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SUMMARY:PeaceWalk 2024 in Delaware Valley; Related Events
DESCRIPTION:In the tradition and spirit of the many wonderful long–distance walks for peace\, Veterans For Peace has initiated a National Project which began May 7th\, 2024\, — a walk from Maine to arrive in Washington DC in July. We will be walking for peace and an end to the threat of nuclear weapons and all wars\, and for an environment that supports all life. \nPeaceWalk 2024 is open to all  who love peace and will walk for it. Folks can join the walk for as little or as long as they can. \n\nThe walk\, dedicated to the memory of Daniel Ellsberg (The Pentagon Papers; author off  “The Doomsday Machine\, Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner”\, will conclude at the NATO summit in Washington DC around July 4th – 5th. In the Philadelphia area this is part of The Campaign to Save The Future and the Daniel Ellsberg Days of Action\, June 11 – June 19th – We will conclude on Juneteenth! And a little beyond.\n\nJoin us. Sign up here to volunteer\, attend\, or if you represent an organization: peacehome.camgaigns@gmail.com\n\nPlanned events so far:\n➢ Protest – 6/10 Shut Down Ghost Robotics – Teach in: Robot warriors in Israel 2125 Chestnut St\, 6:30 pm➢ Webinar – 6/11 Norman Soloman of Roots Action and Defuse Nuclear: peace–net.org\, 7 PM➢ Witness – 6/13 RM. 494 City Hall\, Phila\, PA 19107 – Action to divest Philly from nuke weapons. 10:30 AM\n\n➢ Events in Philly during the arrival of the Vets for Peace\, PeaceWalk2024\, https://peacewalk2024.org/\n\n 6/14 Welcome & press conference: Independence Park\, – 4 PM\, 6th\, & Market. Liberty Bell 6/14 Dinner & talk\, George Lakey 15th & Cherry\, Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting 6:30 PM 6/15 Direct action events: Starting at – 9:00 AM\n\n✓ Day & Zimmerman\, war contractor\, 1500 Spring Garden St\, Philadelphia PA\, 9:00 AM✓ Divest from Israel Bonds\, 1511 Walnut St Suite 301\, Philadelphia\, PA 10:00 AM✓ Sendoff event & action: Phila. Naval Shipyard – Merchants of Death tour. – 11:30 AM\n 6/15\, Delware County Springfield Friends Meeting. Sproul Rd – Dinner & Movie – Documentary: The Most Dangerous Man in America\, Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (94 mins.) – 6 PM\n\n 6/16 Church of the Overcomer 1016 Sunset Street\, Trainer\, PA 7 PM Dinner & Talk & a day off 6/18 Arrive in the State of Delaware\n\n➢ A Talk – Juneteenth\, – David Gibson\, PJSN – “African Americans and the Bomb!” 6/19 Location South Philly Community Center\, TBA 6/23\, 10:30 AM\, Pebble Hill Church 320 Edison Furlong Rd\, Doylestown\, PA\n\nCall Congress 202–224–3121\, with these demands:1. Co–sponsor the Nuclear Weapons Abolition & Conversion Act of 2023\, H.R. 27752. Lead the nuclear armed countries to join the “United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” Co–Sponsor H.Res. 77Call the White House 202–456–1414\, with these demands:3. We want: a Fossil Fuel treaty at the UN – Keep the oil in the soil and the coal in the hole!4. Decrease spending for war – No New Nuclear Weapons!5. Ceasefire in Gaza. End the Occupation!\nEND THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX\n
URL:http://www.brandywinepeace.com/event/2363/
ORGANIZER;CN="Peace%20Justice%20Sustainability%20NOW":MAILTO:peacehome.campaigns@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Veterans for Peace PEACE WALK 2024 Comes to Philadelphia
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’re walking from Maine to Washington\, DC\, for peace and planet\, justice and democracy\nhttps://peacewalk2024.org/about/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, June 14th\, 2024\, Veterans for Peace\nPEACE WALK 2024 Arrives in Philadelphia. \nGreeting & press conference: Independence Park\,  4 PM\, 6th\, & Market. Liberty Bell\, Philadelphia\, PA.\nWelcoming Remarks: • David Gibson\, Peace\, Justice\, Sustainability NOW • Tina Sheldon\,\nWILPF Greater Philadelphia Branch • Bob Smith\, Brandywine Peace Community\,\nand Walkers\, Vets for Peace • Q & A and interviews with press \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6p.m. Join us for what  promises to be an evening of enlightenment and community enrichment at Friends Center\, 1501 Cherry St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19102. Partake in  potluck supper\, followed by a thought- provoking lecture by the esteemed George Lakey\, and a special music performance by the talented Justice Seekers – celebration of “A Piece of the Peace”. George Russell Lakey\, activist\, sociologist\, and distinguished writer\, has made a life-long significant contributions to the concept of nonviolent revolution. He is renowned for his work in developing the practice of experiential training for activists\, which he refers to as “Direct Education”\nWe look forward to seeing you there!\nSaturday\, June 15 Direct action events:\nSaturday\, June 15\, Veterans for Peace PEACE WALK ’24 Resumes…Direct Action  Starting at 9:00 AM\n⎯ Day & Zimmerman\, war contractor\, 1500 Spring Garden St\, Philadelphia PA\, 9:00 AM Day & Zimmerman are makers of weapons of war. Many of their products are sold to countries that the US arms\, including Israel.\nTheir website says:\n“Day & Zimmermann is a century-old\, family-owned company specializing in construction & engineering\, operations & maintenance\, staffing\, security and defense for leading corporations and governments around the world.”\nAt the office of Day & Zimmerman we demand they get out of the war business and stick to less deadly pursuits. Some of the current products are\n– Explosives: LX-04\, 10\, 14\, 17\, Castable PBX’s\, Comp A3 & A5\, Comp B & H6\, PAX-2A\, 3\, 30\, 42\, PBXN-5\, 9\, 11\, HNS\, TNT\, Octal\, HTA3\n– Bomb\, shells and missilesHellfire\, Longbow\, Javelin\, TOW 2A and 2B\, Sidewinder\, Tank Warheads\, Viper\, Mongoose\, WAM\, GSTAMIDS\, M982 Excalibur. \nDivest from Israel Bonds\, 1511 Walnut St Suite 301\, Philadelphia\, PA 10:00 AM\, Israel Bonds\, (Development Corporation for Israel)\, are a direct investment in the State of Israel. The bonds have been backed by the Israeli government\, since 1951. The Bonds help fund the Israeli economy. State and local treasuries across the U.S. invest hundreds of millions in the state of Israel this way. A record setting $2 billion in sales was made in 2023 with $1 billion raised since Oct. 7th while Israel has bombed hospitals and laid waste to infrastructure in Gaza.We will encourage Pennsylvania to divest until Israel agrees to end the Occupation of Palestine. Under Stacy Garrity\, the Pennsylvania Treasury Department invested $20 million in 2023.\nMore here:\n⎯ Sendoff event & action: Phila. Naval Shipyard –Merchants of Death tour. – 11:30 AM Offices of these U.S. weapons profiteers are at the Phila. Naval Yard: 1 – Advance Integrated Technologies\, 2 – American Systems Corporation\, 3 – AMSEC/HII\,  4 – Continental Tide Defense Systems\, Inc. 5 – GBS Group\, 6 – Naval Surface Warfare Center\, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD)\, 7 – NOBLIS MSD (Formerly McKean Defense)\, 8 – Northrop Grumman Corporation\, 9 – Paramount Enterprises International\, 10 – Peraton.\nWalkers will point them out and deliver Cease & Desist Orders to stop making weapons of war in a“Merchants of Death Tour” around the Yard before resuming the Peace Walk walk out of Philadelphia to Delaware County\n
URL:http://www.brandywinepeace.com/event/veterans-for-peace-peace-walk-2024-comes-to-philadelphia/
LOCATION:Liberty Bell Park\, 6th & Market Sts.\, Phila.\, PA\, 6th & Market Street\, Phila\, PA\, 19106\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Peace%20Justice%20Sustainability%20NOW":MAILTO:peacehome.campaigns@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Veterans for Peace PEACE WALK 2024 Crosses into Delco; Pizza & Movie to Celebrate Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 15th\, 2024\, Veterans for Peace\nPEACE WALK 2024 Crosses into Delaware County en route to Wash.\,DC\n\nhttps://peacewalk2024.org/about/\n Daniel Ellsberg passed on June 16\, 2023\, leaving us a legacy of unrelenting truth-telling and peace!\n  \n\n\n\nPeaceWalk 2024 will cross from Philadelphia into Delaware County this coming June 15.  The peace walkers will walk to the Springfield Friends Meetinghouse\, 1001 Old Sproul Rd\, Springfield\, PA 19064\,  where\, beginnning at 6p.m.\, there will be a celebration of the life and legacy of Daniel Ellsberg featuring a showing of THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: Daniel Ellsberg and The Pentagon Papers. Showing of  the Academy Award nominated\, Best Documentary Feature\, 2010\, 94 mins.\, Trailer: https://www.mostdangerousman.org/\nDaniel Ellsberg\, economist\, Vietnam war combat veteran\,  political activist\, civil disobedient\, and former United States military analyst turned whistle-blower\,  was in 1971 charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 and other charges including theft and conspiracy\, carrying a total maximum sentence of 115 years for Ellsberg for leaking the Vietnam War Study “Pentagon Papers”. The case\, however\, was dismissed in 1973 because of government misconduct.\nThe PeaceWalk 2024 is dedicated to Ellsberg\, who passed a year ago\, on June 16\, 2023\, at the age of 92\,  leaving a lifetime of nonviolent activism for peace and nuclear weapons abolition.\nDaniel Ellsberg was the author of: “Papers on the War ” (1972); “Risk\, Ambiguity\, and Decision (2001)\, “Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers” (2002) and\, in 2017\, “The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.” which he dedicated  “To those who struggle for a human future”.\nYou are invited for Pizza & Movie (!): June 15\, 6p.m. Springfield Friends Meetinghouse\,1001 Old Sproul Rd\, Springfield\, PA 19064\n\n\n\nYou’re invited to join us for a peace vigil and send-off outside the Springfield Friends Meetinghouse at 11 a.m. on Sunday\, July 16\, before the walk commences  with its next leg.\nYou are invited to join the walk for as far as you can.\n\n
URL:http://www.brandywinepeace.com/event/veterans-for-peace-peace-walk-2024-crosses-into-delco-pizza-movie-to-celebrate-legacy-of-daniel-ellsberg/
LOCATION:Springfield Friends Meetinghouse\, 1001 Old Sproul Rd\,\, Springfield\, PA\, 19064\, United States
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