- 2015 Sacred Peace Walk Schedule -
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March 28 - April 3
WAYS TO PREPARE FOR THIS PILGRIMAGE
- Tell your friends/family/facebook "friends" you are coming.
- Contact your local media; let them know you are doing this!
- Pack/bring a sleeping bag & tent to sleep in.
- Pack/bring raingear
- Make sure you walk at least 3 miles per day NOW if you wish to walk >3/day in Nevada.
- Pack/bring a water bottle to carry while you walk, and any medications/dietary supplements you need.
Previous Peacewalk Background Packet (PDF)
See the Sacred Peace Walk image gallery of 2014.
DAY & DATE |
Daily Schedule
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SATURDAY
March 28 |
3:00 PM Orientation
6:00 PM: Dinner |
Location: Francis
& Clare Compound also known as the Home
& Offices of NDE, 1420 W. Bartlett Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada 89106, 702-646-4814.
All SPWalkers can sleep
@ Francis & Clare. Only 10 beds are assigned, 10 other people will camp on floors or couches inside, or in tents outside @ Francis & Clare.
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PALM SUNDAY
March 29 |
7:00 AM: Breakfast
7:45 AM: SHUTTLES Leave Bartlett
8:30 AM: Blessing of SPWalkers
outside the National Atomic Testing Museum
9:00 AM: Commence Urban Walk
2:00 PM : (approx.) Lunch in city park at E St.
and Washington
4:00 PM: Arrive @ Francis &
Clare Compound (about 12 miles of pilgrimage today)
6:00 PM: Dinner at
Francis
& Clare Compound
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Walk from the Atomic Testing Museum (755
E. Flamingo Rd.), up the Las Vegas Strip,
down the Fremont Street Experience, out to the
Dept. of Energy and National Security Technologies
offices, ending at the Martin
Luther King Statue just 3 blocks from Francis
& Clare Compound. See the Day
1 Route in precise detail.
All SPWalkers can sleep
@ Francis & Clare. Folks with personal cars
are welcome to leave their vehicles there, or
at Cactus Springs Temple.
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MONDAY
March 30 |
6:30 AM: Breakfast
7:15 AM: SHUTTLES Depart from Francis &
Clare House
8:00 AM: Commence Desert Walk
(Starting point: Hwy 157, Mile Post 92) to Lee
Canyon Road (Hwy 156 Mile Post 106) (almost 14
miles)
5:30 PM: Dinner provided by Catholic Worker.
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All SPWalkers are welcome to camp out at Hwy
156 junction (at least 100 feet away from US 95).
Sleeping arrangements are cozy. Folks with personal
cars are welcome to stay with the SPW and welcome
to create alternate arrangements too.
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TUESDAY
March 31 |
7:30 AM: Breakfast
8:00 AM: Resume Walking: from Lee Canyon
Road (Hwy 156, Mile Post 106) to Creech Air Force
Base in Indian Springs (14 miles). The Temple
of Goddess Spirituality is 3 miles further,
at CLARK Co. Mile Post 123.
7:00 PM: Dinner provided by Catholic Worker.
8:00 PM: Sekhmet Ceremony in Temple. |
Once we reach Creech AFB, the Walkers can either
continue on for 3 more miles to the Goddess Temple,
or walk that stretch the next day.
Lunch and Dinner are timed in sync with the Walk.
Most people will bed down in the Guest Trailer
or a tent at the
Temple of Goddess Spirituality in Cactus Springs.
Folks with personal cars may choose to stay in
Cactus Springs, and welcome to create alternate
arrangements too. Folks with personal cars
are welcome to leave their vehicles at the Temple
parking lot near the Guest Trailer.
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April Fools WEDNESDAY
April 1 |
6:30 - 8:00 AM: Peace Vigil
@ Creech Air Force Base, Indian Springs, Nevada
8:30 AM: Breakfast at
the Guest Trailer.
12:00 PM: Lunch at the
Guest Trailer.
1:00 - 6:00 PM: Road Trip and Vigil @ YM.
ALTERNATE=rest in Cactus Springs PLUS 4-5:30 Vigil @ Creech
6:30 PM: Dinner by MCW at the Guest Trailer.
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Wednesday is a day for either a car-based trip for a Ceremonial Blessing to Protect Yucca Mountain from the DOE's Yucca Mountain Project (long-term nuclear waste contamination), or being held captive by the Clark County Metro Police near Creech, and/or reflection at the Goddess Temple. After the Yucca Mountain ceremony (and after police release the captives, and after a third set of folks finish an evening Creech vigil), folks will return to the Goddess Temple for dinner and a final closing of the Peace Camp for this year's SPW. punctuated by peace vigils at Creech Air
Force Base and a car-road trip for the super-hearty folks with car access to Yucca Mtn.
Again, most people will sleep in a tent at the
Temple of Goddess Spirituality. People
can either walk this short stretch of highway
several times, or shuttle in cars to and from
the Creech vigils, or remain at the Temple. Folks
with personal cars are welcome to help shuttle
SPWalkers between Cactus & Indian Springs,
and also welcome to leave their vehicles at the
Temple parking lot near the Guest Trailer.
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THURSDAY April 2 |
6:45 AM: Breakfast at
the Guest Trailer.
8:00 AM: Resume Walking: from Cactus Springs
to Peace Camp (on southwest side of US 95 at the
Mercury exit; across from Mercury just N. of NYE
Co. Mile Post 5) Today the Walk goes on about
16 miles.
4:30 PM (Approx.): Arrival at Peace Camp
across from the Mercury Exit* Welcoming Ritual with Johnnie Bobb,
Chief of the Western Shoshone National Council.
6:30 PM: Dinner by MCW at Peace Camp.
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Most people will set up tents and camp across
the highway from Mercury. (Some people with cars might drive away in order to enjoy the Goddess Temple for the night and drive back to Peace Camp around 5am for Sunrise ceremony in the morning.)
Lunch and Dinner are timed in sync with the Walk.
Folks with personal cars drive their cars to the
Peace Camp, and shuttle back to rejoin the Walk.
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GOOD FRIDAY
April 3 |
(around 5am) Sunrise Ceremony with Johnnie Bobb, Western Shoshone Spirtual person and Chief of the Western Shoshone National Council.
7:00 AM: Breakfast at
Peace Camp.
8:00 AM: "No More
War Victims" Stations of the Cross
(around 8:30am) End Stations ceremony & Begin Shoshone-Led ritual resistance/line-crossing.
10:30am Debrief & Closing Circle
12 noon Lunch & goodbyes
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SPW officially ends during Closing Circle: yet folks are welcome to stay for lunch and informal goodbyes at noonish.
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*For events at gate to NNSS: Exit US-95
at Mercury (about 5 miles into Nye County from Clark
Co.), drivers should pull over to the right shoulder
before crossing the line at the entrance of the Nevada
National Security Site, ensuring no fast drivers are
coming off the same offramp, then safely make a U-turn
and drive back towards the freeway onramps. Just before
the first onramp (the one leading away from Vegas),
drive downhill off-road into the small parking area.
Additional parking is available if you miss that turn,
by continuing uphill on the pavement and under the freeway.
Just make sure you pull off into the large dirt &
gravel parking area on the right, just before accidentally
making the uphill curve back onto the Vegas-bound freeway
onramp.
The Catholic Worker is @ 500 W Van
Buren Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 647-0728 -- Map
Nevada Desertt Experience is @ 1420 W Bartlett Ave, LV, NV 89106 (702) 646-4814 -- Map
During
the Walk, See Daily Updates:
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