Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives

International Scene Lecture Series and the Institute for Peace Studies at Hofstra University presents The Biden Administration and a Nuclear Deal. Dr. Trita Parsi is an award-winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign politics, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has authored … Continue reading The Biden Administration and a Nuclear Deal With Iran with Dr. Trita Parsi →

Please join us on March 4, 2021 for a virtual policy briefing and workshop series to call on the Biden administration to prioritize the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. The event is convened by Back from the Brink (BftB) and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) with support from many partner organizations. The virtual event will feature an … Continue reading End Nuclear Weapons Before They End Us →

We are pleased to introduce the first in a series of presentations by our new LI PPC Political Education Committee, an hour-long class in some of the systemic injustices embedded in our society here on Long Island, prepared in the conjunction with the Long Island chapter of ICNA Council for Social Justice. Come learn about … Continue reading Political Education Committee: Dynamics of Long Island Webinar →

In celebration of Women’s History Month, PANYS invites you to a Virtual House Party on Friday evening, 7pm-8:30pm (EST) on March 19th, 2021 on Zoom to discuss author and activist Marguerite Kearns’ soon-to-be-released book, An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights. This virtual event will also feature Coline Jenkins, the … Continue reading An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights →

In this webinar, you'll learn why the United States' militarized budget is such a problem, how the budget and appropriations process works, and how you can get involved in the call to move money out of militarism and into our communities!  Speakers Include:  Ashik Siddique, National Priorities Project Savannah Wooten, Public Citizen Moderator: Tori Bateman, … Continue reading Demilitarize the Budget Advocacy Training →

Kate Kizer is the Policy Director at Win Without War. She has nearly a decade of experience working on human rights, democratization, and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Kate previously served as the Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Yemen Peace Project and as U.S. Advocacy Officer for Americans for Democracy and … Continue reading Progressive Foreign Policy After Trump →

Pressing for our budget priorities amid pandemic, economic and climate crises and new Cold Wars As we move into the post-pandemic, Biden era, it’s time to change what we buy with our tax dollars. The pandemic and the resulting economic crisis illuminated glaring inequalities and the human costs of budget priorities that enrich the wealthy … Continue reading Webinar: A Tax Day Like No Other Teach-In →

The topic for the next webinar in our Dynamics of Long Island speaker series will be Asian Americans on Long Island. This new series, presented in conjunction with the Long Island Chapter of the ICNA (Islamic Circle of North America) Council for Social Justice, is aimed at addressing some of the systemic injustices embedded in our society here on … Continue reading Dynamics of Long Island- Asian Americans on Long Island →

Register here. You are invited to join us on Friday evening, April 30, 7-8:30pm for a Book Talk with author Sheila D. Collins about her book UBUNTU: George M. Houser and the Struggle for Peace and Freedom on Two Continents. Last July we held a Virtual House Party with author Sheila D. Collins to honor … Continue reading Book Talk with Sheila Collins →

Brooklyn For Peace Online Forum: LABOR and Movements for Peace & Justice Register at bit.ly/Labor4Peace Brooklyn For Peace is looking for community groups to help us get the word out about our upcoming virtual forum Labor and the Movements for Peace and Social Justice. The forum will examine a bit of history of Labor’s involvement in … Continue reading Online Forum: Labor and Movements for Peace & Justice →