Arcata: Sat., Aug. 8, 1:00 pm. On the Plaza. Speaking out about the nuclear issue. Also, 7:30 PM, Kloop Lake in the Arcata Marsh, build and float lanterns. Contact: Jim Smith, Humboldt-Del Norte Physicians for Social Responsibility, 707-677-1981, jas48@axe.humboldt.edu.

Livermore: Thu., Aug. 6, 8:00 am. Livermore Lab, corner of East Ave and Vasco Road. "A World Without Nuclear Weapons is a Universal Right." Music, speakers, procession to gates of Livermore Lab. Contact: Marylia Kelley and Sally Light, Tri-Valley CAREs (925) 443-7148.

Los Angeles: Sun., Aug. 9, 2:00-4:00pm. Westwood Federal Building. Protest things nuclear. Contact: Jerry Rubin, Alliance for Survival, 310-399-1000.

Sacramento: Thu., Aug. 6, 5:30pm. The Grand, 1215 J St. at 12th St., downtown. "August Women Peace Event" features women, story of Sadako, school children, thousands of cranes. Multi-cultural, family program historically attended by 200-400 people. Contact: Jo Ann Fuller, Peace Action, 916-448-7157, pasacramento@igc.org

Boulder: Thu., Aug. 6, evening. Vigil at Boulder County Courthouse, Pedestrian Mall. Sponsor: Rocky Mtn Peace and Justice Center, 303-444-6981.

Colorado Springs: aug. 6 5:30pm. Acacia Park, Downtown, at Nevada and Bijou. 4 readings, music. 1000 cranes Japanese Memorial, sister city is Japanese city Tori gate. at memorial. Contact Gail Snyder, Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission, 719-

Denver: Thu., Aug. 6, 7:00-8:00am. Commemoration/vigil at gates of Lockheed-Martin Corp., maker of the B2 bomber. L-M Waterton Canyon Facility, Wadsworth Blvd., south of C-470. Contacts: Byron Plumley, American Friends Service Committee, or Dallas Gudgell, Colorado Peace Action Colorado Coalition for the Prevention of Nuclear War (303) 832-4789.

Thu., Aug. 6, 2-5pm. Gathering on Nuclear Abolition, with street theater and more. West lawn of State Capitol Bldg. Contact: Dallas Gudgell, Colorado Peace Action, (303) 832-4789.

Thu., Aug. 6, 5:00-9:00pm. Commemoration, includes liturgy, potluck, storytelling, talent show, dancing. Catholic Worker Soup Kitchen, 2412 Welton St. Sponsors: American Friends Service Committee and Catholic Worker, 303-832-4789, 303 297-8348.

Rocky Flats Plant: Sun., Aug. 9. Commemoration at Rocky Flats. Sponsors: Catholic Worker House and AFSC, 303-832-4789, 303 297-8348. Call for time and exact location.

Hiroshima Week activities sponsored by Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee of the National Capital Area, 03-369-7427; fax 703-392-5045; jsteinbach@igc.apc.org

Tue., Aug. 4, 6:00-8:00PM, Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 10th and G NW. Reception & Photo Exhibit "Nuclear Weapons and the Twentieth Century." Guests include A-Bomb Survivors, Atomic Veterans, Downwinders. Sponsors: Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee and Martin Luther King, Jr, Public Library.

Wed. Aug. 5, 5:30 p.m. Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. 1998 Hiroshima Commemoration. A-Bomb survivors, music, childrens’ program, candle lantern float.

Sat., Aug. 8, 7:00-9:30PM. Metropolitan AME Church, 1518 M Street NW. "Nuclear Abolition and Human Survival," Professor Shingo Shibata, Hiroshima University, Hibakusha (A-Bomb Survivors), Louise Franklin-Ramirez.

Sat., Aug. 8, 9:45-10:30 PM, Lafayette Square (Peace Park), across from White House. Candlelight Vigil to commemorate Nagasaki Bombing.

Iowa

Des Moines: Thu., Aug. 6, 7:30 p.m. Japanese Bell at the State Capitol. Contact: Deborah Fisch, Iowa Peace Network, ipnet@earthlink.net, 515-255-7114.

Kentucky

Louisville: Sat., Aug. 15. Bellarmine College, Wyatt Hall, Amy Cralle Theatre, 2001 Newburg Rd.. Two programs with Helen Caldicott MD: 3pm - Medical Consequences of the Ecological Crisis; 7pm - Hazards of the Nuclear Age. Donation suggested. Contact: Louisville Chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, 502/458-8056, arch.taylor.parti@pcusa.org

Maine

Portland: Sun. Aug. 9. Contact: Wells Staley-Mays, Peace Action Maine and Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine, 207-772-0680

Maryland

Baltimore: Thu., Aug. 6, 5:00-6:30 PM. Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus, 34th & N. Charles Street entrance. Demonstration at JHU, which receives some $350 million annually from the Navy for weapons contracts. 6PM commemoration with A-bomb survivor and United Church of Christ minister Rev. John Oliver. Music, poetry, origami peace cranes. Sponsors: Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee and Baltimore-American Friends Service Committee. Contact: Max Obuszewski, 410-323-7200, Fax: 410-323-7292, e.mail: maxo@igc.org

Thu., Aug. 6, 7:30 PM. Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles. Uday Mohan, Washington, D.C. journalist, to speak about media perceptions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the recent testing in India and Pakistan.

Michigan

Ann Arbor: Fri., Aug. 6, 7:00 pm ‘til dusk. Gallup Park Shelters, Fuller Rd. near Huron Pkwy. "Come Together for Peace." Keynote speaker: Cora Weiss, President of Hague Appeal for Peace. Music, childrens’ activities. Dozens of cosponsors. Contact: Barbara Fuller, Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice (734) 663-1870.

Detroit: Sun., Aug. 9, 4:00 pm. Detroit YWCA. Congresswoman Kilpatrick invited. Sponsor: Peace Action Michigan. Contact: Brad Van Gilder (248) 548-3920.

Missouri

Columbia: Sat., Aug. 8, 6:00 pm. Commemorative Service at Bethel Park in Columbia. Sponsor: Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, 573-875-0539.

Nebraska

Lincoln: Sun., Aug 9. Music and speakers, including Jo Peterson of Nebraskans for Peace on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Contact Nebraskans for Peace, GELN38A@prodigy.com, 402-453-0776 for details.

New Jersey

Absecon: Tue., Aug. 4, 6:00 pm potluck, 7:30 pm program. AC Friends Meetinghouse, Pitney Rd, Absecon NJ 08201. Visiting Hibakusha. Sponsor: Coalition for Peace and Justice. Contact: Norm Cohen 609-886-7988 norco@bellatlantic.net

Princeton: Wed., Aug. 5, 6:00-8:30pm. Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. 6:00 bring-your-own picnic, 7:00 program, 8:30 close with floating candles. Speakers: Pakistani physicist Zia Mian and A-bomb survivor. Music by Solidarity Singers of the Industrial Union Council. Sponsor: Coalition for Peace Action. Contact: Rev. Robert Moore 609-924-5022 cfpa@cyberenet.net

New Mexico

Los Alamos: Sun. Aug. 9, noon ‘til dusk. Ashley Pond, in the center of Los Alamos. Speakers: Dr. Helen Caldicott, Bruce Hall of Peace Action. Street theater, exhibits, art works. Issues: Abolition of nuclear weapons, ratification of the CTBT, elimination of the Stockpile Stewardship Program and stopping radioactive waste dumps. Participants: Peace Action New Mexico, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, Los Alamos Study Group and Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping, others. Contact: Peggy Prince (505) 989-4812, LANLaction@aol.com

New York

Great Neck: Wed. August 5, 7:00PM. Grace Avenue Park. Sponsored by Peace Action Sane, PSR and other organizations. Contact: Stan Romaine 516 487 3786, Fax 516 829 5318

New York City: Sun., Aug. 9, noon to 5pm (tentative time). Washington Square Park (south side). Exhibit on "Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and 50 Years of Nuclear Terror" Contact: Bre Reiber, PSRNYC (212) 870-2980

North Carolina

Chapel Hill: Thu. Aug. 6, 11 AM - 3 PM. US Post Office on main street, opposite the University of North Carolina campus. Theme: civilian casualties of war. Contact: Margaret Misch, Margaret_Misch@unc.edu.

Oregon

Portland: Thurs.,Aug. 6, 6:00 pm. Japanese American Historical Plaza in Waterfront Park, on the Willamette River (SW Front Ave./Naito Pkw. & SW Davis St.). Former Senator Mark Hatfield to speak. Sponsored by Oregon PSR and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Also Aug. 6 Oregonian newspaper paid advertisement on H/N days. Contacts: Charles Grossman MD - (h) 286-3519 - (o) 223-2018; Mary Rose, WILPF, 503-282-3172; Barbara Drageaux, WILPF, 503-284-3116.

Tennessee

Nashville: Thu., Aug. 13. Address by Helen Caldicott MD. Contact: Louise Morris, 615/383-1233.

Oak Ridge: Thu., Aug. 6. Peace witness at gates of Y-12, 3-5 pm; Non-violence training, 3-5 pm; Hiroshima remembrance at gates of Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, 6:30 pm ; Direct action with possible civil disobedience scenario at Y-12, 7:15 pm; Peace lantern ceremony at Melton Lake marina, 8 pm. Sponsors: Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance and Western North Carolina Physicians for Social Responsibility. Contact: Ralph Hutchison, 423 483 8202, orep@igc.org

Texas

Houston: Thu., Aug. 6, 10am tentatively. Witness and news conference. Rothko Chapel by the reflecting pool. Contact: Herbert Rothschild, Greater Houston Peace Action, HRothschild@uh.edu, 713/743-9022.

Amarillo: Aug. 7-9, Peace Farm. Gathering Aug. 7 evening; peacemaker training camp workshops Aug. 8; event at gates of Pantex plant Aug. 9. Sponsors: Peace Farm and Peace Action Texas. Contact: Mavis Belisle, 806-335-1715, belislem@igc.apc.org

Washington

Seattle: Thu., Aug. 6, 7:00pm, Green Lake. "From Hiroshima to Hope." Lantern Preparation 7pm; program 8pm; lantern floating 9pm. Contact: Nancy Dickeman, Washington PSR, 206-547-2630, psrwase@ipc.agc.org; or Charlene Mano at Wing Luke Asian Museum 623-5124, folks@wingluke.org; or Fred Miller at Peace Action 527-8050.

Wisconsin

Milwaukee: Sat., Aug.8, 6:00pm. "Lanterns for Peace." Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Chestnut Grove and the Peck Pavilion, 929 N. Water St. Lantern making 6pm, program 7:30pm. Featuring: Progressive Magazine Editor Matt Rothschild, Singer/songwriter Harvey Taylor, Singer Una Van Duvall, Prof. Oops, Storyteller Linda Mistele. Contact: Tom Seery, Peace Action Milwaukee, (414) 964-5158, pamilw@execpc.com

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