Bring Our War Dollars Home -

Restore Our Communities

Town Hall Meeting

Join the rising chorus to reorder our national, state, and local priorities.

Monday, February 20th, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Legislative Building, 16 W. Jones St., Raleigh 

featuring

Matthew Hoh

former Marine and State Dept. official in Afghanistan
“Wars of choice and the trade offs for a democratic society”

&

Congressman Walter Jones

North Carolina’s 3rd District
“Afghanistan: Where is the Outrage?”

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Sponsored by NC Peace Action and American Friends Service Committee

For Durham and Chapel Hill, see bus information here
or call (919) 381-5969.

 

HK on J 2012

Saturday, February 11th 2012

Gather at 9:30 a.m. – March at 10:30 a.m.

H K on J (Historic Thousands on Jones Street coalition of 80 organizations) march and rally in Raleigh for a 14-Point People’s Agenda – diverse schools, affordable housing, workplace fairness, voting rights, equal justice and more. Saturday February 11, 9:30 a.m. gather at Shaw University (corner of Wilmington & South St.) and march to the Legislature, 16 W. Jones Street. The march begins at 10:30 a.m.

For Durham, bus and carpools leave parking lot of Home Depot, 3701 Mt. Moriah Rd., Durham, at 8:30 am and First Presbyterian, 305 East Main, at 9:00 am. Reserve bus ticket here ($7) or call (919) 381-5969.

NC Peace Action News

Submit your letters and articles to director@ncpeaceaction.org.

Bring The War Dollars Home

Posted by admin on January 18, 2012.

by Betsy Crites, Herald-Sun guest columnist 24th December 2011 The withdrawal from Iraq is to be celebrated like a migraine that finally subsides. It is what the majority of Americans have long asked for through pollsters and by their election of a president who promised to get us out. It is what peace advocates have [...]

Toward Murder

Posted by admin on January 14, 2012.

by Joe Burton published January 13th 2012 by the News & Observer It is extremely troubling that all of the GOP presidential candidates, except Ron Paul, believe that U.S. presidents can authorize the killing of people, even U.S. citizens, they “deem threats” (“Use lethal force on citizens? OK,” Jan. 1 article), thus continuing a practice [...]

Report on 9/10/11 Durham Town Hall Meeting: Cost of War Resolution

Posted by admin on September 11, 2011.

UPDATE! Durham County has already had great success with its flagship Cost of War campaign in the City of Durham. Due to this Durham Town Hall Meeting, in the Fall of 2011: The Durham City Council called upon the president and Congress “to bring these war dollars home to meet vital human needs, promote job [...]