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Greetings members and supporters,
As many of you already know,
VFPLI and the pece community on Long Island lost a good friend and committerd activist this past week. Vic Skolnick, co-founder
of the Cinema Art Center has passed away. Vic, a film scholar and much-beloved member of both the Long Island and global film
communities, leaves behind a rich legacy of love and inspiration that will continue to be felt for future generations. Our
condolences go out to his long time partner Charlotte and their son Dylan. A Memorial Tribute for Vic Skolnick will be
held on Saturday, June 19th at 10:30am – 12:30pm at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave, Huntington, NY 11743. For
further information call 631-423-7611 or at www.CinemaArtsCentre.org.
The World Can't Wait is sponsoring THE PEOPLE'S JOURNEY to
be held at two locations this weekend. St. Mary's Church Friday, June 18th DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 PM 521 W
126th St. New York, NY 10027 And also SATURDAY, JUNE 19TH THE CUP CAFÉ 388 Van Duzer Street Staten Island, NY 10304 DOORS OPEN AT 1 PM JOIN SALAM TALIB, JOSH
STIEBER, CONOR CURRAN & STUDENTS FROM GAZA (visiting NYC) with people from AFGHANISTAN VIA SKYPE. Together citizens
from IRAQ, students visiting from GAZA, and others from AFGHANISTAN (via skype), and VETERANS of the GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR
share their experiences. For further info call Elaine Brower at 917 620 0767
VFPLI will continue our support for
Pax Christi's demo against BAE, Long Island's own producer of the killer drones. Next demo will be on Saturday, July 3rd at
1 p.m. in front of BAE, Pulaski Rd. Greenlawn, as we protest BAE. For further info call Charlotte at 631-261-8590.
This Saturday and Sunday is the Clearwater Festival at Croton-on-the-Hudson, NY. If you like good music, a 60's style coming
together of like minded people who seek peace and social justice, or just want to have a good time in a beautiful outdoor
environment, please come. Here is the link to their website. http://www.clearwater.org/festival
Again this year VFPLI and South Country Peace Group will be
tabling at the Patchogue "Live After Five" Street Fair. It is held on Mainstreet in Patchogue on every other Friday
evening/night beginning July 2. If you would like to help us manning the table, please contact Karen at <rksrc2001@yahoo.com>
Please keep August 6th available to join us as we march
with South Country Peace Group in the annual Hiroshima memorial in Bellport. More info will be forthcoming.
VFP
National has informed me that the membership of many of our members have lapsed. I know these are hard economic times, but
if you can manage it, National would appreciate your renewal.
I hope you will find some opportunity in this beautiful
time of the year to join us at one of our upcoming events.
In peace,
Mac
-- Camillo
"Mac" Bica, Ph.D. Coordinator Veterans For Peace, Long Island P.O. Box 3 Commack, NY 11725 631.987.3338 http://www.vfpli.com
"I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine.
It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more
vengeance, more desolation. War is hell." —William Tecumseh Sherman
Veterans for PEACE LI LINK
VETERAN'S MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Conscientious Objection
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Dear members and supporters,
It has been a busy month and VFPLI
has been active working for an end to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and the wars in Pakistan and Yemen. Most recently,
our members have participated in the March on Washington, the demonstration against the BAE, and I had the privilege of speaking
at the Riverside Church during the Truth Commission Hearings on Conscience in War. We continue to work closely with our allied
peace organizations here on Long Island, and we hope to see increase membership and involvement in the warm months ahead.
How about spreading the word about VFPLI and coming out to join us at one of the future events listed below. You'll feel better
for it I'm sure.
THE PEOPLE SPEAK. A documentary film version of the late Howard Zinn’s book WHEN:
Saturday, April 24, at 7:30pm WHERE: the South Nassau Unitarian Universalist Congregation 228 South Ocean Avenue,
Freeport Co-Sponsored by the Long Island School of the Americas Watch Flyer attached.
VFPLI will be
participating an the event to thank Vic and Char from the Cinema Arts Centre for all they have done to support peace groups
on Long Island (our initial meeting was held at the CAC). All are encouraged to attend, Sunday, April 25, 10:30 am to 12:30
pm, at CAC, pot luck brunch will be served, $10 donation suggested; For further info, contact Sheila.
The International
Conference for a Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just, and Sustainable World will be held on Friday, April 30 from 6:00 pm and Saturday,
May 1 from 10:00 am, at the Riverside Church, NYC; Registration is $30. VFP is an endorsing organization of the conference.
A registration form as well as a list of the workshops is attached.
On Sunday, May 2, 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm- a rally
and demonstration demanding Nuclear Disarmament and an End to the Occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and the wars in Yemem,
Pakistan, etc., will be held at Times Square followed by a march to UN, and a Music Festival at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (info
at www.peaceandjusticenow.org) 2:00 pm- Rally at Times Square (assemble 1:30 pm 7th Avenue, south
of 41st Street) 3:30 pm- 4:00 pm- March to United Nations 4:00-6:00 pm- Peace and Music Festival at Dag Hammarskjold
Plaza
Veterans for Peace Long Island Benefit Concert will be held on Saturday, May 22 at 7PM Lulu’s
Village Pub, Port Jefferson. George Mann, the VFPLI Band and a few other groups yet to be named will perform. More information
to follow.
Our next meeting will be held in a couple of weeks. Further information will be forthcoming.
Thanks for your support and interest in VFPLI and I hope to see you soon at one of the events listed above.
In
peace,
Mac
-- Camillo "Mac" Bica,Ph.D. Coordinator Veterans For Peace, Long
Island P.O. Box 3 Commack, NY 11725 631.987.3338 http://www.vfpli.com
"I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine.
It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more
vengeance, more desolation. War is hell." —William Tecumseh Sherman
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| CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION~JONES BEACH MAY 26, 2007 |
Love is not the starving of whole
populations. Love is not the bombardment of open cities. Love is not killing, it is the laying down of one's life
for one's friends. Our manifesto is the Sermon on the Mount, which means that we will try to be peacemakers."
Dorothy Day
Sunday, August 2, 2-5 PM Smith Haven Mall Lake
Grove, NY
Say No to The Army
Experience Center in Philadelphia
Say No to an Army
Experience Center on Long Island
Coordinated by LI Vets for Peace
Background information The Army Experience Center, located in the Franklin Mills Mall, Philadelphia, PA,
is a one-of-a-kind, $12 million, 14,500-square-foot video arcade recruitment facility where the Army seduces vulnerable
teens into military service by dazzling them with electronic killing games. (Google
“Army Experience Center” to see for yourself.) They're teaching 13 year-olds how to shoot to kill.
In one year, the Army will decide whether or not to expand this project. We must stop this abomination before it takes
hold across the country and on Long Island!! Please write or call
the largest owner of malls in the U.S. and here on Long Island to express your concerns that war is not a game.
Simon Property Group, Inc. Corporate Headquarters 225 West Washington Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
317 636 1600
VETERANS SPEAKER & ADVOCACY
BUREAU: LI Veterans For Peace Chapter 138 has created a speakers bureau with the intention of
holding classroom presentations as well as assemblies in our local high schools and colleges. If you are a teacher or know
of one who might be interested in this, please call 631-875-8647 or email rksrc@optonline.net . For a copy of the letter being sent out to schools,
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