Monday, July 29, 2013

7.26 - 8.11: Hiroshima-Nagasaki Buddhist Peace Walk Events


Friends,

As we approach the dates of August 6 and 9th, our Buddhist friends and others who've helped our walks are planning events to commemorate the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and to call for a peaceful, safe, and uncontaminated world.



NORTHWEST: July 26-Aug 11; Br. Senji Kanaeda is walking from Portland OR to Hanford and the Seattle area.http://www.oregonwand.org/upcoming-events/
or http://www.psr.org/chapters/oregon/assets/pdfs/2013-interfaith-peace-walk.pdf

BAY AREA: Aug 3, 10 AM Richmond BART Station, March to Chevron Refinery--No more toxic hazards, No to Keystone, & more. http://joinsummerheat.org/bay/ (Another action to be held Aug 6 to commemorate the terrible Chevron fire on that date last year.)

Aug 6, 7 am, Hiroshima Day Rally & Direct Action at the gates of Livermore Lab
http://www.trivalleycares.org/new/2013UpdatedAugustAction.pdf

Aug 6, 7-10 pm Hiroshima Nagasaki poetry reading, Casa latina, 1805 San Pablo, Berkeley

SAN LUIS OBISPO:Aug 2-9, Br. Sawada is walking from Vandenburg Air Force Base to Diablo Canyon nuclear facility, then fasting Aug 6-9 at Diablo Canyon. Aug 9 at 7 pm, he will speak at an event in San Luis Obispo sponsored by Mothers for Peace. http://mothersforpeace.org/copy2_of_August9flyer.pdf. For details on the walk & fast contact Sherry Lewis <sherry.lewis66@att.net> (805) 503-9022.

NORTHEAST: Aug 2-6 Walk from Leverett Peace Pagoda to Boston.





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