Veterans For Peace

Chapter 60

 

 

 

 

 

The Al Warren Tappan Zee Chapter of the Lower Hudson Valley

Vets Speak Out - NY

UPCOMING EVENTS

VFP Chap. 60 1st Mondays 7:30 PM at F.O.R. Nyack Contact: Mike Gillen

Tappan Zee Brigade (VFP-VVAW) - Meeting

Movement news: Ben described ANSWER's split from IAC and
the formation of Troops Out Now Coalition. We agreed that
our relations with both groups should be one of polite communication.
.Ben reported on the Peace Zone-New York City initiative from United For Peace & Justice. The initiative has four components: a City Council resolution
against the war, municipal and pension fund divestment of Halliburton interests, counter-recruitment, and supporting veterans and military families. For veterans: the Peace Zone supports keeping all the city's veterans
hospitals open and their services staffed and funded, passing the depleted uranium testing and treatment legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A-9116), and asking that the City Council's veterans committee hold hearings on the city's services for veterans.

Ben reported on the Martin Luther King Institute's counter-recruitment committee in Westchester. The committee has started a "adopt-a-school" approach, recruiting individuals to take on the responsibility of keeping track of a single school, making sure that counter-recruitment literature is available and acting as a contact for teachers interested in speakers. This project has been slow starting.

Depleted uranium: Joan Walker walks point on this. The legislative initiative needs a Republican Senate sponsor. Jim is working on Senator Thomas Morahan (38th Senate District/Rockland-Orange) and will make contact also with VVA and state DVA folks.

Sir No Sir: Shirley reported on the planning meeting for the April premiere. The producer hopes to pack the first- run theater for a week to promote other bookings. She played the trailer, and it looks very good.

Vietnam-USA, 1st CAV Recon, NYVSO, Ed.- Post Traumatic Press