We bring the issues to the public
Every year we make personal contact with over 170,000 people and millions more through the media, offering a chance to get informed on our issues and to begin taking action for a safer world. Whether it's activating our membership base via email, phone, or by knocking on their front door, Peace Action West organizers are bringing the peace movement to ever new levels of participation and effectiveness.

We fight for laws based on peace and justice
When Peace Action West members send a message, policy makers listen. In the past year, we've generated over 50,000 letters, emails, and phone calls to members of Congress on important bills and policy decisions.

We effectively use the internet
With a growing list of about 35,000 email activists, we are able to immediately respond to changing legislation on peace and disarmament issues. Our Action Alert Network can put broad-based, bill-specific pressure on Congress right as a decision is being made. We also empower our members to do their own direct-lobbying, providing web-based tools to coordinate visits with members of Congress.

We rely on teamwork
Peace Action West has done extensive alliance building to create a network of hundreds of organizations who are united in their efforts to promote an American foreign policy that's based on American values. These groups include women's groups, democratic clubs, the latino community, and labor. Together we have conducted massive education and voter registration campaigns, reaching as many as 87,000 people in a single day.

We frame the debate
We stage mass media campaigns that challenge policies while carrying a constructive message of our vision for a better future. These ads also mobilize grassroots lobbying action on specific legislation, reaching millions of people in states across the country, and the crucial political market of Washington DC.

We tally the votes
Every year, we grade the voting record of our members of Congress based on key votes related to nuclear weapons, arms sales, and international cooperation. These grades are released as report cards which we use to educate voters and to compel their members of Congress to improve or keep up the good work, whatever the case may be.

We are grassroots
Peace Action West is 98% funded by individual donors--people just like you. We would also like to thank the Ploughshares Fund for their years of support.