Gordon Clark (activist)
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Gordon Clark is an American
activist
and politician. He has served as the National Executive Director of Peace Action
, and was a 2008 Green Party
candidate from Maryland
for the United States House of Representatives in 2008
.
Peace Force in 1984. The community organization was founded to combat the nuclear war fighting policies of the Reagan Administration. From 1982-1987 Clark served as the Site and Program Manager with the Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Association of Retarded Citizens, delivering services to the developmentally disabled. At the same time he served as a Member of the Bucks County (PA) Earth Day
Committee. In 1991 Clark took the position of Executive Director of New Jersey Peace Action (formerly Sane/Freeze) http://www.gazette.net/votersguide08/election/clark.shtml, he worked in this job till 1995 when he took a national position with the organizations.
From 1996 through 2001 he was the National Executive Director of Peace Action
http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/library/treaties/non-proliferation-treaty/reviewconf/trty_npt_reviewconf-2000-press-release-peace-action_2000-04-24.htm, the nation's largest grassroots peace and disarmament organization, nonviolence and conflict resolution trainer. In 2002 he was a founder, and national coordinator, of the Iraq Pledge of Resistance http://archives.lists.indymedia.org/imc-ar/2002-November/000001.html, which by 2004 was renamed the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance
http://www.iraqpledge.org/, a national non-profit network devoted to using the nonviolent methods of Gandhi and King to oppose the war and ongoing occupation of Iraq. He was its convener until 2007.
Following his recent arrest for nonviolent protest, Clark defended himself pro se in U.S. District Court and was acquitted on all charges. Among this group of activists acquitted were Eve Tetaz
and Malachy Kilbride
.
Clark has also held the positions of field director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch, (2003–2006) and Project Coordinator, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, 2007.
United States
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activist
Activism
Activism consists of intentional efforts to bring about social, political, economic, or environmental change. Activism can take a wide range of forms from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing...
and politician. He has served as the National Executive Director of Peace Action
Peace Action
Peace Action is a peace organization formed through the merger of The Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign...
, and was a 2008 Green Party
Green Party (United States)
The Green Party of the United States is a nationally recognized political party which officially formed in 1991. It is a voluntary association of state green parties. Prior to national formation, many state affiliates had already formed and were recognized by other state parties...
candidate from Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
for the United States House of Representatives in 2008
United States House of Representatives elections, 2008 - complete list
Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 111th Congress were held on November 4, 2008, in which 257 Democrats and 178 Republicans were elected to the 435 seats of the House of Representatives. At the beginning of the 110th Congress, Democrats held 233 seats and Republicans...
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Activism
Clark Founded, Doylestown, Pennsylvania'sDoylestown, Pennsylvania
Doylestown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 8,380. The borough is the county seat of Bucks County.- History :...
Peace Force in 1984. The community organization was founded to combat the nuclear war fighting policies of the Reagan Administration. From 1982-1987 Clark served as the Site and Program Manager with the Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Industry and commerce :The boroughs of Bristol and Morrisville were prominent industrial centers along the Northeast Corridor during World War II. Suburban development accelerated in Lower Bucks in the 1950s with the opening of Levittown, Pennsylvania, the second such "Levittown" designed by...
Association of Retarded Citizens, delivering services to the developmentally disabled. At the same time he served as a Member of the Bucks County (PA) Earth Day
Earth Day
Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. The name and concept of Earth Day was allegedly pioneered by John McConnell in 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco. The first Proclamation of Earth Day was by San Francisco, the...
Committee. In 1991 Clark took the position of Executive Director of New Jersey Peace Action (formerly Sane/Freeze) http://www.gazette.net/votersguide08/election/clark.shtml, he worked in this job till 1995 when he took a national position with the organizations.
From 1996 through 2001 he was the National Executive Director of Peace Action
Peace Action
Peace Action is a peace organization formed through the merger of The Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign...
http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/library/treaties/non-proliferation-treaty/reviewconf/trty_npt_reviewconf-2000-press-release-peace-action_2000-04-24.htm, the nation's largest grassroots peace and disarmament organization, nonviolence and conflict resolution trainer. In 2002 he was a founder, and national coordinator, of the Iraq Pledge of Resistance http://archives.lists.indymedia.org/imc-ar/2002-November/000001.html, which by 2004 was renamed the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance
National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance
Founded in 2002, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance is a nationwide network of individuals and organizations committed to ending the war in Iraq, utilizing the nonviolent practices and disciplines of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr...
http://www.iraqpledge.org/, a national non-profit network devoted to using the nonviolent methods of Gandhi and King to oppose the war and ongoing occupation of Iraq. He was its convener until 2007.
Following his recent arrest for nonviolent protest, Clark defended himself pro se in U.S. District Court and was acquitted on all charges. Among this group of activists acquitted were Eve Tetaz
Eve Tetaz
Eve Tetaz, 78, is a retired Washington, D.C. public-school teacher and a peace and justice activist. Tetaz was arrested 11 times in 2007 for nonviolent civil resistance during protests against the war and occupation of Iraq...
and Malachy Kilbride
Malachy Kilbride
Malachy Kilbride is an Irish-American Social Justice and Peace Activist who primarily works with Washington Peace Center in Washington DC where he also serves as a member of the board. He was born in New York City and spent part of his childhood in Dublin, Ireland...
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Clark has also held the positions of field director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch, (2003–2006) and Project Coordinator, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, 2007.