarism Project. For several years she worked on CODEPINK's national staff, including organizing for the Bring Our War Dollars Home campaign. In November 2015 Janet was an organizer in the huge march and rally in Oakland, California, in the lead up to the Paris Climate Negotiations. Janet lives with her husband in Portland, Oregon, where she is active with Extinction Rebellion, and where she recently experienced the unprecedented, heat dome event in late June in the Pacific Northwest.A very valuable "Info Pac" that accompanies your registration can be found HERE.
*Lisa Savage is a retired teacher and organizer who founded the Maine Natural Guard inviting people to take a pledge to connect the dots of Pentagon climate harm and true security in the face of climate chaos. She blogs at Went2theBridge.

What is the most obvious climate solution? How to advance this solution wherever on Earth we are? What is COP26? What is the COP26 Coalition People’s Summit? What is the Social Cost of Carbon?  What is “Keeping Up With Climate Envoy Kerry”? Where can you sign the petition and letter?  What can you do/What can we do?

This campaign is dedicated in memory of Tina Malcolmson. She would remind us that mitigation means reducing emissions and reducing the threats of climate change. Adaptation is dealing with the impacts of Climate and how they are addressed. It's about policy AND financing.

Petition & Letter: You can SIGN BOTH NOW HERE:
WBW:   http://cop26.info  SIGN HERE (orgs & individuals)
(https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-excluding-military-pollution-from-climate-agreements-2/)
VFP/CCMP: https://veteransforpeace.salsalabs.org/climatekerry/index.html (paste into browser and sign)
   (FMI: https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/climatecrisis

Upcoming Events and Recent Events

GAZA actions

Nov 21, 2023
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MVPR post for Dec. 5: Raise Your Voice To AIPAC Joe in Boston (mailchi.mp) Note: on Tuesday 12/5, there's a call in program (4 - 5 pm) on Gaza on radio station WERU broadcasting out of the midcoast. Listen online: https://weru.org/listen/ Call-in number: 207-469-0500 Guests on the program are supporters of Palestinian…

Commemorating Armistice Day 2023 ME VFP screens What I Want You To Know

Oct 16, 2023
What I want you to know https://www.whatiwantyoutoknow-film.com/ Nov. 12, Sunday In observance of Armistice Day ME VFP is sponsoring a screening of What I Want You To Know at the Portland Media Center currently planned for 1 PM and co-sponsored by Maine Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Peace Action Maine. It…

Two Veterans Talking About Peace_ Peace Action Maine 2023 Fall Gathering

Sep 20, 2023
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2023 Peace Action Maine Annual Fall Gathering. You are invited!ALERT: due to the active shooter event, this event is CANCELED. We hope to reschedule in the future.Our condolences to the victims of this violence. Doug Rawlings was drafted in 1969 and sent to Viet Nam as a member of the 7/15th artillery. His experiences in…

Join ME VFP: My Journey Back to Vietnam with Doug Rawlings

Sep 08, 2023
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My Journey Back to Vietnam Sept. 17, Sunday 3-5pm Portland Media Center 516 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101 Doug Rawlings returned to Vietnam in early August with his son, Josh, to speak at a conference in Hue City. Fifty-three years ago Rawlings was in the 7/15th Artillery located at a firebase in the Central Highlands.…

Maine Farm's call to protest warship's christening

Jul 24, 2023
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CALL TO ACTION: from Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm Please join Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm at Bath Iron Works on Saturday July 29th from 9:30 till 11 AM to protest the Christening of the Harvey C. Barnum Jr. DDG-124 an Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer. We will gather across from the Post Office on Washington Street in…

NDAA 2023

Jul 09, 2023
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The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is legislation that Congress passes each year to make changes to the policies and organization of United States defense agencies and provide guidance on how military funding can be spent, though funding for the U.S. military must be approved through appropriations bills. A…

Historic Golden Rule, Peace Sailboat Visits Maine

Jun 17, 2023
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Plenty of public parking, due to the upcoming Heritage Days in Bath, expect some roads to be blocked off but be patient:) Golden Rule is docked right in front of Waterfront Park on the Kennebec River!! For the later event, there is parking behind the Customs House and also under the bridge (you have to look hard for the…