War in Ukraine and the Climate Crisis with Col. Wilkerson and Janet Weil. The joint webinar was well attended. Parts of the program linked
here.
Dec 10. Sat.
Human Rights Day. 7-8:30. Frank Panopoulos, human rights attorney's talk:
Held Indefinitely and Without Charge: The Guantánamo Bay Prison.
Register for zoom webinar. If you know of a group that would like to endorse this event, please contact us!
John Raby's next piece shared with us
Fire on the Roof of the World -in perfect time for COP27.
View Medea's Ukraine movie
HERE. schedule a watch party and discussion and you can join: www.peaceinUkraine.org.
The call for ceasefire and diplomacy widens. Have you seen
Zelensky's G20 10 point proposal for peace?
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a coalition of the nations of the world whose governments meet annually at the Conferences of Parties.This year COP27 meets in Egypt. WILPF is sending a delegation that will keep us informed. https://www.cop27coalition.org/.
Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm call for Vigil: 4 Saturdays of Advent.
Maine
Somerville's Brian Milakovsky' update on
Ukraine for the first week in November:364 people were evacuated from settlements in
villages and cities of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Dnepropetrovsk, Khmelnitsk, Kherson regions. Donations still welcome:
https://gofund.me/4e4a919d
Update on the Golden Rule, on her way to Maine! The ketch set sail in 1958 to stop nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands, and inspired the many peace makers and peace ships (Greenpeace). A Portland arrival is planned 6/25,and Bath on 6/27/23. Follow her route:
https://share.garmin.com/goldenrule
Lest we forget the
COSTS OF WAR:
AWARDED 2022 US PEACE PRIZE!
-8 TRILLION Dollars
-1.2 BILLION Metric Tons of GHGases,
-38 MILLION Displaced,
- 929,000 Dead.
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