Coordinators
Gerry Werhan, Coordinator
Craig Klawuhn, Peace Education Program Facilitator
Dan Banks, Peace Education Program Facilitator
Contact: Peace4VeteransClass@gmail.com; Phone: (410) 392-9700
The Mission When The Working Group Was Originally Established:
The mission statement of the Veterans For Inner Peace working group will comply with the VFP Statement of Purpose. Our belief is that we can serve the cause of world peace by nurturing peace within ourselves by cultivating the mindfulness practices of awareness, understanding and deep compassion to share peacefully and respectfully with all of society about the deep human and ecological costs of war. Veterans For Inner Peace will provide resources for the development of the individual practice of mindfulness meditation, regional meditation training retreats, yoga, and an on line blog or website dedicated to mindfulness meditation discussion, and links to proven mindfulness resources to cultivate peaceful healing in ourselves, and the world. Veterans For INNER Peace will remain non-denominational, and open to all veteran and associate members of VFP.
With the encouragement from Board President Susan Schnall, our efforts to revive the working group and begin fulfilling our mission have centered on answering this question: