The Contract With the Planet

 

The Contract With the Planet is a project of the Priorities Campaign, headed by Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen. Our goal is to bring together the millions of Americans who know that our leaders in Washington must do better than "business as usual" if the United States is to remain strong, free, and secure.

 

We aren't trying to organize this by ourselves. The Contract With the Planet is supported by a variety of groups who were disappointed that America's government response to 9/11 focused on old policies of more guns, more oil drilling, more aid to big corporations and little else even though we were told "everything had changed."

 

Instead, the Contract With the Planet is a positive vision for America's role in the world after 9/11 and is supported by a variety of membership organizations who yearn for social uplift and a safer world.

 

Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities

Dedicated to increasing federal investment in programs that benefit children (like education, healthcare and HeadStart) by cutting wasteful Pentagon spending (like nuclear weapons and StarWars) and shifting the savings. Business Leaders includes 500 corporate executives including the current or former CEOs or chairmen of Goldman Sachs, Eastman Kodak, Phillips Van Heusen, Hasbro, Visa Card and others.

 

Religious Leaders for Sensible Priorities

Clergy members preach that leaving children poorly educated and without proper medical care, while money is being wasted isn't just bad policy, it is immoral. Religious Leaders includes the heads of denominations representing 30 million Americans - including the Presbyterians, Methodists, National Baptists, American Muslims as well as a host of individual clerics.

 

Military Advisory Council

These distinguished American soldiers know the purpose of the military is to defend freedom and America's vital interests, not the needs of defense contractors. Including among its members are Vice Admiral Jack Shanahan (USN, ret) former commander of the North Atlantic Fleet; former Assistant Secretary of Defense Lawrence Korb (under President Reagan); Admiral Stansfield Turner (USM, ret.) who served as CIA Director; Rear Admiral Eugene Carroll (USN, ret.) and others.

 

Global Exchange

Greenpeace

Peace Action

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Rainforest Action Network

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Sojourners

The Interfaith Alliance

 

This assemblage of over 2 million Americans was brought together only since December, and more are joining as organizing accelerates.

 

As an individual, you can join us too. Just click here, and you can be part of this movement to bring about positive social change.