Welcome to Veterans For Peace
Veterans For Peace is a global organization of Military Veterans and allies whose collective efforts are to build a culture of peace by using our experiences and lifting our voices. We inform the public of the true causes of war and the enormous costs of wars, with an obligation to heal the wounds of wars. Our network is comprised of over 140 chapters worldwide whose work includes: educating the public, advocating for a dismantling of the war economy, providing services that assist veterans and victims of war, and most significantly, working to end all wars.
Statement of Purpose
We, as military veterans, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace. To this end we will work with others both nationally and internationally.
To achieve these goals, members of Veterans For Peace pledge to use non-violent means and to maintain an organization that is both democratic and open with the understanding that all members are trusted to act in the best interests of the group for the larger purpose of world peace.
Land Acknowledgment
We begin by acknowledging that we gather today on the ancestral lands of the Ioway, Sauk, Fox, and Mesquaki who were removed unjustly, and that we in this community as beneficiaries of this unjust removal of native peoples are to be stewards of this land -- to respect, protect and learn from it like any other living being. We honor them as we live, work, and study here at Veterans For Peace, Chapter 161.
Statement of Purpose
We, as military veterans, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace. To this end we will work with others both nationally and internationally.
- To increase public awareness of the costs of war
- To restrain our government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations
- To resist racism and repression in our home communities
- To oppose the militarization of law enforcement
- To end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons
- To seek justice for veterans and victims of war
- To abolish war as an instrument of national policy
To achieve these goals, members of Veterans For Peace pledge to use non-violent means and to maintain an organization that is both democratic and open with the understanding that all members are trusted to act in the best interests of the group for the larger purpose of world peace.
Land Acknowledgment
We begin by acknowledging that we gather today on the ancestral lands of the Ioway, Sauk, Fox, and Mesquaki who were removed unjustly, and that we in this community as beneficiaries of this unjust removal of native peoples are to be stewards of this land -- to respect, protect and learn from it like any other living being. We honor them as we live, work, and study here at Veterans For Peace, Chapter 161.
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