VFP CHAPTERS
Editor: Woody Powell
woody@veteransforpeace.net
Wednesday,
June 25, 2008
Public Outreach --
Miami - Alexander S. Arredondo Chapter 32 working with Code Pink at the Mayor's Conference in Miami, attempted to get the organization to support a resolution supporting diplomacy over military action vis-à-vis Iran. They convinced the International Committee, but when it came to the floor, concerns about "divisiveness" surfaced and caused the resolution to be tabled. Never-the-less, a strong public effort that will pay off in the future if we keep on pushing. For more: http://www.banminesusa.org/
Counter Recruiting
Tampa - Chapter 39 - Efforts to convince local school boards to permit counter recruiting activity has paid off .......
Members of Distinction -
Philadelphia, VFP31 --
Mike Felker, a Marine combat medic in Viet Nam, named
"Activist Of The Month" by the US Campaign To Ban Landmines. Mike
has worked incredibly hard over the past decade as the tireless, motivating
force of the Landmine/Cluster Bomb/Gun Violence Committee in Philadelphia Area
VFP Chapter 31. The committee is now taking on Robot & Drone weapons as
well. Mike has raised many thousands of dollars over the years, all of it
devoted to ending the manufacture, sale and placement of maiming weapons like
land mines.