IPPN has been active within the peace movement since right after the 9/11 attacks. We played a key role in forging a coalition which organized the first, major demonstration in April, 2002 in Washington, D.C. against the Bush Administration's militaristic and repressive reaction to that attack. 80,000 people marched on that day. As United for Peace and Justice (www.unitedforpeace.org) came together toward the end of that year we were active as it organized against the illegal invasion of Iraq, and we have been active ever since. IPPN’s National Coordinator George Friday, served as one of three national co-chairs of UFPJ for nearly three years and is a current member of the Administrative Committee. IPPN works to help strengthen UFPJ’s alliance building work so that, especially on local levels, the peace movement is more consistently anti-racist and therefore more multi-cultural, as well as better connected with labor, community, religious and other groups. This is a core commitment of IPPN that George and others involved with UFPJ have prioritized.