Actions to Advocate for Peace in Ukraine, September 12-15

By Cherrill Spencer and Ellen Thomas
Co-chairs of DISARM/END WARS Issue Committee

The Peace in Ukraine Coalition is holding a week of actions September 12-15. Find the day-by-day details of this week of actions here. If we work in concert with other peace organizations then our messages are more likely to be heard and acted upon.

The DISARM Issue Committee asks, if you have time only for one action, that you rally outside your Congressperson’s local office on Thursday, September 15.

Here are the points we want you to raise to your congressperson by leaving them a written note or talking to them in person on September 15. Urge your congressperson to support these steps to end the war:

• Call for a ceasefire
• Support peace negotiation and oppose escalatory actions by the U.S.
• Support U.S./NATO parallel talks with Russia to address broader pan-European security issues, including the removal of U.S. nuclear weapons stationed in NATO countries
• Freeze all weapons transfers and pause military actions by all belligerent leaders
• Support debt relief and debt cancellation for Ukraine as it copes with the destruction of the war
• Your constituents have needs that will be better served by spending the billions of dollars currently going into the pockets of the weapons manufacturers on health care and combating global warming

Posters and flyers for you to use at your rally can be found here. Here are some short phrases to put on rally signs:

  = CEASEFIRE Now

  = DIPLOMACY to End the War in Ukraine

  = $$$ for Climate, Healthcare & Housing NOT Weapons to Enrich War Profiteers

  = DO NOT RISK NUCLEAR WAR!

When you have organized your rally, post the details using this Google form and your action will appear in the peaceinukraine.org website where other activists in your town can see it and join you.

Send any questions to disarmchair@wilpfus.org