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	Friday, August 28, 2015 Veterans For Peace Calls upon U.S. to Reduce Military Tensions in Korea Veterans For Peace, a major peace organization of veterans in the U.S., welcomed the announcement on Tuesday, August 25th of an inter-Korean agreement to de-escalate the current military tensions in Korea. Among the items agreed to, the South agreed to stop its anti-North propaganda broadcasts in the DMZ, while the North agreed to end its “semi-state of war.”  <Full Statement> Back to Top Aug 30:  Join VFP at the Picnic For Peace at the White House Congress has to vote on the Iran nuclear deal by September 17, and we need your help to ensure that they vote in favor of this historic agreement. Popular Resistance and Code Pink are hosting a Picnic For Peace with Iran event in DC with different sectors of the community who care about peace for a fun action that is visible to the press. Veterans For Peace is organizing a table for the picnic. Please join us. RSVP here. WHEN:  August 30, 2015 at 4pm – 6pm WHERE:  Lafayette Park 16th St & Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC , DC 20006 United States Google map and directions For more information contact the national office at 314-725-6005. Back to Top The Golden Rule Flies the VFP Flag Along the West Coast In photo, Orion Sherwoord,crew member of original Golden Rule Click here to view a list of events the Golden Rule has scheduled along the west coast Aug 28th through Oct 15th.   Back to Top Veterans For Peace 2015 Annual Spring Tour to Viet Nam Dates of travel:  Mar 14 - Mar 30, 2016 Each year since 2012, members of Việt Nam's Hoa Binh (Peace) Chapter 160 of Veterans For Peace invite up to 20 veterans, non-veterans, spouses & peace activists to come to Việt Nam for an insider's 2-week tour. The Hoa Binh chapter is the first & only overseas VFP chapter of American veterans living in Việt Nam! The mission of the tour is to address the legacies of America’s war, as well as visit a beautiful country & form lasting ties of friendship & peace.  For more information, email Nadya Williams @ nadyanomad@gmail.com Back to Top Writing Workshop for Women Veterans in Indianapolis, IN Women veterans of all ages are invited to join this free memoir-writing workshop designed to help them craft their military stories through prose or poetry.  This is a 12-session class, running from October 2015 until March 2016, will meet the first and third Tuesdays of each month, from 1:30-3:30 p.m., at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, 304 N. Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Dates: October 6 & 20; November 3 & 17; December 1 & 15; January 5 & 19; February 2 & 16; March 1 & 15. For more information, contact Shari Wagner at msharimwagner@aol.com. Back to Top Travel Opportunities for Activists Location Sponsored by Dates              Contact for Additional Information Palestine Code Pink Nov 1-8, 2015 Visit the Code Pink website Cuba Code Pink Nov 20-29, 2015 Visit the Code Pink website Cuba Jim Ryerson Jan 2016 For more information email Jim Ryerson at jim@cubaconnections.org.. Cuba Code Pink Feb 2016 Visit the Code Pink website Việt Nam Việt Nam's  Hoa Binh (Peace) Chapter 160 Mar 14 -Mar 30 2016 For more information, please email Nadya Williams Cuba Code Pink May 2016 Visit the Code Pink website Palestine Interfaith Peacebuilders May 21 -Jun 1 2016 For more information email emily@IFPB.org Palestine Palestine Jul 16 - Jul 29 2016 For more information email emily@IFPB.org Palestine Palestine Oct 24 - Nov 6 2016 For more information email emily@IFPB.org Back to Top		In This Issue: Veterans For Peace Calls upon U.S. to Reduce Military Tensions in Korea Aug 30:  Join VFP at the Picnic For Peace at the White House Writing Workshop for Women Veterans in Indianapolis, IN The Golden Rule Flies the VFP Flag Along the West Coast Veterans For Peace 2015 Annual Spring Tour to Viet Nam Travel Opportunities for Activists New VFP Chapters Announced! Back by popular demand - Vietnam Full Disclosure Shirts Say Hello to VFP's Fall Intern! Member/Chapter Highlights Upcoming VFP Endorsed Actions/Events New VFP Chapters Announced! Please welcome Chapter 175 - The Casey Sheehan - Tomas Young Chapter.  Chapter 175 is located in Janesville, WI on the South Central Wisconsin Stateline. Members/Supported of Tijuana, Mexico Chapter 176 We would also like to announce and welcome Chapter 176 - Tijuana, Mexico.  Chapter 176 is made up of U.S deported veterans currently residing in Tijuana. Back to Top Back by popular demand - Vietnam Full Disclosure Shirts The ‪#‎VietnamFullDisclosure‬ shirts are available again, in both hoodie and  t-shirt styles. Order your shirt by September 1st! American Apparel Hoodie - $17 Gildan 8 oz Heavy Blend Hoodie - $30 Order yours today! 2015 marks 50 years since U.S. ground troops entered the war in Vietnam -- and 40 years since they left! Wear this beautiful apparel to call for all commemorations to offer Full Disclosure of the Vietnam War. Back to Top Say Hello to VFP's Fall Intern! Dan Baren has joined VFP's St. Louis-based national office this fall semester. Dan is a sophomore at St. Louis University, studying Economics. He is originally from Cleveland, OH and recently spent the summer in Peru, teaching English and Microfinance. Dan looks forward to learning more about the war economy and wastful Pentagon spending. He will be part time in the office, helping with calls to members, data entry, and other projects related to our work. Dan can be reached at dan@veteransforpeace.org. Back to Top Member/Chaper Highlights VFP Albuquerque, NM Chapter 63 member, Sally Alice Thompson and Dr. Hakim Zamir release white doves symbolizing peace prior to a presentation by former CIA agent turned peace activist Ray McGovern at Albuquerque Mennonite Church this week.  <Article courtesy of Alburquerque Journal> VFP San Francisco Chapter 69 member, Michael Wong, shows support for the “comfort women” memorial being considered in San Francisco.  The term ‘comfort women’ refers to an estimated 200,000 women and young girls who were kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II.  <Article> Members of VFP Rochester NY Chapter 23 rallied in support of the Iran Nuclear Deal.  <Tv Spot> Back to Top Upcoming VFP Endorsed Actions/Events Aug 27 - 28  - Anniversary of the Kellogg-Briand Pact Aug 28 - Oct 15 - Golden Rule Schedule of Events Sep 21 - International Peace Day in your city Sept 24 - 30 - Iowa Speaking Tour with Ray McCovern and Coleen Rowley Oct 7  - Anniversary of U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan Oct 9-24 - Maine Walk For Peace Nov 20-22, 2015 - SOA Watch 25th Anniversary Vigil Back to Top Did you know? In 1991, VFP Chapters  and  members  organized  University  teach-Ins,  town  meetings,  panel  discussions  and  Congressional postcard/call -in  campaigns  nationally  to  debate  the  Gulf  War.
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