Chicago Area Peace Action’s Board members identified the following 2025 Areas of Focus for our work at our final Board Meeting of 2024:    

Challenge Militarism

• • Oppose warlord capitalism
  • Advocate for nuclear disarmament
  • Promote peace and diplomacy in Palestine, Iran, Ukraine, China, and North Korea
  • Uphold Human Dignity and Solidarity

Uphold Human Dignity and Solidarity

• • Protect vulnerable communities
  • Resist dehumanization and othering
  • Prevent detentions and deportations

 Advance Bold Climate Action

• • Push for transformative state-level energy and climate policies
  • Advocate for innovative technologies rooted in environmental justice and equity

 Strengthen Democracy and Freedoms

• • Uphold the pillars of democracy including due process
  • Defend academic freedom, an independent press, free and protected speech and the right to protest
  • Advocate for participatory democracy at all levels