Counter-Recruitment Resources
Military recruiters are active in Brooklyn high schools. We're active too, telling students and students there are alternatives to military service, and that they can say no to being contacted by military recruiters.
 Email us for more information.
Learn more about your right to say no to releasing information about your child to the military. Get downloadable resources.
Visit Brooklyn Alternatives to the Military
Find out how you can go to college without joining the military (PDF) as well as opportunities to travel and have adventures (PDF).
Help stop the Pentagon's supersecret JAMRS database.
End the Israeli Occupation
 Photo by Matt Weinstein
We mourn the loss of life of innocent Palestinians and Israelis, and call for an immediate end to all armed attacks directed against civilians.
 Read our statement.
Learn more about the Israel-Palestine Committee.
Act to Stop Genocide in Darfur
The government of Sudan is responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur, a region the size of Texas, on Sudan's western border with Chad.
Read our statement.
Join our Latin America Committee!!
Learn more about our Latin American neighbors both in Brooklyn and South of the border. Read more. | |
$2 Million in the NYC Education Budget for Junior ROTC in the City's High Schools?
WE SAY NO
Join our Nuclear Zero Committee!
An end to nuclear proliferation, and complete nuclear disarmament by all countries including the United States which now possess nuclear weapons — is among the most critical issues of our time.
Get more information and find out what you can do.
Tell Congress: Use Your Power to Bring the Troops Home Now
Sign UFPJ's online petition.
The Declaration of Peace is a national campaign to establish a comprehensive plan for a rapid end to the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq, and has been endorsed by Brooklyn For Peace. Visit their website to learn about upcoming nonviolent actions.
Learn what the war has cost us at home and in Iraq (PDF).
Film Exposes Scandal of Homeless Iraqi War Vets
A powerful new documentary, When I Came Home was screened for a diverse group of Brooklyn residents in an event co-sponsored by Brooklyn For Peace, Black Veterans for Social Justice, and Fort Greene Peace.
Join the Iraq Moratorium!
Third Friday of every month:
Pledge to break your daily routine to take some action to end the Iraq War.
Brooklyn For Peace has stickers for this day: "Support Our Troops! Bring Them Home" Wear a sticker, and distribute to your friends. Stickers available at BFP office; call 718–624–5921 to pick up.
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Announcing Our New Name: Brooklyn For Peace!!
It's official!! After 23 years of working together as Brooklyn Parents for Peace, we are proud to announce that we have chosen a new more inclusive name: Brooklyn For Peace.
Our concern for future generations continues to unite us.
Please note: For is spelled with a capital F! We want to emphasize the positive, what we are FOR.
Abbreviate to BFP, rather than to BP. To help maintain our name recognition and respect for 23 years of work in Brooklyn, please identify us as: Brooklyn For Peace (formerly Brooklyn Parents for Peace.)
Summary of Activities in 2007
Find out what Brooklyn For Peace is all about in this summary of our activities in 2007
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