Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty: Recently President Bush announced that the United States would withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The ABM treaty is widely regarded as a foundation for non-proliferation and disarmament.

Links: Center For Defense Information, Peace Action, United for Peace

Arms Transfer, Small Arms and Conventional Weapons: There are more than 500 million weapons circulating in the world. Many on these are sold by the U.S. to hot spots around the world. There are currently no laws that provide security that these weapons will not be used against innocent civilians or for that matter against U.N Peacekeepers or U.S. military. A U.S. Code of Conduct must be established to regulate to whom these weapons will be sold.

Links: Friends Committee On National Legislation, Peace Action, Center for Defense Information, Federation of American Scientists, World Policy Institute, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

Biological Weapons: PeaceWorks opposes the production and use of biological weapons. Not only are they weapons of mass destruction, but they are also the weapons of terrorists.

Links: Peace Action, Center for Defense Information, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Federation of American Scientists, Ploughshares

Children/Youth:

Links: Children’s Defense Fund, Stand for Children, UNICEF, Student Peace Action Network, Teaching Tolerance, Institute of Peace and Justice (TAP), Institute for Peace and Justice, Peace by Peace, Peace Jam, American Friends Service Committee, Earth Charter Initiative, Sadako, Planet Pals, The Peace Company, Omnicenter, KC Harmony, NCCJ, Study Circles, National Youth and Student Peace Coalition, Youth Action for Peace, Youth for USA, Rasur Foundation

Civil Liberties:

Links: Study Circles, American Civil Liberties Union

Colombia/Latin America:

Links: Center for International Policy, Colombia Human Rights Network, Global Exchange, Witness for Peace, Amnesty International, Fellowship of Reconcilliation, Central America Leadership

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The CTBT has the support of most U.S. allies worldwide. The nuclear test ban treaty’s rejection by the U.S. has serious consequences for international efforts to constrain the spread of nuclear weapons. The distrust this creates will lead to more nations attempting to harness the destructive power of nuclear weapons.

Links: Peace Action, Global Security Institute, Center for Defense Information, American Friends Service Committee, Antiwar.com

De-Alerting: The de-alerting of nuclear weapons is one of the most pressing threats that needs to be addressed. U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons remain on hair-trigger alert. The two nations should agree immediately to de-alert those nuclear weapons as the threat of the cold war is over.

Links: Friends Committee on National Legislation, Center for Defense Information, Abolition 2000

Debt Relief and Economic Justice:

Links: Jubilee USA Network, Peace Action, The United Nations, American Friends Service Committee, Oxfam International, Global Exchange

Ecology and Environment:

Links: EcologyFund.com, World Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club, United Nations Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, Citizens for Global Solutions, 20/20 Vision, Union of Concerned Scientists, Conservation International, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Federation of American Scientists, Appalachian Voices, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Earth Day Network, Speak Out

Election Reform, Voting:

Links: Common Cause, League of Women Voters Democracy.net

Foreign Policy: PeaceWorks, like peace action calls for a New Foreign Policy.  Arms trade with governments that are human rights abusers, and the creation of more nuclear weapons are seen as fatal mistakes in the creation of world peace.  Furthermore, we should play a positive leadership role in the world community , planning stratagies for a future we can all live with. 

Links:  Peace Action, World Policy Institute, Foreign Policy In Focus, The Institute For Policy Studies, World Policy Institute, BothAnd Project, United States Institute of Peace

Government: To reach your senators and congress.

Links: Thomas/US Library of Congress, Congress.org, Peace Action, League of Women Voters Democracy.net, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Gun Control:

Links: Million Mom March, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Speak Out

Human Rights/Hunger/Poverty: We support the end of all human oppression. We call for the reordering of federal budget priorities to meet human needs.

Links: National Organization of Women, Women for Women International, Results, Bread for the World, The Hunger Site, United Nations Foundation, Results, Call to Renewal, NETWORK, Oxfam International, Global Exchange, Population Connection, CARE, Weave, Kansas City Harmony, Social Development and World Peace (national Catholic Lobbying), Pax Christi, Earth Charter Initiative, Amnesty International, Southern Poverty Law Center, United Nations Foundation, Sierra Club, IGC Internet, Global Exchange, Federation of American Scientists, Habitat for Humanity, Doctors Without Borders

International Criminal Court: The International Criminal Court is being formed right now. The U.S. must be pressured to ratify the I.C.C. if the court is to be effective in bringing the perpetrators of international terror and genocide to justice without killing more innocent civilians.

Links: United Nations Association, Citizens for Global Solutions Association, International Criminal Court

Iraq: PeaceWorks is opposed to war with Iraq. We support human rights and democracy for all. We believe we should strengthen and use the United Nations, and the International Criminal Court, and the redirectiion of money to meet human needs, instead of Weapons of Mass Destruction and the threat of war to create a stable political climate.

Links: Peace Action, Iraq Task Force, KC, MoveOn.org, Cities for Peace, United for Peace

Landmines: We urge the United States to join the International Landmine Treaty. Landmines are hidden terrorist devices that kill and maim thousands of innocent civilians every year even after the conflict is over.

Links: Friends Committee on National Legislation, United Nations Association, UN Foundation, Center For Defense Information, US Campaign to Ban Landmines, American Friends Service Committee

Military Spending: The reduction of the U.S. military budget remains a constant target of our efforts. We support the use of diplomacy before the escalation of war. Increases in military spending mean that human needs are not being met. The cycle of violence this creates ensures that the world will become increasingly unstable and dangerous.

Links: Friends Committee on National Legislation, Peace Action, Center for Defense Information, War Resisters League, National Priorities Project, 9-11 Visibility Project, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies

Middle East/Iraq Sanctions: We support justice for Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East and an end to all military aid to the region. We support an international peacekeeping force and the Mitchell Report, particularly the removal of Israeli settlements from areas under negotiation as part of a Palestinian state.

Links: Churches for Middle East Peace, Fellowship for Reconciliation, Peace Action, Common Dreams, Department of Peace Legislation, American Friends Service Committee, NETWORK, Friends Committee on National Legislation, 9-11 Visibility Project, Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, The Campaign Against House Demolition, The Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information, Foundation For Middle East Peace, Antiwar.com, Oxfam International, IGC Internet, Global Exchange, Iraq Task Force, KC Churches for Middle East Peace, Education For Peace In Iraq Center, American Friends Service Committee, Iraq Task Force, KC, Fellowship for Reconciliation, United States Institute of Peace

National Missile Defense: our allies and opponents alike, for good reason, oppose NMD. We oppose this unworkable weapon system, which would provide us no more safety and would restart the nuclear arms race. Further, this hugely expensive program is taking tax funds that could otherwise enhance the lives of our citizens via human services.

Links: Friends Committee on National Legislation, Peace Action, Center for Defense Information, Abolition 2000, Union of Concerned Scientists, United for Peace, Fourth Freedom Forum

Nuclear Weapons/ Disarmament: PeaceWorks is opposed to the use of nuclear weapons in any form. Nuclear weapons not only kill the innocent and destroy and pollute environments for centuries, but also cost the taxpayers countless dollars in production, and deployment.

Links: Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, Peace Action, Citizens for Global Solutions, Center for Defense Information. 20/20 Vision, IGC Internet, Urgent Call, Loretto Community, Union of Concerned Scientists, United for Peace, Fourth Freedom Forum, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies, Federation of American Scientists, Ploughshares Fund, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Nuke Watch

Overpopulation:

Links: Sierra Club, United Nations Foundation, American Friends Service Committee, Population Connection

Peace Education:

Links: Rasur Foundation, Women Peace Conference, HeartMath, Center for Non-Violent Communication, Results

Peace Groups/Nonviolence:

Links: Season for Nonviolence, Common Way, Teaching Tolerance, Mandate for Peace, Code Pink, World Peace (World Peace Prayer Society), Peace Action, Peace Action West, Peace Now, Hague Appeal for Peace, The King Center, National Youth and Student Peace Coalition, Youth Action for Peace, Rasur Foundation, Central America Leadership

Spirituality/Conscious Evolution:

Links: Association for Global New Thought, World Peace, Study Circles, Season for Nonviolence, The King Center, BarbaraMarxHubbard.com, WiserEarth.org, PartnershiftAlliance.org, TheTransitioner.org

United Nations: We support the full funding of the United Nations. We believe that the U.N., being the only internationally recognized unifying body, needs empowerment to do the job it was set up to do over 50 years ago.

Links: The United Nations, United Nations Association, United Nations Association-USA of Greater Kansas City, Citizens for Global Solutions, American Friends Service Committee, Peace Action, Earth Charter Initiative, 9-11 Visibility Project, Union of Concerned Scientists, World Policy Institute

U.S. Peace Institutions:

Links: United States Institute of Peace,  The Peace Alliance, campaign to establish a US department of peace

Women:

Links: Sierra Club, United Nations Foundation, Earth Charter Initiative, American Friends Service Committee, Citizens for Global Solutions, Women’s Actions for New Directions, Oxfam International, Code Pink, Weaveincorp.org, Speak Out, True Blue Women

All Links in Alphabetical Order:

20-20 Vision
9-11 Visibility Project
Abolition 2000
Adopt a Minefield
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
American Civil Liberties Union
American Friends Service Committee
Amnesty International
Antiwar.Com
Appalachian Voices
BothAnd Project
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Bread for the World
Call to Renewal
Campaign Against House Demolition
CARE
Center for Defense Information
Center for International Policy
Center for Non-Violent Communication
Central America Leadership
Children's Defense Fund
Churches for Middle East Peace
Cities for Peace
Citizens for Global Solutions
Code Pink
Colombia Human Rights Network
Common Cause
Common Dreams
Congress.org
Conservation International
Department of Peace Legislation
Doctors Without Borders
Earth Charter
Earth Day Network
EcologyFund.com
Education For Peace In Iraq
Environmental Defense Fund
Federation of American Scientists
Fellowship for Reconciliation
Feminist.org
Foundation for Middle East Peace
Fourth Freedom Forum
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Global Exchange
Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
Global New Thought
Global Security Institute
Habitat for Humanity
Hague Appeal for Peace
Handgun Control
HeartMath
Hunger Site, The
IGC Internet
Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
Institute for Peace and Justice
International Criminal Court
Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information
Iraq Task Force, KC
Jubilee USA Network
KC Harmony
The King Center
U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines
League of Women Voters Democracy Net
Library of Congress
Loretto Community
Million Mom March
MoveOn.org
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Organization of Women
National Priorities Project
National Youth and Student Peace Coalition
NETWORK
Neve Shalom
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Nuke Watch
Omnicenter
Oxfam International
Pax Christi
Peace Action
Peace Action West
The Peace Alliance
The Peace Company
Peace by Peace
Peace Jam
Peace Now
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Planet Pals
Ploughshares
Population Connection
Rasur Foundation
Results
Sadako
Sierra Club
Social Development and World Peace
Southern Poverty Law Center
Speak Out
Stand For Children
Student Peace Action Network
Study Circles
Teaching Tolerance
Teens Acting for Peace (TAP)
True Blue Women
Union of Concerned Scientists
United for Peace
United Nations
United Nations Association
United Nations Association-USA of Greater Kansas City
United Nations Children's Fund
United Nations Foundation
United Nations Population Fund
United States Institute of Peace
War Resisters League
Weaveincorp.org
Witness for Peace
Women for Women International
Women Peace Conference
Women's Initiative for Gender Justice
World Peace
World Policy Institute
World Wildlife Fund
Youth Action for Peace
Youth for USA