commemorate the dropping of the A-Bomb on Hiroshima. I will be providing preliminary music at the Peace Walk Saturday morning, beginning around 9:45.
August 6th, 1945 - to - August 6th, 2005
Hiroshima to Iraq - 60 Years of Uranium Weapons
PEACE Events in Oklahoma City
PEACE Walk // PEACE Video // PEACE Speaker
PEACE Walk: 10 am, Saturday, August 6th.
Civic Center Park, 201 N. Walker. Gather for centering, signing petitions, introductory words. Silent walk will encircle the Murrah National Memorial.
PEACE Video: 11:15 am, Saturday, August 6th.
In the Downtown Public Library, 300 W. Park Ave. 30-minute video documentary and discussion: "Poison Dust" about uranium weapons. Information and petitions available. Free & open to public.
PEACE Speaker: 6:30 pm, Monday, August 8th
At Mayflower Congregational Church, 3901 NW 63rd Street.
Following a 6:30 shared potluck supper, conscientious objector Camilo Mejia will present his story at 7 pm: "A soldier's journey through military prison to peace." Mejia led his US Army squad five months in Iraq, then chose prison rather than return. A free-will offering to be collected at this otherwise free event.
Events sponsored by:
The Peace House, Spiritual Walk for Peace, Episcopal Peace & Justice Commission, Mayflower Congregational Church, Social Justice Committee First Unitarian Church, Church of the Open Arms UCC, OKC Friends Meeting, Joy Mennonite Church, others...
Please come, if you are within driving distance.
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