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Tag Archives: Peace Journey
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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Afghanistan: Emergency Hospitals & America’s The Longest War
Hospitals Treat Needy Regardless Of…. Sherri Maurin November 25, 2014 In late November, President Obama reversed his long held commitment to the American and Afghan peoples, so troubled by war, to end combat missions. The loss of lives on the Afghan side is … Continue reading
Posted in Iraq Veterans Against the War
Tagged Afganistan, Afghan, Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, American's Longest War, Amy Goodman, Anabah, APV, Ashraf Ghani, Democracy Now, Emergency Hospital, Hamid Kazai, Helmand, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Kabul, Kathy Kelly, Lashkar-gal, New York Times, Panjshir, Peace Journey, Presiden Obama, Sherri Maurin, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com
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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 5: Experiments In Simple, Nonviolent Inter-ethnic Community
Living in Kabul As I write a huge explosion startles us; it is hard to tell how close it is, and many of our community are out taking exams at the University or working at the Borderfree Center. We scramble … Continue reading
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 3: Arrival & New Friends
Salam from Kabul! Peace To You From Afghanistan! I arrived at 10am on Thursday morning, to sweltering heat and heavy lines. Smiling, yet shy children, peaking out from behind mother’s scarves, made the long wait at Customs easier, but once … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, Sherri Maurin
Tagged Abdullah Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghan society, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Dari, Europe, Hakim, John Kerry, Kabul, Karzai, Marshall Plan, NATO, Peace Journey, San Francisco, Sherri Maurin, SIGAR Special Inspector for Greneral for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, WWII
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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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Veterans Speakers Alliance: Veterans For Peace 