Who we are and what we do!

The Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition/Atlanta is a volunteer network of community, student, and faith-based organizations and individuals working for global justice and peace. We formed in September of 2002 to mobilize opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Although our efforts to stop the invasion failed, we have developed a strong metro-wide network calling for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the rejection of pre-emptive war, a foreign policy based on justice, and domestic policies serving human needs.

Since 2002, we have organized dozens of marches, rallies, and vigils, planned educational events, carried out lobbying campaigns with our U.S. Representatives and Senators, and worked on Truth in Recruiting efforts to educate about the realities of U.S.military recruitment.We continue to focus our efforts toward establishing a just U.S.foreign policy in four areas of work: Street Action; Educational Outreach; Lobbying; and Truth in Recruiting. We participate in the statewide Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition and the national coalition United for Peace and Justice.
 

We invite all who are interested to join us in our work. GPJC/Atlanta meets on the third Monday of each month at the offices of the American Friends Service Committee, 92 Piedmont Avenue , Atlanta30303 , 7 – 9 pm .

If you are interested in our work, reach us through the GPJC/Atlanta phoneline at 404-522-4500 or email one of our co-coordinators: Azi Ebrahimi aebrahimi@afsc.org, Dianne Mathiowetz atlantaiac@aol.com, Ann Mauney annmauney555@aol.com.
 

Mission Statement of Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition/Atlanta:

• To promote peaceful alternatives to war and violence
• To provide leadership in nonviolently opposing wars and policies of aggression and domination.
• To strengthen the GPJC statewide network of activists in Georgiaand provide support for those working for social justice here and abroad.