Updated list: 74 NGOs have now endorsed the No to NATO: Festival of Creative NonViolence As of August 26, the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) has received over 70 NGO endorsements for our No to NATO: Festival of Creative NonViolence, to be held in Ottawa on October 6. Some of these are large national organizations (like the CAW, the Canadian Federation of Students, the Council of Canadians, NDP-Canada and NUPGE), while others are regional or local. About 20 are from outside Canada. All are welcome. The more the merrier! PLEASE help us to build even more support for this initiative by circulating our request to any groups that you believe may be interested in endorsing the festival. The two main purposes of the festival are summarized A copy of our \"call to endorse\" the festival can be found at We will list all endorsing organizations in written materials for the event, in COAT\'s quarterly magazine (Press for Conversion!), our \"no_to_nato\" list serve and the COAT website Our website will eventually include contact information, web links and a 30 word description of each organization. Endorsers of No to NATO: Festival of Creative NonViolence (as of Aug.26) Antiwar.com, USA Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates for Children - France Association of Serbian Women Australian Peace Committee (S.A. Branch), Australia Australians for a Free East Timor, Australia Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation Befriending the Earth Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, UK Bethune Institute for Anti-Fascist Studies British Columbia Voice of Women Canadian Auto Workers Canadian Federation of Students Canadian Voice of Women for Peace Central Alberta Raging Grannies Centre for Social Justice Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade Council of Canadians Enviro-Clare Father\'s Day Coalition for Peace Fellowship of Reconciliation, USA Friends of Gabriola Island Gerald and Maas Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, USA Global Resource Action Center for the Environment, USA Green Party of Ontario Guideposts for a Sustainable Future Hamilton Action for Social Change Homes not Bombs - Toronto International Institute of Concern for Public Health Resource Centre Illinois Peace Action, USA International Society for Peace and Human Rights International Volunteers for Peace, Australia Island Catholic News Jonah House, USA Kashmiri-Canadian Council Latin American Circle for International Studies, Mexico Le Centre de Ressources sur la Non-Violence M.K.Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence USA MAMA TERRA / For Mother Earth - Romania Mauritius Action for Disarmament and Peace, Mauritius McMaster University, Centre for Peace Studies National Union of Public and General Employees New Democratic Party - Canada Nicaragua-United States Friendship Office, USA Nukewatch USA Ontario Public Interest Research Group - McMaster Peace & Disarmament Working Group/Social Responsibility Cttee., First Unitarian Congregation, Ottawa. Peace Alliance Winnipeg Peaceful Parks Coalition peacemedia Project Peacemakers Project Ploughshares - Edmonton Project Ploughshares - Fraser Valley Project Ploughshares - Saskatoon Raging Grannies - Ottawa Rainforest Raging Grannies - Vancouver Science for Peace Sierra Youth Coalition Social Justice Committee of Montreal Social Justice Ministry Group at First United Church St. Clare\'s Multifaith Housing Society The Atomic Mirror, USA The Centre for Peace in the Balkans The Nuclear Resister, USA Toronto Action for Social Change Vancouver Island Earth Works Society Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group Veterans Against Nuclear Arms Veterans Against Nuclear Arms - Manitoba Voices in the Wilderness, USA Washington Peace Center, USA Women\'s International League for Peace and Freedom -Canada Woodstock Raging Grannies Zero Tolerance Network Notes: * Unless otherwise stated, these NGOs located in Canada. * Further updates to this list of endorsing NGOs will be available in the archive of the no_to_nato list serve which you can check by visiting the COAT website or Richard Sanders Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) A national peace network supported by individuals and organizations across Canada 541 McLeod St., Ottawa Ontario K1R 5R2 Canada Tel.: 613-231-3076 Fax: 613-231-2614 Email: Web site: ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Help build opposition to NATO PA meetings in Ottawa, Oct. 5-8, 2001! Join the \"no_to_nato\" list serve: Send the message: subscribe no_to_nato to ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----