CFPA Executive Director Rev. Bob Moore and Advocacy Co-chair Kip Cherry co-led a delegation from CFPA, Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction, and Friends Committee on National Legislation that met with Kyle Melander, District Director of Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick to lobby on peace and nuclear weapon issues at the Newtown, PA office on Thursday, February 1.
Click here or below to view the livestream recording of the 2024 Multifaith Service honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which was held on January 15th at Nassau Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Carla Jones Brown was preacher, and a wide range of faith leaders co-led the Service. A pick-up choir performed a selection of inspirational music throughout the Service.
The event was co-sponsored by Coalition for Peace Action and Princeton Clergy Association. About 250 attended in-person, and about 350 watched either via livestream or by viewing the recording.
On December 14, 2023, CFPA's Annual Holiday Peace Gathering began on Palmer Square with a Vigil for Peace on Earth. About 30 attended.
CFPA Board Chair, Irene Etkin Goldman, joined by her son, Paul, and many others attend the Vigil for Peace on Earth
in front of Tiger Park on Palmer Square in Princeton.
The event then moved across the street, to the Assembly Room of Nassau Presbyterian Church, where more than 40 guests gathered for a potluck meal and a Program honoring Irene Etkin Goldman's 20 years as CFPA Board Chair. A dozen speakers presented, and peace music, including a Sing-A-Long, was performed by David Brahinsky.
(Above) Honoree, Irene Etkin Goldman, holds a Peace Pebble, CFPA's highest honor, presented by Executive Director, Rev. Bob Moore and Rev. Carol Haag.
(Below) Group shot of Program attendees. Photos generously contributed by David Crow.
About 400 attended Coalition for Peace Action's 44th Annual Multifaith Service and Conference for Peace on November 12, 2023, either in-person or online. An additional 150 have viewed video recordings of the event as of 11/28/23. The Most Reverend Archbishop John C. Wester of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM, preached, and faith leaders from a wide range of major world religions co-led the liturgy for the 11:00 AM Multifaith Service for Peace at Princeton University Chapel.
Archbishop John C. Wester preaches at CFPA's 44th Annual Multifaith Service for Peace, at Princeton University Chapel.
In addition to leading the multifaith service in the morning, Archbishop Wester spoke at the afternoon conference, which was held from 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM in-person at Christ Congregation in Princeton, and on Zoom. Our other speakers were nuclear weapon issues expert, Prof. Frank von Hippel, of Princeton University, and co-founder of Princeton's Program on Science & Global Security; Raisa Rubin-Stankiewicz, lead state organizer for the youth-led gun-violence prevention group, March for Our Lives, filled in last minute for Elena Perez; and author and activist, Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK. It was an informative afternoon with excellent, in-depth content on the multiple peace crises facing us right now.
Prof. Frank von Hippel presents at CFPA's 44th Annual Conference for Peace, at Christ Congregation, Princeton.
The Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) is a grassroots citizens' organization bringing together people of all ages, backgrounds, professions and political persuasions around three goals: global abolition of nuclear weapons, a peace economy and a halt to weapons trafficking at home and abroad.
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