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August 2005
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Years of Peacemaking • 1980 - 2005 |
60th Anniversary Commemoration
of the Atomic Bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Friday, August 5
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Princeton University
6:00 - 7:00 PM BRING-YOUR-OWN PICNIC
7:00 - 8:45 PM PROGRAM
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Preserved Genbaku Dome
Hiroshima Peace Memorial |
on Washington Rd. (Route 571) near intersection with Prospect Street No alcohol permitted |
• Speaker: Akiko Seitelbach,
Survivor (Hibakusha) of the Nagasaki Bombing
• 7:15 pm Moment of Silence
Exact Time of Hiroshima Bombing (8:15 am in Hiroshima)
• Glen Swan, Shakuhachi (traditional Japanese bamboo flute)
Glen will be selling and signing his CD “Evening Breeze.”
• John Kasper, guitarist, member of the John Kasper band
Anthony Krizan of the Spin Doctors has recently produced Mr.
Kasper’s new anti-war song, “Conspiracy of Silence.”
• Princeton Cranes for Peace Project
Wrap-up: Final folding and stringing of Origami Cranes for display
and to be taken home by attendees.
• Traditional Lighting and Floating of Candles
Never Again! |
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March on Washington
Saturday
September 24, 2005
END THE WAR
AGAINST IRAQ!
BRING THE TROOPS HOME!
Reserve NOW - Seating limited and reserved on a first-come, first-served basis until sold out.
Join United for Peace and Justice and thousands of concerned citizens at the Washington Monument to march and rally together to end the war in Iraq, for a plan to bring the troops home, to leave no bases behind, and to end the corporate occupation of Iraq. We must stop bankrupting our communities, and end deceptive military recruitment in our schools.
Lobby Day
Monday
September 26, 2005
Vans have been reserved to take CFPA supporters to lobby our legislators to end the quagmire in Iraq. Seating is only guaranteed for reservation holders.
Join with Coalition members and others to lobby Congress to support legislation for a timetable
to begin withdrawal of US Troops from Iraq and commit to no permanent US bases in Iraq.
Reserve your seat for either event (or both)
by any of the followings ways:
- Online via credit card
- Phone 609-924-5022 • 9:30 AM-5:30 PM (M-F)
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Peace and Justice Events
• Friday, August 5
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration
6:00 - 7:00 pm BYO Picnic
7:00 - 8:30 pm Program
Woodrow Wilson Plaza,
Washington St., Princeton Univ.
Free and open to all - details
• Saturday, September 24
End the War on Iraq !
National March on Washington
Chartered Buses going from CFPA
Reservation Deadline: September 16 - details
• Monday, September 26
Lobby Day, Washington DC
Vans reserved for CFPA
Reservations for seats required
- details
• Saturday, October 15
PeaceFest, sponsored by
Students for Peace
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton
Contact CFPA for details
• Wednesday, November 9
Mark Danner, talk on “Use of
Torture by the United States”
7:30 pm, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton
Free and open to all
• Saturday, November 12
Make Jokes, Not War
Cultural Celebration of 25 Years of
Peacemaking
• Sunday, November 13
Morality of War, and
Alternatives for Peace
Conference for Peace
11:00 am, Interfaith Service
1:30 pm, Conference, Princeton University - registration & details
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25th Anniversary
concluding
Interfaith Service and
Conference for Peace |
This year’s Annual Conference and Interfaith Service for Peace, which will mark the end of our 25th Anniversary Year, is on Sunday, November 13 at Princeton University. The topic is the Morality of War and Alternatives for Peace.
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Scott Ritter, former UN Weapons Inspector and Team Leader in Iraq, and leading expert critic of the Bush Administration’s preemptive war in Iraq, will be a speaker.
We plan a critical in-depth look at the morality of a government’s choice to initiate war with a preemptive strike. We will also examine peaceful alternatives, such as inspections, as a means to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
We have some outstanding experts, in addition to Scott Ritter, scheduled to speak at this year’s event. The Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar, Secretary General of the National Council of Churches, former member of Congress, and former President of a major seminary, will preach for the Interfaith Service. Speakers for the afternoon conference include
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Scott Ritter
Former United Nations
Weapons Inspector and Author
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 Princeton Cranes for Peace Project
In observance of the 60th Anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
the Coalition for Peace Action
is sponsoring a summer project to fold 1000 origami cranes.
Origami paper and instructions are available at the
Princeton Library, Children’s Floor.
The he cranes made over the summer summer, , in addition to those that are made at
CFP CFPA’s ’s Commemoration of the A Atomic tomic Bombings of Hir Hiroshima oshima and Nagasaki,
will be strung and displayed at the W Woodr oodr oodrow ow Wilson Plaza on A August ugust 5,
during the pr program. ogram. Participants articipants are welcome to tak take e peace cranes home.
This project stems from the story of Sadako, a young girl who died in 1955 as a result of radiation poisoning from exposure in Hiroshima 10 years before. A Japanese legend asserts that if one could fold 1000 paper cranes, they would be granted good health. Her efforts gave many courage and hope; she made it to 644... Today a statue of Sadako holding a golden crane stands in Hiroshima Peace Park in Japan, and each year thousands of paper cranes are placed at her side on August 6, Peace Day.
We would love to spread the effort further; if you would like to help with this project, please
contact the CFPA office, or Liz Cohen at lizarch5@eticomm.net. Instructions on how to fold the
peace crane can be found at this website: www.sadako.org/foldingcranes.htm.
The 25th Anniversar Anniversary y Committee is planning a cultural event. |
Statue of Sadako holding a golden crane at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial |
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A cultural event
celebrating the conclusion
of our 25th Year of Peacemaking.
Saturday evening, November 12, 2005.
Details available soon. |
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