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Call for a Department of Peace

December 3 - 7, 2007

It's not too late to join our national action to Call for a Department of Peace. We're calling EVERY member of the House of Representatives EVERY thirty minutes!

This massive joint action between The Peace Alliance and the Student Peace Alliance (SPA) was democratically created by nearly 300 youth at the first-ever SPA national conference in October. We're working together to show that EVERY generation calls for peace!
You can still sign up to call your member. Go to www.callforadepartmentofpeace.org and follow the simple instructions to sign up for your slot.

The Capitol switchboard number is 202-224-3121. Ask for your member of Congress and you'll be connected. (If you're not sure who your member is, visit www.congress.org and enter your home address to find out.)

If you would like to make more calls, please go to www.callforadepartmentofpeace.org and sign up to:

Call Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Thank the HR 808 cosponsors (see list below), and/or
Call other Representatives. Some volunteers have committed to calling 100 or more Representatives in support of HR 808!

When you call, stay positive and on the topic of the Department of Peace. There's a sample script at the bottom of this page.

In the future we want to build a more efficient and easy to use online action system for call-in actions like this. You can help us do that by donating to SPA here.

Thank for your amazing commitment and support! Just a few minutes of your time can make a world of difference.

Sample Script
Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

For Representatives who have not signed onto the legislation:

Hi, my name is________________, and I am calling in support of HR 808, legislation calling for the establishment of a US Department of Peace. Our country needs a strategic, effective approach to resolving conflict nonviolently. We need a unified platform in the Federal Government to support peacebuilding domestically and internationally. Please tell Rep. ___________ that I support the Department of Peace, and that I also ask him/her to support the Department of Peace.

For Representatives who have signed onto the legislation ("cosponsors"):

Hi, my name is ____________, and I am calling to thank Rep. ___________ for signing onto HR 808, the legislation calling for the establishment of a Department of Peace. We need a unified platform in the Federal Government to support peacebuilding domestically and internationally. The establishment of a Department of Peace will provide the investment that our nation must make in peacebuilding. I would like for Rep. ________ to become a champion of this legislation. Please ask the Representative to write a dear-colleagues letter and to continue speaking out in support of the Department of Peace.

Current Cosponsors to HR 808
(Click on their names to link to their sign-up page)