Ground Zero Center for Non-Violent Action is hosting a weekend of events to rally support for abolishing nuclear weapons.
Join Ground Zero to Commemorate the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki! Mark your calendar now—you won’t want to miss the program
Ground Zero has planned for August 5, 6, and 7. We have two impressive keynote speakers lined up in addition to music, time for reflection and planning, and a vigil and nonviolent direct action at the Trident base. Our first speaker, Col. (ret.) Ann Wright, served 29 years in the US Army/Army Reserves. She was a US diplomat for 16 years and served in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan and Mongolia. She resigned from the US Government in March 2003 in opposition to the US war on Iraq. For the past 20 years she has challenged US military policies of war with Veterans For Peace and CODEPINK: Women for Peace. She is the co-author of “Dissent: Voices of Conscience.”
Next, Howard Frumkin, PhD, MPH, MD, will present on the climate crisis. Howard served on the national board of Physicians for Social Responsibility. He joined the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as a senior physician leader beginning in 2005. In 2010 he became Dean of the University of Washington School of Public Health. He is an expert on the health effects of climate change and knows well the risks from nuclear weapons. His books include “Environmental Health: From Global to Local,” “Planetary Health,” and “Making Healthy Places.”
Here are some highlights from the schedule:
Saturday, August 5th Plenary: Save the Planet - Abolish Nuclear Weapons
10:15 Ann Wright - nuclear weapons
10:45 Howard Frumkin - climate change
11:30 Panel response and discussion
1:00 Lunch -- Break when Peace Walkers arrive
2:00 Continuation of Keynote/Panel conversation
6:15 Rally at Bangor main gate
7:30 Concert - Rainbow Coalition Death Cult and Generation in Decline
Sunday, August 6th
9:45 Nonviolence training
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Service of remembrance
3:00 Action and dance rehearsal
5:00 Departure for Green Lake “Hiroshima to Hope” Lantern Ceremony
6:00 Dinner
7:00 Concert - Tom Rawson
Monday, August 7th
5:30 Gather and breakfast snacks
6:30 Vigil and action
8:30 Debrief, clean up, farewell
For a full schedule, please visit www.gzcenter.org, or email info@gzcenter.org. See you in August!