Walk for a Nuclear Free Future

When: Friday, April 9, 2010, 5:30 pm to Sunday, April 11, 2010, 7:00 pm
Where: multiple sites • Cambridge, Boston, Dorchester
2010 Apr 9 - 5:30pm
2010 Apr 11 - 7:00pm

Ninth Annual Walk for a New Spring

Join Us 

from

Burlington, Vermont

to 

The United Nations, New York City

March 20, 2010 - May 1, 2010

Please Join Us by walking for an hour, a day, or for the entirety.     

 
In Cambridge, please join the Walkers for an informal potluck dinner at the Friends Meeting House, Friday, April 9, 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., 5 Longfellow Park, near Harvard Sq., Cambridge.
 
In Boston, the walkers will participate in the "Shedding Light" Ceremony dedicated to Changing the Seal and Motto of Massachusetts.  Saturday, 1pm at the Parkman Bandstand, Tremont St., Boston Common.  (see attached for detailed program)
 
On Sunday, April 11 at about 2pm the walkers will say a prayer at the site of the proposed Bio-Weapons Lab on Albany Street, Boston.  Then in Dorchester there will be a community potluck dinner at 5:30 pm, at the First Parish Church, Meetinghouse Hill, Dorchester.  The First Parish Church has kindly agreed to host the walkers for the night. I hope many of us will be there to have dinner together and join in a discussion with the walkers. 
 
Contact Information
Tim Bullock - Phone—413-485-8469
 
Please Come to New York City
on
Sunday, May 2, 2010
As the United Nations begins its review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
People from the USA, together with people from around the world will join their voices calling out that:
 
Now is the time - to eliminate all nuclear weapons forever. Let the nations agree on a
verifiable timetable for global nuclear abolition.
Now is the time - to begin making our communities, our country and the world a safer,
healthier, sustainable place for all.
 
Walk Initiated by
Nipponzan Myohoji , New England Peace Pagoda,
100 Cave Hill Rd, Leverett, MA 01054
 
Endorsers
Arise for Social Justice, Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Mass Peace Action, Merrimac Valley People for Peace, Northshore Coalition for Peace and Justice, Salem Peace Committee, Traprock Center For Peace and Justice, United for Justice with Peace, Veterans for Peace Chapter 45, Western Mass American Friends Service Committee

 

 

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2010 NPT Walks brochure.pdf310.22 KB
April 10 schedule and program.doc15.5 KB
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