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Help Iraq Veterans Against the War

By VVAW

IVAW wants to reach out to returning veterans. They are looking for additional members, but also they are starting a new program, Vets4Vets, to offer support to all returning veterans. You can help!

As an initial step, IVAW members in six cities have committed to starting support groups in their local areas. Their vision is that some support-group participants will want to take action as part of their healing, and some will not. Some of those who want to take action will want to do it through IVAW. Vets4Vets will also want to reach out to returning vets on an individual basis, regardless of their geographic location.

VVAW is starting a network of members and friends who will commit to supporting IVAW by doing broad outreach and supporting their Vets4Vets individual outreach by helping them connect with particular returning vets.

Broad Outreach
IVAW has an attractive brochure. You can get it out in your city by taking it to junior colleges, making sure your local counter-recruitment group has copies for its literature tables, and using your own knowledge about where young vets might be hanging out. You can donate the cost and make the arrangements to place ads in small newspapers. We are thinking of developing an ad that will mention both IVAW and the VVAW Military Counseling Program. Putting up flyers is another idea.

Individual Outreach
As you go about your life and talk to people, you run into people who know returning vets. You can ask if they would be interested in talking with other returning vets, and get their contact information to pass on to IVAW. If you can't get the contact information, you can give your friend or acquaintance the contact info for IVAW and for the VVAW Military Counseling Program.

If you would like to participate in VVAW's network to support IVAW's returning vet outreach program, please email Hannah Frisch (hf52@aol.com) or call her at 773-924-5057. Or you can email IVAW's volunteer staff person, Frank Corcoran (heartsandmindsfc@yahoo.com), or call him at the IVAW office (215-241-7123) or at home (610-622-4955).

We all know how important IVAW is. Let's get involved.