Campaign Nonviolence To Launch at National Press Club Newsmaker Featuring Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rev. Lennox Yearwood and More

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Sep 11, 2014, 01:10 ET

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Campaign Nonviolence, a newly formed movement to build a culture of peace through the practice of active nonviolence, will formally launch at the National Press Club on Thursday, September 18 in the club's Broadcast Operations Center at 10:00 AM. The launch event and press conference will feature former Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich, Ken Butigan (Pace e Bene), Nobel Peace Prize nominee John Dear (Pace e Bene), Rev. Lennox Yearwood (Hip Hop Caucus) and Marie Dennis (Pax Christi International), who represent just a handful of the more than 165 NGO and peace organizations that have signed on to the campaign.

Between September 21 and 27, those organizations will coalesce to promote a week of nonviolent action in hundreds of cities in all 50 states, under the newly formed banner Campaign Nonviolence. These actions are presented in collaboration with the People's Climate March http://peoplesclimate.org, scheduled to take place in New York City on September 21.

Campaign Nonviolence's goals include an international treaty for swift action on climate change; ending the military drone program; establishing $15 minimum wage for all, and K-12 nonviolence education everywhere. More information about Campaign Nonviolence can be found at http://paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence/

Among the 165-plus endorsing organizations that have signed on to join Campaign Nonviolence are Pax Christi USA, War Resisters League, Veterans for Peace, School of the Americas Watch, Code Pink, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Meta Peace Team, Baptist Peace Fellowship, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Lutheran Peace Fellowship, Muslim Peace Fellowship, Franciscan Action Network, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Hip Hop Caucus and Nonviolence International.

Like all NPC Newsmaker events, this news conference is open to credentialed media and NPC club members. It is free of charge and no advance registration is required.

This NPC Newsmakers news conference is scheduled for Thursday, September 18 at 10 a.m. in the club's Broadcast Operations Center, Suite 408 on the 4^th Floor of the National Press Building, 529 14^th St. NW, Washington DC 20045.

Contact:
Aric Caplan, NPC Newsmakers Event Host
[email protected], 301.943.9525 (office), 301.998.6592 (cell)

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