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April 13, 2010
Alert #251
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Dear Peace Activists, On Tuesday, April 6, President Obama released the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which is a process that decides the role of nuclear weapons in the U.S. security plan. Obama’s plan is a step forward from President Bush’s, which extended U.S. nuclear weapon targets beyond Russia, China, Libya, and Syria to the “axis of evil” also known as North Korea, Iran, and Iraq. It even extended to non-nuclear countries that abide by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Obama’s NPR specifically exempts those countries, and includes promises of no first use and no new U.S. nukes. President Obama’s call for a nuclear free world last year in Prague was essentially rhetoric. His recently signed new START agreement with Russia leaves 1500 nukes actively pointed at each side - enough to cause a nuclear winter twenty times over. Obama’s NPR allows for the construction of new nuclear warheads, and he has just approved $15 billion in increased government funding for the U.S. nuclear-weapons complex. The NPR is rooted in outdated Cold War philosophies contradictory to the very idea of a nuclear-free world. The only practical way to get to that goal is through an international agreement on total nuclear abolition. This is what Peace Action is asking for. Only by making any and all nuclear weapons illegal, and strongly enforcing that ban, can we realistically address the growing threat of nukes falling into terrorist hands Now is the time to let your voice be heard! Write letters to Obama demanding that he initiate steps now, in our lifetime. In just five minutes, you can affect change that will benefit future generations, as well as your own. Thanks for all you do.
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Sunday, April 25, 12:30 p.m. into the afternoon
Peace Action of Central New York and the Syracuse Peace Council have joined forces to
coordinate this march/rally to protest the use of Predator/Raptor Drones.
Details: SYRACUSE/MATTYDALE. March begins at Northern Lights Mall, ends at Hancock AFB, E. Malloy Rd., Mattydale After-march get-together at ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley in Syracuse MARCH/RALLY AGAINST PREDATOR/RAPTOR DRONES. 
March: Start at Northern Lights Shopping Center (off Route 11, near I 81,
map
). Park at lot by Christmas Tree Shop, at southern end of mall. Gather at 12:30, step off at 1:00 p.m. This will be a silent,
solemn march, remembering victims of drone attacks. A drum will beat. Please wear dark colors and bring signs and other props.
The march to the base entrance is almost three miles. If you wish a slightly shorter march (2 miles), join in at the park on
Malden and Westwood (parking available). We'll make sure everyone gets a ride back to Northern Lights if they'd like. The
route is: south on Brewerton Road; east (left) on Malden; south (right) on Westwood; east (left) on E. Molloy Rd.Picket and gathering: We'll continue the solemn, silent march as a picket in front of the main entrance to the base (map) for 15-20 minutes. Then we'll gather for music and speakers. Any suggestions of musicians and/or speakers from your area? If so, contact Carol at carol@peacecouncil.net or 315.472.5478 Food, and organizing meeting at ArtRage Gallery (505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse) Be at ArtRage by 3:30 ish for light food - sandwiches, drinks, fruit, cookies (contributions of food are welcome but not necessary). We'll start the meeting between 3:45 and 4 pm, and go about an hour. Suggestions for the agenda are welcome? It will be good to be together again. Hope you can all make it. ArtRage Gallery is a marvelous place dedicated to the art of peace and social justice.  Tuesday, April 13, 12:15 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. FLATIRON DISTRICT. Fifth Floor Conference Room, DEMOS, 220 Fifth Avenue (between 26th and 27th streets) WATER WARS: BEYOND THE BLUE REVOLUTION 
A lunch discussion with Alun Anderson and Steven Solomon, moderated by
David A. Andelman. The world's great conflicts of the future will revolve around what is now and will increasingly become the most valuable and vital commodity to the preservation and sustainability of life on earth - not oil or gas, neither gold nor diamonds, but water. From the arid reaches of the Middle East to African rivers being dammed by a generation of ill-considered moves by larcenous potentates to the rapidly melting Arctic icecap, the Winter 2009/2010 issue of World Policy Journal examines the most critical issues confronting the ecologists and statesmen assembled just three months ago in Copenhagen, including the one most likely to be ignored: what lies beyond the blue revolution? This lunch discussion brings together Alun Anderson, author of After the Ice: Life, Death and Geopolitics in the New Arctic and "Water Wars" contributor, and Steven Solomon, author of WATER: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization. World Policy Journal Editor David A. Andelman will moderate. Admission: Free for WPI Members. Non-members receive free admission with the purchase of a subscription to World Policy Journal. Payment and RSVP: WPI Members: RSVP to events@worldpolicy.org or 212.481.5005, Option 2. Non-Members: Register and pay online. Advance registration is required to help us plan and order appropriately and minimize waste. All reservations must be paid in advance. Please RSVP by noon on Monday, April 12. Cancellations received more than 24 hours prior to the event will receive credit towards future events. Tuesday, April 13, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. THE BRONX. McMahon Hall Lounge - Room 109, Fordham University, 155 West 60th Street (between Columbus and 10th Avenues) NYC: CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2020 This event will be led by Sustainability & the Arts graduate students as an end-of-term celebration of their and all of our’s work in building the commitment for Fordham University and NYC to be Carbon Neutral by 2020. FREE, Space Limited, Reservation Required: RSVP to ef_alexandra@yahoo.com. 
Tuesday, April 13, 7:00 p.m.BROOKLYN. Brooklyn Technical High School, corner of DeKalb and South Elliott Place BUDGET CUTS: THE COST OF WAR TO OUR COMMUNITIES The politicians are slashing budgets for things we urgently need likes jobs, health care, schools and mass transit. Can we cut spending for war and the Pentagon budget and use it to stop these cuts? Come to a forum to ask questions and get some answers. Jo Comerford is the Executive Director of the National Priorities Projects. With Letitia James, City Council Member and representatives from community groups fighting the cuts and layoffs. Hosted by Brooklyn Tech Progressive Student Awareness Club and Brooklyn for Peace. For more information email bfp@brooklynpeace.org or call 718-624-5921. 
Wednesday, April 14, 11:15 a.m.. - 12:30 p.m.HEMPSTEAD. Hofstra University, Leo A. Guthart Theater, Axinn Library THE FEDERAL BUDGET IN CRISIS: CHOICES WE FACE Part of the International Scene Lecture Series entitled A Citizen’s Guide to U.S. Foreign and Economic Policies. Includes commentary by Jo Comerford, Executive Director of the National Priorities Project. Presented by Hofstra’s Departments of Economics, History, and Sociology, in cooperation with The Center for Civic Engagement, Long Island Teachers for Human Rights, and the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives. Admission is free. For more information, please contact Hofstra’s Department of Economics at (516) 463-5595, or the Long Island Alliance at (516) 741-4360. Saturday, April 24, 8:00 p.m. UPPER WEST SIDE. New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th St. (at Central Park West) ONE WORLD: A CONCERT FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION Music and art heal. That's the assumption behind the first large-scale event of Arts at the Intersection, a new initiative using the arts to engage intercultural and interfaith dialogue. The concert features internationally-renowned musicians amidst a backdrop of gold-illuminated paintings.
* Eugene Friesen, cello
Tickets: $35 / $25 for seniors and students - www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=CIT7>.
Group discounts available - call 212.864.7827. More info:http://bit.ly/OneWorld_concert.
* Steve Gorn, flutes * Glen Velez, percussion * Fred Johnson, vocals - Intersections’ Artistic Director, who will also host the evening. Thursday, April 29, 7:00 p.m. BROOKLYN. The Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue (between Bond and Hoyt) BROOKLYN FOR PEACE PRESENTS: WHY BOYCOTT AND DIVESTMENT? Reflections on resisting US militarism and Israel's Occupation of Palestine. An open conversation with Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb , cofounder of Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence and a proponent of human rights, international law and open dialogue. Light refreshments will be available. For info: brooklynpeace.org or 718-624-5921. 
Thursday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.BAY RIDGE. The Soul Café, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7420 4th (74th St. / 77th St. stop on R) RICK STEVES' IRAN: YESTERDAY AND TODAY Rick Steves' travels have taught him the power of people-to-people diplomacy. Now as tensions rise between the United States and Iran, he has taken action. "Rick Steves' Iran: Yesterday and Today" is a one-hour documentary on Iran's people and culture. Presented by Peace Action Bay Ridge (646) 824-5506 or bklynpeaceaction@yahoo.com and Interfaith Peace Coalition (718) 680-2981 or infaithpeace@yahoo.com. April 30 – May 1 NEW YORK CITY. Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE, PEACEFUL, JUST AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD The 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review International Planning Committee, comprised of NGO’s from the United States, Europe and Asia is organizing a day and a half long international conference on Nuclear Abolition, Peace and Disarmament on May 1, 2010, the eve of the NPT Review Conference at the United Nations. The conference will be held in the Riverside Church in New York City and will include between 800 and 1,000 participants. Representatives of the world’s nations will gather at the U.N. for the 5-year NPT Review, which is widely considered to be a make it or break it point for the nuclear non-proliferation regime. NGOs from six continents will send representatives and activists to New York to influence the outcome of the NPT Review. On the eve of the Review Conference, the International Planning Committee’s conference will provide a forum to share analyses, to coordinate activities during the month-long Review Conference, and to better integrate campaigns for nuclear weapons abolition, peace, economic justice and human needs and environmental sustainability. List of speakers • Tadatoshi Akiba – Mayor of Hiroshima, President, Mayors for Peace 
• Daniel Ellsberg – invited
• Socorro Gomes – Bebrapaz & World Peace Council
• Hisako Kimura – Hiroshima Hibakusha
• Tomas Magnussen – International Peace Bureau
• Zia Mian – Princeton University, Program on Science and Global Security
• Natalia Mironova, Institute for Public Policy and Law, President of the Movement for Nuclear Safety
– former Member of the High Ecological Council of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
• Ban Ki Moon* – Secretary General of the United Nations
• Nadine Padilla, - Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment - MASE a New Mexico Native American
opposing uranium mining
•Terumi Tanaka – Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- & H Bomb Sufferers’ Organizations
The conference will consist of three plenaries and numerous workshops. Plenary and workshop speakers will include leading
experts on the issues addressed by the conference. Workshops are being organized internationally along four tracks:
abolition, peace, economic justice/human needs, and environmental sustainability.
To find housing in Manhattan, go to
Reaching Critical Will’s website
for a list of low cost hotels and hostels.
More info at www.peaceandjusticenow.org
Sunday, May 2, 2:00 - 5:30 p.m. NEW YORK CITY. Times Square area to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th St. between First and Second Aves.) INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION: RALLY - MARCH - PEACE FESTIVAL Join people from around the world for an afternoon of action! 
• 2:00 PM – Rally near Times Square (exact location tba)• 3:30 PM – March across 42nd Street to the United Nations • 4:00 – 5:30 PM – International Peace & Music Festival in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. In the coming weeks, we will be confirming a line-up of rally speakers and performers to both inform and inspire us in addition to greetings from delegations from our international partners who are helping to organize this International Day of Action. At the Peace Festival, there will be tents and tables that will provide information and organizing resources so that we can continue our work for a safe, nuclear-free, peaceful and just world for all! There will be a tent with the Japanese delegation including Hibakusha (survivors of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki) as well as many other issue based tents and tables. Help us spread the word! Download Fliers Here. Sign up to volunteer. To find housing in Manhattan, go to Reaching Critical Will’s website for a list of low cost hotels and hostels. More info at www.peaceandjusticenow.org. 
Saturday, May 15, 12:00 -5:00 p.m.BROOKLYN. Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue.(Train: 2/5 to Flatbush Ave/Brooklyn College; Q to Ave H; Bus: B6, B103, B44, Q35, B44, B11, BM2) BROOKLYN PEACE FAIR Keynote Speaker: Father Roy Bourgeois, Founder of School of the Americas Watch, Nominee for Nobel Peace Prize. Workshops and discussions, information on peace and justice, kids' activities. Performances by Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Spiritchild, Ill-Literacy, Metro Sonics, Stephanie Rooker, and more. Sponsor: Brooklyn For Peace. Co-Sponsors: Brooklyn College Community Partnership & Brooklyn College Student Center. Plan now for your organization to participate! Endorse, register for a table, place an ad in the program. If you would like to present a proposal for a workshop, activity, or performance, e-mail peacefair@brooklynpeace.org.  Now through Sunday, May 2 FROM STEAMBURG NY THROUGH SIX NATIONS TO NYC PEACE WALK FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE 
Led by June-San Yasoda, Japanese Buddhist nun and leader of the Grafton Peace Pagoda,
the 700-mile, two-month Walk will start in Steamburg on March 6, and progress through
New York State's Six Nations Native American territories to arrive in New York City
(converging with at least three other feeder marches from Oak Ridge TN, Maine, and DC)
on May 2, the eve of the UN’s review of the U.N. Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty Conference. For full information, including a schedule, map, and resources on how to join or help out, see the PDF at www.dharmawalk.org or contact Jules Orkin, organizer/walker at julesorkin@yahoo.com. Tuesday, April 13, 7:00 p.m. BUFFALO. Hallwalls, Delaware Avenue. BUFFALO VETERANS FOR PEACE PRESENTS A SCREENING OF "STOP LOSS." PANEL: Vietnam War Resister, Bruce Byers; NYCLU Western Regional Office Director and disabled combat veteran of the first Gulf War, John Curr; and Vietnam Veteran, Russell Brown. This event will also be a fundraiser to help cover defense funds for stop-lossed, GI Resister, Marc Hall. For more information contact Russell Brown at 716-570-5200 or buffalovfp@gmail.com. Wednesday, April 14, 7:15 p.m. BUFFALO. Bulger Communications Center East, Buffalo State College BUFFALO STUDENTS FOR PEACE PRESENTS: BE ALL YOU CAN BE? WAR, PEACE AND MILITARY RECRUITING Featuring Josh Casteel, Robynn Murray of IVAW, Dr. Tell of Nazareth University & William Richardson of USMA at UB. More Information: bscstudentsforpeace1@gmail.com. 
Week of April 17 through 24BUFFALO. PEACE ON EARTH WEEK 2010 Sponsored by The Peace Education Fund.
• Saturday APRIL 17, 7:00 p.m.
St. John's Grace Episcopal Church on Colonial Circle (Lafayette & Richmond Avenues) SONGS FOR A LIVABLE LAND with Nan Hoffman and Joe Tumino. refreshments and information tables. Free will donation. All welcome. • Sunday, April 18, Noon - 1:30 p.m. Burchfield Penney Art Center (1300 Elmwood Avenue) WANT PEACE? CLEAN UP THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOLVE THE ENERGY CRISIS! Local energy activist and former WNY Peace Center director Walter Simpson will frame the week by explaining connections between environmental and peace issues. A peace tree ceremony outside BPAC will follow the presentation. Free; public welcome. • Saturday, April 24, 7:00 p.m. - Midnight Dnipro Ukrainian Hall, 562 Genesee Street THE LIZZARD BALL Featuring 7 bands, auctions & raffles, information tables, cash bar, lots of networking (a/k/a "party with a purpose," as funds raised will go to the Peace Education Fund. $10 admission (sponsorships available). Tickets are available at Talking Leaves Bookstores, Buffalo ReUse, El Buen Amigo, McMahon's Restaurant on Grand Island, Decades Psychedelic Daze in West Seneca, Rust Belt Books (updates on www.peaceonearthweek.org). Thursday, April 22, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. GENESEO. Interfaith Center located at 11 Franklin Street, adjacent to the SUNY Geneseo Campus. 
POTLUCK DINNER - FUNDRAISER TO RESETTLE ONE "HOPE HAITI" FAMILY 100% of the proceeds from this potluck will go to Rose-Marie Chierici's fabulous charity Hope Haiti to help resettle one family that has been displaced by the earthquake. There will be a presentation about the family we will be working to resettle. Vegan and vegetarian options, as well as some authentic Haitian dishes. Students $5, faculty and community members $6 at the door. Additional places to donate inside. Saturday, April 24, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. GREENWICH VILLAGE. The Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery at Bleeker. LIVE AT THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB An afternoon of jazz and poetry with The Russell Branca Quartet:Russell Branca, bass; Tom Beckham, vibes; Randy Ingram, piano; Sylvia Cuenca, drums. Open mike for poets at 3 p.m. $6 cover charge. Saturday, April 24 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. ROCHESTER. Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St. CELEBRATE WORLD PEACE! THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD PEACE! Susan Ware's Moving Experience Dancers will perform! Gloria Osborne will lead us in a Spiral Dance! Oliver Haynes and his two bands will bring us music for listening and dancing! We will have light refreshments. If you would like to contribute, please RSVP to Carole Hoffman: choffman002@rochester.rr.com, 585-678-4525. Information: Hank Stone, hstone@rochester.rr.com, 585-624-3673 Saturday, April 24, 8:00 p.m. TARRYTOWN. Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 West Main Street THE KLEZMATICS, WORK O’ THE WEAVERS, PETE SEEGER AND FRED HELLERMAN IN “KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE: THE GUTHRIE LEGACY CONCERT" 
A benefit concert for the Woody Guthrie Foundation and The Sloop Woody Guthrie. The Klezmatics,
Work o’ the Weavers, Pete Seeger and Fred Hellerman will pay tribute to trailblazing American
singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie and others that followed in his wake with musical performances
throughout the evening. Actor/singer Rob Tepper will perform a scene from When the Curfew Blows,
his one-man-show about Guthrie’s life and times and Toronto’s Theresa Tova will join Frank London
for some contemporary Yiddish jazz. Tickets are $85, $65 and $45 and available at
www.tickets.tarrytownmusichall.org.
For more information, artist photos or press passes to the concert, please contact Eva Dilmanian
at 646.654.9324 or eva@buzzwordpr.com.
Sunday, April 25, 6:00 p.m. DELMAR. Delmar Reformed Church. 386 Delaware Ave (Parking beside & behind church PEACE ACTION THROUGH MUSIC - UPPER HUDSON PEACE ACTION'S 28TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER  Singing: Kim and Reggie Harris , dynamic and superbly talented traditional folk performers, whose captivating stage presence and unique harmonies have earned the respect and love of audiences throughout the US. Guest Speakers: Sonny Ochs and Wanda Fisher will speak of their work for peace and justice while promoting the Folk Music Tradition. Sonny Ochs produces Phil Ochs song nights and hosts Mostly Folk on WRPI. Wanda Fisher has hosted the Hudson River Sampler on WAMC since 1982. This is a potluck dinner. Please bring a dish to share. Suggested donation: $25 (More if you can afford it, less if you can’t.) RSVP 518-463-5907, info@peaceact.net Thursday, April 29, 6:00 p.m. WHITE PLAINS. Location TBA. WESPAC’S ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER 
Keynote Speaker: Honorable Cynthia McKinney speaking on"Reflections on How We Move Forward" This year WESPAC is recognizing:
* Ted DeSoyza, lifelong work advocating for children, people with disabilities and a more peaceful world
* Felice Gelman, for the WESPAC Middle East Committee and her Palestine Solidarity work
* Mirene Ghossein, for tirelessly bringing people together through culture
* Jackie Mann, The Elias Foundation, and their funding of local, progressive community organizing
* Mary Williams, one of the founders of WestCOP, lifelong anti-poverty work
Saturday, May 1, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. ALBANY. West Capital Park. TWELFTH ANNUAL MAY DAY CELEBRATION. Presented by Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace. There will be music, poetry, food and tables for literature. Speakers will focus on more jobs, less war, better healthcare and fairer trade. More Information: call (518) 273-2759 or see the Hudson-Mohawk May Day website, www.jflan.net/mayday/m2010/mayday2010.html. Sunday, May 2, 9:00 aa.m. ALBANY. East Garage, Eagle & Madison. BUS TO NYC RALLY The bus will return in the evening. You can park free at the garage.  Many local peace groups hold regular events, vigils, "Honk for Peace" actions, etc. See our list: www.panys.org/ongoing.htm  
Wednesday, April 14, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Press Club SAVE THE DATE: THE 2010 RIDENHOUR PRIZES “Fostering the Spirit of Courage and Truth.” These prizes memorialize the spirit of fearless truth-telling that whistleblower and investigative journalist Ron Ridenhour reflected in his exposure of the My Lai massacre and throughout his extraordinary life and career. Please join for a ceremony and luncheon. 2010 Honorees: Courage Prize:Howard Zinn. Book Prize: Joe Sacco. Truth-Telling Prize: Matthew Hoh. For more information please visit ridenhour.org or call 212-822-0252. Co-sponsored by The Nation Institute and The Fertel Foundation, with partners The Fund for Constitutional Government, Project on Government Oversight, and Government Accountability Project. Thursday, April 22, 12:00 p.m. PHILADELPHIA. Independence Mall. EARTH DAY RALLY AND PEACE WALK TO CAMDEN, NJ. Our Peace Walk to New York for Nuclear Abolition officially begins! For more information check out the site: http://nptwalk2010.wikidot.com/. 
Sunday, April 25, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. (meal at 1:00 p.m.)NORTH POMPTOM PLAINS, NJ. Regency House, 140 Route 23. NJ PEACE ACTION'S ANNUAL DINNER. With Phil Donahue, Executive Producer of the film, Body of War, and Honored Guest and Recipient of a Peacemaker Award. Tickets: www.njpeaceaction.org or call 973-259-1126. Sunday, April 25, 7:00 p.m. LEONIA, NJ. Leonia United Methodist Church, Broad Ave. and Woodridge Pl ENDING THE U.S. WAR IN AFGHANISTAN With David Wildman, Co-author (with Phyllis Bennis) of Ending the US War in Afghanistan, a Primer. Hope to see you at the vigil this week. The weather is expected to be sunny and warm. Going out of state? Check UFPJ's national Events Calendar: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php . |