- Troops Home Fast, July 4 — September 21
- No Nukes! No Wars! Support Indigenous Rights!, August 6-9
- Nuclear Abolition Immersion, August 8-18
- Peace Boat’s 50th Voyage for Peace: “Peace and Green in Asia – Towards a Common Vision of the Future for East Asia”
- No Nukes! Film Festival, August 19
- Chalk for Peace, September 16-17
- Declaration of Peace – Week of Action, September 21-28
- Think Outside the Bomb conference in Santa Barbara, CA
- Think Outside the Bomb conference in New York City
Troops Home Fast, July 4 — September 21
On July 4, Code Pink and Gold Star Families launched an historic hunger strike called Troops Home Fast, calling for the U.S. government to bring our troops home from Iraq --FAST. A core group of long-term fasters is fasting in front of the White House, in Washington DC and we invite fasters and non-fasters to join us. The fast will take place until September 21, International Peace Day, when there will be a week of mass actions against the war.
Thousands of people nationwide are currently fasting in solidarity with those on the hunger strike. For more information, please see: www.troopshomefast.org.
No Nukes! No Wars! Support Indigenous Rights!, August 6-9
Between August 6 and 9, the anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, demand an end to the war in Iraq, no military attacks on Iran or North Korea, and the global abolition of nuclear weapons, starting with our own. This year, we call on groups to protest at the corporate offices of Bechtel, the world's number-one nuclear profiteer, and at nuclear facilities everywhere. Sixty-one years after the U.S. killed tens of thousands of civilians by dropping nuclear bombs on two densely populated cities, our aim is to expose the continuing hypocrisy of the U.S. nuclear double standard and to directly confront the U.S. corporations who are perpetuating and profiting from a worldwide nuclear crisis and the war in Iraq.
Major convergences will take place in the California Bay Area; Los Alamos, New Mexico; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and Pittsburgh, PA, along with many other gatherings nationwide.
More information: www.august6.org.
Nuclear Abolition Immersion – Los Alamos, NM
From August 8-18, young nuclear disarmament activists from throughout the west coast will conduct the first-ever NAPF Nuclear Abolition Immersion trip. The location: Los Alamos, New Mexico. This two-week plunge into the “belly of the beast” of the global nuclear weapons complex will be an experience of disarmament activism in its most direct and concrete form, in a city that bases its existence on the research, design, production, testing and maintenance of nuclear weaponry. The Immersion participants will volunteer for the duration of the trip with the Los Alamos Study Group, a long-standing Albuquerque- and Los Alamos-based nuclear disarmament organization.
For more information on the trip, or to join us in New Mexico, please e-mail wparrish@napf.org, call (805) 965-3443, or visit www.wagingpeace.org/youth.
Peace Boat’s 50th Voyage for Peace
“Peace and Green in Asia – Towards a Common Vision of the Future for East Asia”
Departing Tokyo on August 13, 2005 and returning to Nagasaki on August 27, 2005, Peace Boat’s 50th Voyage for Peace, titled “Peace and Green in Asia – Towards A Common Vision of the Future for East Asia,” is a historic project undertaken in cooperation with the Green Foundation of Korea. The voyage marks the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan and is a concrete step by civil society to strengthen peaceful relations in East Asia.
For more information, please see www.peaceboat.org.
“No Nukes!” Youth Film Festival & Contest
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is sponsoring a film contest, with the entries to be screened at a festival on August 19 in Pensacola, Florida. The festival, which is being organized by 2005 Swackhammer Peace Essay Contest award-winner Carrie Hunter, is a forum for young people to share their views on nuclear issues. We are looking for films from any genre that are under 15 minutes long. Films can be documentaries, music videos, dramas, comedies, or experimental. Subjects may vary. All entries must be postmarked by August 1, 2006. The festival will take place on August 19 from 3-7 p.m. at Pensacola’s End of the Line Café.
For more information, please see www.wagingpeace.org/youth/events/nonukes.html.
Declaration of Peace – Week of Action
www.campusactivism.org/displayevent-1455.htm.
The Declaration of Peace is a nationwide campaign to establish by September 21, 2006 a concrete and rapid plan for peace in Iraq, including: a prompt timetable for withdrawal of troops and closure of bases a peace process for security, reconstruction, and reconciliation and the shift of funding for war to meeting human needs.
People across the United States are signing The Declaration of Peace pledge, a commitment to take action if this plan for peace is not created and activated by Congress by September 21, the International Day of Peace. From September 21-28, just days before Congress adjourns for the fall elections, Declaration signers will withdraw their consent from this war – and support a comprehensive peace process – by taking part in nonviolent action, marches, rallies, demonstrations, interfaith services, candlelight vigils and other creative ways to declare peace at the US Capitol and in cities and towns across the US.
For more information, see www.declarationofpeace.org.
“Think Outside the Bomb” western regional conference in Santa Barbara, CA
From October 20-22, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation will team up with various partner NGOs to host the second "Think Outside the Bomb" national conference at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The conference will bring together high school students, college students, recent college alumni, and young non-profit professionals from throughout the western United States for a series of participatory discussion panels, workshops, and skills trainings on building a nuclear-free world.
Travel vouchers are available for out-of-town participants. Free food and lodging are available to all participants, throughout the course of the weekend.
For more information, see www.thinkoutsidethebomb.org.
“Think Outside the Bomb” eastern regional conference in New York City
From November 4-5, young people from throughout the northeast will converge at PACE University to organize for a nuclear-free world. The conference is being sponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, with support from Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) Metropolitan Area. The conference will focus on nuclear disarmament, nuclear energy, and the hazards of the nuclear fuel cycle – as well as the connections between these issues.
Travel vouchers are available for out-of-town participants. Free food and lodging are available to all participants, throughout the course of the weekend.
For more information, see www.thinkoutsidethebomb.org.