Planning meeting to protest military recruitment 6:30 pm TOMORROW

[VC Stop the War]

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View the calendar online at vcstopthewar.blogspot.com.

Tuesday: Meeting to organize counter recruitment and other business
This week: Outreach at Ventura County Fair
Monday, 8/18: David Rovics concert, singer/song-writer against the war
Also: Sign the petition!

Ventura County Committee to Stop the War
  invites all groups and individuals to a

Planning Meeting to Protest the War
  at Oxnard military recruitment center

  Meeting:
  Tuesday, August 5
  6:30 pm
  Starbucks, 540 Las Posas Rd.
  Camarillo

Ventura County Committee to Stop the War is planning a campaign to permanently close the Oxnard Armed Forces Career Center, 2347 N Oxnard Blvd. in Oxnard. We are considering a press conference on Saturday, Sept. 13 (or Friday, Sept. 12 if office is closed) with street theater to emphasize the disaster of war that enlistees may face.

Already we have committed to reaching out with a petition in opposition to military recruitment. Signatories endorse a general statement to opposition to military recruitment in their communities, with the option of adding their communities' names and types (college, high school, town, etc.). Please see the petition text below.

If your organization has an interest in participating in the protest, please consider sending a representative to this meeting. No one will be expected to commit any organization to any action; instead, protest planners can report to their groups important details of the meeting.

Contact VC Stop the War at vcstop...@gmail.com if you and/or your group would like to participate.

Also to discuss:
* Ventura County Fair outreach & petitioning
* Singer/song-writer David Rovics performance Aug. 18th
* Artwalk Antiwar Film Festival Oct. 18th

View map of Starbucks location:
http://tinyurl.com/66o4cm



Ventura County Fair Outreach

Sign up to help outreach! Two-hour shifts:
* Thursday, August 7, 4-6 pm [1]
* Thursday, August 7, 6-8 pm [1]
* Saturday, August 9, 12-2 pm
* Saturday, August 9, 2-4 pm
* Sunday, August 10, 12-2 pm
* Sunday, August 10, 2-4 pm

[1] Military Appreciation Day

Contact earthwor...@yahoo.com to sign up.

For more information about the fair, see the website:
http://www.venturacountyfair.org/pages/3441/

David Rovics in concert
Monday, August 18th
7 pm
North Oxnard United Methodist Church
2300 West Gonzales Rd., Oxnard 93030
Suggested donation: $10
Tickets available ahead of time for a donation. Contact vcstop...@gmail.com to order.
http://www.davidrovics.com/

Petition: No military recruitment in Ventura County!

We, the undersigned and residents of Ventura County, hereby declare our opposition to military recruitment in our commercial areas and/or on our school campuses. We petition our County Board of Supervisors and/or City Councils and/or School Districts to pass Resolutions and/or change County and/or City Law to prohibit military recruitment in our commercial areas and/or on our school campuses that we designate below.

If you agree with the statement, please sign the petition by contacting vcstop...@gmail.com or coming to a VC Stop the War event or outreach. If you would like to start an online version of the petition, please contact vcstop...@gmail.com for details... and thank you in advance!