The Next STEP for Iraq

Meetings, Churches, and Organizations that Support the STEP Resolution

Updated June 16, 2006

National Organizations

American Friends Service Committee (Philadelphia, PA)
June 24, 2005. Offering a workshop on using the resolution during the Eyes Wide Open exhibit in Philadelphia over the 4th of July weekend.

Clergy and Laity Network (Washington, DC)
June 21, 2005. Featuring STEP on their web site and the Building the Beloved Community web site.

Leadership Conference of Women Religious (Silver Spring, MD)
May 27, 2005

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (Maryknoll, NY)
September 2005. There is an action alert about STEP on their web site.

Mennonite Central Committee (Washington, DC)
Summer 2005. Presented at the Mennonite General Assembly and participants were encouraged to endorse.

National Benedictines for Peace (Cottonwood, ID)
May 31, 2005

NETWORK, a National Catholic Social Justice Lobby (Washington, DC)
May 2005. Featured STEP in their July/August 2005 newsletter.

Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters, Inc. (Huntington, IN)
November 2005

Pax Christi USA (Washington, DC)
May 31, 2005. Featured STEP on their web site.

United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries (Washington, DC)
September 29, 2005. Sent out the resolution to 12,000 members of electronic UCC network.

United Methodist Board of Church and Society (Washington, DC)
May 2005. Now seeking endorsement from other United Methodist organizations.

Local Meetings, Churches, and Organizations

57th Street Meeting of Friends (Chicago, IL)
January 29, 2006

Acton Friends Meeting (Shirley, MA)
February 2006

Adelphi Monthly Meeting (Adelphi, MD)
June 9, 2005. Approved by Peace and Social Concerns Committee and published in the June newsletter.

Adrian Dominican Sisters (Adrian, MI)
November 28, 2005

AFSC Des Moines (Des Moines, IA)
October 2005. Taking STEP to Des Moines City Council, approaching Sens. Harkin and Grassley with the resolution.

Akron Area Association of Churches' Board of Trustees (Akron, OH)
May 31, 2005

Akron Friends Meeting (Akron, OH)
July 11, 2005

Alaska IMPACT (Fairbanks, AK)
July 6, 2005

All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, Social Justice Committee (Kansas City, MO)
June 24, 2005. Sent to the Kansas City Star News and to the senators and representatives in their area.

Annapolis Friends Meeting (Annapolis, MD)
December 18, 2005

Asheville Friends Meeting (Ashville, NC)
December 2005. Writing letter to local editors in support of STEP

Atlanta Friends Meeting (Atlanta, GA)
June 26, 2005

Baltimore Yearly Meeting (A regional Quaker organization with 52 meetings and worship groups in MD, VA, PA, WV, and DC)
May 25, 2006

Bellingham Friends Meeting (Bellingham, WA)
July 15, 2005

Bethesda Friends Meeting (Bethesda, MD)
June 12, 2005. Sent copies to their senators and representative. They plan on sending it to their county newspapers and to the Washington Post.

A Better Future World and Peace Think Tank (El Dorado, CA)
July 6, 2005

Birmingham Friends Meeting (Birmingham, AL)
June 26, 2005

Bloomington Peace Action Coalition (Bloomington, IN)
June 23, 2005. Sending the resolution on to other churches in the area.

Burlington Friends Meeting (Burlington, VT)
August 10, 2005. Approved and endorsed STEP at their July business meeting. They also have sent a letter and a copy of the resolution to the editor of their local paper.

Camden Friends Meeting (Camden, DE)
December 1, 2005

Campus Friends Meeting ( Wilmington, OH)
January 22, 2006

Catholics for Peace and Justice (Bethlehem, PA)
August 2, 2005

Church Women United, Department of the Network of Religious Communities of Niagara Frontier (Buffalo, NY)
May 26, 2005

Chapel Hill Friends Meeting (Chapel Hill, NC)
August 16, 2005

Community Friends Meeting (Cincinnati, OH)
December 12, 2005

Community United Church of Christ (Raleigh, NC)
July 10, 2005

Connecticut Province of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (Windsor, CT)
October 20, 2005. Adopted resolution during their annual fall assembly numbering over 90 members from Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Sent their resolution to the Congressional delegations, and they notified major newspapers and local radio stations of their support for STEP.

Connecticut Valley Quarterly Meeting of Friends (CT)
January 2006

Daugethers of Wisdom, US Province (Islip, NY)
November 30, 2005

Davidson Friends Meeting (Davidson, NC)
July 25, 2005

DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice (DeKalb, IL)
July 9, 2005

Duval Greens Party (Jacksonville, FL)
March 4, 2006

Eastside Friends Meeting (Bellevue, WA)
July 10, 2005

First Parish in Lincoln Faith-in-Action Group (Lincoln, MA)
June 26, 2005. Sent letter to the Lincoln Journal in support of STEP, and sent the resolution to their members of Congress.

First Unitarian Church, Dialogue for Peace Committee (Salt Lake City, UT)
May 2005. Sent to a Utah humanist network.

Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition/Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
October 19, 2005

Goose Creek Meeting (Lincoln, VA)
August 2005

Horry Friends Meeting (Hemingway, SC)
June 28, 2005. Using STEP as the basis for individual letters to members of Congress.

Hyde Park and Kenwood Interfaith Council (Chicago, IL )
April 14, 2006

Intermountain Yearly Meeting (Includes Quaker meetings and worship groups in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, South Dakota, and northwest Texas)
June 18, 2005. Approved a minute on the STEP resolution and encouraged local meetings to contact the media and their members of Congress.

Jamestown Friends Meeting (Jamestown, NC)
July 15, 2005

Kansas City Iraq Task Force (Kansas City, MO)
June 24, 2005. Sent to the Kansas City Star News and to the senators and representatives in their area.

Lake Erie Yearly Meeting (Includes Quaker meetings and worship groups in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia)
July 6, 2005. Sending letters to their members of Congress.

Las Cruces Friends Meeting (Las Cruces, NM)
July 6, 2005

Lexington Friends Meeting (Lexington, KY)
January 2006

Louisville Friends Meeting (Louisville, KY)
October 2005

Marbletown Democratic Committee (Cottekill, NY)
June 15, 2005

Maury River Friends Meeting (Lexington, VA)
July 5, 2005

Mendocino Friends Meeting (Mendocino, CA)
September 30, 2005

Metropolitan Chicago General Meeting (Chicago, IL )
March 30, 2006

Midlothian Friends Meeting (Midlothian, VA)
August 7, 2005

Millville Monthly Meeting (Millville, PA)
July 10, 2005

Minneapolis Friends Meeting (Minneapolis, IN)
November 22, 2005

Missoula Monthly Meeting (Missoula, MT)
July 9, 2005

Mohawk Valley Friends Meeting (Clinton, NY)
July 3, 2005

Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia ( Philadelphia, PA )
September 18, 2005

Mounty Toby Meeting (Leverett, MA)
December 4, 2005

New Garden Friends Meeting (Greensboro, NC)
July 19, 2005

North Carolina Peace Action (Raleigh, NC)
June 17, 2005

North Pacific Yearly Meeting (Tacoma, WA)
July 17, 2005. Approved a minute on STEP; calling on the adoption of similar minutes in participating meetings, and urging them to convey these statements to the news media and to the appropriate senators and representatives.

Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting (Includes Quaker meetings and worship groups in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky)
May 26, 2005

Old Chatham Monthly Meeting (Old Chatham, NY)
June 23, 2005

Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (Portland, OR)
July 6, 2005

Oxford Citizens for Peace and Justice (Oxford, OH)
April 1, 2006

Oxford Friends Meeting (Oxford, OH)
February 6, 2006

Pax Christi Memphis (Memphis, TN)
January 4, 2006

Pax Christi Southwest Michigan (Niles, MI)
November 30, 2005

Pax Christi Transfiguration (Marietta, GA)
May 31, 2005

Peace & Justice Coalition (Prince George's County, MD)
July 5, 2005

PeaceWorks Kansas City (Kansas City, MO)
June 24, 2005. Sent to the Kansas City Star News and to the senators and representatives in their area.

Penn Valley Monthly Meeting (Kansas City, MO)
July 5, 2005. Sent the resolution to their members of Congress.

Pilgrim St. Luke's United Church of Christ (Buffalo, NY)
May 31, 2005

Pittsburgh Monthly Meeting (Pittsburgh, PA)
April 21, 2005. Letter to the editor published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Pleasant Street Friends Meeting (Worcester, MA)
July 20, 2005

Pointes for Peace (Harper Woods, MI)
November 27, 2005

Port Townsend Friends Meeting (Port Townsend, WA)
June 28, 2005. The resolution was published in the editorial section of the Peninsula Daily News and mentioned in a letter to the editor in the Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader. The meeting is now contacting other churches.

Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting (Plainfield, NJ)
September 23, 2005. Letter to the editor published in the local newspaper.

Rancocas Friends Meeting (Lumberton, NJ)
June 2, 2005

Red Cedar Friends Meeting ( Lansing, MI)
November 17, 2005. Published their endorsement of STEP in the Lansing State Journal.

Richmond Friends Meeting (Richmond, VA)
August 13, 2005

Sacramento Friends Meeting (Sacramento, CA)

Salmon Bay Friends Monthly Meeting (Seattle, WA)
August 14, 2005

San Francisco Friends Meeting (San Francisco, CA)
November 22, 2005

Sante Fe Monthly Meeting (Santa Fe, NM)
July 5, 2005. Sent the resolution to their members of Congress and other Sante Fe churches asking them to endorse it.

Scarsdale Friends Meeting (Scarsdale, NY)
September 11, 2005

Sisters of the Most Precious Blood (O'Fallon, MO)
July 6, 2005

Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
June 7, 2005. Sent the resolution to their members of Congress and their local media.

St. Louis Instead of War Coalition Steering Committee (St. Louis, MO)
July 11, 2005. Seeking endorsements from coalition members and planning a press conference.

St. Scholastica Monastery (Fort Smith, AR)
December 1, 2005

Stony Run Monthly Meeting (Baltimore, MD)
April 28, 2005. The clerk sent a copy to their member of Congress, following up on an earlier letter about Iraq.

Storrs Friends Meeting (Storrs, CT)
July 22, 2005

Strawberry Creek Monthly Meeting (Berkley, CA )
September 11, 2005

Tampa Monthly Meeting (Tampa, FL)
September 11, 2005. Sent a copy of the resolution to members of Congress and the local media.

Tempe Friends Meeting (Tempe, AZ)
April 14, 2005. Hand-delivered the resolution to their senators' and representative's offices and sent a copy to Friends Bulletin.

University Congregational, United Church of Christ (Missoula, MT)
November 5, 2005. Members of the Justice and Witness Ministry Team delivered signed letters from 72 church members and friends to the offices of the Montana Congressional delegation, urging them to support the STEP resolution.

Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting (Urbana, IL)
October 18, 2005

Vancouver for Peace (Vancouver, WA)
September 7, 2005

West Knoxville Friends Meeting (Knoxville, TN)
June 5, 2005. Passed STEP resolution and sent it on to their members of Congress.

West Virginia Council of Churches (Charleston, WV)
September 1, 2005. Adopted the resolution and presented it to the executives of 18 member church bodies

Wilmington Monthly Meeting (Wilmington, OH)
Summer 2005

Wilmington Yearly Meeting (Wilmington, OH)
July 10, 2005. Sent a copy of the resolution to their members of Congress.

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) (Fresno, CA branch)
June 10, 2005

Yolo County Democratic Club, Board of Directors (Woodland, CA)
November 7, 2005. Will present STEP to membership next month for approval.

York Monthly Meeting (York, PA)
September 7, 2005. Issued a press release announcing their support that was published on October 1in the York Daily Record .

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Reviewed: 06/16/2006