With the generous support of the Ploughshares Fund, CFPA has begun a statewide PAZ Campaign with three part time organizers in Eastern, Central, and Western Pennsylvania. The Campaign’s primary goal is to support and nurture Sen. Bob Casey, who is Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on South Asia and the Middle East, to be a champion for global nuclear disarmament.

CFPA is the primary PAZ sponsor, and already 22 Pennsylvania organizations from around the state have become endorsers.  CFPA has been in close contact with Sen. Casey, having met with him personally four times this spring, and we are in very frequent contact with his staff. Casey has already issued a number of excellent press releases, and made public speeches and floor statements, for nuclear disarmament.

The immediate challenge is ratification of the recently negotiated New START Treaty. It takes 2/3 of the Senate , or 67 votes, to ratify the treaty. As of now, there are only about 60 sure votes for New START.  Peace supporters should contact their two US Senators and urge them to announce support for ratification and advocate vigorously with their colleagues for ratification. If you live in Pennsylvania, ask organizations with which you’re involved to endorse PAZ. Please call the office for further information.

• General flyer on the Pennsylvania Zero Nuclear Arms Campaign (PAZ)
  
  
• PAZ Endorsers List
  
  
• PAZ Action Alert