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History

   The vision for September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows was born
   when a small group of family members of those killed on 9/11 became
   connected after reading each others’ pleas for nonviolent and reasoned
   responses to the terrorist attacks. Several of these individuals met
   one another when they participated in the “Walk for Healing and Peace”
   from Washington, D.C. to New York City in late 2001 organized by Kathy
   Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness (now Voices for Creative
   Nonviolence).


   In January, 2002 four family members traveled to Afghanistan in a
   delegation organized by Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange to witness
   the consequences of U.S. military action there and to express their
   profound concern that high numbers of civilian casualties would
   increase terrorist recruitment rather than making the U.S. or the world
   safer. This core group decided to unite in order to strengthen their
   message and voices.


   Peaceful Tomorrows was launched as a project of the Fellowship of
   Reconciliation – USA in February 2002. Our name comes from a statement
   made by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Wars are poor chisels for carving
   out peaceful tomorrows.” Dozens more family members joined in the
   following months. What these founding members shared was a belief that
   the violence that took their loved ones’ lives could spin out of
   control, and fear could be manipulated by politicians and the media to
   justify foreign and domestic policies that would increase violence
   while decreasing U.S. citizens’ rights and liberties over the years to
   come.

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   Peaceful Tomorrows receives no money from 9/11 charities or
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   by our organization, print essays and speeches made by 9/11 family
   members of our group, and post photo galleries which reflect the
   activities of our members around the world.
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