Peace & War
| 20/20 Vision http://www.2020vision.org E-Mail: vision@2020vision.org 1828 Jefferson Pl. NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-833-2020 Fax: 202-833-5307 |
"20/20 Vision makes grassroots activism simple for busy people. We give citizens the information they need to get involved on important issues like reducing air pollution from cars and power plants, keeping dangerous pesticides out of our food, limiting nuclear arms and banning biological weapons. Our “20 minute” monthly alerts tell you how to contact politicians and corporate officials and quickly and easily tell them you’re watching them on an urgent issue. 20/20 Vision promotes democracy by involving the public at critical decision points." (http://www.2020vision.org --> About 20/20) | |
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American Legion http://www.legion.org E-Mail: Feedback form 1608 K St. NW Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-861-2700 Fax: 202-861-2728 |
"The American Legion was
chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans
organization. A community-service organization which now numbers nearly
3 million members -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 American Legion Posts
worldwide." (http://www.legion.org --> About Us --> Who We Are) |
| Americans for Peace Now http://www.peacenow.org E-Mail: apndc@peacenow.org 1101 14th St. NW, 6th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-728-1893 Fax: 202-728-1895 |
"APN's mission is to help Israel and the Shalom Achshav movement to achieve a comprehensive political settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict consistent with Israel's long-term security needs and its Jewish and democratic values." (http://www.peacenow.org/about.html) | |
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Arms Control Association http://www.armscontrol.org E-Mail: aca@armscontrol.org 1150 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 620 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-463-8270 Fax: 202-463-8273 |
"The Arms Control
Association (ACA), founded in 1971, is a national nonpartisan membership
organization dedicated to promoting public understanding of and support
for effective arms control policies." (http://www.armscontrol.org/about.asp) |
| Business Executives for National Security http://www.bens.org E-Mail: BENSDC@bens.org 1717 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 350 Washington, DC 20006-4603 Phone: 202-296-2125 Fax: 202-296-2490 |
"Business
Executives for National Security is a nation-wide, non-partisan, member-driven
organization working to help make America safe and secure. BENS members
are senior executives who: apply the lessons of successful business practices
to help reshape and rebuild Americas military for the 21st Century; bridge
the gap between business and government in addressing new threats like suitcase
bombs, cyberwar, and bioterrorists; help the Pentagon, Congress and the
White House develop new solutions to our national security challenges." (http://www.bens.org/who.html) |
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Center for Defense Information http://www.cdi.org E-Mail: info@cdi.org 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036-2109 Phone: 202-332-0600 Fax: 202-462-4559 |
"The Center for Defense
Information is dedicated to strengthening security through: international
cooperation; reduced reliance on unilateral military power to resolve conflict;
reduced reliance on nuclear weapons; a transformed and reformed military
establishment; and, prudent oversight of, and spending on, defense programs."
[THINK TANK] (http://www.cdi.org/about/index.cfm) |
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The Center for Security Policy http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org E-Mail: info@centerforsecuritypolicy.org 1920 L St. NW, Suite 210 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-835-9077 Fax: 202-835-9066 |
"The
Center for Security Policy has, since its founding in 1988, operated as
a non-profit, non-partisan organization committed to the time-tested philosophy
of promoting international peace through American strength." (http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org --> About Us) |
| Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute http://www.cbaci.org E-Mail: cbaci@cbaci.org 1747 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-296-3550 Fax: 202-296-3574 |
"The Chemical and Biological
Arms Control Institute is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research
organization established in 1993 to address the challenges to global security
and stability in the early 21st century, with a special, but not exclusive
focus on the elimination of chemical and biological weapons." (http://www.cbaci.org/commitment.htm) |
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Council for a Livable World http://www.clw.org E-Mail: clw@clw.org 322 4th St. NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone: 202-543-4100 Fax: 202-543-6297 |
"The
Council for a Livable World is among the nation's preeminent arms control
organizations and focuses on halting the spread of weapons of mass destruction,
opposing a national missile defense system, cutting Pentagon waste and reducing
excessive arms exports. The Council is also a political lobby which endorses
political candidates." (http://www.clw.org) |
| DefenseUSA Coalition http://www.defenseusa.org E-Mail: info@defenseusa.org 406 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06032 Phone: 860-676-7777 |
"We're a bi-partisan political action group
working with the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate and a number of governments
agencies to help promote democracy around the world and strengthen the relationship
the United States has with Israel. We also work with a number of governments
around the world to help promote these same goals along with promoting free
economic trade in the middle east." (http://www.defenseusa.org) |
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| Demilitarization for Democracy http://www.clark.net/pub/dfd/ E-Mail: pdd@clark.net 1601 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-319-7191 Fax: 202-319-7194 |
"Demilitarization for Democracy is a non-profit research and advocacy center that works to change U. S. policy toward the developing world from one of militarization
to one of demilitarization." (http://www.clark.net/pub/dfd/) |
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| The Henry L. Stimson Center http://www.stimson.org E-Mail: info@stimson.org 11 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-223-5956 Fax: 202-238-9604 |
"Our vision is of "a
world in which instruments of security cooperation and peace overtake historic
tendencies toward conflict and war." We pursue this vision through
work that is intensely practical, nonpartisan, and oriented toward real-world
policy makers." (http://www.stimson.org/about/?sn=AB2001110512) |
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Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/ E-Mail: horaney@hoover.stanford.edu Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6010 Phone: 650-723-1754, 877-466-8374 Fax: 650-723-1687 |
"...The
overall mission of this Institution is, from its records, to recall the
voice of experience against the making of war, and by the study of these
records and their publication, to recall man's endeavors to make and preserve
peace, and to sustain for America the safeguards of the American way of
life. This Institution is not, and must not be, a mere library. But with
these purposes as its goal, the Institution itself must constantly and dynamically
point the road to peace, to personal freedom, and to the safeguards of the
American system." (http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/Main/mission.html) |
| Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs http://www.jinsa.org E-Mail: info@jinsa.org 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 515 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-667-3900 Fax: 202-667-0601 |
"JINSA has a two-fold
mandate: to educate the American public about the importance of an effective
U.S. defense capability so that our vital interests as Americans can be
safeguarded; and to inform the American defense and foreign affairs community
about the important role Israel can and does play in bolstering democratic
interests in the Mediterranean and the Middle East." (http://www.jinsa.org/about/about.html) |
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| National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament http://www.webcom.com/ncecd/ E-Mail: ncecd@igc.apc.org 733 15th St. NW, Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-234-9382 x214 Fax: 202-319-3558 |
"The National Commission
for Economic Conversion and Disarmament is a non-profit, non-partisan research
and public education organization dedicated to educating the public on the
need and the means for an orderly transfer of military resources to civilian
use." (http://www.webcom.com/ncecd/) |
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| The Nuclear Control Institute http://www.nci.org/ E-Mail: nci@nci.org 1000 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 410 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-822-8444 Fax: 202-452-0892 |
"...We
monitor nuclear activities worldwide and pursue strategies to halt the spread
and reverse the growth of nuclear arms. In particular, we focus on the urgency
of eliminating atom-bomb materials (plutonium and highly enriched uranium)
from civilian nuclear power and research programs." (http://www.nci.org --> About Us) |
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| Pax Christi USA http://www.paxchristiusa.org E-Mail: info@paxchristiusa.org 532 W 8th St. Erie, PA 16502 Phone: 814-453-4955 |
"Pax Christi USA
strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring,
articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. This
work begins in personal life and extends to communities of reflection and
action to transform structures of society. Pax Christi USA rejects war,
preparations for war, and every form of violence and domination. It advocates
primacy of conscience, economic and social justice, and respect for creation." (http://www.paxchristiusa.org//about_us.asp) |
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Peace Action http://www.peace-action.org/ 1100 Wayne Ave., Suite 1020 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: 301-565-4050 Fax: 301-565-0850 |
"Peace Action, the merger of SANE and The Freeze, has effectively mobilized for peace and disarmament for over forty years. As the nation's largest grassroots peace group we get results: from the 1963 treaty to ban above ground nuclear testing, to the 1996 signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, from ending the war in Vietnam, to blocking weapons sales to human rights abusing countries." (http://www.peace-action.org/abt/abtpa.html) |
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Physicians for Social Responsibility http://www.psr.org E-Mail: psrnatl@psr.org 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 1012 Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-667-4260 Fax: 202-667-4201 |
"Physicians for Social
Responsibility combines the power of an active and concerned citizenry with
the credibility of physicians and other health professionals to promote
public policies that protect human health from the threats of nuclear war
and other weapons of mass destruction, global environmental degradation,
and the epidemic of gun violence in our society today." (http://www.psr.org) |
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Veterans of Foreign Wars http://www.vfw.org/ E-Mail: info@vfw.org VFW Memorial Building 200 Maryland Ave. NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone: 202-543-2239 Fax: 202-543-6719 |
"The VFW, with its Auxiliaries,
includes 2.6 million members in approximately 9,000 Posts worldwide. Our
accomplishments are many, including lobbying for a GI bill for the 20th
century; donating more than $1 million each to the Vietnam, Korean, Women
in the Service and World War II memorials; fighting for compensation to
veterans diagnosed with Gulf War Syndrome; and improving VA medical centers
services for women veterans..." (http://www.vfw.org --> News & Info --> About the VFW) |
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Vietnam Veterans of America http://www.vva.org/ E-Mail: communications@vva.org 8605 Cameron St., Suite 400 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: 301-585-4000, 800-882-1316 Fax: 301-585-0519 |
"VVA's goals are to promote
and support the full range of issues important to Vietnam veterans, to create
a new identity for this generation of veterans, and to change public perception
of Vietnam veterans." (http://www.vva.org/Membership/WhoWeAre.htm) |
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Women's Action for New Directions http://www.wand.org E-Mail: info@wand.org 691 Massachusetts Ave. Arlington, MA 02476 Phone: 781-643- 6740 Fax: 781-643-6744 |
"WAND was founded in 1982
as Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament. With the end of the cold war,
we became Women's Action for New Directions, and have been dedicating our
energies to redirect federal budget priorities away from the military and
toward human needs." (http://www.wand.org/wand_who_we_are.htm) |