Forum spotlights Department of Peace
By Josh Richman, STAFF WRITER
Organizers hope to attract hundreds of people to a forum tonight in San Francisco to work toward creation of a Cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peace.
Presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, first introduced a Peace Department bill in 2001, the culmination of years of work with peace activists. He re-introduced the bill in 2003, and it now has 47 co-sponsors, including six from the Bay Area.
But the event tonight marks a new phase of the effort -- the launch of the North American Peace Alliance, a nonprofit group that will coordinate a national grass-roots and lobbying campaign for the Peace Department.
The event includes a 6:30 p.m. reception and 7:30 p.m. program at the Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco, 1187 Franklin St. at Geary in San Francisco. It is open to the public, with no fee.
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