What's happening in the Spokane area

click here

 

World Citizens for Peace, Richland WA

http://www.wcpeace.org/

 

 

 

 

What's happening in North central Washington

click here for NCW Peace website

click here for list of activites

 

Saturday, March 17 2007 - March and Demonstration:  Iraq War Anniversary Click here for press coverage, photos, and Union Gap liability flap.

 

Freedom of information Act News
ACLU of Washington
1)  FOIA request:
http://www.aclu-wa.org/detail.cfm?id=420
2)  Groups filing the request including YVPAN:
http://new.aclu-wa.org/detail.cfm?id=419
3)  The actual request (requires Adoble Acrobat to open file):
http://www.aclu-wa.org/library_files/FOIA-%20DFISR.pdf

 

PEACE MARCH to protest Iraq War

Sunday March 19 2006

click here for newspaper coverage

click here for photos etc

click here for Veterans for Peace Website

 

 

Domestic spying on anti-war groups forces ACLU into action

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

By MIKE BARBER
P-I REPORTER

Monica Zucker and three other members of Seattle's Raging Grannies, a peace group of older women who dress in outrageous hats and sing protest songs, lifted up their voices in response Tuesday to recent Seattle P-I disclosures that they were in federal anti-terrorism files.  Read more here

 

Peace groups under watch

Authorities keep tabs on non-violent Seattle activists in hunt for al-Qaida

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

By MIKE BARBER AND PAUL SHUKOVSKY
P-I REPORTERS

In the post-9/11 world, some unlikely figures have attracted the attention of local police and federal agents: the Raging Grannies, known for musical satire, and Quaker peace activists, known for non-violence.  Update January 2007 Read more here


What's happening in the Puget Sound area.  Check here   List of events click here 


 

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Seattle Activism.org, click here

Peace and Justice Events, Seattle Area click here

SNOW (Seattle Non Violent Opponents of War)  click here


 American Friends Service Committee Wage Peace Campaign Building Momentum
Thanks to thousands of you, our Wage Peace Campaign is off to
an extraordinary start. We've had more than 25,000 signatures on
the Iraq Peace Petition and more than that have watched the two-
minute online Wage Peace Movie about the human costs of war. The
Wage
Peace bracelets are so popular they're now available for bulk
order at a reduced price. And many, many people have told their
friends about the campaign, sharing the movie and asking people
to sign the petition.

Please tell your friends, neighbors, family and colleagues
about the Wage Peace Campaign. Together we can promote a path to
peace.

Go to the Wage Peace Campaign homepage now:
http://www.afsc.org/iraq/


Oppose the Patriot Act click here

Motion's presented to city councils opposing Patriot Act:

 

US Fatalities in Iraq, US Map by home of record, click here

Iraq coalition casualty count, click here

Casualty counter click here

 

 

Click link below to view civilian casualties

Iraq Body Count

 


 


 


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Working for peace in the Yakima Valley and throughout the world.   


The Mission of the Yakima Valley Peace Advocates Network is to educate ourselves and others regarding issues that threaten peace by conducting positive activities to further the cause of peace.  We unite with others in voicing our opposition to war, violence and military force as a means of settling conflict.  We are determined that a peaceful world is possible.

Who we are click here YVPAN statement

We stand for peace and justice 

Questions? contact information? email us at yvpan@hotmail.com 

 

Archive of previous YVPAN activties, click here

 

Veterans for Peace click here

Veterans for Peace Seattle Chapter click here

Veterabs for Peace Tacoma Chapter click here

Next meeting:  Monday, March 8th.  6:30 PM to 8:00 PM.  Unitarian Univeralist Church in Yakima, 225 N 2nd St, in the Ann Ingham Room. Enter the Church through the back door in the alley. Meetings are the 2nd Monday of each month.

 
Read the current issue of the Jackrabbit News here

No Background Check Gunshow coming

Community Signing for Peace and Justice

 

Sunday, Mar 21, 2010 - 12 noon to 1 PM

16th Avenue and Nob Hill Blvd in Yakima

 

Make your own signs!!!   but here are some ideas we had

  • Support negotiations
  • Talk, don't shoot!
  • No Afghan War
  • Pray for Peace
  • War: Who dies? Who pays? Who Profits?
  • Tired of paying for war????

 

They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace. --Tacitus, Roman historian

 

We have signs if you don't have one.

 

Photo: Taking a stand for peace

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SARA GETTYS/Yakima Herald-Republic
Ed Patton and several others with the Yakima Valley Peace Advocates Network protest the loophole that allows unlicensed dealers to sell guns at gunshows without background checks on the corner of Fair Ave. and Nob Hill Ave. while a gun show is going on at the fairgrounds behind them. The group holds monthly peace protests at Nob Hill and 16th Ave. but moved their location Sunday to include their views on the gun law loophole. "Violence and crime are pretty much a part of standing up for peace, wouldn't you say?" Patton said.
   
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--End the Gun Show Loophole.  Sports Connection Gunshow is at the Modern Living Building at the State Fair this weekend.

The term "Gun Show Loophole" refers to laws that allows private individuals "not engaged in the business" of dealing firearms to sell guns at gun shows without conducting background checks on purchasers or maintaining records of sale. The term has been in use since at least 1996, when the Violence Policy Center used it in a published study.[10]

U.S. federal law requires persons engaged in interstate firearm commerce, or those who are "engaged in the business" of dealing firearms, to hold a Federal Firearms License and perform background checks through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System maintained by the FBI prior to transferring a firearm. Under the terms of the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986, however, individuals "not engaged in the business" of dealing firearms, or who only make "occasional" sales within their state of residence, are under no requirement to conduct background checks on purchasers or maintain records of sale (although even private sellers are forbidden under federal law from selling firearms to persons they have reason to believe are felons or otherwise prohibited from purchasing firearms).

see more pictures on our Archive page click here

 

 

Military Recruiting in Public Schools: Protecting Students First

On Monday, December 8, 2008 Washington Truth in Recruiting (WaTiR), a charitable, educational non-profit established in 2004, presented a workshop for students, parents, educators and everyone interested in learning more about military recruiting in our public schools.  The leaders of the workshop were Marion Ward, the President of WaTiR, a retired accountant from Vancouver, Molly Gibbs an activist and educator from Olympia, and Todd Boyle, a board member and webmaster for WaTiR, father of two teenagers, retired accountant from Kirkland.  
 
Topics discussed during  the workshop included protecting privacy rights of students, the Armed Services Vocational Apptitude Battery test, school board
policies regarding recruiter access to minor students, availablity of
opt-out information to students,  career alternatives, etc.

 

 


Pamphlets: "Do you know enough to enlist?" and "What Every Girl Should Know About the U.S. Military" 

 

 

High school students and their parents have what may be a life altering decision to make on or before Oct. 1st . The Federal Family Education Rights Act (FERPA) allows school districts to release directory information and/or your child’s photo to media and others(military recruiters) unless you request that information not be released.

          If you do not want recruiters to contact your child, the parent and the student must sign an OPT OUT form and just say no. The form can be downloaded at www.militaryfreezone.org or the student should have received one in the back to school packet.

         People of conscience have a moral mandate to redirect resources and human energy away from war if we are to save this beautiful blue nest of ours.

 

          Ed Patton

          1304 So. 16th Ave.

          Yakima,WA  98902    509-248-1838

Arlington Northwest

Hosted by YVPAN/Pax Christi/Veterans for Peace

Saturday and Sunday April 26-27, 2008

Franklin Park in Yakima

click here for news article, link to video, photos

Youth and Countermilitarism Program
War Resisters League

click here for their website

 

From NCW Peace (Wenatchee)

 As you may know, the "No Child Left Behind" Act requires high schools to 
give the names, phone numbers, and addresses of all students to military
recruiters. It also requires that students and parents be given the
opportunity to "opt-out"; that is, to request that their information be kept
private and not given to military recruiters. This request can be made by
either the student or their parents.

ncwpeace.org now has an Opt-Out form available for download at:

http://ncwpeace.org/ResourceFiles/Opt-Out_Form.pdf

The student or parent need only fill out the form and turn it in to the
school to ensure that student information will be kept private.

Please pass this information along to any student or parent who may be
interested in this.

 

Military Recruitment in High Schools

Whether your school has informed you or not, military recruiters are likely to request all student directory information from high schools. Under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, schools must turn over student directory information to military recruiters who request it.

The No Child Left Behind Act requires schools to inform students of their right to "opt out," which keeps their information from military recruiters. Schools may have different procedures for doing this, but in most cases, simply informing the school in writing that you wish to keep your information private is enough. Keeping your information from the military should not mean that you must also be excluded from the yearbook, the school directory or from college or job recruiters.
Sample "opt out form" »

The military may use many different sources besides school records to populate their database of prospective recruits. If you want to ensure that the Department of Defense does not contact your child, you can contact the Direct Marketing Program Officer to opt out of the database.
Sample letter to the Department of Defense »

Find out more about military recruitment in high schools. »