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The
Issue: Disarmament
Our country and our world will be safer by the reduction and eventual
elimination of all weapons including nuclear, chemical, biological,
and conventional.
We
pledge to:
Call upon the U.S. government to support the global
abolition of nuclear weapons, all weapons of mass destruction and
small arms as well as honor the international agreements they have
signed;
Use the Nuclear Disarmament Packet 2008 of the Federation
Committee and
adopt the Corporate Stance;
Urge Legislators to oppose trade of conventional
weapons.
Things you can do:
Ask your congregation or province to consider a
coporate stance on nuclear disarmant as proposed by the Dominican
Sisters, USA (Federation).
Related Links:
International
Shadow Project
Abolition Now! - www.abolitionnow.org
American Friends Service Committee - www.afsc.org
www.antiwar.com - www.antiwar.com
Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities - www.sensiblepriorities.org
or www.truemajority.org
Center on Conscience & War - www.nisbco.org
Center for Defense Information - www.cdi.org
Council for a Livable World - www.clw.org
Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quaker) - www.fcnl.org
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund - www.peacetaxfund.org
National Priorities Project - www.natprior.org
National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee - www.nwtrcc.org
Nevada Desert Experience - www.nevadadesertexperience.org
U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines- www.banminesusa.org
War Resisters League - www.warresisters.org
Western States Legal Foundation - www.wslfweb.org
 Emerging
Nuclear Threats Draw New Concerns
and New Voices
December 11, 2006--- From one coast to the other, Dominicans
are signing on to a new effort against nuclear arms. The nuclear issue has gained
new urgency with the emergence of North Korea's recent nuclear testing. Recently
and independently, Dominican Sisters in San Rafael, CA and Sparkill,
NY have made public corporate statements that call upon the United States
government to lead the way for the global abolition of nuclear and all weapons
of mass destruction by adopting a plan to lock down, reduce, and eliminate nuclear
and all weapons of mass destruction. READ
MORE
Resources:
Federation
Information on Disarmament
Dominican
Sisters USA Booklet on Disarmament (Word)
Center for Concern on Disarmament (PDF)
Fact Sheet: Hiroshima
and Nagasaki (PDF)
Nuclear Weapons Primer (PDF)
Glossary of Terms (PDF)
What
is the United Nations Saying About Disarmament?
BREAKING FAITH WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS
A Guide for Religious Communities (PDF)
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