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Day Two
Day two of the VVA Board of Directors and Conferencen of State Chapter Presidents meeting, Silver Spring, MD. Very moving and useful. Great opportunities for oral histories here.
The VVA is worrying about its longevity. Some years ago it decided to be a ‘last man standing’ organization. How long can it hold out? If the decision is made to close down, how will this be done? The VVA has assets that will have to be disposed of. But, even as discussion about this issue grows, membership numbers are increasing nationally; VVA now has 78,816 members, an all time high.
Academic speculation
Listening to VVA board of directors committee reports: is it reasonable to understand this organization and its goals as class-based resistance? An effort to make the country accountable for the damage it did to an entire generation of working class soldiers?
VVA Board of Directors Meeting April 8, 2016
Attending the national meeting of the Board of Directora of the Vietnam Veterans of America in Silver Spring, MD.
National President of VVA John Rowan says Clinton, Sanders and Trump support Toxic Exposure Research Act. Both Dems and Repubs have active Veteran’s committees. Encourages political activity by all members. Organization is of course nonpartisan.
NY Emmy Award Nomination
Last week I was notified that the CUNY TV interview I did has been nominated for a NY Emmy Award in the “military” category.
My grateful thanks to writer and producer Margaret Ramirez at CUNY Media for making this possible.
PFN
Combat to Campus: Veterans at CUNY/CUNY TV Program Description
From the CUNY TV web site:
On this month
For the Confused
I have begun to get hate mail from people confused about my identity.
A news story from February 28, 2014 (here is one example) indicated that “Philip Napoli from Fordham University” participated in or contributed to a “Federal Communications Commission
The Lobotomy Files
I’m sick to my stomach.
Anouncement
CONVERSION:
Interview with Joseph Giannini
Phyllis Italiano conducts an interview with Vietnam veteran Joseph Giannini on her program “The Democratic View.” The shows air on local East Hampton NY cable access channel 20 on Mondays at 9 am, Wednesdays at 8pm, Fridays at 4pm, and Saturdays at 10pm.
I tell Joe’s story in chapter 4 of my book Brining It All Back Home.
He mentions the Brooklyn Historical Society show I co-curated in 2007-2011.