[Sdpg] Aug. 6 & 9: Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki

[SDECC & Permaculture Center]

Dear Friends of SDECC & the SD Permaculture Center,

Today is the 61st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.  Two
events are scheduled this week to commemorate this horrific event and to
say NO to nuclear weapons, NO to war, and NO to weapons profiteers.

I'm sending you the events announcement below, in case you're not already
on the email list of the Peace Resource Center (www.prcsandiego.org) or the
San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice (www.sdcpj.org).  I encourage you
to subscribe to these email lists or check out the new calendar of peace
and social justice events provided by the Peace Resource Center at
www.prcsd.org/webcalendar.

Peace,
Marcia Boruta
SDECC & SD Permaculture Center

--- Event Announcement ---

The Peace Resource Center and the San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice
invite you to two important events!

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Never Again!

NO TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS!   NO TO WAR!  NO TO WEAPONS PROFITEERS! SUPPORT
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS

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Hiroshima Day, Sunday, August 6  6:30-8:00 p.m.

Candlelight Vigil to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the atomic
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to call for the global abolition of
nuclear weapons, starting with our own

Gather 6 p.m. for bannering; Program at 6:30 p.m. followed by Candlelight
Procession

In front of the Midway Carrier Museum on Harbor Drive, one block south of
Broadway

Special Guest Speaker: Leuren Moret
Independent Scientist; President, Scientists for Indigenous People; City of
Berkeley Environmental Commissioner; and whistleblower at the Livermore
Nuclear Weapons Lab.  She is an expert on the environmental and public
health effects of low level radiation from atmospheric testing fallout,
nuclear power plants and depleted uranium weaponry.



Nagasaki Day, Wednesday, August 9  11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

The War Machine Reveled:  Bechtel CorporationMerchant of Death

 From Hiroshima & Nagasaki to Yucca Mountain to the Middle East, Bechtel
has reaped human, environmental and community devastation.  Besides being
the world's largest engineering firm and #1 nuclear profiteer, Bechtel is a
leading beneficiary of the Iraq war and corporate globalization
policies.  Bechtel "connects the dots" for the anti-nuke, anti-war and
global justice movements!  Through its sordid corporate history and 100
years of revolving-door relationships with government, Bechtel illustrates
the connections between profiteering and war, between nuclear power and
nuclear weapons proliferation, between "free trade" and the exploitation of
indigenous peoples, and between corporate power-brokers and decision-makers
at the highest levels of government.

Gather at the Federal Building, Front and Broadway, 11:30 a.m.  We will
proceed through the downtown area and arrive at Bechtel's office at 1230
Columbia at 12:15 p.m.


For more information on either event, contact the PRC or SDCPJ at
619-263-9301 or prcsandiego at igc.org or info at sdcpj.org

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San Diego Economic Conversion Council (SDECC)
San Diego Permaculture Center
sdecc at igc.org
http://sdecc.igc.org