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Arise Peace and Justice Committee

The Arise Peace and Justice Committee is the synthesis
of the the Arise Peace Committee, the Arise Solidarity
Committee, and the Arise Globalization Working Group.

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"Peace begins when the hungry are fed." --Anonymous

Thank you to everyone who helped to make Springfield's Second Annual Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration a success! Over 85 people attended and people driving by in their cars responded favorably to our Hiroshima Nagasaki Vigil for Peace.

Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Community Panel: Agma Sweeney from Todos Con Vieques of Massachusetts, Barbara McGovern from the WARaNOke Peace Action Group, Michaelann Bewsee from Arise for Social Justice, and Community Leader and Activist, Brenda Lopez. On the end is our MC, Professor Nick Camerota of Western Mass. International A.N.S.W.E.R. Unfortunately, Attorney Rafael Rodriguez, and Sister Shamshad Sheikh were unable to attend. These photographs are courtesy of Iris Y. Van Derdys of Élite, your Spanish magazine, P.O. Box 81112, Springfield, MA 01138, (413) 788-2271. More photographs taken by Traprock's Charles Jenks can be found at Traprock Peace Center.

Our Keynote Speaker, Douglas L. Rokke, Ph.D. His complete Nagasaki Day talk on Depleted Uranium can be heard as MP3 audio (broadband) or RealAudio at the Traprock Peace Center website.

All People of Goodwill are invited to

Springfield's Second Annual
Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration
Saturday, August 9, 2003, 6:00 p.m.
[Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Vigil for Peace from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m.]
at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center
3 Rutland Street (corner of State Street)
near Mason Square in Springfield, Massachusetts

No More Hiroshimas!
No More Nagasakis!
No More Wars!
No More Lies!
Who Really Has the Weapons of Mass Destruction?

A Community panel, including Michaelann Bewsee, Brenda Lopez, Attorney Rafael Rodriguez, and Sister Shamshad Sheikh, will speak on
A World Without Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Our Keynote Speaker is Doug Rokke, Ph.D., former Director of the U.S. Army Depleted Uranium (DU) Project in the aftermath of the Gulf War; Vietnam and Gulf War veteran.

Sponsored by
Arise for Social Justice
1World Communications
Out Now
Paloma House
Springfield Catholic Workers
Todos Con Vieques of Massachusetts
Traprock Peace Center
Western Massachusetts American Friends Service Committee
Western Massachusetts A.N.S.W.E.R.
Western Massachusetts Interfaith Coalition for Peace and Justice
WARaNOke Peace Action Group

“This is our cry,
This is our prayer,
Peace in the world.”

-- Hiroshima Peace Park Monument

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