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Sunday, September 12: Cindy Piester from Veterans for Peace talks about "Climate Disruption and U.S. Militarism"

With regard to climate change, the news is out and the evidence is all around us: It’s not if, it’s not even when…it’s now. Destructive wildfires, triple-digit heat in unlikely regions, drought in successive years and extreme weather are all illustrating what an August United Nations report has articulated: Human-caused climate change is upon us, and we need to fully realize it and act on it.

As folks connected to an organization whose mission includes calling out the military, we also need to have a sense of the military’s role in the onset of climate change. To help us with that, Cindy Piester of the Veterans for Peace Climate Crisis and Militarism Project will be our guest on Sunday, September 12. We will begin at 7 PM on the Zoom platform. Here is the link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3289220486

Cindy’s presentation, called “Climate Disruption and U.S. Militarism”, will be a mix of her spoken words and descriptive graphics. Recent history of our country’s military adventures – their financial and other motivation as well as the destruction in their path – will add context to Cindy’s story. She plans to add her perspective on the current chapter in Afghanistan, which is being written as you read this.

Cindy Piester chairs the Climate Action Committee of the Ventura County chapter of Veterans for Peace, and is active with the VFP Climate Crisis and Militarism Working Group, for which she has refined the presentation she will give on September 12. (Her initial presentation was before Chicago Area Peace Action in October 2019.)

Cindy has had a sense of needing to be aware of and concerned about the world around her since the age of 12. Over that time – aside from her work with Veterans for Peace, she has been involved with such groups as the United Farm Workers, CODEPINK, and the Center for Constitutional Rights, working on such causes as U.S. military intervention, human rights and tar sands oil extraction.

Don’t miss this informative presentation with a longtime activist sharing her insights and findings on the military and the climate crisis. We’ll see you on September 12!

“My loyalty is to humanity who has been purposely misled about human caused global warming, subjected to the grave impacts of a violent militarized world, and now faces an increasingly dire existential threat, largely as a result of special interests seeking short term profits. Knowledge carries the burden of action. I am, therefore, called upon to act.”

Cindy Piester