Events for September 17, 2023

3 FOR CHAPTER PROGRAM MEETING:  CLIMATE & MILITARISM How US Militarism Worsens the Climate Crisis Sept 17, 6:30 – 8 pm, , Zoom In a program co-sponsored by Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle Fellowship of Reconciliation chapters we will hear from Veterans for Peace members Gary Butterfield and Jim Janko on the VfP Climate Crisis & Militarism Project “How US Militarism Worsens the Climate Crisis”. Veterans For Peace Climate Crisis and Militarism Project is part of the world-wide movement to end the climate crisis and promote climate, environmental, racial, and economic justice.  Our emphasis focuses on how US militarism, the single largest institutional source of greenhouse gasses on the planet, fuels the climate crisis. PRESENTERS Jim Janko, a member of the Climate Crisis & Militarism Project of Veterans For Peace. Jim was an infantry medic in the Viet Nam War in 1970. He studied ecology at UC Berkeley and received a B.S. in Conservation of Natural Resources. Janko’s short stories and novels have won numerous awards. Gary Butterfield was drafted into the US Army during the Vietnam War and opposed the war while in the military and filed for conscientious objector status.  He is resolute in acting on his commitment to Peace.  He is President of the San Diego Chapter of Veterans For Peace and currently on the Steering Committee of the Climate Crisis & Militarism Project.  He is also a member of San Diego 350.org and is keenly interested in the effects of militarism on the climate crisis. info about this meeting WWFOR office, wwfor@wwfor.org , or (206) 789-5565, info about Veterans for Peace’s Climate Crisis & Militarism Project https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/climatecrisis   Zoom Meeting Connection Info https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87371368515?pwd=TlVnWllkVExuOFE2elFEaWdOdUVqUT09 Meeting ID:  873 7136 8515, Passcode: 942201 One tap mobile +13602095623,,87371368515#,,,,*942201# US +13863475053,,87371368515#,,,,*942201# US Dial by your location +1 360 209 5623 US +1 386 347 5053 US +1 507 473 4847 US +1 564 217 2000 US +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 646 931 3860 US +1 669 444 9171 US +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 689 278 1000 US +1 719 359 4580 US +1 253 205 0468 US +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 305 224 1968 US +1 309 205 3325 US +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID:  873 7136 8515, Passcode: 942201 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcUq3njY7S