The New Jersey Occupation Project on Monday will kick off an organized campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience to end the occupation of Iraq and stop a aggression against Iran.
The New Jersey Occupation Project is a coalition of representatives from peace and justice organizations from around the state.
The campaign begins with an 11 a.m. visit to the offices of U.S. Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez in the Gateway Center in Newark, followed by a noon news conference outside the offices. During their meeting, the group will ask the senators to sign a pledge to cast their votes in the Senate in accordance with their professed opposition to the war in Iraq.
After the meeting in the senators’ offices, the group will gather at the entrance to Gateway Center One, on Market Street, for the news conference, to state their goals, objectives, and reasons for turning to civil disobedience.
Among the group will be members of “Military Families Speak Out” who have family members in the armed forces.
For more information, go to Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
