Code Pink Marches On Washington

For my first non-profit of the week after quite a long hiatus, I thought I’d write about one of my favorite organizations, Code Pink.  Code Pink is a national, large-scale non-profit that organizes and unites women across the world in the struggle for peace.  They have a website of commendable depth- you could get lost for hours in that thing-but here I’ll just show you their awesome, empowering Mission Statement:

‘CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities. CODEPINK rejects foreign policies based on domination and aggression, and instead calls for policies based on diplomacy, compassion and a commitment to international law. With an emphasis on joy and humor, CODEPINK women and men seek to activate, amplify and inspire a community of peacemakers through creative campaigns and a commitment to non-violence.’

Code Pink began as a coalition of American women who were deeply against the initial invasion of Iraq by the Bush administration.  They wanted to play on the administrations Terror Alert Color System: you know, red, orange, yellow to signal levels of terrorist threat . So, Code Pink was born and has now grown into one of the largest American organizations in the world consistently working to put an end to ongoing violence.   Code Pink is not an organization for only women; they do encourage men to join them.  However, they are, as they say, ‘particularly eager’ to see all types of women begin devoting themselves to the peace effort.

Some recent highlights on Code Pink’s great-looking and easily usable website: Jodie Evans account of her ‘arrest’ of Karl Rove, their blog post about the Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Day of Action, and their truly AMAZING Resource Toolbox for emerging organizations and activists.

And here are some Code Pink ladies, taking on John McCain and The Beach Boys.

No matter what your political affiliation (and I know I’ve made mine awfully clear in this post, though I’ve been trying to steer away from this sort of thing, mostly), you have to appreciate non-violent protests disrupting big government, you know, unless you’re a monster.  Peaceful assembly and dissent is one of our constitutionally protected rights and I love that the amazing women (and men) of Code Pink are using every tool at their disposal to engage in political discourse, educate and empower.

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