We sign on to letters, statements, and petitions that support issues and policies that create peace with justice. We lend our voice as an organization to amplify the messages being sent to government leaders to influence policy that promotes justice and peace.
2021 Sign-Ons:
July
- 80+ faith/conscience organizations call for global vaccine equity (7/23)
- PRO Act National Faith Organization Sign On Letter (7/20)
- Advocacy letter to the White House calling for the protection of “Oak Flat” in the Tonto National Forest (7/20)
- Joint Statement and Call to Action on the Crisis in Haiti (7/15)
- Pax Christi USA signs on and endorses the Healthy Planet, Healthy People petition (7/1)
June
- 110+ groups sign letter to President Biden calling for an end to the U.S, program of lethal drone strike abroad (6/30)
- Joint letter from 162 Catholic organizations asking the U.S., Mexican, Salvadoran, Honduran, and Guatemalan Bishops to speak out for migrants (6/17)
- An open letter to Presidents Biden and Putin in advance of their summit (6/15)
- Faith organizations send Biden letter in support of evacuation of vulnerable Afghan allies from Afghanistan (6/4)
May
- 40 Groups to Congress: Withdrawing from Afghanistan means lowering the Pentagon budget (5/21)
- Government Accountability Project, joined by 170 advocacy organizations and 30 law enforcement officers, calls upon Congress to strengthen police accountability whistleblower protections (5/19)
- Joint Statement Calling on Biden Administration to Condemn Israeli government plans to Forcibly Displace Palestinians in Occupied East Jerusalem (5/14)
- Scientists, Catholic leaders urge President Biden to work for a world free of nuclear weapons (5/12)
- Interfaith Immigration Coalition letter to the Biden administration and Congressional leaders advocating for citizenship for essential workers and other immigrants (5/6)
- Unfold Zero’s Protect people and the planet: Appeal for a nuclear weapon-free world (5/1)
April
- Pax Christi USA has joined with 37 other organizations in condemning the United States’ global military spending ranking (4/28)
- U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph stands with Rise St. James (4/22)
- Support for the Selective Service Repeal Act (4/16)
- House letter to Biden on the 1033 Program urging President Biden to issue an Executive Order to ban the transfer of military grade weapons to local law enforcement (4/6)
March
- 25+ transpartisan organizations identify $80 billion in Pentagon cuts (3/24)
- U.S. Catholic organizations raise our voices for democracy in Myanmar (3/17)
- 42 faith leaders to President Biden: Refugee protection – Today! (3/11)
- U.S. faith organizations’ letter to President Biden on U.S. airstrikes in Syria (3/11)
- Support for Rep. Johnson’s bipartisan bill to de-militarize police (3/9)
- Sanction MBS for his role in the Khashoggi murder (3/2)
February
- Faith-based letter to President Biden regarding U.S.-Cuba relations (2/17)
- Letter to Members of Congress to repeal the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs (2/17)
- Letter to President Biden: Fulfill Promise of Ending U.S. Support In Yemen, Cancel $36.5B in Military Support (2/11)
- National group letter supporting no less than the American Rescue Plan (2/4)
- Interfaith statement on stopping killer robots (2/4)
- Petition to President Biden – Re: Restore Our Asylum System—Halt Expulsions of People Fleeing Violence! (2/1)
January
- Joint Interfaith Statement on the Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (1/22)
- White House Faith-based Office letter (1/21)
- Called to be peacemakers, an ecumenical statement following the mob violence at the U.S. Capitol (1/11)
- 70 Groups Urge Congress to Vote Immediately to Impeach President Trump for Inciting Violent Mob Attack on Capitol (1/11)
- Sign-On Letter to Republican Leadership on Denying Committee Assignments to Members Endorsing QAnon and White Supremacist Ideologies (1/11)
- Letter to Secretary Pompeo, Biden Transition Team opposing addition of Cuba to state-sponsored terrorism list (1/7)
- Sanctuary Faith/Lay Leader Sign-On Letter to President-Elect Biden – Grant immediate relief from deportation to 40 people/families living in Sanctuary on day one of the new administration (1/4)
- Joint Statement: World Says No to War on Yemen (1/1)