"Prevent War with Iran" Campaign Coming to a State Near You!

Jan 25, 2012

FCNL's "Diplomacy--Not War--with Iran" postcards are making their way to meetings, churches, and peace groups across the country, sending a strong message to Senators that talking with Iran is the single most effective way to prevent both war and a nuclear-armed Iran.

Below are some stories of how FCNL supporters have used these postcards as community organizing and citizen advocacy tools. Some groups are using these postcards for their own lobby visits, while others are sending them back to FCNL's lobbyist on Middle East issues Kate Gould, who will be hand delivering these postcards to these offices over the upcoming months.

Would you like to send a strong "Diplomacy--Not War--with Iran" message to your Senators? You can send this message online here, order your own postcards here, or print your own here. Find out more about FCNL's work to prevent war with Iran here.

Delegation & Mayor of Des Moines, Lobbies Senator Harkin's Office

A delegation of Iowans representing 16 local groups lobbied Senator Tom Harkin's office in Des Moines, Iowa, asking that he speak out on the Senate floor or write an op-ed in support of diplomacy, not war, with Iran. Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie, who was out of town at the time of the visit to Senator Harkin's office, said he supported the delegation’s call for diplomacy. Learn about the delegation's lobby visit here.

A letter to the editor written by the leader of the delegation, Jeffrey Weiss, was published in Iowa's Daily Register newspaper on January 19, 2012, the same day that the delegation met with Senator Harkin's staff.

Minnesota Peace Project Lobbies Senator Klobuchar

The Minnesota Peace Project delivered 200 of FCNL's "Diplomacy-Not War-with Iran!" postcards on a lobby visit to Senator Amy Klobuchar's office. One of Minnesota Peace Project's members, Coleen Rowley (left of the sign), is a former FBI agent and whistleblower who was given TIME's Person of the Year award in 2002, along with two other prominent whistleblowers.

FCNL Delivers Postcards to Senator Merkley

During a lobby visit with Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR) to discuss preventing war with Iran, Kate Gould and Katherine Philipson deliver a stack of "Diplomacy--Not War--with Iran" postcards from FCNL supporters and local peace groups in Oregon.