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Message*	Veterans for Peace 003 - Jim Harney Chapter, Bangor, Maine <a href="http://mpjen.org/organizations/?id=368">http://mpjen.org/organizations/?id=368</a> The <strong>Bangor Area Veterans For Peace Chapter 003</strong> was founded on April 1st, 2003. <span class="underline">Meetings are on the first and third <strong>Mondays</strong> of each month at 6:00PM at the Peace and Justice Center on Park Street in Bangor</span>. Visitors are welcomed at all meetings. <br /> <br /> The Bangor Area Chapter of Veterans For Peace officially changed its name to <big>Veterans For Peace 003, Jim Harney Chapter</big>, in February 2009. <br /> <br /> <ul><ul><ul><ul><img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/jimharneyamericanswhotellthetruth.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> </ul></ul><a href="http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/pgs/portraits/Jim_Harney.html" target="_blank"><big>Portrait photo from from Rob Shetterly's Americans Who Tell The Truth</big><br /> CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.posibilidad.org/" target="_blank">For information about Jim Harney at Posibilidad, CLICK HERE</a>.</ul></ul> <br /> <strong><big><span class="underline">Quick Links</strong></span></big><ul> <ul> <br /> <li><a href="http://veteransforpeace.org/" target="_blank">Veterans For Peace - National</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.togus.va.gov/" target="_blank">Togus VA Medical Center, Augusta, Maine</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vfpmaine.org/vfp.htm" target="_blank">Veterans For Peace - Maine Chapter 001</a></li> </ul> <br /> <br /> <strong><span class="underline">Before you enlist</strong></span><ul> <br /> <li><a href="http://www.afsc.org/Youth&Militarism/ht/d/ContentDetails/i/3789" target="_blank">Do you know enough to enlist?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.afsc.org/Youth&Militarism/ht/display/ContentDetails/i/18300" target="_blank">Thinking about enlisting?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/62945" target="_blank">Top Military Recruitment Lies</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.objector.org/girights/delayed-enlistment-program.html" target="_blank">How do I get out of the <strong>Delayed Entry Program</strong>?</a></li></ul> <br /> <br /> <strong><big><span class="underline">VETERANS FOR PEACE 25th ANNIVERSARY, 2010 NATIONAL CONVENTION - PORTLAND, MAINE</strong></big></span><ul> <br /> <li><a href="http://www.vfpnationalconvention.org/" target="_blank">VFP National Convention Page</a></li> <br /> <li><a href="http://www.vfpmaine.org/convention%20page.asp" target="_blank">VFP 001, Williams Ladd Chapter, Information Page</a></li></ul> <br /> <br /> <strong><big>MEETING SCHEDULE:</big><br /> <br /> <em>PLEASE NOTE THAT MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE AT 6:00PM ON THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS OF THE MONTH</strong><ul></em><br /> <br /> <span class="underline">Upcoming Meetings</span><br /> <br /> July 19, 2010<br /> August 2, 2010<br /> August 16, 2010</ul> <br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/070407parade3.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <strong>Chapter activities include:</strong><ul> <br /> <li>The Hope Festival </li> <li>Tuesday Peace Vigils in front of the Federal Building in Bangor from 5 - 6PM </li> <li>Bangor Peace and Justice Center </li> <li>Voices For Peace Choir </li> <li>Full Circle Summer Fair </li> <li>Memorial Day, July Fourth, and Veterans' Day Parades</li> <li>Full Disclosure Program providing information to high school students interested in military service </li> <li>KIA Vigil in Orono </li> <li>9-11 Chain of Concern in Bangor </li><li>Peace Poetry Project </li></ul> <br /> <br /> <span class="underline"><strong><strong>Upcoming Events</strong></strong></span> <br /> <br /> Veterans For Peace National Convention, Portland, ME (see link above)<br /> <br /> <span class="underline"><strong>Recent Actions</strong></span><ul> <br /> <br /> <div class="centerFrame"><div class="centerCenter"><strong><span class="underline">Bangor-Brewer 2010 July 4th Parade</span><br /> <br /> <img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/july4th2010web.jpg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /></div></div></strong><br /> <br /> **************************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <span class="underline"><strong>2010 HOPE Festival</span></strong><br /> <br /> ************************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <br /> <span class="underline"><strong>BANGOR-BREWER VETERANS DAY PARADE 2009</span></strong><br /> <br /> <img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/veteransday09flyover.jpg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> photo by C. Rodriguez<br /> <br /> <img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/veteransday09.jpg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> photo by C. Rodriguez</ul> <br /> ************************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <span class="underline"><strong>BANGOR-BREWER 2009 4TH OF JULY PARADE</span></strong><br /> <br /> <img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/070409parade.jpg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> ************************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong><big>HOPE Festival</strong></big><br /> April 25th, 2009<br /> <br /> 5K Race Entrants <br /> <img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/img06171.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> Inside...<br /> <img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/webvfp003a.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/webvfp003b.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> ************************************************************************************<br /> <strong><big>BANGOR-BREWER 2008 VETERAN'S DAY PARADE</strong></big><br /> November 11th, 2008.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/111108.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/111108b.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> ************************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>End The War - Build The Peace - September 13th, 2008, Bangor, Maine</strong><br /> <br /> <img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/091308al.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> ************************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>A Celebration of Jim Harney's Life and Work - July 26th, 2008</strong><br /> <br /> <img src="http://mpjen.org/uploads/img/vfp072608.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> (photos� V. Kelly Bellis 2008)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://celebratingjim.net/Celebrating7.26.08/album/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE for More Pictures by Kelly Bellis from <em>CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND WORK OF JIM HARNEY (1940 - December 26, 2008)</em></a><br /> <br /> <br /> ************************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>FULL CIRCLE FAIR, JULY 26TH AND 27TH, BLUE HILL, MAINE </strong><br /> <br /> ************************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>4TH OF JULY PARADE, BANGOR, MAINE</strong><br /> <br /> ************************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>HOPE FESTIVAL, APRIL 19TH AND 20TH, 2008 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE FIELD HOUSE, ORONO</strong><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/hopefestival041908.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> *************************************************************************************<br /> <strong>FROM EVERY VILLAGE GREEN EVENT - BANGOR, MAINE - March 15th, 2008. Chapter President Dan Avener was a featured speaker. VFP Members read names of Maine soldiers killed in Iraq. They then joined the march from the Paul Bunyan Park in downtown Bangor to the Homeless Shelter.</strong> <br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/031508dansaddress.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/031508readingnames.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/031508march.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> ****************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>FROM EVERY VILLAGE GREEN EVENT - BELFAST, MAINE - March 15th, 2008. VFP Members joined the march from the post office in downtown Belfast to the Unitarian Universalist Church where they held vigil. Chapter President Dan Avener was a featured speaker (no photos available)</strong> <br /> <br /> **************************************************************************** <br /> <br /> <strong>PAX CHRISTIE REMEMBER THE CHILDREN SERVICE - ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BANGOR, MAINE - January 26th, 2008. VFP Members presented selections from the 2007 Peace Poetry Project (no photos available)</strong> <br /> <br /> ****************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, BANGOR, MAINE - December 14, 2007</strong> (photos� V. Kelly Bellis 2007)<br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/bangorcandlelightvigil12140701.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/bangorcandlelightvigil12140703.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/bangorcandlelightvigil12140702.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <br /> ****************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>VETERANS' DAY PARADE, BANGOR, MAINE - November 12, 2007</strong><br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/veteransday2007.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> ****************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, BANGOR, MAINE - Gerry Oleson's Veterans' Day message-</strong><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/goleson111107a.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <strong>****************************************************************************</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - October 27th, 2007</strong><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/boston1112707a.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/boston112707b.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> ****************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>BANGOR, MAINE - September 29th, 2007</strong><br /> <br /> <em>Gold Star mother Mary Horrigan at the Bangor End the War Build the Peace Rally - September 29, 2007 (photo� V. Kelly Bellis 2007) </em><br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/092907.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ****************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE - August 25, 2007</strong><br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/kennebunkport082507.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> <em>Cindy Sheehan at Kennebunkport- August 25, 2007</em><br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/cindysheehan082507.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> ****************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>BLUE HILL, MAINE - July 28th, 2007</strong><br /> <br /> <em>Full Circle Fair - July 28th, 2007</em><br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/072807fullcirclefair.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> ****************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>BANGOR, MAINE - July 4th, 2007</strong><br /> <br /> <em>Bangor - July 4th, 2007</em>ist]<br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/070407parade4.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /><br /> <br /> ******************************************************************************<br /> <br /> <strong>KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE - July 1st, 2007</strong><br /> <img src="http://www.mpjen.org/uploads/img/kennebunkport070107.jpeg" alt="" style="max-width:800px;max-height:800px;" /></ul>
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The Bangor Area Veterans For Peace Chapter 003 was founded on April 1st, 2003. Meetings are on the first and third Mondays of each month at 6:00PM at the Peace and Justice Center on Park Street in Bangor. Visitors are welcomed at all meetings.

The Bangor Area Chapter of Veterans For Peace officially changed its name to Veterans For Peace 003, Jim Harney Chapter, in February 2009.

Portrait photo from from Rob Shetterly's Americans Who Tell The Truth
CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE

For information about Jim Harney at Posibilidad, CLICK HERE

Quick Links

Before you enlist

VETERANS FOR PEACE 25th ANNIVERSARY, 2010 NATIONAL CONVENTION - PORTLAND, MAINE

VFP National Convention Page

VFP 001, Williams Ladd Chapter, Information Page

MEETING SCHEDULE:

PLEASE NOTE THAT MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE AT 6:00PM ON THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS OF THE MONTH

Upcoming Meetings

Chapter activities include:

The Hope Festival
Tuesday Peace Vigils in front of the Federal Building in Bangor from 5 - 6PM
Bangor Peace and Justice Center
Voices For Peace Choir
Full Circle Summer Fair
Memorial Day, July Fourth, and Veterans' Day Parades
Full Disclosure Program providing information to high school students interested in military service
KIA Vigil in Orono
9-11 Chain of Concern in Bangor
Peace Poetry Project

Upcoming Events

Recent Actions

Bangor-Brewer 2010 July 4th Parade

2010 HOPE Festival

BANGOR-BREWER VETERANS DAY PARADE 2009

BANGOR-BREWER 2009 4TH OF JULY PARADE

HOPE Festival

BANGOR-BREWER 2008 VETERAN'S DAY PARADE

End The War - Build The Peace - September 13th, 2008, Bangor, Maine

A Celebration of Jim Harney's Life and Work - July 26th, 2008

CLICK HERE for More Pictures by Kelly Bellis from CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND WORK OF JIM HARNEY (1940 - December 26, 2008)

FULL CIRCLE FAIR, JULY 26TH AND 27TH, BLUE HILL, MAINE

4TH OF JULY PARADE, BANGOR, MAINE

HOPE FESTIVAL, APRIL 19TH AND 20TH, 2008 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE FIELD HOUSE, ORONO

FROM EVERY VILLAGE GREEN EVENT - BANGOR, MAINE - March 15th, 2008. Chapter President Dan Avener was a featured speaker. VFP Members read names of Maine soldiers killed in Iraq. They then joined the march from the Paul Bunyan Park in downtown Bangor to the Homeless Shelter.

FROM EVERY VILLAGE GREEN EVENT - BELFAST, MAINE - March 15th, 2008. VFP Members joined the march from the post office in downtown Belfast to the Unitarian Universalist Church where they held vigil. Chapter President Dan Avener was a featured speaker (no photos available)

PAX CHRISTIE REMEMBER THE CHILDREN SERVICE - ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BANGOR, MAINE - January 26th, 2008. VFP Members presented selections from the 2007 Peace Poetry Project (no photos available)

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, BANGOR, MAINE - December 14, 2007