Click for PDF version of flyer Download file Israeli-Palestinian Peace Forum To Focus on Obama-Clinton Program Speakers from Americans for Peace Now, Contact: Paul Surovell 973-763-9493 / paul@beaboutpeace.com Two spokesmen for Jewish-American and Palestinian-American groups for Israeli-Palestinian peace will speak on prospects for a two-state solution under the Obama Administration at Maplewood Memorial Library on March 24, 2010, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. Ori Nir, spokesman for Americans for Peace Now, the sister organization of the Israeli peace movement Peace Now, will share the podium with Hussein Ibish, senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine, a Washington-based group that supports Palestinian moderates and a two-state solution. In addition, a local representative of the pro-peace pro-Israel political organization J Street will discuss the group's national grassroots program to promote a two-state solution. 
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 Maplewoodstock July 11-12, 2009
Be About Peace Day, May 30, 2009
Click for SMPA Statement on Be About Peace Day, Posters and Proclamations by Maplewood and South Orange Click for Maplewood Online Video
Maplewood Memorial Day ParadeMay 25, 2009 Commemoration of Iraq War Anniversary
March 21, 2009 at the Peace Memorial in the Ethical Culture Society Garden, Maplewood NJ. We recalled our six years of efforts for peace and welcomed the President's commitment to end the war. We stated our concern about the continuing human and economic costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and restated our dedication to working for peace and a peace economy. A moment of silence was held for South Orange residents Augie Schroeder and Dwayne Kelley and all Americans and Iraqis whose lives have been lost and damaged in the war. A Moment to CelebrateOn February 28, 2009, President Obama announced a timetable to bring home ALL American troops from Iraq in two stages: all combat troops by August 2010 and the remaining 35,000-50,000 troops by December 2011. MoveOn.org Report on Iraq and Recession delivered to NJ Senators 4-24-08
Be About Peace Day March, 29 2008
The welcome table at Maplewood Memorial Library, where South Mountain Peace Action launched two petitions on Be About Peace Day. Click for Program :: Photos-1 :: Photos-2 :: Photos-3 :: Photos-4 :: Photos-5 :: Photos-6 Vigil at Ricalton Square 3-19-08
Click for photos of the event: Part 1 and Part 2. Our Peace Agenda 2008: A Status Report
Seton Hall Forum: 'Liberals & Conservatives on Iraq' 12-05-07
Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
United States: $747.3 billion Afghanistan: United States: $299 billion Source: National Priorities Project Department of Peace CampaignWe support the Department of Peace campaign. |
-- Speech by Rep. Gary Ackerman
A Call to End the War in Iraq on its 5th Anniversary. Sponsored by MoveOn.org and South Mountain Peace Action.
Star-Ledger columnist Paul Mulshine and Maplewood Mayor Fred Profeta spoke at the event sponsored by the Seton Hall Students for Individual Liberty (SHUSIL), the Seton Hall College Democrats and South Mountain Peace Action.