By John Lewis To honor John Lewis on September 21, the International Day of Peace, we present the last words he wrote. The revered civil rights leader, who died last July 17, wrote this essay shortly before his death. We reprint it here in full. We also will honor John Lewis today by acting —
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“Shaping Peace Together” is the theme of this year’s International Day of Peace, which falls next week on September 21. Also known as World Peace Day, it was established in 1981 by a unanimous United Nations resolution. It is a day to commit to peace around the world, despite all differences, and to contribute to
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Two 75th Anniversaries. Two Starkly Different Paths Forward. A-bombs vs. the UN. CCPJ WILL BE ON THE DOWNTOWN MALL SATURDAY AUGUST 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., TO MEMORIALIZE THE BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI, JAPAN, IN 1945. On August 6, 1945, United States forces exploded an atomic bomb over Hiroshima and on August 9
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First of all, let’s not get bogged down by the word. It can be scary, especially if you think it means totally abolish the police. But when you look at the rallying cry, and then what people mean by it, many different ideas are put forward. Community-based policing, for example. During protests in Minneapolis, community
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The pandemic and the responses to it have laid bare many truths about injustice in our nation. The mounting toll of police and vigilante murders of black men and women have sparked historic protests throughout the country and the world. They have been met with a conflicting mix of more police brutality along with moves
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MONDAY, FEB. 17 McINTIRE Rd. & PRESTON Ave. 5 TO 6:30 P.M. Demonstration organized by Indivisible Charlottesville. At the Albemarle County Office Building, where we can be seen by traffic going by and where our chants will be heard. Bring signs and gather peacefully. We are not to go into the street or block traffic.
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… TO CONCENTRATE GOVERNMENT POWER IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. The following is from CCPJ President, Robert McAdams: “I am gravely concerned by the actions of the Trump administration that began on January 20. Looking at those actions together reveals a rushed, systematic effort to concentrate all the power of the federal government in
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TO END THE WAR IN GAZA: “Invoke Chapter 7 to Establish a UN Protectorate in Gaza and the West Bank.” This action will move the center of the dialog to the UN Security Council and outside of control by either Netanyahu or the leaders of Hamas. CCPJ has sent the following letter to the Biden
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“It is imperative to focus on promoting a unifying choice to protect and care for innocent people.” We, the members of the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, feel compelled to speak in response to the tragedy taking place in Gaza. The current conflict has typically been described as one in which there is a
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