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April 30, 2008: 79 Religious Organizations join to submit comments on "Complex Transformation" - Go to press release
"We call on our political leaders to show the moral and political courage necessary to bring about a shift in our nation’s nuclear weapons posture. Today we have a historic opportunity to begin the journey out from under the shadow of nuclear weapons," stressed the religious groups. - Read the full comments.
What Can Congregations Do During the Elections?
A New Resource
As we move closer to the elections, the Faith Seeking Peace project of Women's Action for New Directions has just released a great resource to help congregations understand complicated guidelines for election-related activities.
Toward a Nuclear Weapons Free World
The day after Christmas, President Bush signed an omnibus spending bill containing a major victory for all those committed to a world free of nuclear weapons: the complete elimination of funding for the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) program. Click here to send a letter to your members of Congress thanking them for taking the first step toward a world free of nuclear weapons - and remind them that our work is not over.
Learn More: "Toward a Nuclear-Free World" op-ed by George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger, and Sam Nunn in the Wall Street Journal, 1/15/08.
Words, Not War, With Iran
Congregational Resources: Words, Not War Study and Action Guide (PDF)
Faithful Security, in partnership with Sojourners/Call to Renewal, offers a new resource with fact sheets, stories from last February's ecumenical delegation to Iran, suggestions of ways to advocate for Words, Not War, and a study guide that serves as a companion piece to the PBS "NOW" program "Talking to Iran."
Statement from Religious Leaders on North Korea
A group of prominent religious leaders released a statement on Tuesday, July 17 congratulating the Bush administration for successful diplomatic efforts toward the denuclearization of North Korea and urging the administration to apply a similar strategy to the Iranian nuclear standoff. Read the statement.
Speak Out Against the Nuclear Weapons Build-up
74 Religious Organizations join to submit comments on "Complex 2030" - Read the comments.

On the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, religious people from a variety of traditions came together and formed a new group committed to ending the nuclear danger.
Faithful Security is a network of citizens who participate in the National Religious Partnership on the Nuclear Weapons Danger. We are committed to organizing religious communities on a local level to break faith with nuclear weapons once and for all.
Over the next year, we’ll be working with students at religious schools to educate them about nuclear weapons. We’ll monitor legislation on nonproliferation and new nuclear weapons systems. We’ll develop a speaker’s bureau so that you can have easier access to the experts. We’ll encourage national denominations to increase the amount of energy that they spend working on nuclear weapons issues.
Best of all, we’re building a Faithful Security Network made up of thousands of religious people just like you. You’ll be able to connect with ways to take action, and find new partners in your own area.
You can help! Whether you are a religious leader or a lay person, a student or a professor, an activist or a scholar, a community member or a legislator, we urge you to join us as we make our vision a reality, and work toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
Sign up for the Faithful Security Network today!
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