By Kevin Carter
10/16/2007
[Previously by Kevin Carter: Jamestown — America’s First Experiment in "Assimilation"]
See also VDARE.com’s articles and blog posts on the Minutemen.
In the spring of 2005, the Minuteman Project burst onto the national scene and decisively altered America’s immigration debate. Led by founders Jim Gilchrist and Chris Simcox, hundreds of patriotic Americans flocked to the Arizona desert and began staging patrols along the Mexican border.
The efforts of these self-described "Minutemen" to stem the tide of illegal immigration quickly made the headlines. Although President Bush denounced them as "vigilantes," most Americans supported them. Soon thousands more were volunteering.
Yet — typical of nascent political forms — as the Minutemen movement grew, it also splintered. A few months after their first patrol, Gilchrist and Simcox parted ways. Simcox went on to found the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, while Gilchrist remained at the helm of the Minuteman Project.
In the meantime, other "Minuteman" groups began springing up all over the country. Some of these proved short-lived. Many merged with larger groups. Others remained stubbornly independent.
As a result of all of this, it quickly became very difficult to tell the various groups apart. This list is VDARE.COM’s attempt to bring some order to this organizational chaos. Note that we do not take sides in any internecine dispute. As always, our object is to provide a forum to patriotic immigration reformers of all stripes.
I have sorted out the groups by the state in which they operate. Most are affiliated with either the Minuteman Project (Gilchrist) or Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (Simcox). Headings indicate which group is affiliated with which. Unaffiliated groups have no such headings.
For example, California has a heading for the Minuteman Project. Any groups bullet-pointed below that heading are affiliated with the Minuteman Project. California also has a heading for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of California. Any groups bullet-pointed below that heading are affiliated with the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. There are also various independent groups, such as the Campo Minuteman Project, the San Diego Minutemen, etc. None of these are placed under any organizational heading because they are stand-alone groups.
The only groups listed here are those accessible online. A group is listed as affiliated with MMP or MCDC if it is listed as such on one of these groups' national websites. (In other words, if you lead one of these groups and say that you're not affiliated with MMP or MCDC, call them, not us!) The contact information provided for each of the groups was valid as of October 2007.
VDARE.COM’s Minutemen Map is an ongoing project. Please email me with any additions, amplifications, corrections etc.
Alabama
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of Alabama
§ Northern Alabama
State Co-Director: Marie Gray
§ Southern Alabama
State Co-Director: Wayne Funk
Director: Gary Buie
Phone: (205) 515-1924
Email:
Alaska
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of Alaska
State Membership Director: Sera Baxter
Arizona
Minuteman Project
§ Maricopa Patriots 1st Division Minuteman Project
Contact: Eric Hosclaw
Email:
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of Arizona
State Director: Gene Cafarelli
Phone: (520) 455-0100
§ Tucson Chapter
Director: Lance Altherr
Phone: (520) 481-3672
§ Phoenix Chapter
Director: Don Goldwater
Phone: (602) 317-6506
§ Lake Havasu Chapter
Co-Director: Bill Dyda
Phone: (928) 486-6552
Phone: (928) 764-2083
Email:
Co-Director: Marvin Taylor
Phone: (928) 210-1899
§ Prescott Chapter
Director: Mel Oliverson
Phone: (928) 445-1930
Contact: Luca Zanna
California
Campo Minuteman Project Email:
Minuteman Project
§ Goldengate Minutemen
Contact: Mike
§ Ontario Minuteman Project
Contact: Wayne Lindebaum
§ San Clemente Minuteman Project Support Chapter
Contact: Bonnie Robb
§ Southern California Minuteman Project
Contact: Robin Hvidston
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of California
State Office Phone: (619) 567-4110
Field Headquarters
Phone: (619) 766-9094
State Membership Director: Steve H
§ Northern California Chapter (Napa)
Director: Steve Giraud
Phone: (707) 769-8633
§ East Bay Minutemen (Walnut Creek)
Director: Steve Russell
Bruce Lessor
§ Desert Cities Minutemen
Director: Linda Kienle
§ LA Minutemen
Director: Tony Dolz
Phone: (310) 383-3600
§ Sacramento Region Chapter
Director: Joni Tofanelli
Phone: 530-367-2189
Contact: Robert
Contact: Jeff Schwilk
Colorado
Minuteman Project
§ Colorado Minuteman Project
Contact: Bob Copley
Email:
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of Colorado
§ Denver Chapter
Contact: None Listed
Email: None Listed
§ Colorado Springs Chapter
Contact: None Listed
Email: None Listed
Connecticut
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of Connecticut
State Director: Jim Tomlinson
Florida
Contact: Not Listed
Minuteman Project
§ Central Florida Patriots Minuteman Project
Contact: Jeffrey Fabi
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of Florida
§ North Florida Chapters
Coordinator: Bill Landes
§ South Florida Chapters
Coordinator: Julius Morreal
Georgia
Minuteman Project
§ Georgia-Atlanta Minuteman Project
Contact: Donna L. Walker
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of Georgia
State Director: Todd Walker
Phone: (706) 224-2646
Media Director: Ben Burroughs
Phone: (404) 783-6577
Email:
Legislative Director: Lee Fleck
Phone: (770) 587-3493
§ Northwest Georgia Chapter
Co-Director: Lawrence Headrick
Phone: (706) 217-8542
Co-Director: Paul Cash
Phone: (706) 618-2825
§ Southwest Georgia Chapter
Director: Lori Cannon
Phone: (229) 809-0954
§ North Atlanta Chapter
Director: Dr. Mary Bennett Williams
Phone: (678) 492-0788
§ Augusta Area Chapter
Director: Bill Anderson
Phone: (706) 394-9510
§ Athens Area Chapter
Director: Todd Walker
Phone: (706) 224-2646
Media Director: Bill Mayberry
Email:
Phone: (706) 206-7168
§ Gainesville Chapter
Director: Patrick McNaughton
Phone: (404) 731-4728
§ Cherokee Chapter
Director: Ken Hunt
Phone: (770) 262-4584
Illinois
Illinois Minuteman (Skokie)
Director: Rosanna Pulido
Phone: (773) 250-3399
Minuteman Project
§ Chicago Minuteman Project
Contact: Rick Biesda
Email:
Minutemen Midwest (Harvard)
Contact: None Listed
Phone: (815) 334-7740
Iowa
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of Iowa
Additional Website: https://minutemaniowa.com/
State Director: Craig Halverson
Phone: (712) 767-2621
§ Des Moines Chapter
Director: Robert Ussery
Phone: (515) 306-6793
§ Woodbury County Chapter
Director: David S. Nettleton
§ Harrison County Chapter
Director: Don L. Blackford
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