The PANYS staff headed to Times Square once again for the Fleet Week demonstration starting off Memorial Day festivities. PANYS wanted to present another perspective about the demonstration, which had children posing with large rifles and "training" as a soldier would in preparation for war.

Judy Lerner, Chair of International Peace Action at the United Nations, talks about her 50 years of peace activism.  A benefit celebration will be held in honor of her on Sunday, June 6, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the restaurant Danal, 59 5th Avenue. For more information email: kitty@panys.org.

Peace Action New York State Administrator Kitty Reddington and three interns - Anji, Brooke, and Anne - went filming in Times Square on Thursday, and got their picture on the big live screen! By being active and going out in your community, you too can get Peace Action the publicity it deserves!

This is just the first five minutes of Sec. Ki-Moon's address. Click here for the full speech, including introductions by Riverside Church, and the rest of the Plenary Session. Thanks to movement videographer Joe Friendly.

Join our ongoing photo petition for a nuclear-weapons-free world! Just take a photos of yourself, your friends, and anyone else you can get, with a sign saying “I want a nuclear-weapons-free world.” Email your photos to photos@panys.org and we will post them online. Thanks for your support!

On the 64th anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, PANYS hosted a two-part Commemorative Festival in Manhattan. In the morning, we made and floated colorful origami peace cranes with young children at Central Park’s serene Harlem Meer. The commemoration continued later that evening at the Friends Meeting House with Chiori Miyagawa’s renowned play I HAVE BEEN TO HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR. Send photos of your Hiroshima/Nagasaki events to photos@panys.org.