"Those who love peace must learn to organize
as effectively as those who love war."
- Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

• We particpated in the ONEONTA PEACE FESTIVAL in Newhwa Park on Sunday September 12. The festival had several Peace & Justice groups with displays & information, children’s activities like face painting, making peace cranes and bracelets, prayer flags & quilt pictures Entertainment included Lynn Fischer; Reggie Brunson giving MLK’s "I Have a Dream Speech;" Skip West; Storytellers Khuki Woolever & Suzanne Hollist; Jo Mish; Paul Robinson of Veterans for Peace; Emily Nizam Kirsch, Dances of Universal Peace; "The Tuesday Night Jazz Band." The event was co-sponsored by Citizens Alternative Voice (CAV) Oneonta; Delaware County Voices for Peace and ourselves, Peace Action, Chenango County
  
• In March, we joined in intense lobbying, including participation in the Global Day of Protest events in New York City on March 20th
• We've maintained a Peace Action presence in three local activist groups.
• We organized a public presentation by a compute expert of proposed laws to institute electronic voting machines, specifically inviting local officials.
• We obtained the MoveOn video "Uncovered: The Truth About the Iraq War" for circulation
• We have plans for a speaker on the Patriot Act

• We promoted Peace Action and the Campaign for a New Foreign Policy in a sponsoring ad for a recent appearance at Binghamton University by Amy Goodman
• We tabled at two Peace Fairs & one Progressive Fair, obtaining five endorsements and 150 petition signatures for the Campaign for lobbying efforts.
• We participated as Peace Voter in a peace activist coalition to field and support a progressive candidate in this Council District.

• Chenango Chair Chris Brunner also represents upstate New York in Peace Action of New York State and works on the National Peace Action Board.