Some of the 64 from Michigan who attended OREPA’s
“August Action,”
led by Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and organized by Kim
Joy Bergier.
Current
WAND members: Kim Joy Bergier, Nancy Adadow Gray
& Sigrid Dale.
Picture taken by John Donabedian at Bissell Park,
Oak Ridge, TN, August 8, 2004.
The
theme for Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance
(OREPA) “August Action for Peace 2004” was “Disarm
NOW! NO MORE WMD”. There were around 300 people,
from all over the country, who attended the 3
days of events leading up to Sunday afternoon.
Around 200 made a 2 mile March through Oak Ridge,
Rally then Action at the gates of the Y-12 plant.
This huge nuclear weapons production facility
is called “Y-12 National Security Complex”. Out
of the 12 who were arrested for acts of civil
disobedience, 4 were from Michigan. They sacrificed
symbols of life to a replica of the bomb before
it was knocked down in front of the main gate
to Y-12. A “Peace Village” was set up, in an empowering,
spiritually motivated stand for life.
Please
put Saturday, August 6th, 2005 on your
calendar now and consider what part you can play
in the creation of an especially large 60th
Anniversary commemoration of the bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki. There are already plans being made
to coordinate as many anti-nuclear groups as possible
to truly make an impact in the media, and hopefully
in the minds and hearts of those who vote for,
fund and build new “usable bunker buster” nuclear
weapons.
One
of OREPA’s key goals is to stop the production
of nuclear weapons at Y-12. Once nuclear weapons
production at Y-12 is stopped, we could stop the
production of any new U.S. nuclear weapons.
Y-12 has specialized equipment to make the core
components of every U.S. nuclear weapon, and it
stores half of the world’s enriched uranium!
For information, video showings or offers to help
Michigan Stop The Bombs
Campaign (MISTBC) contact:
Kim
Joy Bergier, 248-545-1862, MISTBC@comcast.net
(part time employee of Bishop Tom Gumbleton)
25720
Miracle Drive, Madison Heights, MI 48071-4111
Donations
are always helpful for follow-up or the next Aug.
Action at:
Peace
Action of Michigan
(on memo line, “MISTBC donation”)
195
W. 9 Mile Road, #208, Ferndale, MI 48220
Phone:
248-548-3920; E-mail: peaceactmich@earthlink.net;
Web: www.peace-action.org
Oak
Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance
(OREPA)
P.O.
Box 5743, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Phone:
865-483-8202; E-mail: orepa@stopthebombs.org;
Web: www.stopthebombs.org
