What Now?

If we were to cut military spending to an amount required only for real defense and move the money saved to our communities, we could eliminate the education deficit, the infrastructure deficit, and the jobs deficit. And we could meet our moral commitment for addressing the physical and mental health needs of our veterans.

It's up to us to help frame this debate about how to rescue our economy, and moving money from destructive to constructive purposes is the solution.

Here's what we're doing:

• Forming a state-wide coalition of organizations that support a dramatic reduction in military spending.
• Lobbying members of the Maryland General Assembly to pass a resolution in support of reductions to the military budget.
• Asking other political bodies to pass their own resolutions.
• Speaking to all kinds of groups, large and small--for example, we made a presentation to the staff of CASA de Maryland last week.
  

• Invite any organization to which you belong to join the Fund Our Communities coalition. It can be a neighborhood group, a religious congregation, a service or advocacy group, a union--we are striving for diversity! Here's the joining statement.
  
• Contact your representatives in Annapolis and ask them to speak out. They are the "grass tops," and grass tops have an important role to play if we are to change the dialogue. Find your representatives here.
• Invite us to speak to a group to which you belong about the Fund Our Communities campaign.