INDIANA - The city of Gary has joined the Cities for Peace Campaign and passed a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of their state National Guard Troops from Iraq.

For more information go to:  www.citiesforprogress.org

MASSACHUSETTS - Home From Iraq Now is a national campaign to end the war in Iraq by using binding statewide ballot initiatives around the country to pressure the administration to bring our troops home now. Currently they are working to place an initiative on the November 2006 ballot in Massachusetts to prevent the Governor from sending any more National Guard troops to Iraq, and are actively exploring similar initiatives in other states. A yes vote on this initiative will not only prevent more National Guard troops from being deployed to Iraq, but will also send a very strong message to our elected leaders that we want them to end the war and bring all of our troops home immediately.

MONTANA - In March of 2005 Gov. Brian Schweitzer called for the return of National Guard troops serving in Iraq to help out in what many feared would be a record-setting wildfire season. About 1,500 of Montana's 3,500 National Guard troops have been deployed on federal active duty, said a Montana Guard spokesman, Maj. Scott Smith. The Governor argued that limited resources stretched thinner by the National Guard's service overseas could make it hard to combat the kind of huge blazes that engulfed the state in 2000, when some 2,400 wildfires burned nearly 950,000 acres of mostly public land.

NEW YORK - The city of Binghamton has joined the Cities for Peace Campaign and passed a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of their state National Guard Troops from Iraq.

PENNSYLVANIA - Activists and peace groups from around Pennsylvania are joining together in a campaign to oppose the use of their National Guard in Iraq. The coalition has made already made signifigant progress. In a recent victory the city of Philadelphia has passed a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of the Pennslyvania National Guard. For more information about this campaign go to: http://bringhometheguard.org/2/index.html

VERMONT - On March 1, 2005, 52 of the 60 towns across Vermont approved resolutions opposing the use of Vermont's National Guard in Iraq. Vermont uses annual town meetings as the forum in which town budgets are approved or voted down, where members decide whether to spend money on a new snow plow, a new teaching position, or funding for the local battered women's shelter. This year, they were also the place where residents of 60 towns had the opportunity to engage in dialogue about the Iraq invasion, occupation, and Vermont's role in it. For more information about this iniative go to: http://www.afsc.org/pwork/0504/050405.htm

WASHINGTON - Washington State Citizens' have called upon Governor Christine Gregoire to affirmatively act to seek withdrawal of National Guard troops from Iraq. In March of 2005, a small group of military family members met with Antonio Ginatta, Governor Gregoire's Executive Policy Advisor over Military Affairs and put forth a resolution calling on the Governor to compel the President to justify the continued use of Washington's National Guard in support of the war in Iraq. For information about this initiative go to: http://coastalrain.tripod.com/wmfso/id16.html

To download a copy of the Resolution presented to Washington Governor Gregoires office click here.

If you would like to support this initiative send a signed copy of the Resolution to Governor Gregoire's office.

Governor Christine Gregoire
Office of the Governor
Olympia, WA 98504-0002
P.O. Box 4002

SOUTH CAROLINA - The city of South Charleston has joined the Cities for Peace Campaign and passed a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of their state National Guard Troops from Iraq.

For more information go to: www.citiesforprogress.org