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Start a Chapter

You Can Start a VFP Chapter!

If you do not have a Veterans For Peace Chapter within 25 miles of your location, you should form a new chapter. Starting a new VFP chapter is an easy 4-step process.

Click here to view a map of VFP chapters in the US

Here’s What You Do:

  1. Read and adhere to the VFP National Bylaws and Statement of Purpose. Request a temporary chapter number from the Chapter Coordinator at the National Office.
  2. Sign up 10 military veterans. Special regional circumstances, may allow a local chapter a requirement of 5 veterans, if approved by the Board of Directors. Contact the Chapter Coordinator to determine requirements.
  3. Send a completed Chapter Status Petition to the VFP National Office with the 10 (or 5) veterans listed by name and including their branch of service and years served. The petition must be signed by a member who will serve as the initial chapter contact.
  4. Send the petition to the National Office along with a copy of qualifying military documentation for each veteran; if on active duty, include a military ID card reproduction. All documents should be mailed to the attention of the VFP Chapter Coordinator.

Now What?

Once the paperwork has been started, new chapters are encouraged to utilize the New Chapter Toolkit, which is designed to help new chapters with organizing, structuring, and building support. The success of VFP depends on the chapter activities and the liason between the national office, local chapters, and allied organizations. When considering local actions, please check out VFP's Endorsed Actions and Campaigns for a list of organizations and causes that are endorsed by VFP's Board of Directors.

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VFP actions that rise to national visibility generally start at the grassroots level. It’s common for local chapters to generate exciting ideas for projects, and for those ideas to morph into programs and campaigns that spread to other chapters for replication and reach the National Office for support. The power of VFP chapters is the distinctive voice of veterans acting locally to affect global change.

Resources:

  • VFP National Bylaws
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