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FCNL welcomes Bridget Moix back to our staff to lead our forward-thinking program on the peaceful prevention of deadly conflict.
Bridget started this program soon after September 11, 2001 in response to the question "If war is not the answer… what is." Since then, FCNL has played a pivotal role in passing legislation to fund a civilian peacebuilder corps, expanding the budget for U.S. peaceful prevention diplomacy around the world, and funding for peacekeepers in Darfur. Support our work today. |
The U.S. financial crisis - now going global -- and the $700 billion bailout by taxpayers are putting intense pressure on family budgets and government spending for human needs programs. Will the crisis have a silver lining?
We have a new opportunity to point out the failures of the "War on Terror" and the extreme financial costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Decades of wasteful military spending have weakened the U.S. economic infrastructure, funding tanks, missiles, guns, and "boots on the ground" instead of green research and development, bridges, water and sewage systems, and affordable health care.
Next week FCNL will send a report to Congress describing how the United States could save billions of dollars, strengthen human security, and make the world a safer place. The report's authors, Bridget Moix and Trevor Keck, explain how the United States could accomplish these goals by investing in early peaceful prevention of deadly conflict rather than late military reaction. They outline practical steps the next administration and Congress can take to help prevent genocide, mass atrocities, and wars.
Our lobbying could get several of these proposals written into law - as early as next year.
We need your help to do it. In FCNL's 65th Anniversary Year on the Hill, will you make a special contribution of $65, $650, or $6,500 to help our uphill work for real peace?
Momentum is building - from Republicans and Democrats alike - for expanding investment in diplomacy and foreign assistance. Remarkably, even Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has decried the decline of U.S. "soft power." Congress has just finished debating whether to bail out Wall Street. Now it needs to have a real debate about the amount of money the United States spends on the Pentagon, rather than on peacefully preventing wars before they break out.
The Carnegie Commission states that the world's nations could have saved $130 billion by taking a preventive approach to deadly conflicts in the 1990s rather than relying on 11th-hour military intervention. In their report, Bridget and Trevor explain how the U.S. could adopt a preventive approach to save money and lives today.
Please help us promote this emerging debate in Washington by making a contribution of $65, $650, or $6,500 in celebration of our 65th Anniversary Year. With your help in the past, FCNL has proven we can change Washington, one step at a time.
FCNL has the expertise in Hill lobbying and grassroots organizing to move the peaceful prevention agenda. To succeed, we must continue our strategic change work on Capitol Hill, our intensive educational efforts, and our lobbying around the country.
Your contribution today will make a real difference.
Will you make a special contribution of $65, $650, or $6,500 to help us launch our initiative for peaceful prevention of deadly conflict in the new Congress and under the new administration?
So much potential for real change on this issue in the months ahead presents itself to us that we can't delay taking this initiative. I appreciate your help. FCNL is counting on you.
Thank you,
Joe Volk
P.S. Do you want to know what practical steps Congress can take now to help prevent wars? You can see an advanced copy of Bridget and Trevor's report online.
Contacting Legislators
Contact your members of Congress through FCNL's web site.
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Sen. ________
U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Rep. ________
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
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