The Peace and Common Security Working Group is on a mission to get Watertown folks to sign three initiatives and help get signatures from friends, neighbors and family members.
Petition to Representative Katherine Clark. We are asking her to support and endorse House Resolution 77 which calls on the United States to embrace the goals of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. H. Res 77 was introduced by her colleague Rep. James McGovern and endorsed by colleagues from across the political spectrum including Ayanna Pressley, Stephen Lynch, and Richard Neal. You can sign the petition on line at https://chng.it/JH4vDXFn8b or scan this QR code –
Watertown for Palestine (W4P) and Call for CEASEFIRE in Gaza. We are collaborating with W4P, a local group initiated by Arab-Americans, to collect signatures on a letter to Senator Markey, Senator Warren, and Representative Clark calling for an immediate ceasefire. Here is a link to the letter and the form to sign on. This initiative is spreading across Massachusetts with similar groups in Malden, Medford, Cambridge, Arlington and cities and towns in Western Massachusetts. You can also sign the letter by scanning this QR code –
Citizens Petition to the Watertown City Council. We want the City Council to support a call for the U.S. to lead a global effort to prevent nuclear war by, among other steps, actively pursuing a verifiable agreement among nuclear-armed states to eliminate their nuclear arsenal. A Citizen Petition requires the City Clerk to certify that 150 Watertown voters have signed the Petition. Our goal is to collect many more signatures than required and engage voters in a discussion about the existential threat of nuclear war.
We will be collecting signatures and sharing the on-line links and QR codes at various locations in Watertown in the coming weeks and months. Please consider joining us. We will provide talking points for each initiative. In the meantime, you are invited to sign in person by visiting 14 Bates Road where you can also take copies of the petitions and flyers to gather signatures at community meeting, social gatherings and houses of workshop.