Reminder VFP Meeting, Thursday, Nov. 30 7 pm Title Wave Books

Vets,

 

Reminder VFP Meeting, Thursday, Nov. 30 7 pm Title Wave Books.

 

I just checked the VFP website and it looks like the next big national anti-war action will take place in Washington, DC on Jan. 27. I believe Congress will act to end the war quicker if they see lots of people protesting the continuation of the war. However, this is one of many things that we could direct our energies toward. We will talke on Thursday.

 

See http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ for details of the demonstration in January.

 

A partial list of sponsors:

Many national organizations are members of the UFPJ coalition, including: American Friends Service Committee, Black Radical Congress, Center for Constitutional Rights, CODEPINK, Friends of the Earth, Global Exchange, Gold Star Families for Peace, Green Party of the United States, Greenpeace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, National Organization for Women, National Youth and Student Peace Coalition, Not in Our Name, PAX Christi USA, RainbowPUSH Coalition, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, TrueMajority, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, US Labor Against the War, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and War Resisters League.

 

Jon Lockert

jon4paz@acsalaska.net

Breathe, smile & work for Peace

 

 

Vets for Peace Meeting, Thurs 11/30 7 pm Title Wave Books

After one week in Colorado, two weeks in the Grand Canyon and the election! have prompted reflection on what I am doing and how. I realize that even though the American people have voted their concerns about this war, we are a long way from seeing that more war is not the way to make peace. Our voices as Vets are even more important to help our leaders find the way out of the morass.

I have heard from the National Office and we finally have our 10 documented Vets! I will find out exactly what our next steps are to become an official chapter. A writeup done by member Ron McGee on Ernest Gruening was sent to everyone on the mailing list. If you would like to propose naming our chapter after anyone else, please be prepared to make your case. Better yet, if you would send me your suggestion, I will distribute before the meeting so we get this settled.

I look forward to catching up with everyone. Thanks in advance to any of you who can show up at the downtown PAC at 3 pm on Friday, 11/24 (meet inside the PAC outside the Discovery theater). The event for the military families precedes the following tree lighting ceremony at 5:30. So come down early, help out and then enjoy this public event.

PAC 11/24

Jon Lockert

Military Support from Vets for Peace, PAC, Fri 11/24 @ 3 pm

We need some folks to orient the military folks in the right direction after they come into the PAC. You would be on the inside standing by the main entrances. If you could get there around 3:00 PM we could give you the basic information and get you familiar with what we are doing. The reception will be in the Voth Hall (second level) right next to the Discovery Theatre. My Cell is 230-2626 and you can call me when you get there. We are expecting 200 – 300 people to show up for the reception. The reception will have lots of good food, gifts, and entertainment for the kids.

Hope to see you there.CW

I am sending this response to everyone on Vets for Peace mailing list. Could you provide some more detail on when we should show up at the PAC? I assume we would want to get there a bit before 3:30 so we can get oriented as to the instructions we will be giving out. Would we be standing outside or near a door where we would want to dress more warmly than usual? I am sure that we can provide some folks to help out.

Message From CW

I wanted to make you aware that next Friday, November 24, 2006; we are having our annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Town Center Park in front of the PAC. There are a number of events to include a special military reception from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM in the Voth Theatre in the PAC. Food, games, gifts, and entertainment for our military. The reception is followed by numerous outside activities to include the official tree lighting.

The First Lady Military & Family Support Initiative is sponsoring the reception in conjunction with AT&T, the Downtown Partnership, and the Armed Services YMCA. We could use some volunteers to serve as “greeters” to help direct the military families to the correct location in the PAC. We could use 5 or 6 folks. I thought this might be a good opportunity for Vets for Peace to work with the military and the First Lady.

This is our 2^nd year for this event and it is a lot of fun. I hope you can participate.

CW Floyd (floydcw@muni.org)