CODEPINK: Women For Peace

Take the Peace Pledge to Honor Mother's Day

In 1870, abolitionist, writer and organizer Julia Ward Howe issued a Mother's Day Proclamation to protest the carnage of the Civil War. She called on women to rise up and say "Disarm, disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice". While Mother's Day has since become grossly commercialized, this year I want to honor that beautiful, original vision of Mother's Day.

Of the 10 action ideas below, (click here to read them in detail) I pledge to pursue one of them during the coming year:

1. Educate myself about countries the U.S. government calls "Evil"
2. Pressure the media to be more truthful
3. Become a more effective communicator/organizer
4. Hold elected leaders accountable
5. Help us kick our oil addiction
6. Build your local peace coalition
7. Support members of the military who are speaking out
8. Protect civil liberties and oppose the backlash against immigrants
9. Support the creation of a Department of Peace
10. Teach Peace to Youth

Please inform CODEPINK of your progress at pledge@codepinkalert.org, we will post successes, frustrations, new ideas etc, as we hear from you. And we love photos.

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By submitting this pledge, I vow to take action to stop the next war now!

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