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Sept. 24, 2005 Peace Rally and Wednesday Vigils for Cindy

BREMERTON PEACE RALLY - SEPTEMBER 24
6:00 PM corner of Wheaton Way and Riddell

Join Sound Peace and Justice and Kitsap for Peace for and after the Seattle Answer March and Rally.

We will meet to catch the 10:15am ferry to go to Seattle to participate in the March that starts at Westlake at 12:00. We will return on the 4:20 ferry and procede to the intersection of Wheaton Way and Riddell R. for a local rally and demonstration at 6:00pm.


The greater majority of American people do not want to be in a war. Our legislators and leaders have not listened to us. This September 24th we will join in the United for Peace and Justice Call to Action to demand that we be listened to and that it is time to END THE WAR, BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW! In Washington D.C. there will be a three days of mass actions to call for PEACE NOW, with a Festival for Peace and Justice, a Massive March and Rally, a Cease fire Concert, an interfaith prayer service, a grassroots Lobby Day, and a Civil Disobedience Action surrounding the White House...

...and a Demonstration and Peace Rally here in your neighborhood. Say No! to more war. In the face of heartbreaking disaster, our government has proven that it is time to take care of business at home. It is with deep regret that we, the public have learned too late that New Orleans and the victims of Hurricane Katrina are the latest casulties of an unwanted war. It is time to BRING OUR TROOPS HOME, NOW!

CINDY SHEEHAN SUPPORT VIGILS

Join Puget Sound area concerned citizens in supporting the work that Cindy Sheehan has begun. Speak out for PEACE! Demand that we bring our troops home now. No one should have to die in a war for oil and profit.

Wednesday Night Vigil for Cindy Sheehan



7:00 pm



Corner of Kitsap Mall Blvd and Randall Way

near TARGET store in Silverdale

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HANFORD PEACE WALK


Posted: January/13/2005 at 11:51am | IP Logged Quote Gilberto

Greetings,

The Bainbridge Island Sangha will initiate a pilgrimage for world peace from Hanford, Washington to the Bangor Submarine Base in Poulsbo, Washington. Hanford, Washington is the location where the plutonium was manufactured and used in the Nagasaki atomic bomb, and where Yakama Natives and neighbors are still affected from the nuclear waste site of radiation sickness. The Hanford Walk-'Nagasaki to Hope' will begin on July 16th, 2005 and ends August 7th, at the Bangor Submarine Base.

The pilgrimage (peace walk) will be a prayer walk in chanting the prayer for world peace Nu Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo. The peace walk is open to all who are sincere in extinguishing the violent fire that would result from nuclear annihilation. Our Buddhist order performs nonviolent walks all around the world as a gentle movement where people of all faiths are spiritually united in realizing a world of peace.

We have a tentative route and this may modify as to locations of overnight stays and distances walking verses car portage/transportation. Since the walk will end on or close to Hiroshima/Nagasaki day at Ground Zero. Accommodations, logistics, etc for the final days preparations will come from Ground Zero supporters. This walk is co-sponsored with Ground Zero. This is our first organized peace walk from the Bainbridge Island temple of major importance. Ground Zero and our inter-relationships are for nuclear disarmament and the abolishment of all wars.

We have no funds, only prayers and friends willing to help with the particulars in making this walk succeed toward world peace. How, why, and where the organizations of hosts, food, and overnight stays has not yet manifested. We have stayed at churches, parks, gymnasiums, and even religious schools at other walks for peace. We usually have someone who has some medical knowledge walk with us and taking care of mostly blisters and sprained ankles. We generally walk between 12 and 18 miles a day, and a rest every tenth day. The walk will take between 18 and 21 days to complete depending on accommodations and special events along the way organized by hosts. The host also selects and coordinates the overnight location, and start and end of section route, and possible events for the particular section on the walk. We begin our walk at 6 am with morning prayers for about 30 minutes with prayers from interfaith walkers.

We always have support vehicles with food and camping gear, backpacks, water, etc. Sometimes the vehicles go ahead to the next stop and set up the evening site. We may also have walkers from other countries, as is the usual in walks of this magnitude. Please feel free to sign-up or e-mail for further details of the peace walk.



Interfaith Peace Walk from Hanford Nuclear Site to the
Bangor Submarine Base.



July 16 Saturday Aug 7 Sunday (21Days)

Date Schedule Where to stay

July 16 Sat. Congregation at Richland (near to Hanford Site) Richland



July 17 Sun Hanford Nuclear Site-Richland-Kennewick (15m) Kennewick



July 18 Mon. Kennewick- (car ride)-Toppenish (walk 7miles) Toppenish

(Yakama Tribe)

July 19 Tue. Toppenish (car ride 4hrs) Oregon City, OR (walk 7miles) Portland

July 20&21 Wed/Thurs Oregon City (walk 15miles) Portland

July 22 Fri. Portland-Longview (car ride+15miles) Longview



July 23 Sat. Longview-Toledo (17miles) Toledo

July 24 Sun. Toledo-Chehalis (20miles) Chehalis

July 25 Mon. Chehalis-Centralia-Tenino (17miles) Chehalis

July 26 Tue. Tenino-Olympia (19miles) Olympia

July 27 Wed. Rest day in Olympia Olympia

July 28 Thurs. Olympia-Lacey (14miles) Lacey

July 29 Fri Lacey- Tacoma (car ride+15miles) Tacoma

July 30 Sat Tacoma Tacoma

July 31 Sun Tacoma-Puyallup ( miles) Puyallup

Aug 1 Mon Puyallup-Auburn (13miles) Auburn

Aug 2 Tue Auburn-Renton(15miles) Renton

White river Buddhist Temple

Aug 3 Wed Renton-Seattle (5miles) Seattle

Boeing company, Muslim School, and Memorial of MLK

Aug 4 Thu Seattle(10-15miles) Seattle

Sadako statue, Asian people's Museum

Aug 5 Fri Seattle (Ferry) Bainbridge Island (6miles) Bainbridge Is.

Aug 6 Sat Bainbridge Island (ride) Chief Seattle's Gravesite BI or GZ

Ground Zero (12miles)

Aug 6 & 7th Sat/Sun Ground Zero Hiroshima, Nagasaki Day action (completion)


For information contact:

http://nipponzan.net/forums/forum_topics.asp?FID=8&PN=1






Past Events:

Our May Day event was a relaxing, peaceful, and encouraging success. Over 50 people gathered to network and take a day to celebrate the work we do to help create peace and justice in our world. Thank you to all who participated. A special thank you to The Raging Grannies, and Jason, and Doug Milholland, and Scott Dubble, and Martin Sorensen for the speeches, the music, and the joy.



We forgot to take pictues! What were we thinking???

We also forgot to pass the hat, donations are welcome at any time and will be used for future events and to support the local work of peace and justice.











MAY 1, 2005

Rally In Evergreen Park

in Bremerton


NO WAR, NO NUKES!

End the War in Iraq: Bring Our Troops Home Now

Fund Essential Programs at Home, Not War Abroad

Abolish All Nuclear Weapons Worldwide


Join in a May Day Celebration with others who

are working for PEACE



Potluck Picnic, Speakers, Music, and Actions!

Activities for young and old.

SPECIAL GUESTS: THE RAGING GRANNIES

Event time: 2:00 - 5:00 pm

Call Lucy at 360 792-9798 for info and to volunteer


This event coincides with Rally in Central Park in NYC sponsored by United For Peace and justice-

a march past the United Nations on the eve of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference

You will find us located in Evergreen Park shelters 5 & 6

The open new space in the park







March 19th, 2005
A Progressive Peace Rally

Wow, what a fantastic event this turned out to be. About
35 people turned out in Bremerton at 9:00 for vigiling, songs, some silliness, and to exspress our desire for peace. We then progressed at 10:00 to Suquamish to join the North end Rally, where we met with peace workers from all over Puget Sound - Pt Townsend, Bainbridge, Silverdale, Bremerton, Port Orchard, etc.. Then, at 11:00 over a hundred of us went to the Bainbridge ferry to progress to the Rally in Seattle.