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Rachel Corrie Chapter 109  Olympia WA

Veterans Working Together for Peace & Justice Through Non-violence. Wage Peace!

Veterans for Peace, Inc. (VFP) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and humanitarian organization 
dedicated to the abolishment of war.

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"The Pride of Olympia" - Rachel Corrie

Support the troops, cut the funding for war, use the money to bring them home now, and take care of them when they get here!

4311 died in Iraq

4311 and 699: Number of Operations Iraq Freedom and Enduring Freedom casualties ( http://icasualties.org/Iraq/index.aspx )

699 in Afghanistan ( http://icasualties.org/oef/   )
as confirmed by U.S. Central Command


Statement Of Purpose

We, having dutifully served our nation, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace. To this end we will work, with others

(a) Toward increasing public awareness of the costs of war
(b) To restrain our government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations 
(c) To end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons
(d) To abolish war as an instrument of national policy.
(e) To seek justice for veterans and victims of war

To achieve these goals, members of Veterans For Peace pledge to use non-violent means and to maintain an organization that is both democratic and open with the understanding that all members are trusted to act in the best interests of the group for the larger purpose of world peace.

We urge all people who share this vision to join us. Membership Application Form (English)

 

Events Calendar 

Veterans For Peace Hour runs twice a week. Wednesday @ 9 p.m. and Thursday @ 9:30 a.m. on  Channel 22 in Olympia, WASunday, June 28th Chapter meeting 2-4pm (social time 1:30) at COFFEE STRONG.

August 5 - 9, 2009 VFP National Convention  University of Maryland, College Park Campus

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Coffee Strong Banner Coffee Strong Photos

Iraq Memorial To Life - Olympia WA March 20-21, 2009

Dahr Jamail's Photographs from Iraq

Arlington NW Memorial 2005 in Olympia

Arlington NW / Iraq War Memorial 2006 - Olympia WA   Photos Iraq War Memorial 2006 in Olympia

Arlington NW Memorial 2007

Arlington NW / Iraq War Memorial 2008

Aerial view of ANW2008

Jason Murley photo, General Administration Office

Washington D.C. Rally Photos by Bob Rudolph
Lake Fair Photo 

Al McLease of Chapter 134 provided Other Lake Fair Photos

Shortcuts for Quick Reading  
Shortcut for Music/Videos
 
Shortcut for Audio Files
 
War Resisters 
Depleted Uranium
Larry Kerschner Writes
   
Winter Soldier Bibliography - Suggested reading, watching and listening  
PTSD Resources
If you haven't seen it, take a look at the AFSC video on the cost of war:   http://www.afsc.org/cost/

Dahr Jamail's Mideast Dispatches


 

The National Veterans Foundation has opened a toll-free helpline (1-888-777-4443) for Troops, Veterans and their families. All calls are answered live by trained veterans, who listen, provide crisis intervention services, emotional support and information, or immediate referrals to local providers who can help. The NVF Helpline has already served more than 275,000 people in need.

"As I see it, our mission remains un-changed – to establish ourselves as the credible source of information and first-hand experience of  the real costs and causes of war – and to use that information to convince the public of its own desperate need to change the course of America away from militarism and military domination of the planet." -- Woody Powell, former VFP Executive Director

How much does it cost to keep a single US soldier in Iraq with the increasing prospect of being killed or seriously injured? $350,000 a year!  See http://www.stopwar.org.uk/Statistics.htm

Action Items

Help Iraq Vets Start a Coffeehouse in Tacoma The concept of opening a GI coffeehouse near Ft. Lewis is becoming a reality. The Seattle and Tacoma Chapters of Iraq Veterans Against the War are raising money to open a GI run coffeehouse near the Washington base. Coffeehouses have traditionally served as anti-war headquarters and have been integral in creating an anti-war GI movement. Only $5,000 is needed before the coffeehouse can open. If you can please send $10 or any amount of money to the GI voice project in Tacoma, we can open a center of GI resistance. It would be greatly appreciated if you could please forward this message widely. Checks must be made to: Seattle Iraq Veterans Against the War and THE MEMO MUST READ: GI Coffeehouse.

Please send all tax-deductible donations to: Chanan Suarez Diaz, President IVAW – Seattle Chapter  309 E. Harrison Street #509 Seattle, WA, 98102

The Vietnam Friendship Village Project is a residence for children and elderly people suffering from the impact of Agent Orange. Built on a former rice paddy near Hanoi, the Friendship Village is a living symbol of peace and reconciliation, an amazing example of former enemies working together for a common compassionate cause.  Currently, six countries are involved in this international project. Dan Ryan, a member of the US Committee, is available to present informative documentaries and discussion on this project.  He can be reached at 360-352-3293 or peaceguy02@yahoo.com


Veterans for Peace - Rachel Corrie Chapter 109
PO Box 6482
Olympia, WA 98507-6482

Terry Zander- President
 (360) 943-6109
 tezzer1.tz@gmail.com
Vice President

Mark Fleming - Secretary
(360) 357-1060
rezdog02@hotmail.com

Dennis Mills - Treasurer & Web Author
 360 867-1487
mills.dennis@comcast.net  
Michael McPhearson - Executive Director
314 725-6005
vfp@igc.org
 
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Each new death of a soldier or a civilian, each child who loses a parent to the carnage, each healthy body that is broken or burned in this war that didn't have to happen, is a reminder of how horribly wrong he [Bush] was. -- Bob Herbert, NY Times




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