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Video Appeal

An Urgent Letter to President Obama

September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

Sunday 20 June 2010

September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, a national organization of more than 200 relatives of victims of the 9/11 attacks, have released this video appeal to President Obama, which urges him uphold the rule of law and American justice by trying terror suspects including the alleged (...) > continue

As a widow of Sept. 11 with a new baby, I am on America’s patriotic payroll

The reluctant icon

By A. R. Torres

Thursday 17 June 2010

Alissa Rosenberg Torres is the widow of Luis Eduardo Torres, a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. Alissa Torres, who lives in New York, is currently writing the story of her husband’s life for her children. "The Reluctant Icon" first appeared on Salon.com on (...) > continue

Published: CommonDreams.org

Howard Zinn’s Mirror

by David Potorti

Monday 1 February 2010

David Potorti Co-founder of Peaceful Tomorrows Nine years ago, when a group of 9/11 family members including me began speaking out against our nation’s militaristic response to the September 11th attacks, it was a very different time. It was a fearful time, not just because we lost family at (...) > continue

From all of us to all of you

Happy new Year

Message from Peaceful Tomorrows member, Loretta Filipov.

Sunday 3 January 2010

Dear All, When this decade began in 2000 Most of us didn’t know one another. We grieved after the events of September 11, 2001 And somehow we found one another after Peaceful Tomorrows was formed in February of 2002. Since that time, we have marched with signs and banners, walked and (...) > continue

Common Dreams

Dear President Obama: Get Us out of Afghanistan

Rita Lasar

Saturday 7 November 2009

April 4th, 2009 by Rita Lasar Dear President Obama, Let’s get rid of the easy part first. I voted for you joyfully. Let’s get to the hard part now. You are absolutely wrong about your policy in Afghanistan. Let me tell you why. My brother, Abraham Zelmanowitz, was on the 27th floor of the (...) > continue

Open letter

My Brother’s Death

RITA LASAR, NY Times

Thursday 5 November 2009

MY BROTHER’S DEATH December 29th, 2002 To the Editor: Since my brother died on Sept. 11, 2001, his death has been used to justify the deaths of thousands of Afghan men, women and children. His death has been used to justify the possible pre-emptive strike against Iraq. His death has been used (...) > continue

Open letter

In support of the nomination of ’The Parents Circle’

Andrea LeBlanc, The International Network for Peace, Co-Chair

Thursday 13 August 2009

The Prince of Asturias Foundation Asturias Award for Concord 2009 General Yagüe, 2. 33004 Oviedo. Principality of Asturias - Spain Dear Sirs, I am pleased to write in support of the nomination of The Parents Circle - Families Forum, Bereaved Families Supporting Peace, (...) > continue

A 9/11 widow’s open letter to Bush about his new ad campaign

President Bush: Don’t use my husband as your mascot

By Alissa R. Torres

Wednesday 11 March 2009

March 5, 2004 | Dear President Bush: My husband, Luis Eduardo Torres, was at his second day of work at Cantor Fitzgerald when he was killed on Sept. 11. He jumped from the 105th floor of the North Tower. Most of his upper body was recovered, identifiable only through dental records. I was (...) > continue

Published In Spanish (March 5th, 2005)

’Turning Our Grief Into Action for Peace’

Peaceful Tomorrows’ Book

Wednesday 11 March 2009

9/11 FAMILIES MEET 3/11 FAMILIES Delegation to Madrid Marks Train Bombing Anniversary March 5th, 2005 September 11th family members from the U.S. will travel to Madrid, Spain to establish relationships with family members of the 190 people killed in the March 11th, 2004 train bombings there. (...) > continue

On Anniversary of Bombing of Afghanistan

We Need a Surge of Diplomacy

Voice of Kelly Campbell, Peaceful Tomorrows member

Thursday 4 December 2008

This essay originally appeared in the Huffington Post on Oct. 7, 2008. Seven years ago today we held a memorial service for my brother-in-law in his hometown of Anamosa, Iowa, four weeks after he was killed at the Pentagon on 9/11. As I walked out the door from the service, I glanced at the (...) > continue