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Today, September 20, 2021, World BEYOND War announces as the recipient of the David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher of 2021 Award: Mel Duncan. Read more. An online presentation and acceptance event, with remarks from representatives of all three 2021 award recipients will take place on October 6, 2021, at 5 a.m. Pacific Time, 8 a.m. Eastern Time, 2 p.m. Central European Time, and 9 p.m. Japan Standard Time. The event is open to the public and will include presentations of three awards, a musical performance by Ron Korb, and three breakout rooms in which participants can meet and talk with the award recipients. Participation is free. Click here to learn more and register.

Sign our petition to the 26th UN Climate summit planned for Glasgow in November. We encourage groups and individuals to organize events to advance this message on or about the International Day of Peace during Climate Week, September 21, 2021, as well as on or about the big day of action in Glasgow on November 4, 2021. Resources and ideas for events are here.

Week of Solidarity & Action: End U.S. Support of the Duterte Regime in the Philippines: September 18-24, 2021: A recent report by Investigate PH, an international independent investigation on the Philippines, lays out the urgent situation in the Philippines and international culpability for crimes under the Duterte administration. We want to build a strong international solidarity movement against U.S. military support of the Duterte regime and culminating in mass action in support of the passage of the Philippine Human Rights Act. Learn more.

This month's volunteer spotlight features Yurii Sheliazhenko, a new World BEYOND War board member. From Kyiv, Ukraine, Yurii is executive secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement and a board member of the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection. Read Yurii's story.