Upcoming NDE Events & Action Alerts
Blessings & Safe Journey: Celebration for Sr. Megan Rice
Monday, September 5, 2011
5 pm – 8 pm
Nevada Desert Experience 1420 W. Bartlett Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89106
RSVP Appreciated (415) 828-2506
Open House for Sr. Megan to Wish Her Peace , Wonderful Travels as She Relocates to NY
Pot Luck Dinner ~ We’ll BBQ (All Sides Welcome)
Please Stop By, if Only Briefly, and Join Us in Honoring Sister Megan’s 6 Years of Heartfelt Service to the N.D.E. Family and Commitment to Non-Violence Activism and the Anti-Nuclear Movement in Nevada
as Well as Across the Globe.
For Peace Sake . . .
Petition Pres. Obama not to Test ICBM on International Day of Peace
We will submit this petition to the White House three days before the scheduled launch. Thanks to the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation for hosting the petition. If we work against nuclear tests, we have to work to stop testing and development of delivery systems too.
Hearings Soon and Comments Needed on Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (DSWEIS) for Nevada National Security Site
Public comment meetings on the Check the NDE website for evolving talking points to help in drafting your comments. An experienced team is finding this document particularly confounding to analyze in an easy to digest way. The deadline for commenting is October 27.
It would be outstanding to have more of a presence at the meetings in addition to sending comments. The meeting in Las Vegas is on Sept. 20 and in Pahrump on Sept. 21. Other meetings are scheduled for Tonopah, St. George and Carson City. Meetings are at 5:00 pm. See http://h-o-m-e.org/ or the NDE SWEIS page for more details on the meetings and content of the DSWEIS, including links to relevant government documents.
Sept. 10 in Sacramento:
Jim Haber Speaks at gathering of the Peace Pyramid
5 p.m. Saturday, September 10, to take place at 2041 Campton Circle, Gold River, CA (a suburb east of Sacramento). The event will be focused on “the elephant in the room,” the problem as big as all outdoors that grows ever more threatening while we ignore it: the menace of nuclear proliferation.
Sept. 21: Deadline to Chime in Whether or Not to Rename NDE
For background on the discussion about the history of NDE's name and whether or not to change it, see the Summer issue of Desert Voices or the webpage <nevadadesertexperience.org/history/history.htm#namechange
The choices:
a) Nevada Desert Experience
b) Nevada Desert Experience and Peace Witness
c) Nevada Desert Peace Experience
d) Nevada Desert Peace Witness
Please respond to the office in writing to
1420 W. Bartlett Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89106
or by e-mail to
info@NevadaDesertExperience.org by September 21, the Fall Equinox.
Mark votes with, “NDE Name...” in the subject line
or by calling us at
702-646-4814 or by slipping Megan or Jim a slip of paper with your preference written on it.
Sept. 24 near Sacramento: Jim Haber Receives "Lifetime Peacemaker" at the Teach Peace Foundation's Evening of Peace Awards Dinner What: Student led annual awards dinner to recognize peacemakers and promote unity. When: Saturday night, September 24, 2011 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm Where: 600 Alhambra Blvd, Sacramento, California Price: Dinner tickets are $30 at http://shop.teachpeace.com and $39 at the door. Proceeds help the Teach Peace Foundation deliver peace education.
Presentation on 2011 NDE Peace Delegations to Afghanistan and Japan
Evening program; room and start time still to be determined;
Contact John Hadder, 775-348-1986, 775-722-4056 (cell), or for details.
Jim Haber and Mary Lou Anderson will speak at University of Nevada, Reno at the invitation of Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace.
October 1 and 2: NDE Council Meeting in Las Vegas. Meetings are open to interested friends. Contact the office for more details.
October 7 to 9: International Catholic Worker Gathering being held in Las Vegas and hosted by our compadres at the Las Vegas Catholic Worker. NDE is helping, especially with the October 9 day of actions at the NNSS as well as Creech AFB. See <
lvcw.org> or contact the LVCW for more information at
mail@lvcw.org or
(702) 647-0728. For questions about the day of action, you can also contact NDE.
The day of action is connected to other networks and actions in October because of the 10th anniversary of 9-11 and subsequent war on Afghanistan. United Against Drones, a network of organizations in the U.S. opposing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) that NDE has helped co-found, calls on groups and individuals throughout the country to mention and critique the deadly use of drones in upcoming actions and educational events around the 10th anniversary of the Afghanistan war.
United Against Drones is a co-sponsor of "
Keep Space for Peace" week (KS4P) from October 1 - 8, 2011. Organized annually by the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, KS4P week is an international time of action and education to stop the militarization of space. This year's emphasis is to highlight the use of space as the vital war communications link that make drones and other armed robots possible.
Not the only article of note on Drones of late, but this one is very extensive, addresses some of the claims in support of drone strikes, and focuses largely on the reactions in Pakistan to the US drone attacks there. An outstanding jumping off point because of the extensive links in it to other sources and articles.
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/07/20117145247361110.html
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