After the U.S. invasion of Grenada, U.S. Christian peace movement leaders wrote what would become the foundation of a national "contingency plan" to resist U.S. military escalations in Central America. People and organizations joined the contingency plan, which included coordinated nationwide public protests, by signing either a civil disobedience or a legal protest Pledge of Resistance. The Boston Pledge of Resistance (POR) began in the fall of 1984. Boston POR affinity groups and individual signers held vigils, marched, conducted demonstrations, performed a variety of acts of civil disobedience, and otherwise publicized and protested the United States' actions and policies in Central America. In 1988, Boston POR attempted to revamp an existing emergency response telephone network. Although that network and some affinity groups may have continued to operate, Boston POR, as it has existed since 1984, ended in 1988.
From the description of Records, 1983-1990 1984-1987. (University of Massachusetts at Boston). WorldCat record id: 52760354
