Target Congress

Bring the Troops Home!
No New War With Iran!
Money for jobs, schools, health care
NOT for killing !

Contact Congress Now:
800-828-0498 or 202-224-3121

Make our demand for a new Middle East policy increasingly visible!
Contact us for 11x17 color poster to place in your window

Donate to Brooklyn For Peace so that we can reach more people with this message for peace

Billboard at 43rd St & Gowanus Expressway

Military recruiters are active in Brooklyn high schools. We're active too, telling students and students there are alternatives to military service, and that they can say no to being contacted by military recruiters.

  Email us for more information.

  Learn more about your right to say no to releasing information about your child to the military. Get downloadable resources.

  Find out how you can go to college without joining the military (PDF) as well as opportunities to travel and have adventures (PDF).

  Help stop the Pentagon's supersecret JAMRS database.

Photo by Matt Weinstein

We mourn the loss of life of innocent Palestinians and Israelis, and call for an immediate end to all armed attacks directed against civilians.
  Read our statement.
  Learn more about the Israel-Palestine Committee.

The government of Sudan is responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur, a region the size of Texas, on Sudan's western border with Chad. Read our statement.

Urge your City Councilmember to support NY City Council Resolution 131. Read more.

The Bush administration appears to be actively planning a military strike against Iran.

  Get more information and find out what you can do.

 Sign UFPJ's online petition.
  The Declaration of Peace is a national campaign to establish a comprehensive plan for a rapid end to the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq, and has been endorsed by Brooklyn For Peace. Visit their website to learn about upcoming nonviolent actions.
 Demand that Senators Schumer and Clinton end their support for the occupation. (PDF)
  Learn what the war has cost us at home and in Iraq (PDF).
 See the list of New Yorkers who have died since the war began.
  Summary of pending legislation on Iraq and Iran.

A powerful new documentary, When I Came Home was screened for a diverse group of Brooklyn residents in an event co-sponsored by Brooklyn For Peace, Black Veterans for Social Justice, and Fort Greene Peace.

Third Friday of every month:
Pledge to break your daily routine to take some action to end the Iraq War. Brooklyn For Peace has stickers for this day: "Support Our Troops! Bring Them Home!" Wear a sticker, and distribute to your friends. Stickers available at BFP office; call 718–624–5921 to pick up.

Learn more about the Iraq Moratorium

Announcing Our New Name: Brooklyn For Peace!!

It's official!! After 23 years of working together as Brooklyn Parents for Peace, we are proud to announce that we have chosen a new more inclusive name: Brooklyn For Peace.

Our concern for future generations continues to unite us.

Please note: For is spelled with a capital F! We want to emphasize the positive, what we are FOR. Abbreviate to BFP, rather than to BP. To help maintain our name recognition and respect for 23 years of work in Brooklyn, please identify us as: Brooklyn For Peace (formerly Brooklyn Parents for Peace.)

Summary of Activities in 2007

Find out what Brooklyn For Peace is all about in this summary of our activities in 2007

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