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Category Archives: San Francisco Chapter
2015 St Patrick
Photos: Judith Sandoval
Posted in American Legion Bob Basker Post 315, Event, Peace Demonstrations, Peace Journeys, Photo Gallery, San Francisco, San Francisco Chapter, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, Voices Of Veterans, Western Region
Tagged Judith Sandoval, San Francisco, St Patrick's Day Parade, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com
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A March & A Meeting
Denny Riley December 14, 2014 The sun came out in San Francisco yesterday as we marched in step with thousands of people across America, shouting “Black lives matter!” “Hands up don’t shoot!” “I can’t breath!” and carrying signs and banners … Continue reading
Posted in Denny Riley, Denny Riley, Event, Peace Demonstrations, Peace Journeys, San Francisco, San Francisco Chapter, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, Voices Of Veterans
Tagged Alai Gurley, Asian American For Peace & Justice, Bayan, Bill of Rights, Center for Political Education, civil disobedience, Denny Riley, Die In, Eric Garner, Japan, Judith Sandoval, Korea, MIchael Brown, Okinawa, Pacific Pivot, patriotism, Peace Journey, Philippines, Rosa Parks, Tamir Rice, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf.wordpress.com
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Alarm & Analysis In Afghanistan: Reflections By Kathy Kelly & Sherri Maurin
August 31, 2014 Kabul, Afghanistan During the summer of 2014, Kathy Kelly with Voices For Creative Nonviolence, and Sherri Maurin, an educator and Campaign Nonviolence representative from the San Francisco Bay Area, lived in a working class neighborhood in Kabul, as … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, San Francisco Chapter, Sherri Maurin, Veterans For Peace
Tagged Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, APV, AVP, Badshah Khan, Bay area, Campaign Nonviolence, corporal punishment, criminal gangs, drone warfare, drug lords, Gandhi, Hindus, inter-ethnic group, Interfaith dialogues, Kabul, Kathy Kelly, Last Tango In Kabul, literacy skills, Martin Luther King, Matthieu Aikins, nonviolent, Rolling Stone, San Francisco, Sherri Maurin, Sikhs, Taleban, UN, United Nations, United States, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, warlords
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Operation Light at the End of the Tunnel
Chuck Searcy A Presentation & Conversation Thursday, September 4 6pm Registration 6:30 pm Program/Wine Reception Marines Memorial Club, 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco Free Event: Must pre-register Vietnam War veteran Chuck Searcy has lived in Vietnam for the last nearly 20 years. … Continue reading
Posted in Agent Orange, Event, San Francisco, San Francisco Chapter, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, Veterans For Peace Viet Nam, Viet Nam, VietNam
Tagged ABC News, Agent Orange, Army Intelligence, Athens, Cam Tuyen Commune, Chuck Searcy, Dong Ha, EOD, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Georgia, Hanoi, Lang Vei, Marines Memorial Club, Mike Cerre, Operation Light At The End Of The Tunnel, Project Renew, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, Trieu Phong District, unexploded ordnance, US MK82 aircraft bomb, UXO Vietnamese, Viet Nam, Vietnam Veterans, Vietnamese
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Post 7: Dr. Hakim “No To Wars”
No Afghanistan in Ukraine, No to Wars! Salaam, Friends — I would like to introduce a new series of interviews I am doing with each of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, by sharing an article just published by Dr. Hakim, their founder and … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, San Francisco, San Francisco Chapter, Sherri Maurin, Veterans For Peace
Tagged Afghan, Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, Catholics, Guatemalan Catholics, Gul Jumma, Helmand, IDP, Internally Displaced Persons, Iraqi Christians, Iraqi Muslims, Iraqi Yazidis, Israeli Jews, Kabul, NATO, Orthodox Christians, Palestinian Muslims, Peace Journey, refugees, San Francisco, Sherri Maurin, Syrian Christians, Syrian Muslims, Taliban, Ukraine, Ukrainian free thinkers, Ukrainian Muslims, Ukrainians, UN, United Nations, US/NATO coalition, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf.wordpress.com, Youth Peace Volunteers
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Post 6: Street Kids Program
I am dressed for “going out.” Norms for modesty require that women’s heads and necks be covered at all times, that tunics ideally go to the knees, and that a skirt or loose fitting pants be to the ankles. Socks … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, San Francisco, San Francisco Chapter, Sherri Maurin, Veterans For Peace, Veterans For Peace Chapters
Tagged Afghan, Afghan Peace Volunteers, APV, Bhopal, Borderfree, Dari, Ektaparis, Farzana, Gul Sum, Hadissa, Journalism, Kabul, Peace Journey, Sherri Mauri, Street Kids, Street Kids Program, Tashakur, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, Zarghuna, Zekerullah
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Post 4: A Friday Picnic In Afghanistan
Fridays, in the Muslim world, are days of relative rest and the gathering of family and friends. We decided to go on a picnic, and twelve of us crammed into a van to head for a peaceful area about an … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Peace Journeys, San Francisco, San Francisco Chapter, Sherri Maurin, Veterans For Peace, Veterans For Peace Chapters
Tagged Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, APV, Cairo, Hazaras, Herat, Kabobs, Kabul, Kandahar, kebobs, Muslim, Peace Journey, Presidio Hill, Sherri Maurin, Tajik, Taliban, US drones, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com
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Post 2: The Clouds Over Kabul
Kabul, Afghanistan The sky framed by the oval plane window on the last of 4 legs, is ablaze. The charcoal horizon elevates a deep orange bank of clouds which are churned into a paler, lighter orange, and the hills of Afghanistan … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, San Francisco, San Francisco Chapter, Sherri Maurin, Veterans For Peace
Tagged 2014, Afghan, Afghanistan, August 6, Chapter 69, Kabul, Peace Journey, San Francisco, Sherri Maurin, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com
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Sherri Maurin: Peace Journey 2014
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 Sherri Maurin leaving this morning for Kabul by way of Chicago, Netherlands and Istanbul Hello friends, Many of you have heard me talk warmly about the Afghan Peace Volunteers (youthpeacevolunteers.org) who I have been in conversation with … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, San Francisco Chapter, Sherri Maurin, Veterans For Peace
Tagged Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, Gandhi, Global Days of Listening, Kabul, Kathy Kelly, non-military solutions, nonviolence, peace, Peace Journey 2014, Quakers, San Francisco, Sherri Maurin, So Korea, South Korea, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com
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