Evanston Friends Meeting

Evanston Mennonite Church
We recognize no enemies.  Mennonites have been using love and compassion to resist war and strive to build just world community for almost 500 years.

Jewish Reconstructionist Congregaton: Peace Dialogue Committee
We are a group of JRC members who believe strongly that there should be a Jewish voice, grounded in Jewish values, in the peace and justice movement.  We are concerned that Jewish organizations are not represented in on-going peace and justice activities in this area, especially in North Shore communities. We want to find a way for Jews like us to participate in those activities as Jews, even as we affirm our support for Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.

Northbrook Peace Committee
We started out as a group of people who live or work in Northbrook, Illinois, but we now have many supporters from other towns. We are against the continuation of the war in Iraq. We have no formal organizational structure, no office, and no paid staff. We are people of all ages who care. We are not affiliated with any other group, although we do work with other groups. We will do what we can do and what we choose to do in order to promote peace and support a responsible United States foreign policy.

North Shore Women for Peace
A north suburban activist peace organization dedicated to raising public political awareness about the Cost of the War in Iraq and other issues that threaten our Constitutional liberties.  Present campaign includes weekly peace vigil every Thursday afternoon 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Port Clinton downtown Highland Park.

Northwestern Faculty Against the Iraq War
Northwestern University Faculty Against the War in Iraq believe that the Bush administration launched the war in Iraq on false premises and with false claims about an impending threat to American security, and that in doing so it has discredited American foreign policy and undermined America's standing in the world. We believe that the war has increased the threat to American security. We believe that Americans are being killed for no good purpose. And we believe that the only faint hope of reducing the level of violence in Iraq and the loss of Iraqi lives is for the United States to withdraw its armed forces immediately.

Not In My Name
Not In My Name is a predominantly Jewish organization formed in 2000 to organize opposition to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands taken in 1967.  We support the self-determination of both peoples while rejecting all violence against innocent civilians.  Please join our weekly vigil in downtown Chicago, Sundays, noon to 1 pm at 830 N. Michigan.

NOWAR (Northwestern Opposing War and Racism)
NOWAR believes that peace is not simply the absence of war but the presence of justice. The group formed to mobilize against the racism and war arising in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001. For the past few years, NOWAR has focused on the occupation of Iraq and in 2004 started the Campaign for the Active Pursuit of Peace, a campaign to establish a peace studies adjunct major at NU. Through its campaign, events and direct action, NOWAR aims to educate and inspire its members and the Northwestern campus community.

NSPI  North Suburban Peace Initiative
For the past twenty-six years the North Suburban Peace Initiative (NSPI) has used education and action to work for peace on a range of issues with particular focus on the reduction and eventual abolition of nuclear weapons. NSPI presents public forums with nationally known speakers and publishes a quarterly newsletter. In addition, NSPI organizes public witness, including signature ads in local newspapers and petitions to decision-makers. NSPI also provides discussion leaders, video-tapes and reading materials.  We invite others to join us in these efforts.

Peace & Justice Committee of Lake Street Church
Peace & Justice Committee of Lake Street Church of Evanston has made a commitment to join with others to stop the United States from waging war in Iraq, not only because too many troops and civilians have already died, but because even one death in the cause of war is too many. For more information about joining this committee.

The Peace and Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of Evanston
The Peace and Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of Evanston was formed during our congregation's opposition to the US war in Afghanistan in October, 2001.  We opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March, 2003 with a congregational vote and have worked since then to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq.  We join with the Coalition in celebration of Evanston becoming a City of Peace and calling for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

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