August 6. Saturday @ 10 -11:30 am. Commemorate #Hiroshima in
Lewiston.
Speaker line up and press release are posted, (and affiliated groups). There will be a peace crane for each attendee. Masks required and provided.
Aug 9 Tuesday. 7 PM. Commemorate #Nagasaki with us. Virtual, free
film screening and discussion about Article 9 of Japan's Constitution with filmmaker David Rothauser.
John Raby's Roadmap to Nuclear Disarmamant explains the new US escalation of nuclear weapons. In his
Right to Life- the threat or use of nuclear weapons is considered a violation of the Right to Life. (Also, PAM notes a next generation of
Hibakusha .)
Ukraine Update:
Somerville, Maine's Brian Milakovsky continues to help deliver humanitarian aid and evacuate over 80 people July 28 from
Soledar, Seversk, Serebryanka, Bakhmut, Chasov Yar, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Druzhkovka. Donations still welcomed HERE .
Aug 25-28 Register Now for the 2022 Veterans For Peace Online Convention, The theme of this year's convention is
From War Making to Peace Seeking.
Oct 2 Sunday, 7-8 pm
. Save the date. Peace Action Maine Keynote address: with
Erik Edstrom, author of
Un-American and author of lead chapter in
Paths of Dissent. Talking Militarism and Climate with neighbors.
Common Ground Country Fair 2022!
Mark it on your calendars, Sept. 23, 24, 25.
Lest we forget the
COSTS OF WAR:
-8 TRILLION Dollars
-1.2 BILLION Metric Tons of GHGases,
-37 MILLION Displaced,
-801,000 Dead.
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