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Thursday, August 5, 7:30 p.m.
MANHASSET. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Rd.
NO NUKES, NO WARS, SAVE THE PLANET!
Hear David Wildman, Executive Director, Human Rights & Racial Justice for Global Ministries, Methodist Church, and co-author, Ending the U.S. War in Afghanistan (recently returned from Afghanistan; Hon. Michelle Schimel, NY State Assemblywoman; Fred Brewington, Civil Rights Attorney, Community Activist; Rev. Mark Luken, Bethany Congregational Church and President, Interfaith Alliance of L.I.; Rabbi Irwin Huberman, Congregation Tiferet Israel of Glen Cove; Habeeb Ahmed, President, Islamic Center of L.I. at Westbury; Margaret Melkonian, Executive Director, Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives. Music by jazz pianist Bill Heller, Closing Peace Pole Ceremony by neighborhood children. For more information and directions call 516-487-3786 or 516-741-4360.

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Friday, August 6, 7:30 p.m.
BAY RIDGE. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7420 4th Ave. (4th Ave. & 74th St. \ 77th St. stop on R)
FILM: WHITE LIGHT/BLACK RAIN: THE DESTRUCTION OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI

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Saturday, August 7, 1:30 p.m.: March. 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.: Vigil.
BAY RIDGE. Assemble on 4th Ave., Btwn 96th & 97th Sts.
SILENT MARCH AND VIGIL IN MEMORY OF HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI
Silent March to 4th Ave. and Shore Rd., (1 block after 101st Street)
Silent Vigil 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Black/Somber Clothing Requested.

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Sunday, August 8, 11:00 a.m.
STATEN ISLAND. Unitarian Church 312 Fillmore St. at Clinton (1 block east of Snug Harbor)
HIROSHIMA REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY AND PEACE PROCESSION.
Co-sponsored by the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church of Staten Island and Peace Action of Staten Island as part of the Arthur Foise Summer Forum. In addition to street theatre, poetry and readings, and a peace procession with banners and the lighting of lanterns, the commemoration will also feature music by members of the musical ensemble WaFoo, which blends the traditions of Japanese music with American jazz, and Staten Island pianist David Jones. Participants in the peace procession to Snug Harbor will be treated to a tour of the Chinese Scholar Garden by professor of Art History and Aesthetics, William Suderman-Taylor. Please wear weather-appropriate clothing and insect repellant. Admission: Free will donation. No one will be turned away.

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Sunday, August 8, 2:30 p.m.
GREENWICH VILLAGE. Casserly Hall, below St. Joseph’s Church,
Washington Place and Sixth Avenue, one block north of West 4th Street
REMEMBER HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI, OPPOSE NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
Sponsored by Pax Christi Metro New York.
Light refreshments served. For more information, contact Pax Christi Metro New York, 212-420-0250, nypaxchristi@igc.org, or www.nypaxchristi.org.

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Thursday, September 30, 7:00 p.m.
EAST VILLAGE. Great Hall of Cooper Union, Cooper Square,
THE 2010 NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE AWARDS
Awards to five international visionaires of a nuclear-free world:

This year's Awards ceremony will be accompanied by a swarm of events (music, seminars), scheduled to happen between September 27th and October 2nd. For more information see www.nuclear-free.com/eng/release/htm@2010.

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Thursday, July 22, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
ROCHESTER. Baha’i Center, 693 East Avenue (Entrance and parking off Oxford Street) PRESENTATION BY HANK STONE OF THE FILM "WAR MADE EASY."
Discussion of where we go from here.

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Friday, July 23 – Sunday, July 25
ALBANY. Crowne Plaza Hotel, 10 Eyck Plaza, State and Lodge Streets
NATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE: BRING THE TROOPS HOME
SCHEDULE:

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Friday, August 6, 7:00 a.m.
BINGHAMTON. First Congregational Church, corner of Main and Front
ANNUAL HIROSHIMA REMEMBRANCE, BROOME COUNTY PEACE ACTION
Our free will offering breakfast will begin at 7:00 a.m. Four Japanese citizens are flying in to be with us for breakfast and make very brief comments. Our key speaker will be Professor Herb Bix of Binghamton University. Herb is the author of the Pulitzer prize-winning Hirohito & the Making of Modern Japan. Following the ringing of the church bell, all are invited to drive or walk to the confluence at Peace Park for an open microphone session. Please call Pat Donohue at 722-0549 ASAP to help us plan.

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Friday, August 6th, 7:30 p.m.
AVON. Avon traffic circle, Routes 5 &20.
ANNUAL GVCP HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

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Thursday, August 19, 7:00 p.m.
ROCHESTER. The Baha’i Center, 693 East Ave.
CREATING THE FUTURE SERIES FOR 2010
MIKE CONNELLYl HOW MANY LIBERALS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE SOCIETY?
The series will continue on Thursday eveings as follows:
September 16th:  Liz Pixley / Dirt! The Movie
October 28th:  Mike Rudnick / Human Nutrition, Best of the best papers from 2009 as found by Michael Greger, MD.
November 18th:  Sven Warner / Transformative Learning
December 16th: TBD
Information or program suggestions: hstone@rochester.rr.com, (585) 624-3673, http://rocwiki.org/Rochester_Baha%27i%27_Community/.

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Tuesday, September 14
BUFFALO. Betty's Restaurant, 370 Virginia Street.
DINE OUT FOR UGANDA.
A fundraising dinner by Global African Village. GAV will received 10% of the proceeds from all dine-in meals eaten at Betty's that day (breakfast, lunch and dinner).  We will also be holding a raffle for a beautiful framed photograph of an African elephant, which will be on display. More info: http://www.globalafricanvillage.org/.

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Many local peace groups hold regular events, vigils, "Honk for Peace" actions, etc. 
See our list: www.panys.org/ongoing.htm

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All Summer
NEW MEXICO and other locations.
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOMB's DISARMAMENT SUMMER.
Think Outside the Bomb, the largest youth-led anti-nuclear network in the US, is organizing Disarmament Summer near Los Alamos, New Mexico, in partnership with the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, TEWA Women United, the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Products of Atzlan youth group, and the Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum. For further information please check out www.thinkoutsidethebomb.org, call (408) 676-TOTB (8682), or email Rebecca Riley, totbchicago@gmail.com or Lisa Putkey, lisaputkey@gmail.com.

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Going out of state? Check UFPJ's national Events Calendar: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php .