Prayer for Peace: Hon.Haruyoshi Fujumoto, Hiroshima Survivor, Imam Ali Siddiqui, Muslim Religious Leader and Peace Activist, and Dr. Phylis Tyler, Paster, Sage Granada Park United Methodist Church, Alhambra will deliver Prayer for Peace from their tradition:

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance -- Muslim Prayers in Christian Worship -
Sage Granada Park United Methodist Church will hold their 7th Annual Hiroshima Remembrance Sunday on August 6 at 9:15 am with Imam Ali Siddiqui joining Hon.Haruyoshi Fujumoto, Hiroshima Survivor, Rev. Phyllis Tyler and Lay Speaker Toshiki Umehata for Prayers and Peace.

The invitation for Muslim brother Imam Ali Siddiqui to join in worship came through the leadership of Rev. Dickson Yogi who chairs the Interfaith Dialogue Committee of the Sage
Granada Park congregation. The Committee works to bring major religions together in dialogue and to foster understanding and respect between religions.

A Prayer Vigil for Peace will be held in the evening at the church sponsored by the Peace with Justice Center of the Pomona Valley. All are invited to attend both events. The church
is located at 1850 West Hellman Avenue, Alhambra, CA. Call 626-233-5698.

(Prayer for Peace: Hon.Haruyoshi Fujumoto (Hiroshima Survivor), Imam Ali Siddiqui

PEACE WITH JUSTICE CENTER OF THE POMONA VALLEY
2425 E. Street, La Verne, CA91750, 951-734-4599
Chairperson: Doreena Wright; Vice Chair: Ramon Pasoda; Secretary: Bill McClellan

Join us in the 7th Annual Prayer Vigil
The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day
2 Venues:
Mobilization of Communities for the Elimination of design, manufacture, use and proliferation of Weapon of Mass Destruction

On August 6, 1945 first time ever Atomic Bomb was used to kill the innocent human beings, men, women and children, residents of Hiroshima and as if it was not enough, on August 9, 1945 another Atomic Bomb was used to kill the innocent residence of Nagasaki. We should always remember these days and the horror of war especially the horror of nuclear devastation. We should mobilize our communities at home and in the world to rise up against the design, manufacture, use and proliferation of Weapon of Mass Destruction including chemical, biological, and Nuclear weapon and the use of Depleted Uranium. War is a deception! And it does not solve any problem and issue. It only kills innocent people and spread devastation across this earth.

PEACE WITH JUSTICE CENTER OF THE POMONA VALLEY
In cooperation with other local organizations, churches, musjids, synagogues and temples organizing 7th Annual Prayer Vigil to remember the victims of nuclear destruction and horror of war and to renew our commitment to join hands in a movement to end senseless Nuclear Proliferation.
We should say it loud and clear:
No more Hiroshima! No more Nagasaki!
No more Nuclear Holocaust!
In cooperation with Japanese-American community and Sage Granada United Methodist Church
First Venue:
Special Guest: Hiroshima Survivor, Hon. Haruyoshi Fujimoto
Music by: Cantor Steve Puzarne, Breeyah Center, Los Angeles
Speakers includes Prof. Doreena Wright, University of LaVerne, Prof. Ramon Pasoda, LA City College, Imam Ali Siddiqui, Islamic Society of Corona/Norco
Date: Sunday, August 6, 2006, 6:30 P.M.

Place: Sage Granada United Methodist Church, Alhambra, CA
1850 W. Hellman Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91803
Tel. 626-284-3229

DIRECTIONS: Freeway 10, exit at Atlantic. (After exiting #10, the road splits into 3 exits. Take the 2nd exit which goes south on Atlantic) Go south on Atlantic. Turn right (west) at the first traffic light on Hellman. After about 5 blocks you will see a very tall bell tower on the left (south) side of the street. That is Sage Granada Park United Methodist Church.

For Information: Imam Ali Siddiqui 951-734-4599; Pastor Dr. Phyllis Tyler 626-284-3229; Dickson K. Yagi 909-398-1519;
Prof. Doreena Wright 909-593-4966; Ramon Pasoda 626-331-1653; Bill McClellan 909-621-9143
Second Venue: Friday, August 4, 2006, 6:30 P.M.

Place: Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church,
Bonita Ave., Claremont, CA
Special appearance by the
Green Something Circus
Political satire performance troupe
Music by: Bill McClellan and Anne Koegel

Speakers include Fr.Tom Weber, Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church, Dr. Rosemary Ruether, Claremont Graduate College, Prof. Doreena Wright, University of LaVerne, Prof. Ramon Pasoda, LA City College, Imam Ali Siddiqui, Islamic Society of Corona/Norco

DIRECTIONS: Take 10 FWY to Claremont, Exit on Indian Hill Blvd., go North, Turn Left on Bonita Ave. Go 2 blocks & Turn Right on Berkeley, then Turn Left into OLA Parking Lot. OR Take Foothill Blvd., Turn Left on Indian Hill Blvd., Turn Right on Bonita Ave. Go 2 blocks & Turn Right on Berkeley, then Turn Left into OLA Parking Lot.

For Information: Imam Ali Siddiqui 951-734-4599; Doreena Wright 909-593-4966; Ramon Pasoda 626-331-1653; Bill McClellan 909-621-9143

It’s as old as a John Lennon song and as new as your next thought. Imagine.
The first step toward the world we want to build for our children is creating that world in our imaginations. These days, as the Bush Administration pushes hard to lock in a nuclear future with funding for a new bomb plant in Oak Ridge, a new nuclear warhead design, and a new bomb test at the Nevada Test Site, we who believe in peace must mount our own surge toward a better world, a world where security is defined by relationships of trust rather than bombs and guns.
Imagination and creativity are the central themes of the August 5-6 peace action commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the enriched uranium for the Little Boy bomb was created. You’re invited.

Calendar of Events by Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance and others

JULY 16 – AUGUST 6 • Buddhist Peace Walk
from Atlanta to Oak Ridge, TN
404 627 8948 or atlantadojo@yahoo.com
www.peacepagoda.org/SmokyMountain

JULY 31 – AUGUST 6 • Footprints for Peace Run
Native American Ceremonial Run from Uranium Enrichment Plant to Bomb Production Plant
Portsmouth, OH to Oak Ridge, TN
footprintsforpeace.org for more info

JULY 31 – AUGUST 4 • Puppet Workshop
for novices and experienced puppetistas alike; come make giant street theatre puppets for the Oak Ridge action! tent space and limited indoor space available
Knoxville, TN
865 609 2012 for more information

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 • Rally and march
10:00am Peace Celebration, Alvin K. Bissell Park, Oak Ridge, TN
music, speakers, puppets, skits, sno cones!
1:00pm March to Y12 National Security Complex
almost 2 miles in blazing heat: bring water and sunscreen!
2:00pm Action at Y12

Additionally, there will be a bus trip from Michigan to this event organized by the Detroit Area Peace with Justice Network.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 • Remembrance and Names Ceremony
6:15 – 8:30am Y12 National Security Complex
East End Bear Creek Road entrance

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 • Peace Lantern Ceremony
8:15pm – Sequoyah Hills Park, Cherokee Blvd West End, Knoxville, TN

TBD • AUGUST 7 or 9 • Action at Bechtel, Oak Ridge
stay tuned for details here or at www.stopthebombs.org

for more information, contact OREPA 865 483 8202

Some details:

This year’s format is slightly different from years past—DOE has fenced and bulldozed the nice green fields we usually gather in. So the peace rally on August 5 will take place in Bissell Park (where we usually start the march) beginning at 10:00am. We will enjoy the fruits of creativity—music, drama, giant puppets, community—as we celebrate life and say “No!” to the promise of death by nuclear weapons.
From Bissell Park we will march to the gates of Y12. If there are a thousand of us, the grounds won’t hold us all, but we are working with Oak Ridge officials (DOE seems delighted to be uncooperative!) to create a space for a physical presence to witness to life at the gates of the bomb plant. As plans are developed, we will post updates on the OREPA web site: www.stopthebombs.org.
On Sunday, August 6, we will gather at the gates to Y12 for our annual remembrance ceremony at 6:15am—we will read names of victims of Hiroshima, along with first-hand accounts of the devastation of the bomb—everyone is welcome to join in the reading and remembrance and the tying of peace cranes on the fence. The Remembrance concludes at 8:30am, after a moment of silence at 8:16 marking the bombing of Hiroshima.

Nagasaki, too
This year, OREPA will also mark the destruction of Nagasaki with a peace lantern ceremony in Knoxville, at Sequoyah Hills Park on the west end of Cherokee Boulevard. The ceremony, which includes music and a reading, begins at 8:15 and ends with the launching of peace lanterns in the Tennessee River. You can bring a peace lantern of your own, or launch one provided—we’ll have dozens. It’s a family-friendly event, as are all OREPA events.

Calling puppetistas!
OREPA will host a weeklong puppet workshop leading up to the action in South Knoxville. Experienced puppetistas and first-timers will gather to create giant street theater puppets and to develop a skit for Saturday’s peace rally. Overnight accommodations (a few indoor beds and plenty of tent space) are available, or you can just come for a day or two. The workshop is scheduled for July 31-August 4, with a rehearsal planned for the evening of August 4 and the morning of August 5.
We’ll be looking for puppet operators, too, to help with the skit on Saturday, so even if you can’t come for the week, you can come to a rehearsal and get a part!

Nonviolent in tone and action
OREPA’s events and actions strive to be nonviolent in tone as well as action. We prohibit drugs and alcohol, and we provide trained peacekeepers who help maintain an environment where everyone can express their desire for peace. If you are interested in serving as a peacekeeper, you should contact the OREPA office (865 483 8202).
OREPA will host a nonviolence workshop and a peacekeeper training on the evening of Friday, August 4 at a location to be announced (please check the website). If you are considering an act of civil disobedience or if you are willing to serve in a support role, you should plan to come to the nonviolence workshop on Friday evening.

What to bring
August tends to be hot in Tennessee, so we advise you to bring cool clothes, water, sunscreen, maybe an umbrella for shade—or rain. There are fast food restaurants near the peace rally site, or you can bring your own food. Wear comfortable shoes.

Motivation?
This year’s theme—Imagine a world without…racism, empire, hunger, poverty, bombs…Create—will explore the interconnectedness of all the aspects of violence, from social to economic to political to spiritual, and we will not only think about these things, but we will take action.
Joining with others around the country, we will be connecting the dots between bomb production, corporate profiteering, the exploitation of indigenous peoples, and us! We will take a look at a prime dot connector, the Bechtel Corporation, with offices around the world, including Oak Ridge, TN where Bechtel helps make bombs.
Long ago Douglas MacArthur (yes, the general) said “Many will tell you with mockery and ridicule that the abolition of war can only be a dream—that it is the vague imagining of a visionary. But we must go on, or we will go under. We must have new thoughts, new ideas, new concepts. We must break out of the straitjacket of the past. We must develop sufficient imagination and courage to translate the universal with for peace into actuality.”
It’s not often we are called to arms (and voices and feet) for peace by a General, but there you go. Come and gather with us in Oak Ridge in August—to imagine and to create a new world.

On Sunday August 6th we will have speakers to mark the 61st anniversary of Hiroshima at the Federal building on the corner of Park Street and West Michigan avenue during the second half of the regularly scheduled peace vigil that is there every Sunday from 12-1pm.

On Wednesday, August 9 there will be an event to mark the 61st anniversary of Nagasaki starting at 8pm in Bronson Park, downtown Kalamazoo. There will be speakers and participants will be asked to write their hopes for peace on a piece of paper and attach it to one of 61 candlelit floatillas to be floated in the pond at the center of the park.

On Sunday August 6th we will have speakers to mark the 61st anniversary of Hiroshima at the Federal building on the corner of Park Street and West Michigan avenue during the second half of the regularly scheduled peace vigil that is there every Sunday from 12-1pm.

On Wednesday, August 9 there will be an event to mark the 61st anniversary of Nagasaki starting at 8pm in Bronson Park, downtown Kalamazoo. There will be speakers and participants will be asked to write their hopes for peace on a piece of paper and attach it to one of 61 candlelit floatillas to be floated in the pond at the center of the park.

Commemorate Nuclear Bombing of HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI No Nuclear Excuses for War No Nuclear/Conventional Attack on IRAN! Nuclear Disarmament NOW! Nuclear Divestment NOW! NO MORE BLOOD ON OUR HANDS!

Local Oxnard residents, Rosa and John Gascoigne in partnership with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, Japan, have arranged a week-long exhibit in downtown Oxnard commemorating the anniversary of the atomic bombings to educate and remind us about the horrors of nuclear war.

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, Japan, has provided 30 posters and several video presentations IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH.

The city of Oxnard will host the display Aug. 6-13 in memory of the hundreds of thousands of people killed during the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and those who continue to die from radiation effects from nuclear we

The display will be open from noon to 7 p.m. at 519 C St. Admission is free.

Speakers are scheduled for Aug. 6, the date Hiroshima was bombed, and Aug. 9, the date Nagasaki was bombed. On Sunday, August 6, at 2 p.m. Mexican Consul General of Oxnard, the Honorable Fernando Gamboa, will be joined by the head priest of the Oxnard Buddhist Church, who is a former resident of Hiroshima. On Wednesday, August 9, at 6 p.m. we will hear from Japanese Consul General of Los Angeles, the Honorable Yoshiyuki Isoda; Dr. Gabino Aguirre, councilmember and former mayor of Santa Paula and Mayor for Peace; and Pamela Meidell, founder and director of the Atomic Mirror.

There will be speakers and ongoing activities for children throughout the week. Rosa is a both a Japanese American, and a Mexican American. Anyone interested in volunteering as a docent would be welcomed with open arms.

For more information, or to volunteer, please contact Rosa Gascoigne at 487-7831.

the dm and omaha catholic worker invite you to join us for our annual 3 and half day vigil at the gates of offute air force base (afb) home of the strategic nuclear command(stratcom) and us military space command in bellevue ,ne come stand,prayand and do pennance with usas we commemorate the us atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagaski, japan on august 6 and august 9 1945 contemplate with us the work and mission of these god-awful commands ,the challenges they pose to all life on our planet,and the demonic claim it makes on the soul and sprit of our nation this years vigil begins on sunday,august 6 at 8 am the hour the us droped the first atomic bomb on hiroshima at the kinney gate witch is the mian entrance to offutt afb (fort crook rd s, belleuve ne (omaha ne)off kennedy frwy 75 to 375 to hwy 75 fort crook rd s )the vigil ends monday august 9th at 11 am, the hour the us dropped the second atomic bomb on nagaski the vigil will begin at 8 am each day and last untill 8 pm ending on august 9th at 11 am with a prayer circle and possible line crossing hospitality will be provided please contact us if you need a place to stay everone is welcome to come join ua in this annual (27 years) witness and vigil come for an hour or for the whole 3 and a half days for more info contact jerry ebner at (402)510 2899 or jerryebner@hotmail.com or fran fuller at (515)282 4781or franfuller@hotmail.com

On August 7, 8, and 9th, from noon to 1pm, members of the Michiana Peace and Justice Coalition will have a large continuous sheet of paper at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Jefferson Street in downtown South Bend. We will ask passersby to write down their comments about the war, nuclear weapons, Bechtel and the military industrial complex, and anything else they wish to say to their elected officials. We will have signs to hold or people can bring their own. There will also be an antiwar vigil from 5 to 6 on the 7th, at the corner of Main and Jefferson.

Sunrise Ceremony will meet at 8 AM at the UN Plaza in San Francisco and march, with drums, to the Bechtel Headquarters to meet up with the action to take place there at 10 AM ( http://august6.org/node/56 ). Come join this Ceremony to support indigenous rights and help put an end to the nuclear weapons and fuel cycle!

On August 9th, both the anniversary of the US nuclear attack of Nagasaki and the UN's World's Indigenous People's Day, join us in San Francisco for a day of action against Bechtel, one of the world's most notorious war profiteers, nuclear profiteers and violators of indigenous rights.

We will gather at Bechtel Headquarters in San Francisco at 10 AM followed by program of speakers including Hibakusha (Hiroshima survivor) Keiji Tsuchiya and author Antonia Juhazs. Western Shoshone spiritual leader Corbin Harney will then lead a ceremony as we march around the facility. Finally, those who wish will participate in a non-violent direct action to end Bechtel's corporate malpractices.

For more information:
Tri-Valley CAREs (925) 443-7148
http://www.trivalleycares.org

Western States Legal Foundation (510)839-5877
http://wslfweb.org

International Indian Treaty Council (415) 641-4482
http://www.treatycouncil.org

The War Machine Reveled: Bechtel Corporation—Merchant of Death Gather at the Federal Building, Front and Broadway, 11:30 a.m. We will proceed through the downtown area and arrive at Bechtel’s office at 1230 Columbia at 12:15 p.m. For more information, contact the PRC or SDCPJ at 619-263-9301 or prcsandiego@igc.org or info@sdcpj.org

On August 9th in New York City, local anti-nuclear and peace & justice groups will be participating in a day of coordinated national actions targeting nuclear and war profiteer the Bechtel Group.

Bechtel is the world’s #1 nuclear profiteer and a leading beneficiary of the Iraq war and corporate globalization policies in general.

Bechtel "connects the dots" for the anti-war, anti-nuke and global justice movements. Through its sordid corporate history and 100 years of revolving-door relationships with government, Bechtel illustrates the connections between profiteering and war, between nuclear power and nuclear weapons proliferation, between “free trade” and the exploitation of indigenous peoples, and between corporate power-brokers and decision-makers at the highest levels of government. (To read more about Bechtel go to august6.org.)

Who: Abolition 2000 NY Metro, CODEPINK NYC, Peace Action New York State, United for Peace & Justice, War Resisters League, and other local groups

What: Street protest of nuclear & war profiteer The Bechtel Group

When: Wednesday, August 9th (Nagasaki Day) from 12-1:30 p.m.

Where: outside Bechtel’s New York offices at 21 East 40th Street at Madison (Northwest corner)

Contact codepinknyc@hotmail.com for more information.

From the first nuclear bombs that the U.S. dropped on Japan in 1945 to the deadly “depleted” uranium it deployed in both Iraq wars, to the earth-penetrating “bunker busters” it projects detonating in Iran, our nation has forged a multibillion dollar business out of nuclear weapons technology. The largest and most profitable designer, manufacturer, and merchant of those weapons is Lockheed Martin, that operates a 4,400 acre facility at the end of Empire Grade in Santa Cruz. Our Bonny Doon-based Lockheed Martin facility manufactures and tests Contained Detonating Fuses (CDFs) for the deadliest weapon ever made — the Trident II D5 nuclear submarine missile

Planting Seeds of Conversion/Growing Industries of Peace recognizes the full spectrum of victims of the nuclear weapons industry — workers exposed to the hazards of producing weapons, communities that suffer environmental degradation from their production, military personnel who are poisoned by their use, and, of course, the human and other living beings who are targeted by such weapons. On this day we will acknowledge the devastation of the bombing of the people of Nagasaki 61 years ago by collectively imagining and calling for alternatives to the nuclear weapons industry, alternatives that convert the science of nuclear destruction into the science of life-sustaining industries and renewable energy.

* Carpools leave from Holy Cross Church parking lot at 12:45 PM (126 High St., SC). We will park and march from approximately ½ mile before Lockheed Martin's gate.

Speak Out Against New Forms of Nuclear Weapons. Potluck Picnic with conversations about nuclear weapons and Remembrance Ceremony with "candle boats" adrift on the Connecticut River.

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and La Casa de Maria invite you to 12th Annual Sadako Peace Day Ceremony.

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sadako Peace Garden, 800 El Bosque Rd, Montecito

Commemorating the 61st anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with music, poetry, and reflections. This event is free and open to the public. See flyer below for more details.

Sadako was a two-year-old girl when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Ten years later she developed leukemia. Japanese legend holds that one's wish will be granted upon folding 1,000 paper (origami) cranes. Sadako folded 646 before dying. She wrote, "I will write peace on your wings, and you will fly all over the world." Her friends finished folding the cranes in her memory. The paper crane has become a global symbol of peace, and a statue of Sadako now stands in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

Nagasaki Day Event

Educational program with film or speaker, beginning at 7 p.m. at Amarillo UU Fellowship, 4901 Cornell. Discussion following.

After the events of August 6th ( http://august6.org/node/55 ) and 9th ( http://august6.org/node/56 ), come to New College in San Francisco for an evening panel of speakers who will discuss the interrelated nature of the movements for nuclear disarmament, world peace and justice, and recognition of the world's indigenous peoples.

08/09/06 Anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. WNC Peace Coalition will hold a candle light vigil from 8 to 10 PM that evening, at Pritchard Park, in remembrance.