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July 9, 2017

The August Peace event welcomed the Veterans For Peace Golden Rule Peace Boat

In 1958, activists sailed the Golden Rule toward the Marshall Islands in an attempt to stop atmospheric nuclear bomb tests. They weren’t successful then and, later, the boat was damaged. But a group of Veterans For Peace volunteers brought the boat and the mission, back to life!

The Golden Rule Peace Boat docked at spots along the West Coast – including Sacramento -- to promote a nuclear-free future, to educate about the dangers of radiation to humanity and the environment, and to support peaceful alternatives to war.

Why in July? The United Nations had just convened negotiations for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Per Veterans For Peace’s Gerry Condon, “These UN negotiations are energizing the movement for nuclear disarmament, as is public concern about the very real possibility of nuclear war.”

October 26, 2016

Watch the 30th Annual August Peace Event (31 minutes) on "Media Edge" (initial airing on cable TV during the period of September 3-9, 2016): At the 2016 event (on August 7) John Burroughs spoke on “Challenging the Nuclear Giants to Disarm." Burroughs is a member of the international legal team representing the Marshall Islands in the International Court of Justice, developing legal cases against the nuclear-armed states for their failure to disarm as required by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and international law.

October 20, 2015

Watch the YouTube video of the 2015 August Peace Event, featuring Andrew Lichterman of Western States Legal Foundation, music by Chanteuses, Ideas for Action presented by Bill Durston of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Sacramento, and candle lighting ceremony by Helen Hobart and Terry Wenner of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. The event was recorded and broadcast by Access Sacramento.

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2012 August Peace Event Sponsors

2012 August Peace Event Group Sponsors
Breakfast Club
CA Disclose Act AB 1648
Californians for Electoral Reform
CEASE: Concerned Educators Allied for a Safe Environment
Florin Chapter JACL, Japanese American Citizens League
Grandmothers for Peace International
League of Women Voters of Sacramento County
Marxist School of Sacramento
Older Women’s League (OWL), Sacramento Capitol Chapter
Peace and Freedom Party of Sacramento County
Physicians for Social Responsibility/Sacramento
Sacramento Area Peace Action
Sacramento Jewish Voice for Peace
Therapists for Social Responsibility
The Soldiers Project
United Nations Association of Sacramento
Westminster Presbyterian Church Peace and Justice Forum
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, Sacramento Valley Branch

2012 August Peace Event Individual Sponsors
Prof. Sharon J. Alexander
Rick Bettis
Patsy Byers, Richard Marens
Ida Curtice
Winnie Detwiler
Esther Franklin
JoAnn Fuller
Barbara Hopkins
Jack and Fran Kennedy
Melanie Loo
Carol M. Merritt
Marilyn Pearce
Patricia Pratt
Eileen F. Riesinger
Heidi Sakazaki
Howard and Pennie Taylor
Hiroko Tsuda
Marielle Tsukamoto
Sally Weinland
Zohreh Whitaker
Edwina White