Yakima Valley Peace Advocates Network

A Brief History: After September 11, members of Pax Christi and of the Society of Friends wanted to find ways to respond to the crisis and to work toward peace. At the same time, members of the YVCC and Heritage College communities hosted several community forums exploring issues raised by September 11. From these separate groupings, we came together in early 2002 as the Yakima Valley Peace Advocates Network (YVPAN). As our first major public activity in May, 2002, YVPAN brought Bishop Gumbleton to Yakima to meet with community leaders and to speak about peace and human rights at a large public meeting.

Today: YVPAN is a loose-knit peace coalition involving many different individuals and groups in the Yakima Valley. We are teachers, lawyers, doctors, students, nurses, farm workers, parents, grandparents, office workers, veterans, child care workers, retirees, and more. We include Catholics, Quakers, Unitarians, Methodists, Muslims, members of the Bahai faith, and others. We are Democrats, Republicans and Independents. We are people of all colors, ages, and persuasions. And we are growing.

YVPAN is united in opposing the use of military force to solve conflicts and in advocating peaceful solutions. We are united in our determination to give voice to our belief that another world, a peaceful world, is possible. We support and join with the millions of people around the world who are demonstrating for peace and human rights. While we may differ with each other on our analysis of events and on strategies for peace, we are united in our opposition to war and in our quest for peace.

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