March 31 – April 6, 2012
SACRED PEACE WALK
The 2012 Sacred Peace Walk from Las Vegas to the Nevada National Security Site (formerly the Nevada Test Site) will take place from March 31 – April 6, 2012. The 65 mile journey is a walking meditation, and an opportunity for civil resistance calling for an end to development, testing and use of new weapons of mass destruction at the Nevada Test Site and Creech Air Force Base. Most nights are spent camping with help from a Las Vegas support team. Other accommodations are also available. Part-time “pilgrims” are welcome. Visit NevadaDesertExperience.org for schedule details. Early registrations and queries help with planning. Consider sponsoring a low-income walker. Walk-a-thon pledge forms are online. Suggested fundraising goal is $200 per person. Any contribution makes a difference. For more information, contact Nevada Desert Experience, 1420 W. Bartlett Ave., Las Vegas NV 89106, 702-646-4814, info@NevadaDesertExperience.org.
May 15-22, 2012
NATO/G-8 IN CHICAGO
Challenge the war makers when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the U.S.-commanded and financed 28-nation military alliance, has a major meeting in Chicago at the same time and place as a summit of the G-8 world economic powers. The meetings are expected to draw heads of state, generals and countless others. United National Antiwar Committee calls for a massive united outpouring in Chicago during the NATO gathering to put forth demands opposing endless wars and calling for the billions spent on war and destruction to be spent instead on people’s needs for jobs, health care, housing and education. For more information contact Joe Lombardo, 518-281-1968, UNACpeace@gmail.com or Joe Iosbaker, 773-301-0109, joejosbaker@gmail.com
August 2011 through 2015
WALK FOR A NUCLEAR FREE FUTURE IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, U.S. AND JAPAN
The Walk for a Nuclear Free Future is actually a series of walks through Australia, Canada, the United States and Japan over a five year period. The walks will follow the deadly nuclear fuel path from uranium mines to nuclear reactors, waste dumps and nuclear weapons sites. The drug- and alcohol-free walks will range from two to six months, covering an average of 15 miles/day. A support van with kitchen will accompany each walk. Walkers will educate themselves and the public about a nuclear free future using street theater, music, art, public forums, media, petitioning, letter writing and nonviolent direct actions. This year, Walk Away from Uranium Mining in Southwest Australia, August 21 – October 30. In 2012, Saskatchewan to Montreal, Canada. 2013, Minnesota to Buffalo, NY, and 2014, Miami, FL to Oak Ridge, TN. 2015: Oak Ridge, TN to Hiroshima, Japan. Walk coordinator Footprints for Peace has for over a decade organized annual walks, runs and bike rides bringing thousands of people into the streets to create positive change through peaceful action. For full information, visit www.nuclearfreefuture.com, or contact Footprints for Peace, 1225 North Bend Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45224, 513-843-1205, nffc@footprintsforpeace.net.