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| Gaza Relief Incident
June 4th, 2010
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. |
| April 17, 2010 Ceremony Honoring First Responders, Groton, MA
April 19th, 2010
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. |
| 9/11 Mother Demands Obama Try Terrorist Plotters In Civilian Court
March 31st, 2010
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." |
| Letter to President Obama Urging Trials in Civilian Courts for 9/11 Defendants
February 18th, 2010
"...It is important for you to know that there is now, has been since February of 2002, and will continue to be, a group of 9/11 family members who support your administration in any and all efforts to give America and the world the change you promised — a return to our American way of life, our rule of law and respect for and reliance upon our constitution..." |
 | Iraqi Activist Accepts the FOR Prize
October 28th, 2009
Members of Peaceful Tomorrows were delighted to join Abdulsattar Younus of the La’Onf Nonviolence Network at the Fellowship Of Reconcilliation ceremony.
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| In Memoriam, Senator Edward M. Kennedy
August 26th, 2009
In Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the country has lost a statesman of great courage. The members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows express our sincere hope that as we all reflect on the life and accomplishments of Senator Kennedy, America’s leaders will heed his example and take up the cause of Peace & Justice that he espoused... |
| Members Retreat at Blue Mountain Center
July 2nd, 2009
Report of a gathering of members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows at The Blue Mountain Center for four days, from Thursday, May 27th to Sunday, May 31, 2009. |
| A letter from Dresden
June 5th, 2009
The Association 13th February 1945, Dresden -- a member of the International Network for Peace, sent this open letter to President Obama on the occasion of his visit to that city. PT joins in solidarity with all who have suffered the devastation of civilian casualties of war, and that honors their efforts to say "never again." |
| 9/11 Families react to "Photo Op"
Our friends at Families of September 11th have noted that "Images often evoke the thoughts, feelings and sensations of an experience from the past--live events can be even more provocative. We were disturbed to learn about yesterday’s avoidable incident in which the 747 back-up plane to Air Force One flew so low over Manhattan that, according to a witness, it caused buildings to vibrate and windows to rattle. Many people in lower Manhattan evacuated their offices. “It brought back all the memories of 9/11,” a witnesss was quoted saying to the press. This event is especially troubling because several federal, city, and state agencies had prior knowledge that this event would take place but failed to alert the community." |
 | 9/11 Family Advocate Beverly Eckert a Passenger in Buffalo Airliner Crash
Peaceful Tomorrows extends our heartfelt condolences to the family of Beverly Eckert, tragically killed in the Buffalo plane crash on Thursday, February 12th, and to all the families who have lost loved ones in this disaster. Beverly's husband, Sean Rooney, was killed in the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. |
| Groups Urge Pres. Obama to Review Landmine and Cluster Bomb Ban
February 10th, 2009
Leaders from 67 national organizations representing a wide cross-section of American values and constituencies issued a strong call today for President Obama to reconsider U.S. opposition to global treaties prohibiting the use, transfer, and production of antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions. |
| PT Report "Afghanistan: Ending A Failed Military Strategy" Available Online Now
Following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, many in the US initially supported the war in Afghanistan because they believed that it would reduce the threat of another attack on US soil, and that it would enable the US to bring to justice Osama bin Laden and others responsible for the attacks. Once the Taliban fell, the war was touted as a success. However, while public attention shifted to the war in Iraq, the conflict in Afghanistan entered a new phase of violence and decay.
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| Attacks in Mumbai
It seems as though in every corner of the globe, there is violence spreading like an air borne virus. It infects people in cities and villages, in the mountains and the barren plains, in weather hot and dry or in the sharp freezing winds that cut through all manner of protective clothing. Violence spreads easily, for human beings are given to anger and hatred. Peace does not spread easily; it must be achieved through difficult sacrifice and hard won good will.
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 | Peaceful Tomorrows Supports ACLU's John Adams Project
The members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows stand behind the American Civil Liberties Union in their decision to assemble defense teams to be available to assist in the representation of some of the Guantanamo detainees that the U.S. government is preparing to prosecute. |
| Anniversary of the Bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
August 5th, 2008
August 6th and 9th mark the passing of 63 years since the atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima by the United States of America. There remain many men and women in Japan, the Hibakusha, who are themselves survivors or are the subsequent generations who bear the scars of that horror, who long for peace in the world and the banning of nuclear weapons by all the world's powers. Yet still they wait. |
 | PT Member attends Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan
by Terry Rockefeller
May 8th, 2008
In March, Peaceful Tomorrows member, Terry Rockefelle,r attended Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan, a four-day summit convened by Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) where veterans shared eyewitness accounts of the occupations. They offered specific evidence related to everything from the killing and injuring of innocent civilians and unarmed combatants, to racism and sexism in the military, to their experiences since coming home. Timed to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, this historic event was the largest gathering to date of the members of IVAW. One veteran who particularly affected Terry inspired her to write the following reflections. |
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