Gaza Relief Incident

As family members of victims of the 9/11 attacks, who chose to work for peace and justice rather than revenge and retaliation in the wake of that anguished day, we have had the privilege of joining humanitarian missions to Iraq and Afghanistan over the past eight years. It is with horror that we imagine what terror we would feel if we were suddenly overwhelmed by armed soldiers, as has happened to the Gaza- bound relief flotilla this week. This incident indicates the desperate need for peaceful alternatives to achieve a just solution in the Middle East. Both the safety of the Israelis and the basic human needs of the Palestinians must be insured by this country as well as by the world of nations in its efforts to build an impartial, legitimate and lasting peace.

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, 9/11, and America's failure in Iraq and Afghanistan

We attended the Wisdom of the Survivor conference today at Pace University in New York City. It was a shared activity. Over 100 Hibakusha (survivors of the bombs the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki) are here to once again lobby the U.N. to finally ban all atomic weapons...to make it illegal to possess them! What a simple idea. How graceful in the face of almost unimaginable horrors...

April 17, 2010 Ceremony Honoring First Responders, Groton, MA

9/11 First responders are honored as they deliver their letters to the students in a Groton school, to be added to the student's Pages for Peace project (www.pagesforpeace.org). Co-sponsored by Peaceful Tomorrows, a Personal Statement was delivered by Terry Greene.

Where to Try a Terrorist Suspect

Almost 10 years later, a group of families fight for a civil trial rather than a military tribunal for the accused 9/11 mastermind...

9/11 Mother Demands Obama Try Terrorist Plotters In Civilian Court

In a video letter to President Obama anticipating a final announcement as to the trial venue for the 9/11 plotters, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows asks the president to resist "buckling to political pressure," calling the use of military tribunals the "wrong thing to do."

True Justice and the Rule of Law

...Justice requires a system that is fair and factual; not based at all on emotion. 9-11 family members have every right to be emotional - angry, enraged, and grief stricken. I'm certain that staff who met with family members two weeks ago got a taste of that emotion. We lost people we loved dearly. But justice requires that our legal system turn a blind eye to that emotion, and try an accused individual based on evidence and factual account...