For Immediate Release: Contact:
Monday, August 2, 2004 Lois
Gibbs, Center for Health, Env. & Justice
703-237-2249 X10, barbaras@chej.org
A series of eighty-nine events
are being held in twenty-two states across the country to commemorate the 59th
anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing on August 6th
and 9th, and the world’s first atomic detonation in NM on July 16th. A diverse coalition of environmental health,
nuclear weapons, toxic waste and peace organizations released a Blueprint of
Precautionary Actions to prevent nuclear weapon hazards in the U.S.
Attached
is a national Calendar listing the August events in CA, CO, CT, GA, ID, IN, MA,
MD, ME, MN, NM, NE, NJ, NY, NV, OR, SC, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI and DC. Groups are holding interfaith, remembrance and
peace lantern ceremonies, citizens weapons inspections, speak outs, marches and
educational events.
While the Senate debates whether to follow the House of Representatives in cutting funding for nuclear weapons programs, the nationwide BE SAFE network is sponsoring a National Call-In Day on the August 9th Nagasaki Anniversary to call on President Bush and Presidential candidate John Kerry to support safety with a “Clean Up, Don’t Build Up” precautionary policy that halts the escalating nuclear weapons development and production. BE SAFE released a Blueprint for Precautionary Action calling on government and industry to prevent harm with a precautionary approach by: instituting protective cleanups; halting the Bush Administration’s weapons build up, siting of high-level nuclear waste sites and radioactive waste deregulation proposals; and improving security at nuclear weapons plants. Based on the “first do no harm” approach of medicine, the precautionary approach shifts the questions we ask about environmental hazards from “what level of harm is acceptable?” to “how can we prevent harm?” BE SAFE includes the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, Center for Health, Environment & Justice, Global Resource Action Center for the Environment, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Military Toxics Project and United for Peace & Justice. Attached are the Calendar of Events and Media Statements of national leaders. For Precautionary Action Blueprint & Fact Sheets, visit http://www.besafenet.com/nuclear.htm
National Media Statements
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability: “Nearly
60 years into the nuclear age, Americans' health and safety are in acute and
growing danger from the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons complex. The
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability and its 33 member groups will join hundreds
of other community groups in the BE SAFE network in opposing nuclear weapons
policies. These policies violate US laws and threaten our health, environment
and our national security. We oppose the US government's violation of
international treaties to pursue a destabilizing buildup of nuclear weapons,
and its refusal to clean up deadly radioactive waste from the nuclear weapons
complex, which violates federal law.” Susan Gordon, Director, 206-547-3175.
Center
for Health, Environment & Justice: “Under tremendous
international pressure, the U.S. agreed to take precautionary action on nuclear
weapons with a cessation of the nuclear arms race and disarmament at the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in 2000. Now, the Bush
Administration has reversed these disarmament plans with alarming proposals to
develop new nuclear weapons. While
funding for nuclear arms increases, environmental cleanups are being
jeopardized. The BE SAFE Network calls
on national leaders to halt the weapons build up, reinstate precautionary
disarmament plans and establish nuclear waste cleanup policies that are
protective of our children. As we commemorate the anniversaries of the Trinity
atomic detonation and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing, we call on our
policymakers to heed the lessons learned from these tragedies.” Lois Marie Gibbs, Executive Director,
Falls Church, VA, 703-237-2249 or 703-627-9483 (Cell).
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
(GRACE) “In the 60 years since
the devastating bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the US has spent over five
trillion dollars on nuclear weapons, created more than 4,500 contaminated sites
covering tens of thousands of acres, secretly tested radiation on 23,000
American civilians in about 1,400 projects over 30 years, including mentally
disabled children, mental patients, poor women and US soldiers. More than
200,000 US troops were ordered to observe nuclear test detonations and were
exposed to radiation. Nuclear waste
remains lethal toxic for more than 250,000 years—a virtually eternity, when we
know that all of recorded history spans only 5,000 years. We need to stop producing any more nuclear
materials—military and civilian—and devote our precious intellectual and
financial resources to containing and safeguarding the toxic legacy of the
nuclear age.” Alice Slater, President, New York, 212-726-9161
Greenpeace International: “At this time when we are all concerned
about security and proliferation of nuclear weapons and materials, there is no
more urgent time for citizen activism to confront this danger. The BE SAFE Campaign’s opposition to the
Bush Administration plans to usher in a new generation of nuclear weapons is
essential if we are to turn back those plans and to step closer to the dream of
a nuclear-free world. Recalling the words
of Frederick Douglass – ‘Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did
and it never will.’ – I support the noble demands of the Clean Up, Don’t Build
Up campaign.” Tom Clements, Senior Adviser, Nuclear Campaign, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, 31 20 523 6222.
Indigenous Environmental Network: “For more that 50
years, the legacy of the U.S. nuclear chain, from exploration and processing of
uranium, to weapons production and testing, to nuclear power and disposal of
radioactive spent fuel rods has had devastating health and ecological affects
on American Indian, Alaska Natives, Pacific Islanders and their traditional
lands and waters. As communities that have experienced first hand exposures—we
support the BE SAFE campaign that would move America beyond uncertainty in
decision-making to a precautionary approach that would take protective measures
when there is scientific evidence that an activity threatens wildlife, the
environment, or human health—even in the absence of full scientific certainty.
The future of America and Mother Earth depends on it.” Tom B.K. Goldtooth, Director, Bemidji, Minnesota,
218-751-4967.
Military
Toxics Project: “Depleted uranium (DU)
weapons are a perfect example of why the precautionary principle is critical
for the protection of the environment and our health. DU is a by-product of
enriching uranium for nuclear weapons and power plants. Since we cannot safely
dispose of nuclear waste, the Departments of Energy and Defense creatively
chose to use this nuclear waste in weapons. However, the neighboring
communities of DU weapons manufacturers, enrichment facilities and testing
grounds have all become contaminated. There are high rates of illness and
cancer among workers and neighbors of those facilities. Where the U.S. has used
DU weapons in war, there are reports of increased cancer, birth defects and
other illnesses among U.S. soldiers and civilians. However, no conclusive health or environmental studies have been
done. While the Pentagon and Congress battle it out—people are dying. We know
DU is radioactive and toxic—we know radiation and toxics kill. The
precautionary principle means simply—better safe than sorry. Therefore, until the Pentagon can prove DU
is harmless, we must stop producing, manufacturing, testing and using DU
weapons.” Tara Thornton, Executive Director, Lewiston, ME, 207-783-5091.
Physicians
for Social Responsibility: PSR,
representing 30,000 health care professionals and concerned citizens, joins BE
SAFE in supporting Precautionary Actions around the country. PSR is concerned by the trend towards
increasing U.S. nuclear capabilities with the development of smaller,
more-usable nukes, preparations for nuclear weapons testing and, most recently,
a move to lessen the standards for how we store the most dangerous types of
nuclear waste. These initiatives are being pursued at the expense of essential
efforts to clean up U.S. nuclear weapons facilities and protect the communities
living in the surrounding areas. As
physicians, nurses and health professionals with an abiding commitment to
protecting public health, we call on our elected officials to adopt the tenets
of the BE SAFE Blueprint for Precautionary Action and implement policies that
protect everyone from the serious environmental and public health threats that
face us as a result of our reliance on nuclear weapons. Martin Butcher, Nuclear & Securities
Prog., PSR, Washington, DC, 202-667-4260, X212.
Calendar of
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Anniversary Events
August 2004
(A
continuation of nuclear weapons events that started on July 16th,
the 59th
anniversary of the world’s first atomic detonation at the Trinity site in NM.)
See www.besafenet.com/nuclear.htm
for fact sheets and resources.
Virtual Tour Los Alamos National Laboratory & Citizens’ Inspection Training
- Los Alamos Study Group
- 6:00 PM, Santa Fe, Location to
be announced.
- Contact Los Alamos Study Group, 505-265-1200, www.lasg.org/inspections/schedule
Idaho
- Snake River Alliance
- 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Monday to
Friday, Jerome County Fair at 200 N. Fir, Jerome.
- Contact Ester Ceja, SRA,
208-344-9161, eceja@snakeriveralliance.org
Abolish Depleted Uranium Weapons Now! Includes
multi-media presentation by Timothy Baer, BPAC/NGPN, speakers Joseph Farrah,
Veterans for Peace, David Keppel, and John Gauss, WWII veteran, with two films
on depleted uranium, Invisible War & Axis of Whose Evil?
Virtual Tour of 10 Main Sites of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex & Press Conference
- Los Alamos Study Group
- 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Woodward Hall, UNM Campus,
Albuquerque.
- Carolina Peace Resource Center
and Columbia Friends Meeting
- 6:30 PM, Rutledge Chapel,
University of S. Carolina, Sumter St., Columbia.
- Contact Rebecca Rogers, CPRC, 803-252-2221 or Amanda
Martin, amandagalemartin@hotmail.com
Peace Program includes a
potluck dinner with a nonviolence discussion and prayer with Bishop Thomas
Gumbleton, one of the authors of the US Bishop’s Peace Pastoral and former
President of Pax Christi USA.
- Pax Christi New Mexico
- 5:00 PM, Santa Maria de la Paz,
11 College Way, Santa Fe.
- Contact Amy Williams, CCNS,
505-986-1973, www.nuclearactive.org
On-Site Citizens’ Inspection of Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Los Alamos Study Group
- 12:30 – 5:30 PM, Los Alamos
National Laboratory.
- Contact Los Alamos Study Group, 505-265-1200, www.lasg.org/inspections/schedule
Interfaith Peace Ceremony to
commemorate the 59th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.
- Abolition 2000
- 7:00 PM, New York Buddhist
Church, 331-332 Riverside Drive, NYC
- Contact Emma McGregor-Mento,
212-726-9161 x17, emcgregor@gracelinks.org
Peace Fleet at Seattle Seafair Festival
- Ground Zero Center for
Nonviolent Action
- Noon, Elliott Bay, downtown Seattle.
- The Peace Fleet of boats will meet the annual U.S. Navy Fleet arrival at Seafair. Each year, the Navy has brought ships into Puget Sound used to fire depleted uranium bullets that are test-fired twice a month at sea.
- Contact Glen Milner,
206-365-7865, info@gzcenter.org, www.gzcenter.org
Mayors for Peace Announce Year of Remembrance &
Action for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
- Mayors for Peace
- The Mayors 2004 Peace Declaration can be viewed at mayorcon@pfc.city.hiroshima.jp
- Contact Aaron Tovish, Mayors for Peace, 617-348-6173, peacecity@cambridgeMA.GOV
Lockheed Martin Citizens
Weapons Inspection & Press Conference.
- Santa Cruz Weapons Inspection
Team and other groups
- Noon press conference at Santa Cruz County Bldg., Ocean & Water Sts, Santa Cruz. Carpool caravan for Citizens Weapons Inspection at Lockheed Martin Facility, Bonny Doon.
- Contact 831-423-1626 x103, www.RCNV.org, www.SCWIT.org
Art Program &
Commemorative March includes photograph series, art performance and
silent march to the Boulder Courthouse.
- Rocky Mountain Peace &
Justice Center
- 11:00 AM, Boulder County Library
Lawn, Boulder.
- Contact Erin Hamby,
303-444-6981, veggirrrl@aol.com
Lecture Presentation by Editors of Nuclear Resister
- Rocky Mountain Peace &
Justice Center
- 7:00 PM, Rocky Mt. Peace &
Justice Center, 205 Canyon Blvd, Boulder.
- Contact Erin Hamby,
303-444-6981, veggirrrl@aol.com
Connecticut
The Hibakusha Project featuring Jane Bernhardt’s artwork, and poetry and testimonial
performances by the artist and colleagues.
-
Promoting Enduring Peace
-
Evening Performance at Promoting Enduring Peace, 112 Beach Ave., Milford. Exhibit also open Saturday to Monday from
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
- Contact Yael Petretti, PEP, 203-878-4769, office@pepeace.org
Georgia
Peace Rally
- Women’s Action for New Directions
- Noon at Colony Square, directly below Senator Zell Miller’s office,
Atlanta.
- Contact Amanda Voss, WAND, 404-524-5999, wandatlanta@wand.org
Film Screening: “Barefoot Gen”
about a family’s struggle to survive in shadow of atomic war.
- Women’s Action for New Directions, Atlanta Independent Media Center and
WRFG 89.3 FM
- 8:00 PM, Community Center at Little 5 Points, Euclid & Austin
Aves., Atlanta.
- Contact Amanda Voss, WAND, 404-524-5999, wandatlanta@wand.org
Idaho
Press Conference
& Hiroshima Program to commemorate the Hiroshima atomic bombing and
raise awareness about present nuclear dangers.
- Snake
River Alliance
- Time and
place to be announced.
- Contact:
Ester Ceja, SRA, 208-344-9161, eceja@snakeriveralliance.org
Hiroshima Day Mayors for Peace Press Conference featuring
Portland City Mayor Nathan Smith with his letter of support for Mayors for
Peace, Dr. Peter Wilk & Tom Ewell of Maine Council of Churches.
- Veterans for Peace, Physicians
for Social Responsibility, Peace Action Maine.
- Probably 10:30 AM, Location to
be announced in Portland.
- Contact Robin Lea, PSR,
207-939-7641, robinscottlea@riseup.net
Massachusetts
Hiroshima Day Vigil.
- 8:00 AM, Park
Square in Pittsfield, MA.
- Contact Tim
Walter, 413-243-1082, timpaulwalter@hotmail.com
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration
Committee
- 7:30 AM Remembrance Ceremony and
8:15 AM to 5:00 PM Peace Vigil, at Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Roseway Road,
Minneapolis.
- 7:30 PM, Concert for Peace with
Prudence Johnson, Dan Chouinard, Gary Rue and Carol Connelly at Lake Harriet
Bandshell, 4135 W. Lake Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis.
-
Contact Lisa Ledwige, IEER, 612-722-9700, ieer@ieer.org
, peacecrane2004@cs.com
Nebraska
SOS-2004 Farewell
to Arms Speak Out to alert Midwesterners to the
threat posed by the Strategic Air Command.
-
Nebraskans for Peace and Act to Stop War
- 4:00 PM, Kinney Gate, Offutt Air
Force Base, Bellevue. (Resumes 10:00 AM Aug. 7th.) - Contact Cary
Vigneri, Nebraskans for Peace, 402-453-0776, nfpomaha@redjellyfish.net
New
York
Hiroshima Day Observance
& March.
- Upper Hudson Peace Action &
Depleted Uranium Network of Hudson Mohawk Region
- 6:00 PM March, Grafton Town
Square, Grafton and ends at Grafton Peace Pagoda.
- Contact Pat Beetle, Upper Hudson
Peace Action, 518-477-4004, paxpat@mybizz.net
Commemorative Service includes invocation by
Rev. Puja Thomson, musical performance of “Nikolai” (Hiroshima Song) by Colleen Geraghty and poetry.
- Arts for Peace
- 5:00 to 6:00 PM, Village Hall,
New Paltz.
- Contact Julie Wegener,
845-255-2871, yomomdotcom@iopener.net
Commemorative Film & Art Show featuring
“The Invisible War,” a film about the use of depleted uranium, presentations by
Linda Griggs and Michelle Riddell, and peace-related artwork.
- Peace & Justice Concerns
Comm. of New Paltz Religious Society of Friends & Arts for Peace
- 7:30 PM, Village Hall, New
Paltz.
- Contact Julie Wegener,
845-255-2871, yomomdotcom@iopener.net
Depleted
Uranium Event with speakers, music, petition signing and
leafleting.
- The
Manhattan Project of Voices in the Wilderness
- 10:00 AM – Noon, Leafleting at
Times Square Recruiting Station, NY. Noon Walk to the Intrepid. 5:00 – 9:00 PM
Event with speakers and music at Washington Square United Methodist Church, 135
W. 4th St., NY.
- Contact
Mary Anne Muller, 718-859-9009, nypaxchristi@igc.org
New Mexico
Peace
Vigil & March to Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Pax
Christi and Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
- 6:45 AM
Vigil, Ashley Pond, Central Ave. & Trinity Dr., Los Alamos.
March ends
at Los Alamos Nat. Lab. main entrance, W. Jemez Rd. & Diamond Dr.
- Contact Amy Williams, CCNS, 505-986-1973, www.nuclearactive.org
Peace
Village de Santa Fe includes multi-cultural music, dance, ceremony,
comedy, poetry and educational exhibits to inspire a culture of peace.
- Concerned
Citizens for Nuclear Safety
- 11:00 AM
to 10:00 PM, Santa Fe Plaza, Santa Fe.
- Contact
Amy Williams, CCNS, 505-986-1973, www.nuclearactive.org
Oregon
Hiroshima Day Memorial includes commemoration ceremony and discussion of nuclear dangers and how they can be addressed.
- Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
- 6:00 PM, Japanese American Historical Plaza, Waterfront Pk, NW Couch St., Portland.
- Contact Xander Patterson, OPSR, 503-274-2720, xander@oregonpsr, info@OregonPSR.org
Hiroshima
& Nagasaki Vigil
- Peace
House
- Time to
be announced, Plaza, Ashland. Vigil
continues through August 9th.
- Contact
Peace House, 541-482-9625.
Tennessee
Hiroshima
Remembrance Ceremony with a reading and peace crane decorations.
- Oak
Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance
- 6:00 to
9:00 AM, Main gates, Y12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge.
- The
atomic material for the Hiroshima bomb was produced at the Oak Ridge
plant.
- Contact
Ralph Hutchinson, OREP, 865-483-8202, orep@earthlink.net,
www.stopthebombs.org
Peace
Lantern Ceremony with Buddhist monks of Nipponzan Myohoji, Atlanta
Dojo and Bishop Thomas Gumbleton.
- Oak
Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance
- 8:15 PM,
Sequoyah Hills Park, Knoxville.
- Contact
Ralph Hutchinson, OREP, 865-483-8202, orep@earthlink.net,
www.stopthebombs.org
Texas
Peace
Vigil at Pantex.
- Peace
Farm
- 3:00 PM,
Front gate, Pantex Plant, FM 2373, 16 miles NE of Amarillo.
- The
DOE/NNSA facility assembles nuclear weapons and stores 13,000 plutonium
pits.
- 5:30 PM,
Potluck, music and Closing Ceremony at Peace Farm,188 U.S. 60.
- Contact
Mavis Belisle, Peace Farm, 806-341-4801, peacefarm@arn.net
Public Forum featuring Julie Enszer, Director of Nuclear Policy Research Institute
-
UTNukeFree, UT Watch, Iconmedia and Austin Center for Peace & Justice.
- Noon,
UT School of Public Health, Room 102A, 1200 Herman Pressler, Houston
-
Contact UT Watch, 512-203-7513, www.utnukefree.org/events.php
Vermont
Commemorative Event includes
speakers, music, children’s art activities and floating ceremony.
- Women’s
International League for Peace & Freedom and other groups.
- Time to
be announced, Montpelier Peace Park, Montpelier.
- Contact WILPF, Carol Urner,
503-320-9108 (cell), curner@qwest.net
Washington
From Hiroshima To Hope
Commemoration includes artist performances, Toro Nagashi lantern
floating ceremony and speakers program.
-
Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
- 6:30 PM,
South of Bathhouse Theater, NW shore of Green Lake, Seattle.
- Contact
Nicole Bolton, WA PSR, 206-547-2630, nicoleb@wpsr.org
Wisconsin
Lanterns For Peace Hiroshima Day
Event includes decorating paper lanterns, music, storytelling and
traditional lighting and floating of lanterns in the pond at dusk.
- 6:30 to
9:00 PM, Tenney Park Shelter, 1440 Johnson St., Madison.
- Contact
Barbara Smith, 242-9232, Barbara@merr.com,
www.madpeace.org
Friday,
August 6th to August 8th
Nevada
August
Desert Witness weekend conference featuring Richard Rohr on The
Transforming Vision of Franciscanism in an Age of Anxiety.
- Nevada
Desert Experience and Center for Action & Contemplation
- 4:00 PM
Friday Registration to 8:00 PM Liturgy at Gates of Nevada Test Site on Sunday,
at the Christ the King Church, 4925 S. Torrey Pines, Las Vegas.
- Contact
Nevada Desert Experience, 702-646-4814, www.nevadadesertexperience.org
Saturday, August 7th
California
Hiroshima
Lantern Float Commemoration Ceremony
- Arcata
Nuclear Free Zone Commission.
- 9:00 – 2:00 PM Lantern making activities at Arcata Plaza,
Saturday Farmer’s market, and 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Klopp Lake, Arcata Marsh,
Arcata. At 7:00 PM, the Ceremony begins at Klopp Lake, Arcata Marsh.
- Contact: Maureen McGarry, 707-826-1738, arts@arcataparksandrec.com
East Bay Peace Lantern Ceremony includes lantern and peace crane decorations, Japanese music, greetings
from Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and lantern floating.
-
Berkeley Peace & Justice Commission
- 6:30
to 9:00 PM at north end of Aquatic Park, Berkeley.
-
Contact Steve Freedkin, 510-595-4626, lanterns2004@progressiveportal.org
Georgia
Lest We
Forget Peace Vigil & Remembrance Service to
commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- From
Trident to Life Campaign
- 3:00 PM
Vigil, 4:30 PM Remembrance Service, 6:00 PM Fellowship Meal at Main Gate,
Trident Submarine Base, Hwy. Spur 40 & Kings Bay Rd, St. Mary’s.
- Contact Robert Randall,
Brunswick, GA, 912-262-1274, 912-399-4862
rrandall@compuserve.com ,
or John Linnehan, Jacksonville, FL, 904-262-5071 metanoia1@earthlink.net
Maine
Commemorative Peace Crane Folding & Information Booth in conjunction with Center for Cultural
Exchanges World Music Festival.
-
Physicians for Social Responsibility in Portland, Peace Action Maine.
- Noon
to 8:00 PM, Downtown Portland. It
continues through August 8th, Noon to 8:00 PM.
-
Contact Robin Lea, 207-939-7641, robinscottlea@riseup.net
Minnesota
Lecture on Arming the Heavens: The
Ultimate U.S. Takeover Lecture by national expert Bruce Gagnon of Global Network Against
Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
-
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration Committee
- 7:00 PM
Lecture and 6:00 PM Potluck Dinner, at Macalester Plymouth United Church, 1658
Lincoln Ave., St. Paul.
- Contact Lisa
Ledwige, IEER, 612-722-9700, ieer@ieer.org, peacecrane2004@cs.com
Nebraska
SOS-2004
Farewell to Arms Speak Out to alert Midwesterners to the
threat posed by the Strategic Air Command.
- Nebraskans
for Peace and Act to Stop War
- 10:00 AM,
Kinney Gate, Offutt Air Force Base, Bellevue (The event started Aug. 6th.)
- Contact Cary
Vigneri, Nebraskans for Peace, 402-453-0776, nfpomaha@redjellyfish.net
New Mexico
Precautionary Principle Strategy
Session to develop plans for implementing the precautionary
principle in New Mexico, featuring Carolyn Raffensperger, Executive Director of
Science & Environmental Health Network.
- New
Mexico Environment & Health Coalition and EcoVersity
- 9:00 AM
to 4:00 PM, EcoVersity, 2639 Agua Fria St., Santa Fe.
- 4:00 PM,
Celebration of precautionary principle and activists’ work with
music/food.
- Contact
Amy Williams, CCNS, 505-986-1973, www.nuclearactive.org
New York
Depleted
Uranium Education.
- The Manhattan Project of Voices
in the Wilderness, Queens Network for Peace & Justice Witness.
- 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Walk and
leafleting from Washington Square to Fulton Street Mall, Brooklyn. 11:00 – 2:00
PM leafleting at Fulton Street Mall.
- Noon – 2:00 PM, Leafleting at
Roosevelt Ave., between Main & Union St., Flushing, Queens.
- Contact
Mary Anne Muller, 718-859-9009, nypaxchristi@igc.org
Oregon
Nuclear
Film Forum will feature documentaries about nuclear issues.
- Peace
House
- 7:00 PM,
Wide Awake Film Forum, Evos Java House, 376 Main St., Ashland.
- Contact
Peace House, 541-482-9625.
Commemorative
Event includes music, poetry, speakers, storytelling and
community potluck.
- Justice
Not War Coalition
- 6:00 PM
at Eugene’s Alton Baker Park, Shelter #2, Eugene.
- Contact
Michael Carrigan, 541-607-2877, jnotwar@efn.org
Tennessee
Nonviolence
Workshop with skills trainings, Stop the Bombs campaign strategy
session and music.