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2011 Program Summary
1. US Global Agenda/Militarism
Bring the War Money Home - a new project making the
link between the Great Recession and outrageous and counterproductive
war spending
US out of Iraq and Afghanistan
Ground the Drones/ End the Wars-educates
about the Reaper drones based at nearby Hancock Airfield and the dangers
of increased robotic warfare
Military Alternatives Education
Project (MAEP) work with young people on alternatives to
the military
Palestine-Israel Just Peace
provides grassroots education and generate political pressure
needed to re-orient US policy toward a just peace.
Study Group on US Global Agenda
Weekly Peace Outreach
Americas Solidarity work Caribbean
Latin America Coalition
Annual commemoration of bombing
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2. Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON)
ongoing educational and advocacy to work support justice and
environmental clean up
3. Peace Newsletter publishing
monthly to provide information and analysis on local, state, national
and international issues
4. Youth
Bikes for Peace - promotes
healthy recreation and sustainability by teaching young people to fix
their bicycles.
5. Coalition Efforts
United As One - Works for police accountability and a just
criminal "justice" system
Bill of Rights Defense Campaign - works to defend civil liberties
Partnership for Onondaga Creek - works for environmental
justice
6. General education & outreach
Monthly educational program make more useful/less dependent
on staff time, proposal to make every other month a film showing. Non-film
programs should either be timely for an existing SPC program priority
or SPC-affiliated projects and allies should be invited to coordinate
a program. Staff should feel free to cancel a monthly program if none
of these options are fairly readily available.
Tabling outreach & education
Creative Team
create volunteer team to think up and implement creative actions/materials
for use at SPC events/campaigns
7. Media Convene a working group to evaluate SPCs media
work (print, web, audio/video, support for alternative media and approach
to mainstream media) and develop a plan for a more effective/cohesive
use of media
9. Breaking events/Requests for solidarity staff should use
the IAPs to evaluate any such requests and take action as necessary
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