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Thursdays through Aug 7 at 6:30 pm. A five-part series on
Thursday evenings. MIDTOWN NYC. Cupcake Café 545 9th Ave. (40th- 41st) WASTELANDS: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CASUALTIES OF WAR THURSDAY JULY 31: 
WATER, LAND, PEOPLE, CONFLICT (1998, 29 min.) Today, the greatest threats facing any nation's security may not be military threats. Increasingly, they are complex issues related to the environment such as: population growth, water scarcity, pollution, and economic stability. PLUS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WAR (1999, 29 min.) From the defoliation of the forests in Vietnam, to the oil fires of Kuwait, all major wars of the 20th century, and current conflicts like Kosovo, have had a hidden casualty: the environment. Unexploded weapons, polluted rivers, contaminated soil, and damaged landscapes have all harmed human health, local economies, and ecosystems. THURSDAY AUGUST 7: 
SCARRED LANDS & WOUNDED LIVES: THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF WAR(2008, 60 min.) When we make war, we destroy not only the enemy, we destroy our earth as well. In all its stages - from the production of weapons through combat to clean up - war entails actions that pollute land, air and water, destroy biodiversity and drain natural resources. Yet the environmental damage caused by war (and preparations for war) is underreported, even ignored. The environment is war's silent casualty. Using specialist and eyewitness accounts from Vietnam and Afghanistan to Australia and the Pacific Islands and supported by on-site and archival footage, Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives shows how war and preparations for war further compromise the environmental health of a planet already under stress. Co-sponsored by Peace Action New York State, Sierra Club NYC, and NY League of Conservation Voters, the series will run every Thursday night at 6:30 pm through August 7. Click for two-up flyer with full schedule. |
| New York Metro Area and Long Island Events |
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Tuesday, August 5th at 6:30 p.m. UPPER EAST SIDE. All Souls Church, 1157 Lexington Avenue (at 80th Street) . WEAPONS OR WINDMILLS? COMING TOGETHER TO CONVERT THE PERMANENT WAR ECONOMY. Doors open at 6:30 for light refreshments, program begins at 7:00. Wednesday, August 6th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm. MANHASSET. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Road.
GREAT NECK PEACE ACTION COMMEMORATION
SPEAKERS:
OF THE 63RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI NO MORE HIROSHIMAS - NO MORE IRAQS - NO IRANS - BRING THE TROOPS HOME! 
Michael D'Innocenzo - Prof. of History - Hofstra University
MUSIC:
Mary Beth Sullivan, Outreach Dir., Global Network Against Nuclear Weapons Hon. Michelle Schimel, NY State Assemblywoman Rabbi Devora Marcus, Temple Beth-El, Great Neck Rev. Mark Lukens, Presbyterian Interfaith Alliance Fred Brewington Esq., Civil Rights Atty. Margaret Melkonian, Co-director, LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
Bob Lepley - Peace Jazz Pianist Extraordinaire
Co-Chairs:
Hon. Jon Kaiman, Supervisor, Town of North Hempstead
FOR INFORMATION: call Shirley Romaine, 516-487-3786; G.N. SANE/Peace Action, 487-3786;
or LI Alliance, 741-4360Stan Romaine, Chair, Great Neck SANE/Peace Action DIRECTIONS: From Northern Blvd - go south on Shelter Rock Rd. about ½ mile., entrance is on right at sign & white picket fence. From LIE exit 35 north from east or exit 36 from west; go north 1-1/2 miles on Shelter Rock Road entrance will be on left. CO-SPONSORS: Great Neck Womanspace, Reach Out, Social Justice Comm- Unitarian Universalist Cong. @ Shelter Rock, Interfaith Alliance- LI, Pax Christi, Five Towns Forum, Code Pink-LI. Wednesday, August 6th at 8:00 pm. BAY RIDGE. Hotel Gregory, 8315 4th Avenue. SCREENING OF FILM "CONVICTION" 
Directed/Produced by Brenda Truelson Fox. Approximate
running time: 43 minutes. In 2003, three Dominican nuns were convicted and sentenced to Federal Prison for their non-violent protest at a Minuteman III missile site in Northern Colorado. This film evokes important conversations about the role of Christianity in politics, the role of nuclear weapons in National Defense and the role of International Law in the Federal Courts. The film has won numerous festival awards. With TONY GRONOWITZ, Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education & Labor Studies, City University of New York, speaking on NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN THE EU? Hosted by Bay Ridge Interfaith Peace Coalition – Donations Accepted. Sponsored by Peace Action New York State; Peace Action Bay Ridge. Endorsed by Brooklyn For Peace; Bay Ridge Neighbors. Thursday, August 7, 6:30 – 8:00 PM, STATEN ISLAND. ETG Book/Café, 208 Bay St. HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI 63RD ANNIVERSARY Mary Beth Sullivan, the Outreach Coordinator of Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, is coming to Staten Island, as part of a program marking the 63rd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to talk about Military Conversion. To learn more about the Global Network, go to www.space4peace.org. For more information, please contact Peace Action of Staten Island at 718-989-2881 or go to www.panys.org/SI/. For directions, go to www.etgstores.com/bookcafe/.For more information, contact PASI at 718-989-2881 Thursday, Aug. 21, 6pm MIDTOWN NYC. Colombian Consulate, 10 East 46th Street #1 OPENING RECEPTION FOR “COLOMBIA: NUESTRO PUEBLO.” Photos by Tonny Rocco. |
| Upstate Events |
| Friday, August 1. Schedule below. NIAGARA FALLS. Locations below. LOVE CANAL 30TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS
9:00 – 10:00 am: NATIONAL NEWS CONFERENCE. To RSVP or for information on sponsorship opportunities contact Mike Schade at 212-964-3680
or mike@chej.org.
Colvin Blvd. and 100th Street.
10:00 - 11:00 am: WALKING TOUR OF LOVE CANALSpeakers: 
Lois Gibbs, CHEJ Executive Director, Stephen Lester, CHEJ Science Director, and Renee Retton, Love Canal Survivor Child.
starting at Colvin Blvd. and 100th Street.
6:30 - 8:30 pm:
30TH ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION AND PROGRAM
VFW Post 917, La Salle Griffon Post at 2435 Seneca Ave. Suggested Donation: $30 ($1 for each year of our journey) Speakers: Lois Gibbs, CHEJ Executive Director, Luella Kenney, Love Canal Survivors, Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples, Senator Antoine Thompson, Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster, Bill Pienta (United Steelworkers District 4 Director), Scott Adams (United Auto Workers Region #9 Area Director) and Western NY community leaders fighting the "Love Canals of Today" including Bethlehem steelworkers exposed to radioactive contamination, CWM hazardous waste landfill in Lewiston/Porter, FMC pesticide contamination in Middleport, and West Valley nuclear waste site. Saturday, August 2nd, 1:00pm BUFFALO. Elmwood Ave. and Bidwell Pkwy. STOP THE WAR ON IRAN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST EVENT. Sponsored by the local IAC chapter. We intend to protest the political support for aggression against Iran, so we can prevent another war. For more information contact the Western NY Peace Center at 716-894-2013. Saturday, August 2. Walk: 1:30 -5:00 pm. Evening program: 5:00- 7:00 pm. ROCHESTER. Walk begins at the Anti-War Storefront at 658 Monroe Ave. Ends at Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St. ROCHESTER WALKS FOR PEACE #1 First of four Saturday Walks through City Neighborhoods to Link Wars/Occupation Abroad and Violence/Oppression at Home. Evening programs to include speakers, music and discussion. Includes local Rochester Walks for Peace anti-war activists from groups like Rochester Against War (RAW), Declaration of Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and others who have come together to link up – across neighborhoods and across issues – with other local activists and ordinary people working for real change from the bottom up. For more information contact Rianne Mitchell at rianne_20011@yahoo.com or (585) 734-3441. Tuesday, August 5, 6-9 pm BUFFALO. Historic Society, Elmwood. HIROSHIMA ANNIVERSARY FILM SCREENING AND LANTERN RELEASE. For more information contact the Western NY Peace Center at 716-894-2013. 
Wednesday, August 6, noon ALBANY. West Capital Park. VIGIL AND READING OF HIROSHIMA For more information contact Dan Wilcox at 518-482-0262. Wednesday, August 6 at noon SYRACUSE. City Hall. DRAMATIC PROCESSION TO REMEMBER HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI and to demand a Nuclear-Free Future. For more information, please contact Peace Action of Central NY at 315-478-7442. Wednesday, August 6, 6:00 pm sharp SCOTIA. Corner of Rt. 5 and Schonowee, Collins Park side HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI MEMORIAL MARCH Please dress in mourning colors, either white or black. Bring signs, peace cranes, gongs and drums. We will march over the Gateway Bridge and back to end at the concert at Freedom Park. For more information, please contact Elaine Klein at elaineklein@hotmail.com. Thursday, August 7 at 7:30pm SYRACUSE. Zen Center of Syracuse INTERFAITH SHARING, followed by floating lanterns on Onondaga Creek. For more information, please contact Peace Action of Central NY at 315-478-7442. Thursday, August 7 at 7:30pm GENESEE. Avon Traffic Circle, Routes 5 and 20 SOLEMN COMMEMORATION OF THE HIROSHIMA AND NAGASKI ATOMIC BOMBINGS For more information, please contact Dr. Matlin at 585-768-6277. Saturday, August 9 Broome County Peace Action BREAKFAST WITH SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER FRIDA BERRIGAN, followed by solemn, silent walk to the confluence of two nearby rivers where a children's choir will sing. For more information, please contact Susan McAnanama at 607-759-8495. Saturday, August 9, 2008, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm HAMBURG. Hilbert College THE INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S INITIATIVE, THE WOMEN’S PEACE AWARDS. To Register Contact Agnes Williams AgnesFay@aol.com Saturday, August 9. Walk: 1:30 -5:00 pm. Evening program: 5:00- 7:00 pm. ROCHESTER. Walk begins at Redwings Plaza, North Clinton Ave. at Norton Street and ends at Cafe Underground Railroad, 480 W. Main St. ROCHESTER WALKS FOR PEACE #2 Second of four Saturday Walks through City Neighborhoods to Link Wars/Occupation Abroad and Violence/Oppression at Home. Evening programs to include speakers, music and discussion. Includes local Rochester Walks for Peace anti-war activists from groups like Rochester Against War (RAW), Declaration of Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and others who have come together to link up – across neighborhoods and across issues – with other local activists and ordinary people working for real change from the bottom up. For more information contact Rianne Mitchell at rianne_20011@yahoo.com or (585) 734-3441. Friday & Saturday, August 15 & 16, 2008 FONDA, NY. National Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine, Route 5 NURTURING PEACE: The 10th Anniversary Kateri Tekakwitha Peace Conference Featuring: Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Fr. Roy Bourgeois, M.M. Colonel (ret.) Ann Wright. Workshops, Music, Lunch and more. For complete conference information see www.kateripeaceconference.org Cost: Friday Evening, August 15th, 2008 Free Will Offering; Saturday, August 16th, 2008, Students and Seniors $10.00, Adults - $15.00 through $40.00. High School students free. Saturday, August 16. Walk: 1:30 -5:00 pm. Evening program: 5:00- 7:00 pm. ROCHESTER. Walk begins at Hudson Ave. at North St. Ends at Irondequoit United Church of Christ, 644 Titus Ave. ROCHESTER WALKS FOR PEACE #3 Third of four Saturday Walks through City Neighborhoods to Link Wars/Occupation Abroad and Violence/Oppression at Home. Evening programs to include speakers, music and discussion. Includes local Rochester Walks for Peace anti-war activists from groups like Rochester Against War (RAW), Declaration of Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and others who have come together to link up – across neighborhoods and across issues – with other local activists and ordinary people working for real change from the bottom up. For more information contact Rianne Mitchell at rianne_20011@yahoo.com or (585) 734-3441. Saturday, August 23. Walk: 1:30 -5:00 pm. Evening program: 5:00- 7:00 pm. ROCHESTER. Walk begins at Bullshead Plaza, Genesee St. at West Main St. Ends at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 350 Chili Ave. ROCHESTER WALKS FOR PEACE #4 Fourth of four Saturday Walks through City Neighborhoods to Link Wars/Occupation Abroad and Violence/Oppression at Home. Evening programs to include speakers, music and discussion. Includes local Rochester Walks for Peace anti-war activists from groups like Rochester Against War (RAW), Declaration of Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and others who have come together to link up – across neighborhoods and across issues – with other local activists and ordinary people working for real change from the bottom up. For more information contact Rianne Mitchell at rianne_20011@yahoo.com or (585) 734-3441. |
| Ongoing Local Events |
| Many local peace groups hold regular events, vigils,
"Honk for Peace" actions, etc. See our list: www.panys.org/ongoing.htm |
| Out of State & Nationwide Events |
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