25th Anniversary Memebership Dinner Friday, April 1, 2005 Trinity Church • 33 Mercer St., Princeton, NJ SAVE THE DATE OF FRIDAY, APRIL 1! That evening the Coalition’s 25th Anniversary Membership Dinner is scheduled at Trinity Church in Princeton. Keynote speaker for the dinner will be Joseph Cirincione, a nonproliferation expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Among the honorees will be former New Jersey Governor Jim Florio, who in 1990 initiated New Jersey’s Assault Weapons Ban—which inspired the National Assault Weapons Ban in 1994. Tragically, the national ban was allowed to expire in September 2004 by Republican leaders in Congress who refused to even bring its extension to a vote. Thankfully, New Jersey’s ban, the strongest such state law in the nation, remains in force. We want to take this special opportunity to honor Governor Florio for his courageous leadership. Joseph Cirincione Senior Associate and Director, Non-roliferation Project, Carnegie dowment for International Peace James Florio Former Congressman and Governor of New Jersey Joseph Cirincione is a senior associate and director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC. He is the author of Deadly Arsenals: The Threat from Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons (Carnegie Endowment, 2005, second ed.). He teaches at the Georgetown University Graduate School of Foreign Service and appears frequently in the media, including CNN, NPR, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and PBS. Cirincione worked for nine years in the U.S. House of Representatives on the professional staff of the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Government Operations. He is the author of numerous books and articles on proliferation and weapons issues—which require six pages to be listed in his CV! Thank you to all members who pledged in response to the 25th Anniversary Peace Endowment appeal. Your pledge will enable the Coalition to continue and expand its work for peace for future generations. If you haven’t yet responded, you can still do so by mail, or at our website, www.peacecoalition.org.

Come and Hear a Diverse Panel Discuss Positive Interfaith Initiatives in our Region

These are leaders who seek to use various faith traditions to build bridges and understanding while uniting to work for positive social change. They are doing grassroots work to show that religion can be used in a unifying, inclusive way to work together for justice and peace. Following the panel, there will be opportunity to break into small groups to learn more about the initiative in which you are most interested. The evening will then conclude with a “diversity potluck*” celebrating the many religious and ethnic traditions of those present. Let us break bread together to celebrate diversity in unity! *Bring any dish from your ethnic and/or religious tradition to share. Please no pork, beef, shellfish, or alcohol. The Church is located just up the hill from the light at the intersection of 206 and Cherry Hill Rd.

Panel: 3:30 – 4:30 pm Break-out Sessions: 4:45 – 5:45 pm Diversity Potluck: 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm

PANELISTS:

• The Rev. Peggy Hodgkins, President, Princeton Clergy Association
• Wilma Solomon, Jewish Center of Princeton
• Ebtisamm Ammar, Muslim who has had interfaith gatherings in her home
• The Rev. George Hunsinger, Coordinator, Church Folks for a Better America
• Imam Abdul-Malik Ali, Masjidut Taqwa Mosque, Trenton
• The Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action
  
  
  Co-sponsored by the Central Jersey Interfaith Group
  Hosted by Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton

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Bumper Sticker available through the Coalition for Peace Action at $2.60 each. “Peace is Patriotic” bumper sticker also available at $2.60. Support our Troops, Bring them Home buttons with yellow ribbon available for $2.00. Call 609-924-502, or click here to order.

Lobby Day Scheduled for April 12, 2005

The Coalition’s annual Peace Lobby Day to Washington, D.C. is being planned for Tuesday, April 12 in conjunction with National Peace Action, the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, and Fellowship of Reconciliation. We plan to rent passenger van(s) to drive Coalition supporters and allies from New Jersey and Pennsylvania to DC the morning of April 12, returning the same night. Before departure, all who sign up to come will be provided with background materials. Upon arrival at about noon, we’ll be briefed while we eat brown bag lunches on the latest information about legislation regarding new US nuclear weapons, Iraq, and other important issues. The delegation will then divide itself up to cover appointments with offices of New Jersey and Pennsylvania Senators and Representatives during the afternoon. At the end of the afternoon, we’ll drive back to Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the van(s), arriving between 10:00 and 11:00 pm. You only have to miss one day of work to participate. This is an empowering experience, one that we highly recommend to all our members and supporters. The only cost involved is a share of the van costs, estimated at about $30 per passenger. Scholarships available – contact the Coalition office. Go to our website, www.peacecoalition.org, or call 609-924-5022 to make your reservation!