New Jersey Peace Action’s 54^th Annual Soup Luncheon

Silent Auction features theater tickets, jewelry, subscriptions and restaurant gift certificates.

Move the Money – Stop the War Machine!

Phyllis Bennis is a Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC, where she directs the New Internationalism Project.  She is also a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam.  She works on U.S. foreign policy issues, particularly regarding Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Palestine, as well as United Nations issues, especially regarding democratization of the UN and the challenge of U.S. domination of the UN.  She serves as an informal adviser to several top UN officials on Palestine and UN empowerment issues.  Phyllis Bennis has been interviewed on C-SPAN's Book TV, Democracy Now! and NPR Radio.  Her most recent book is Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer (with David Wildman).

Judith LeBlanc, Field Director of Peace Action, coordinates efforts on campaigns to cut military spending, nuclear abolition and to oppose the war in Afghanistan.  She works closely with Peace Action’s affiliates on grassroots organizing efforts.  She helps coordinate the efforts of the New Priorities Network, a national network supporting grassroots organizing to “move the money from wars and weapons to fund human needs.”  From 2003- 2009, she worked with United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) coordinating national outreach efforts and served two terms as UFPJ National Co-Chair.  She is a member of the Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma and lives in Harlem, NY.

Music provided by Spook Handy!