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The Poor People’s Campaign Presentation
The Right to Heal VA Campaign (RTH) at Jesse Brown VA
The Right to Heal VA Campaign (RTH) is calling on all veterans that care about saving the VA to join us tomorrow at a hearing on VA privatization and why it is not the solution. At the hearing we will make a call to action and announce an informational picket and press conference at Federal Plaza on Friday. Details below.
Call to Action & Workers’ Rights Board Hearing
Where: Conference Room, Second Floor, Damen Building
Jesse Brown VA, 820 S Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
When: 4:30PM | Thursday, May 17, 2018
RSVP by mailing Right to Heal <RightToHealVA@gmail.com> or join the event on Facebook
On May 17th, join us as the Right to Heal Campaign announces a call to action and next steps in the fight to unite veterans and VA workers to save the VA and fight back against privatization. After the announcement the Workers’ Rights Board will hold a hearing to discuss what VA privatization would mean for veterans. The hearing will feature experts in the field of VA care, veterans speaking to their experience of using both the VA and the private sector, and VA employees who have dedicated their lives to serving veterans.
Save The VA Press Conference and Informational Picket
Where: Federal Center and Plaza, 219 S Dearborn St, Chicago, Illinois 60603
When: 10AM | Friday, May 18, 2018
RSVP by mailing Right to Heal <RightToHealVA@gmail.com> or join the event on Facebook
The Save The VA Coalition and the Right To Heal VA Campaign will be holding an emergency press conference and informational picket to oppose H.R. 5674. The bill backed by the Trump adminstration and the Koch front group, Concerned Veterans of America would expand private healthcare vouchers at the expense of the VA healthcare system and give unprecedented powers to the VA secretary to make drastic changes, including authority to outsource/privatize services of VA healthcare without oversight or congressional approval.
With the firing of VA Secretary David Shulkin for not advancing a privatization agenda quickly enough and with continued disarray within the Trump administration in finding a replacement for Shulkin, we believe it is the worst possible time to give Trump such powers to change VA healthcare. We will be demanding that Senator Duckworth and Durbin hold the line against these terrible bills and vote no on these bills and other efforts to privatize the VA.
RSVP by emailing Right to Heal <RightToHealVA@gmail.com> or join the events on Facebook Right to Heal Hearing at the Jesse Brown VA & Save the VA Press Conference at Federal Plaza.
Veterans & VA Workers
United to Save the VA!
In Memory of John Monaghan – 1946 – 2018
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of John Monaghan, Vice President of Veterans for Unification. John was an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam and a veteran activist. John orchestrated a one of a kind veterans march event in downtown Chicago about a decade ago with his daughter Jessica and Alderman Dick Mell. Funeral arrangements for John: Thursday May 24 and Friday May 25, at Hursen Funeral Home, 4001 Roosevelt, Hillside Il.
For memorial Service information, contact Hursen Funeral Home, Hillside, 708-547-8200
Join the Poor People’s Campaign Illinois Veterans Rally – May 28, 2018
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The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting tens of thousands of people across the country to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality. We need you to step up and join our efforts.
Join the Illinois Veterans movement to transform the political, economic and moral structures of our country. Wear your military jackets, shirts, medals, assemble at the State Capitol
Memorial Day — Monday May 28, 2018 at 2pm
Illinois State Capitol
301 S 2nd Street
Springfield, IL 62756
Sign up online at:
https://tinyurl.com/ppcilvets2018
Watch CVO Chair, Willie Mack, talk about the Poor People’s Campaign Veterans’ Rally to be held May 28th in Springfield Illinois.
Watch Dr. Bruce Parry, former CVO Chair and current Treasurer, talk about the Poor People’s Campaign Veterans’ Rally to be held May 28th in Springfield Illinois.
The Poor People’s Campaign: Veterans Rally on May 28th
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- This is the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign in 1968.
- This is not a commemorative of that event. It is a call for a New Poor People’s Campaign.
- We want to change the American dialogue. It is a National Call for a Moral Revival.
- This is a National Movement taking place in 40 state capitols and the District of Columbia.
- 10’s of thousands of people have signed up. More than 1700 in Illinois alone. Join us.
The 4 pillars of the Campaign are:
- Against Racism
- End Poverty
- End the Militarization of Society
- End the Environmental Destruction
Like the Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides that changed America in the 1950s and 60s, the Poor People’s Campaign is kicking off a series of Rallies to call attention to the moral decay of this country and pointing out a direction for change.
Join us at the Veterans Rally for Veterans’ Health Care and Benefits and against cuts in Veterans’ Care on May 28th in Springfield IL. More information: PoorPeoplesCampaign.org
Sign up to join us: TinyURL.com/PPCILVets2018
CanTV Hotline – American Legion Harold Washington Post
The Harold Washington American Legion Post 1987 is a member organization of CVO and they’re doing a Veterans program on CAN-TV Channel 21 every Wednesday evening from 6 to 6:30 PM. It’s on Comcast, RCN, Wow and cable channel 99. You can watch it on your computer, live at CANTV.org/hotline. Be sure to watch and call in with your questions about Veterans issues!
Past Harold Washington Post videos can be found at this link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moPODWDiBI8&list=PLoEqq0HCLpb_13m71r08qirOdSGDrkD-C
CVO meets with U .S. Congressman Danny K. Davis
CVO meets with U .S. Congressman Danny K. Davis, March of 2018.
Veterans Assistance Commission of Cook County awards luncheon, March 24, 2018 photos
Veterans Assistance Commission of Cook County 44th Annual Beef and Cabbage Awards Luncheon on March 24, 2018, at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Darryl Howard (CVO Director), Dr. Bruce Parry (Past CVO Chair, CVO Treasurer), Stanley Porter, Willie Mack (CVO Chair)
National Women Veterans United
Willie, Stanley, and Bruce
Montford Point Marine Association Chicago Chapter 2
Ken and George
Stanley receives Jim Proffitt Volunteer Award
Sharon, Stanley and Willie
Stanley presented with Jim Proffitt Volunteer Award
Stanley presented with Jim Proffitt Volunteer Award
Stanley presented with Jim Proffitt Volunteer Award
Stanley receives Jim Proffitt Volunteer Award
Stanley receives Jim Proffitt Volunteer Award
VACCC Staff
Willie, Stanley, Darryl, and Babette
Babette (NWVU) and Darryl (CVO)
Ken McClory, Veterans for Unification
Ken McClory, Veterans for Unification
Montford Point Marine Association Chicago Chapter 2
Phoenix Military Academy JROTC Color Guard
NWVU members
Phoenix Military Academy JROTC Color Guard honors fallen veterans
Phoenix Military Academy JROTC Color Guard
John Steciw (VACCC Interim Superintendent)
Phoenix Military Academy JROTC Color Guard
Phoenix Military Academy JROTC Color Guard
Phoenix Military Academy JROTC Color Guard
Phoenix Military Academy JROTC Color Guard
Sharon Parry (MPMA Chicago Chapter 2 President) and husband Bruce Parry (CVO Treasurer and Past CVO Chair)
Table for the Fallen Soldiers
Table for the Fallen Soldiers
Table for the Fallen Soldiers
Sharon Parry (MPMA Chicago Chapter 2 President) and husband Bruce Parry (CVO Treasurer and Past CVO Chair)
Darryl Howard (CVO Director) and Family
Darryl Howard (CVO Director) and Family
Willie Mack (CVO Chair) and Stanley Porter
Stanley Porter, USMC awarded VACCC Jim Proffitt Volunteer Award
Willie, Stanley, and Bruce
On March 24, 2018, the Veterans Assistance Commission of Cook County (VACCC) awarded Stanley Porter, United States Marine WWII, the Jim Proffitt Volunteer Award at the annual Corned Beef and Cabbage Awards Luncheon at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Chicago.
Mr. Porter is a World War II veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He was one of the original African American Veterans admitted into the Marine Corps. And was trained at the segregated camp of Montford Point in 1942. For the remainder of the war, he served in combat as a 90mm anti-aircraft gunner in the Pacific, including on the Marshall Islands. Mr. Porter has remained active both within the Montford Point Marine Association, Chicago Chapter 2, and within the Coalition of Veterans Organizations. In 2011, Mr. Porter was active veteran advocate and exemplifies the finest attributes of the veteran’s movement through his selfless service to other veterans.
