Welcome to UHPA

UPPER HUDSON PEACE ACTION works to end wars and prevent new wars through education and public witness. We seek to abolish nuclear weapons. We support human rights, economic justice and international cooperation. Located in New York’s Capital District, we sponsor speakers, organize demonstrations, screen films, pass out leaflets, circulate petitions and address elected officials.

Upper Hudson Peace Action’s nine affiliated Branches (click on links for more information):

Stay Informed!

Watch DemocracyNow! https://www.democracynow.org

The best media/news show for social activism, with Amy Goodman’s factual reporting, without the editorializing and hype seen on broadcast channels. It can be seen at their DemocracyNow! website, at http://FreeSpeech.org on Roku and similar internet TV streaming devices at 8AM, and listened to on WRPI 91.5 FM weekdays at 9AM.

See UHPA’s Larry Wittner’s articles and biography https://peaceact.net/larry-wittner-bio/

The Peace Movement and electoral politics https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-peace-movement-and-electoral-politics_us_5a25b29ae4b05072e8b56b90
Working for Peace and Justice http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167234
Should Limiting North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Be the Responsibility of the U.S. Government? http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167069
A Negotiated Curbing of North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities is Good, But Not Good Enough http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/166975
Playing Nuclear `Chicken’ With Our Lives http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/166649
How Much is a Boss worth? http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/166324
Should We Pay the Staggering Economic and Human Costs of Nuclear Weapons? http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167564
Why the “Merchants of Death” Survive and Prosper http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167756

Get Involved!

Sign up to be on the Upper Hudson Peace Action email list to get newsletter announcements of events: https://peaceact.net/contact-us/
Join a weekly vigil near you (see the calendar and the local chapters listings above), or start your own—typically an hour of becoming friends with like-minded folks with signs on a busy street corner. Due to uncertain times, these vigils may or not be happening.
Look into other organizations as well as us, such as:
- Women Against War, http://www.womenagainstwar.org
  Women Against War brings together Capital District women to work for peace. We advocate for changed US foreign policies through lobbying, leafleting, vigils, media outreach & educational events.
- AFSC https://www.afsc.org/
  The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice. working with people of many backgrounds. Key activities: Ending discrimination, building peace, defending immigrant rights, ending mass incarceration, building economic justice.
Support anti-nuclear activities:
- Peace Action National’s’s fact sheet on first use of nuclear weapons: https://www.peaceaction.org/cms/assets/uploads/2017/05/fact-sheet-restricting-first-use.pdf
- Peace Action NYS info on nuclear weapons: http://www.panys.org/campaign/abolishing-nuclear-weapons/
- Living on the Nuclear Brink: see William J Perry’s detailed talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXLuYWaoAg
- Join Jun San’s Buddhist prayers, walks, and attention to antinuclear as well as environmental causes. Grafton, NY. Open to all. http://www.graftonpeacepagoda.org/
- Support ICAN http://www.icanw.org/
  The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a coalition of non-government organizations in one hundred countries advocating for a strong and effective nuclear weapon ban treaty.
Support the refugees in our area:
- Help out USCRI Albany http://refugees.org/field-office/albany/
Get involved politically:
- Citizen Action – Albany (health care, racial justice, campaign finance, progressive taxation): http://citizenactionny.org/
- Move-On.org http://Moveon.org/
  MoveOn elevates the voices and power of real people in the political process.
- Bernie Sanders Network: http://berniesandersnetwork.com/UpcomingEvents
- OurRevolution: https://ourrevolution.com/issues/
- Consider supporting the Green Party http://www.gpny.org/ or the Working Family Party http://workingfamilies.org/
Support environmental action:
- See Bill McKibben’s 350.org
  350.org is building the global grassroots climate movement that can hold our leaders accountable to science and justice.
- PAUSE, People of Albany United for Safe Energy http://www.pausenergy.org/
  PAUSE promotes safe, sustainable energy and fights for environmental justice.

We are part of the national organization, Peace Action – today’s Peace Movement – the largest membership peace group in the United States. Peace Action works for smarter American approaches to global problems. Click on the link for more information on our overall organization. http://www.peace-action.org/

We are also one of the 18 chapters of Peace Action New York State (PANYS)
–From Buffalo to NYC, PANYS is a vibrant peace organization,
with varied activities to model after and to take part in.

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