VFP Newsletter - Summer Issue | Page 11

Chapter Reports Chapter 1 - Portland, ME Richard Clement Chapter 1 has been active locally and internationally. We had members who traveled to Jeju Island and Okinawa. At both of these locations new military bases are being built or expanded to support the announced U.S. ―Pivot to Asia‖. Members joined daily protests with local citizens to try to impede the construction process that is destroying the environment. Members also traveled to Odessa, Ukraine to bear witness on the 2nd anniversary of the massacre there. They were there to ensure the c