[NukeNet] Nevada Test Site Convergence

[Chelsea Collonge, NDE]

Dear members of Nukenet,

Nevada Desert Experience is an interfaith nonprofit that has campaigned for
an end to nuclear weapons testing since 1982. We are writing you because we
know you share our concerns about the threats of nuclear weapons-related
violence looming large in 2007.  From the Bush Administration's threats of
war on Iran, to political fallout from the North Korean nuclear test, to the
Divine Strake chemical detonation at the Nevada Test Site, to the new
Complex 2030 plan to spend $150 billion on new nuclear weapons, this is a
crucial time for collective action.

In response to the urgent threats of nuclear war and nuclear terrorism, we
are calling members of concerned groups to gather in the desert near the
Nevada Test Site, site of nearly 1,000 nuclear weapons tests since 1951. We
will be speaking out against nuclear proliferation at home and abroad and
building momentum for nuclear abolition, which includes transforming the
Test Site into a facility that serves human and environmental needs.

 Would you or your organization be willing to collaborate with us on this
event? We need help ranging from partnering in the visioning and organizing
work, to attending as speakers or participants, to passing on the word to
your members, to endorsing the event on paper. We appreciate any help and
input you are moved to give us in response to the present nuclear danger.

 Our "Many Faiths, One Heart" mobilization will take place on Sunday, April
1st, 2007. This rally will be the culmination of our annual 65-mile Sacred
Peace Walk from Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site, March 27 to April 1. From
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the rally will feature speakers and musicians from many
faiths as well as our secular allies and will end with an optional,
nonviolent direct action at the gates of the Test Site. The weekend will
also be a chance for people to create a peace camp in the desert outside the
Test Site.

 Mark your calendars and consider attending this gathering on April 1st at
the entrance of the Nevada Test Site. Together let us speak the truth about
those forces that are harming people, land and future through their wasteful
nuclear development and war-making and forge a new way.

Please let us know if you would like to be involved in this event. We would
appreciate your responding by end of January 2007 so we can include you in
our planning. Many thanks!

In sincere gratitude for all that you do,

Chelsea Collonge
Nevada Desert Experience
www.nevadadesertexperience.org
702-646-4814
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: /pipermail/nukenet_energyjustice.net/attachments/20070114/10eb7b8f/attachment.html