Here is a little more information on this walk.
http://peaceandjustice.org/calendar_event.php?mode=&eid=2005070113444334
July 2005
Hiroshima Survivors & "Atomic Flame"
When: Saturday, July 16 2005 @ 11:00 AM PDT - Sunday, July 17 2005 @ 08:00 PM PDT
Where: Pier 35 - The northern walkway between Pier 35 and Pier 39, with the Tall Ship Nippon Maru II as the back drop
Embarcadero and North Point Streets
San Francisco, CA 94133
Description: Zen monks will bring the “Atomic Flame”, a flame that has been burning for 60 years since the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, from Hiroshima to San Francisco. Here they will be joined by atomic bomb survivors, Native Americans, and peace groups of all faiths for their final 1600 mile journey through more then 250 communities as they walk from San Francisco to the Trinity Test Site in Alamogordo, New Mexico, location of the first Atomic detonation.
WHERE: The northern walkway between Pier 35 and Pier 39, with the Tall Ship Nippon Maru II as the back drop.
WHEN: July 16, 2005
San Francisco
Gathering at Nippon-Maru
11:00 am - Guest Speakers
11:20 am - Guest Musicians
12:00 pm - Walk to SBC Park
Monks continue to Palo Alto
Palo Alto - Stanford University
7:00 pm - Arrival Concert
7:30 pm - Town Meeting / Rally
Sunday July 17th
Palo Alto - Stanford University
8:00 am - Send-Off Service at Stanford Memorial Church
San Jose - Japan Town
5:00 - Arrival Dinner
7:00 - Town Meeting / Rally
Monks continue to New Mexico (to see full schedule check out
www.gndfund.org)
CONTACT: Global Nuclear DisarmamentFund, Matt Taylor, (415) 378-8408
MORE INFORMATION:
Citizens from San Francisco and the Bay Area are invited to share in this historic experience with hundreds of peace-walkers from all over the world as they journey to the Trinity Site. The San Francisco portion of the peace walk will start at Pier 39 and end at SBC Park. The walk is being filmed and will be shown throughout the world as part of a two-hour global television special.
Proceeds from the walk will benefit the Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund and to destroy nuclear weapons and turn them into bracelets. These will be sold to the general public to generate more funds for dismantling nuclear weapons.
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http://www.bapd.org/n6034.html
From: Nyla Rodgers
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:21 PM
Subject: ***Media Alert*** -Atomic Flame Opening Ceremony, July 16th
****MEDIA ALERT*****
“Full Circle”: The Epic Return to Trinity
Atomic Flame Opening Ceremony
WHAT: Zen monks will bring the “Atomic Flame”, a flame that has been burning for 60 years since the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, from Hiroshima to San Francisco. Here they will be joined by atomic bomb survivors, Native Americans, and peace groups of all faiths for their final 1600 mile journey through more then 250 communities as they walk from San Francisco to the Trinity Test Site in Alamogordo, New Mexico, location of the first Atomic detonation.
WHEN: July 16, 2005
11:00 am: Invited Public Speakers:
Gunnar Westberg (IPPNW 1985 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)
Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat (Pugwash, former Manhattan Project Scientist, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1995)
Message from Mayor Akiba (Hiroshima) and Mayor Itoh (Nagasaki) for Mayors For Peace
Senator Shoukichi Kina –Japan
Dr. Bruce Blair –Center for Defense Information, Washington DC
Native American Representative (TBA)
12:00 pm: SF walk begins to SBC Park
WHERE: The northern walkway between Pier 35 and Pier 39, with the Tall Ship Nippon Maru II as the back drop.
CONTACT: Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund, Matt Taylor, (415) 378-8408
MORE INFORMATION:
The Japanese community, atomic bomb survivors, Native Americans, and peace groups of all faiths will be present, together with people from all over the world to send off the monks by walking together with them from Pier 39 to SBC Park. Citizens from San Francisco and the Bay Area are invited to share in this historic experience with hundreds of peace-walkers from all over the world as they journey to the Trinity Site. The walk is being filmed and will be shown throughout the world as part of a two-hour global television special.
Proceeds from the walk will benefit the Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund and to destroy nuclear weapons and turn them into bracelets. These will be sold to the general public to generate more funds for dismantling nuclear weapons.
http://www.gndfund.org
Nyla Rodgers
Program Director
Pacific Rim Foundation
2801 Leavenworth Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94133
Tel 415.447.9822
Fax 415.447.7320
Email
nyla.rodgers@pacificrimfoundation.org
Website:
www.pacificrimfoundation.org
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http://www.peacenews.info/news/article/344
Called ‘Hope for Humanity Peace Walk,’ they will be doing another walk from San Francisco to Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16th to August 9th in commemoration of the 60th year of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and also for the 60th year since the first Atomic test – Trinity exploded on Indigenous land in Alamogordo.
Footprints for Peace is a grassroots organization that co-ordinates and assists others in organizing peace pilgrimages. Footprints for Peace offers an opportunity for all people to come together in a non-violent, spiritually motivated series of actions through running and walking. The pilgrimages seek to raise awareness of the suffering and harassment that communities through out the world face by the ongoing destruction caused by the nuclear industry. These pilgrimages are an opportunity to interact with local communities and create dialogue with the public as a way to bring an end to the threat of nuclear weapons.
The pilgrimage, in conjunction with the Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund aims to call attention to the current state of nuclear weapons, the threat of nuclear terrorism and to raise awareness that an atomic detonation on any civilian population is unthinkable. The Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund (GNDF) is a gathering of Nobel Prize winning NGO’s, Nuclear Weapons Specialists and Music Marketers that have set into motion the world’s first private fund aimed at destroying Nuclear Bombs. Please visit their website at
www.GNDFund.org
On July 16 2005 Zen Monks will bring the “Atomic Flame” from Hiroshima to San Francisco were they will be joined by Indigenous People, Veterans and peace groups of all faiths to begin their 1600 mile journey by foot across the desert, over mountain ranges and through more than 200 communities back to the site of the first Atomic Bomb Test Site in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Once returned to its origin, the “Atomic Flame” that has been kept for 60 years will be extinguished during a global television broadcast calling for an end to the threat and fear of nuclear weapons. The walk wishes to return this “Atomic Flame” to its origins in memory of those who have lost their lives and to the survivors who have been affected by the deadly effects of the nuclear industry.
In the words of Mr. Iccho Itoh, Mayor of Nagasaki who said on August 9 2004 that “Many of those who only narrowly escaped death were afflicted by the after-effects of the bombing, and continue to suffer today. I say this to ensure that every body understands that, even 59 years later, nuclear weapons continue to inflict tragic suffering. We continue to voice our appeal to the world that the citizens of Nagasaki may be the last victims of nuclear warfare.” This is a spiritual event and will be drug and alcohol free
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http://www.wagingpeace.org/august6and9/
Footprints for Peace March
Commemorating the 60th Anniversaries of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the first nuclear weapons test – Trinity – at Alamogordo, NM, the Footprints for Peace March will demonstrate the commitment to see an end to the nuclear industry and an end to the threat of nuclear weapons. The walk will begin on July 16 th in San Francisco, CA and end in Alamogordo, NM on August 9th.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.stopthebombs.org/.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/07/SPMAINEVENTS.DTL
Tall ships to invade Bay
A fleet of mighty sailing ships, reminiscent of the heyday of San Francisco's Barbary Coast, will start to grace the bay when the 361 foot-long Nippon Maru II, a four-masted barkentine passes under the Golden Gate Bridge at (or around) 9:30 a.m. on July 15. Other vessels arriving to participate in the Sail San Francisco! 2005 festival include the gaff-rigged schooner R. Tucker Thompson, the 270-foot Mexican bark Cuauhtomoc, and more than 30 other historic sail and motor craft. Ships will hold open house at piers 30/32 and 40 on July 28-31. Organized events include a sailing parade at the Golden Gate at 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on July 28, and a Walk with the Atomic Flame, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on July 16; when Zen monks from the Japanese ship will begin to carry a symbolic flame from Hiroshima on a 1,600-mile walk back to its origin in New Mexico; the first leg will travel to the city's SBC park. For more activities and times, see
www.pacificrimfoundation.org or call (415) 673-5330 for sailing reservations or the event hotline at (415) 376-6691.
LOL Ain't that the truth!
