Tag Archives: Corvallis

Thinking about joining the military?

Posted on May 23, 2023 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

Do you really have enough information to make this life-changing decision? Please share this public service announcement, currently airing on community radio KORC-FM in Corvallis…especially if you have a family member or friend who is considering joining … or even … Continue reading →

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Book Talk: Why We Fight by Christopher Blattman

Posted on February 20, 2023 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

VFP132 is proud to promote tonight’s Public Policy Book Talk: Christopher Blattman on Why We Fight. Blattman shares his most recent book, Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace, at the LasSells Stewart Center on … Continue reading →

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VFP: Linus Pauling Year in Review

Posted on February 7, 2023 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

EventsExposing the true costs of war and militarismHiroshima-Nagasaki CommemorationVeterans Driving ActionNavy veteran makes a differenceResolution for Divestment from the War MachineChapter help for others Events Exposing the True Costs of War and Militarism On Tax Day, April 16, at the … Continue reading →

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Bob Stebbins, ¡Presente!

Posted on January 18, 2023 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

We remember the life of Bob Stebbins, one of VFP Linus Pauling Chapter’s charter members, who died December 29, 2022 at the age of 89. Continue reading →

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Linus Pauling VFP and Partners React: Corvallis Divest from War

Posted on January 1, 2023 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

Veterans For Peace: Linus Pauling members partnered with Corvallis Divest from War to pass a resolution through the Corvallis City Council to prevent future investments in war profiteering. An editorial in the Gazette Times seemed to dismiss the action as … Continue reading →

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Linus Pauling VFP Chapter hosts Tax Day event

Posted on May 13, 2022 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

The US will spend $800 billion this year on militarism. How would you spend $800 billion to make the world better? Continue reading →

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Tax day event: Let’s Use Our Taxes for a Better World, April 16, Corvallis

Posted on March 22, 2022 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

UPDATE, 4/14/22: Join us April 16 and hear more about a VFP co-sponsored resolution we hope to have the Corvallis City Council to pass which would divest city investments from weapons maker companies. More here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tn55mlg8hxy7539/2022-02-13%20CDfW%20resolution%20v4.pdf?dl=0 ALSO, please have a … Continue reading →

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Sign the Petition to Ban Militarized Policing in Corvallis

Posted on February 13, 2022 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

Veterans For Peace (VFP) Linus Pauling Chapter, Mid-Valley, Oregon is sponsoring a petition calling on the Corvallis City Council to pass a resolution banning militarized policing in Corvallis.  VFP is looking for individual signers and other community organizations to co-sponsor, endorse, … Continue reading →

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Charter member, John Gaylord, ¡Presente!

Posted on October 15, 2021 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

On October 7, 2021 we lost one of Linus Pauling Chapter’s charter members. John Gaylord was a former Air Force and retired Continental Airlines pilot. He joined VFP as we started the Corvallis chapter in 2006. You can read his … Continue reading →

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Corvallis Advocate: Corvallis honors victims of nuclear harm, footage available

Posted on August 28, 2021 by VFP Linus Pauling Chapter

by Emilie Ratcliff, August 28, 2021 “Footage from this month’s Hiroshima-Nagasaki commemoration, an annual event in which members of the Corvallis community gather to mourn and remember the devastating nuclear attacks on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, is … Continue reading →

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