Veterans For Peace Chapter 46

VFP Chapter 46 Monthly Meeting
2022-10-14 15:00 - 17:00, 2022-09-09 15:00 - 17:00, 2022-07-08 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Monterey Peace & Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
VFP Chapter 46 meets the second Friday of each month at 3 pm PT at the Monterey Peace and Justice Center in Seaside. VFP is open to all veterans and supporters.
Members and supporters who are vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 are invited to attend the in-person meeting at the Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., in Seaside, CA.
Meetings are live streamed. Optionally join via Zoom HERE.
For more info, visit vfp46.com or email Michael Dempsey, Chapter President, at mikedevfp46@gmail.com

2022 International Day of Peace Gathering
2022-09-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Whispering Pines Park, Ocean View Blvd, at 17th. St., Pacific Grove, CA, 93940, United States
The public is invited to a free outdoor celebration of International Peace Day on Sunday, September 18, 3-5 pm.

This year’s theme is “End Racism. Build Peace”. Guest speakers, and music by Dave Holodiloff & Friends.

Light refreshments. Please wear a face mask to protect your health and that of others.

For more info, (831) 899-7233 or email montereypeaceandjustice@gmail.com

Learn more about this worldwide observance at: https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace

Labor Day
2022-09-05 | CA

2022 VFP Online Convention: From War Making to Peace Seeking
2022-08-25 - 2022-08-28 | online, United States
Register for the 2022 VFP Online Convention!
Veterans For Peace will hold our convention online again this year.
The theme of this year’s convention is From War Making to Peace Seeking.
This year the convention will take place from August 25-28th and we have a great event planned so register now!
Visit the Convention website HERE to learn more. More information will be coming soon so make sure to check back periodically. Register today!

Award nominations, and bylaw & resolution proposals are also open. The submission deadline is July 25th so submit now!
Are you interested in joining the VFP Board of Directors? Learn more here!
Sign up to read a poem or sing a song at the Poetry Soirée!

Monthly Meeting of VFP Chapter 46
2022-08-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Monterey Peace & Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
Chapter meetings are held on the second Friday of each month, 3 pm – 4:30 pm Pacific Time. Members and supporters who are vaccinated against COVID-19 are invited to attend the in-person meeting at the Monterey Peace and Justice Center,1364 Fremont Blvd., in Seaside, CA.
Optionally join via Zoom HERE.
For more info, visit vfp46.com or email Michael Dempsey, Chapter President, at mikedevfp46@gmail.com

Hiroshima Nagasaki Remembrance Day & Peace Lantern Ceremony
2022-08-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Lover’s Point Park And Beach, Pacific Grove, CA, 93950, United States
Annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance Day and Floating Peace Lantern Ceremony
Saturday, August 6, 2022, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Lovers Point Beach Cove, Ocean View Blvd., at 17th Street, Pacific Grove, CA
The public is invited to gather to remember and honor those who suffered and still suffer, from the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on August 6th and 9th, 1945. This year’s commemoration marks the 77th anniversary of the bombings and reaffirms the imperative for global nuclear abolition and prohibition so that such a tragedy is never repeated. This free event will be respectful, inclusive, and free of cultural appropriation.
Sponsored by Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Monterey County Branch in partnership with Monterey Peace and Justice Center (MPJC), Monterey Peninsula Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Peace Coalition of Monterey County (PCMC), and Veterans For Peace, Chapter 46.
Speakers: Dr. Chris Hasegawa (Professor Emeritus, College of Science @ CSUMB), Patrice Vecchione (poet/writer), Dr, Jennifer Lagier Fellguth (poet/writer), Alison Kerr (Del Rey Oaks Mayor, representing Mayors for Peace), Carole Erickson (Monterey Peninsula Friends Meeting, Quakers), Sylvia Shih (peace activist), Michael Dempsey (president, Veterans For Peace Chapter 46), and Sharat G. Lin, PhD. (research fellow with Human Agenda). Emcee: Beverly Bean, Chair of WILPF Monterey County Branch
Program:
7:00 pm: Lantern making and performance of Monterey’s Taiko Drumming group, Shinsho-Mugen Daiko.
7:45 pm: Music, poetry, and brief stories and messages of hope and peace.
8:15 pm: Launching of the peace lanterns. Tai Chi Master Jim Scott-Behrends will play Japanese shakuhachi flute while the lanterns float across the cove waters, pulled by kayaks.
Photos courtesy of Margret Maria Cordts:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cordts/36530044991/in/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cordts/36648782745/in/photostream/
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/387860520077949/
Event flyer: https://tinyurl.com/Peace-Lantern-2022
Photos from prior years: 2018, 2019, 2021

StandDown Live!
2020-12-04 14:00 - 17:00 | FB Live
Dec 9 – StandDown Live! the family of Reality Winner 4pm (C), 5 pm (E) on FB Live or the Veterans For Peace YouTube channel.

VFP Presents: Demilitarize the Police Oct 23rd
2020-10-23 15:30 - 17:00 | Via ZOOM
Register Here

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Congressman Panetta Speaks
2020-09-04 14:30 - 16:00 | Via ZOOM

Monthly Chapter Meeting
2020-06-12 15:00 - 16:30 | Microsoft Team Meeting
Friday, June 12, 3:00 pm, Veterans For Peace Chapter 46 meets the second Friday of the month at 3 via Teleconference format due to COVID-19, As always, our meetings are open to all that adhere to promoting World Peace. Login procedure below:
Online; Join Microsoft Teams Meeting
Telephone; +1 661-383-0637 United States, Santa Clarita (Toll)
(833) 708-6605 United States (Toll-free)
Conference ID: 643 686 230#
Copy and Paste this into new browser if you have trouble accessing meeting through link listed above: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDYxY2U0YjItNTI3OC00Nzc1LTg4YmMtZTgxODBmZGM5Zjgw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22313d38cc-c851-4ca0-967a-da9c28956c29%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22885b91c0-ee06-4b46-9578-c23090427c4f%22%7d
More instructions below;
You have to install The Microsoft Teams Meeting app, if you don’t have it on you device.
The above link will take you to the download page, where you will see a purple button marked “download”, click the button, another page will open, install the app and open it for you.
Click “join with video” and “join with audio”
It’s easier than it sounds, also anyone below the age of 30 can do it w/o instructions

Stop The Nuclear Arms Race Strategizing For Abolition-----Action For The Ban Treaty
2020-05-22 08:00 - 2020-05-25 17:00 | Maryville College Knoxville, TN, TN, United States
“Those who say a world without nuclear weapons is impossible need to get out of the way of those who are making it happen.” – Beatrice Fihn, ICAN
REGISTER NOW! SPONSOR OR ENDORSE! SPREAD THE WORD!
Nukewatch, the Nuclear Resister, and the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA) invite you to attend

Seventy-five years after Trinity, Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the start of the nuclear age, the hands of the Doomsday Clock are 100 seconds from midnight, and the nuclear powers are engaged in a new nuclear arms race.

But the movement for abolition is reviving, with new tools, new energy, and renewed commitment.

Join us May 22-25, 2020 at Maryville College near Knoxville, Tennessee as we strategize how to use the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to achieve nuclear disarmament.
Speakers, music, banner making, workshops, networking, community,
celebration of the 40th anniversaries of Nukewatch, the Nuclear Resister and the Plowshares movement

culminating with a nonviolent demonstration at the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex in nearby Oak Ridge,
where OREPA has sustained a nonviolent campaign for over 30 years
People are working in many ways for nuclear disarmament, with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the great work of ICAN helping to generate grassroots activity across the globe. As of late January 2020, thirty-five countries have ratified the Treaty – only 15 more are needed for it to enter into force! At this critical time in the movement for a future free of nuclear weapons, we are coming together to learn about global efforts to abolish nukes and to meet our colleagues from across the U.S. and around the world to network, strategize and collaborate as we move forward.
Talks and workshops will focus on the Ban Treaty, Don’t Bank on the Bomb, Resistance, Mayors for Peace/Cities Appeal, and University Connections to The Bomb. The list of presenters and participants already includes campaigners from the U.S., Germany, Australia, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Kazakhstan and more, including speakers and workshop leaders Susi Snyder (PAX, Don’t Bank on the Bomb), Alicia Sanders-Zakre (ICAN), K.A. Garlick (Conservation Council of Western Australia), Marion Küpker (Büchel ist Uberall), Susan Crane, Hideko Tamura, hibakusha (via Skype), John Schuchardt (House of Peace), Sr. Ardeth Platte and Sr. Carol Gilbert.

For more information about registration, Next Generation scholarships (for those under 30), childcare, sponsorship and more, email actionfortheban@gmail.com or visit nukewatchinfo.org/stop_new_nuclear_arms_race

LOGISTICS

The conference will be held at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, 30 miles from the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex where the U.S. makes thermonuclear secondaries for the W76-2 warhead.
You can register here.
Rooms at the college are two beds to a room – a limited number of single occupancies are available at a higher rate.
$200 covers registration, room and board for shared rooms; $300 for single rooms; $64 for local or non-resident participants. Children under 10, in parents’ room: $48; Childcare will be available during day sessions.
The conference begins Friday evening, May 22 and will end at the Y-12 bomb plant in Oak Ridge on Monday morning.
Maryville College is 10 minutes from Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport; shuttles will be arranged.

HOW TO SPONSOR, ENDORSE, HELP SPREAD THE WORD
Whether or not you can attend, we invite you or your group to become a sponsor or endorser of the gathering – info is here.
Thanks to the early sponsors and endorsers, listed below!
We ask sponsors for a $40 contribution – a dollar for each year of work and action for a nuclear-free future by Nukewatch and the Nuclear Resister. A sponsorship will include: having you or your group listed in the registration packet, on a poster at the registration area, on the website and in email promotions. Sponsorship also includes free table space at the gathering. If a sponsoring group is unable to attend, they can send a newsletter or couple of pieces of literature to Tennessee, and we will put the items on a literature table. Please pay online here or make checks and money orders payable to Nukewatch and send to Nukewatch, 740A Round Lake Road, Luck, WI 54853.
We also welcome your support as an endorser, which costs you nothing (we’ll always accept contributions!) but makes public your support for the gathering. Endorsers will be listed on the website and in email promotions.
We encourage you to place an announcement or ad about the gathering in your group’s newsletter, on your group’s website, and to send an announcement to your listservs or otherwise help spread the word. There is an announcement and ad below.
Peace, and with thanks for your work to help build a better world,
Ralph Hutchison, OREPA
Bonnie Urfer, Nukewatch
John LaForge, Nukewatch
Kelly Lundeen, Nukewatch
Jack and Felice Cohen-Joppa, The Nuclear Resister

ANNOUNCEMENT

STOP THE NEW NUCLEAR ARMS RACE – The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA), Nukewatch and the Nuclear Resister invite you to attend an international conference on global collaboration to abolish nuclear weapons, from May 22 – 25, 2020 in Maryville, Tennessee. Together we will strategize for nuclear abolition, and act for the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty in the shadow of the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Workshops, panel presentations, strategy sessions, music, nonviolent demonstration at Y-12, and celebration of the 40th anniversary of Nukewatch, the Nuclear Resister and the Plowshares movement. Registration is now open; space is limited. For more information about registration, Next Generation scholarships, childcare, sponsorship and more, email actionfortheban@gmail.com or visit nukewatchinfo.org/stop_new_nuclear_arms_race

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SPONSORS (more to come!)

Groups
Christian Peacemaker Teams
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
Footprints for Peace
Michigan Stop the Nuclear Bombs Campaign – MISTNBC
Nipponzan Myohoji, Great Smoky Mountains Peace Pagoda
Nuclear Watch South
Pax Christi USA
Pioneer Valley War Tax Resistance
puppetista collective
Redwood City Catholic Worker
Smart Set
Individuals
Dr. Art Milholland & Dr. Luann Mostello
Guy Larry Osborne
ENDORSERS
Groups
Baltimore Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee
Baltimore Nonviolence Center
Ban Uranium Mining Permanently collective (BUMP)
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
XR Peace (UK)
Veterans for Peace

Meeting Location Change
2020-04-10 15:00 - 16:30 | CA
Veterans For Peace Chapter 46 Monterey Monthly Chapter Meeting. VFP 46 meets the second Friday of each month.
Online, dial-in conference meetings will be organized while the Monterey County shelter-in-place order is in effect. Chapter business meeting will begin at 3:00 pm and will end no later than 4:30 pm. VFP is open to all veterans and veteran supporters. Join here:https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/join-renew.
Contact Justin Loza for more information and for tele-conferencing details:Justin.loza@vfp46.com

Chapter Meeting
2020-03-14 15:00 - 16:30 | Monterey Peace & Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
Veterans For Peace Chapter 46 Monterey Chapter Meeting. VFP 46 meets the second Friday of the month at,
The Monterey Peace and Justice Center
1364 Fremont Blvd.
Seaside CA.
Chapter business meeting will begin at 3:00. VFP is open to all veterans and veteran supporters. Join us here: https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/join-renew. Contact Justin Loza for more information: Justin.loza@vfp46.com

Exposing the Pentagon- Hidden Polluter of Water, by Pat Elder
2020-03-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Monterey Peace & Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
Pat Elder, an investigative journalist with Civilian Exposure. Pat will discuss the contamination caused by the military’s use of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, (PFAS) in routine fire-fighting drills. He chronicles the stories of individuals who have been exposed to toxic contamination through their military service. Pat is a board member of World BEYOND War. The public is invited to this free event cosponsored by Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Monterey County Branch, Veterans For Peace-Chapter 46, and the Peace Coalition for Monterey County. Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA. More info: (831) 899-7322 or montereypeaceandjustice@gmail.com. Learn more about Pat’s 20-City California Tour HERE.

Chapter 46 Monthly Meeting
2020-02-14 15:00 - 16:30 | Monterey Peace & Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
Veterans for Peace Chapter 46 Monterey (VFP) meets the second Friday of the month at the
Monterey Peace & Justice Center,
1364 Fremont Blvd.
Seaside, CA 93955 Contact Justin Loza Justin.loza@vfp46.com for more information or visit www.vfp46.com.
831-566-4295

Join Veterans For Peace as we end the year with a Celebration Of Peace
2019-12-13 14:30 - 16:30 | Monterey Peace & Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
In Lieu of our monthly meeting, we’re having a year end celebration, come meet and greet, members of VFP Ch. 46, and members of the Peace Community

Baha’i Human Rights Award to Philip Butler
2019-12-07 11:00 - 14:00 | The Elks Lodge #1285,, 150 Mar Vista Drive, Monterey, CA, United States
Saturday December 7, 11:00 am – 2 pm, Annual United Nations Association Human Rights Day Luncheon at Elks Lodge #1285, 150 Mar Vista Drive, Monterey. Join UNA Monterey Bay Chapter and the Baha’i Faith communities of Monterey County as we celebrate human rights at home and abroad, including
* Presentation of the annual Baha’i Human Rights Award to Philip Butler
* Keynote speaker Joshua Cooper, Executive Director of the Hawaii Institute of Human Rights and climate expert:Ciimate Change: a Human Rights crisis?
* Displays from co-sponsoring organizations that ensure human rights,
Tickets are $35 per person; $15 for students. Registration info forthcoming; see unausamonterey.wordpress.com. If your group or organization would like to co-sponsor, please email unamontereybay@gmail.com or call 831-275-0781.

Armistice Day Event
2019-11-09 14:00 - 17:00 | Monterey Peace & Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
We are co-hosting an Armistice Day event with the Peace and Justice Center on Saturday, November 9th, 2-5pm. Listed below are the details.

Sat, Nov 9, 2 pm to 5 pm event is planned in conjunction with Armistice Day observance – Spoken word and poetry open mic segment followed by a documentary film & discussion.

1st hour: Poetry and spoken word open mic — featuring perspectives on war. Calling it “Drop the Mic” #DropTheMIC – leveraging the campaign by the Iraq war veterans group, About Face. Their context is “Drop the Military Industrial Complex”. Each participant will be limited to a 3–minutereading.

2nd hour: Screening of the WWI documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old, (1h 39min), followed by discussion. Justin will provide access to stream the film from his HBO Go acct.

Contact Justin Loza at justin.loza@vfp46.com

Veterans For Peace Monthly Meeting
2019-11-08 15:30 - 17:00 | Monterey Peace & Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
Veterans For Peace Chapter 46 Monterey meets the second Friday of the month at The Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd. Seaside CA. All veterans and their supporters are welcome. Our chapter business meeting will begin at 3:30pm Contact Justin Loza Justin.loza@vfp46.com

20th annual International Documentary Film Festival
2019-10-25 18:30 - 22:00 | Osio Theater, 350 Alvarado St, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
Presented by the UN Association, Monterey Bay Chapter, shows October 25 & 26 will be at the OSIO Theater in Monterey, beginning at 6:30. General admission for Osio Theater screenings: $10 per evening. Full time students with ID are admitted free. For more info see www.unausamonterey.wordpress.com or email unamontereybay@gmail.com.

20th annual International Documentary Film Festival
2019-10-24 19:00 - 22:00 | MIIS Irvine Auditorium, 499 Pierce St., Monterey, CA, 93490, United States
October 24, 25, and 26: Save the Date! for three evenings of timely, diverse and thought-provoking films at the 20th annual International Documentary Film Festival presented by the UN Association, Monterey Bay Chapter.
Special opening night on Thursday, October 24 (UN Day) will be at the MIIS Irvine Auditorium at 7 pm. with FREE admission for all! October 25 & 26 will be at the OSIO Theater in Monterey, beginning at 6:30. General admission for Osio Theater screenings: $10 per evening. Full time students with ID are admitted free. For more info see www.unausamonterey.wordpress.comUN Association, Monterey Bay Chapter or email unamontereybay@gmail.com.

Veterans For Peace Monthly Meeting
2019-10-11 15:30 - 17:00 | Monterey Peace & Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
Friday, October 11, 2019 2:30pm-5:00pm
Veterans For Peace Chapter 46 Monterey meets the second Friday of the month at The Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd. Seaside CA.
All veterans and their supporters are welcome. Our chapter business meeting will begin at 3:30pm Contact Justin Loza Justin.loza@vfp46.com

Monterey Farmers Market
2019-09-24 16:00 - 19:00, 2019-09-17 16:00 - 19:00, 2019-09-10 16:00 - 19:00 | Corner of Franklin and Alvarado St.
Chapter 46 has returned to this Historic Event,
Corner of Franklin and Alvarado St. In front of Church is where you will find our Chapter’s Table
Stop by our table for the latest information concerning veterans and their families
Held rain or shine, year round on every Tuesday
Located on Alvarado Street between Del Monte and Pearl
October through April: 4:00-7:00pm
May through September: 4:00-8:00pm

Veterans For Peace Chapter Meeting
2019-09-13 14:30 - 17:00 | Monterey Peace & Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
Friday, September 13, 2019 2:30pm-5:00pm
Veterans For Peace Chapter 46 Monterey meets the second Friday of the month at The Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd. Seaside CA.
All veterans and their supporters are welcome – 2:30-3:30 social hour. Refreshments will be provided. Our chapter business meeting will begin at 3:30pm Contact Justin Loza Justin.loza@vfp46.com

VFP at Farmers’ Market
2019-08-27 16:00 - 19:00, 2019-08-20 16:00 - 19:00 | Monterey Farmer’s Market, Downtown Monterey, Monterey, CA, United States
Chapter 46 has returned to this Historic Event,
Located on Alvarado Street between Del Monte and Pearl
Stop by our table for the latest information concerning veterans and their families
