Events

“Lest We Forget …”

SIXTY-FIFTH YEAR HIROSHIMA – NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE

  • WHERE:         Kings Bay Trident Base, St Marys, Georgia (just over the Fla/Ga. line off I-95)
  • WHEN:            Friday, August 6 
  • WHAT:            3 – 5:  PM        Presence at Stimson Gate at junction of Hwy Spur 40 &

Kings Bay Road. Bring signs, banners, etc..

5:00 – 5:45 p.m.           Closing Circle and Personal Reflections

6:00 - 7:30 p.m.           Social, supper, planning for Alt. New Years, etc… at Shoney’s Restaurant

 

Why Do We Gather at the Trident Base On This Day

“Lest We Forget’…

  • that sixty‑five years ago 150,000 people, mostly non‑combatants, were instantaneously killed by atomic bombs dropped on the cities of Hiroshima August 6) and Nagasaki ( August 9). Subsequently, many additional thousands of Japanese citizens died of radiation poisoning from these two US nuclear weapons.
  • that there are more Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) on the 5 Tridents and in the bunker area at Kings Bay than at any other place on the Planet.
  • that the US will commit a staggering $ 170,200,000,000 ( billion that is) to the Trident system through the year 2032 yet leave its citizens without adequate health coverage, education, housing, jobs, etc … www.nationalpriorities.org/sources/tradeoffsources.html)
  • that while the Deep Water Horizon accident threatens all sea-life in the Gulf, a Trident accident threatens all life on the planet.
  • that the 14 U.S. Trident submarines have the real capability to kill more than 14,300,160,000 (14 billion) people, which is 2 & 1/3 times the Planet’s population.

 We come on this day to stand for a few hours at the main gate of this site of ultimate destruction lest we forget the awful and awesome reality of the nuclear age. Trident is the end of the world. Come stand with us and begin to build a new world before it is too late. Join us.

 Sponsored by: The FROM TRIDENT TO LIFE CAMPAIGN in the Southeast and Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice.  For more information, contact:

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Pax Christi Florida’s 2010 Assembly

September 11 and 12, 2010

DaySpring Episcopal Conference Center, Parrish, FL (near Ellenton)

 

Prophetic Challenges to Unjust Structures

For a downloadable PCF Assembly brochure w/registration form, click here.

For a downloadable registration form only, click here.

For an assembly schedule, click here.

For a list of presenters and workshop descriptions, click here.

For information about DaySpring Episcopal Conference Center, click here.

For driving directions to DaySpring, click here.

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