I hope you find gentle ways to talk about serious topics as you
visit with
family this week-end. Some of you have most of the documents
above, others
may be new to this list. Please use as appropriate.
MO, TX, CA, WA, OR, LA,
All lining up for this topic in Sept, Oct, Nov.
Sample Press Release ...
“The Health and Environmental Effects of Uranium Munitions”
Groups throughout the Northeast are collaborating to bring Doug
Rokke,
former director of the US Army's Depleted Uranium Project on an
extensive
speaking tour during 2 weeks in July and August.
Rokke is currently speaking in Austrailia and communicating with
groups
through Traprock Peace Center in Deerfield, Massachusetts. See
more at
http://grassrootspeace.org Traprock's director Sunny Miller is particularly
interested in veterans' issues, as the daughter of a Vietnam vet,
from
Lafayette, Indiana. She says, "Agent Orange is still a
problem for vets and
Vietnamese. It's wishful thinking to imagine that the worst of
this war is
over. Add DU to the list of heat exhaustion, sleep deprivation,
and trauma
and you have human catastrophe in the making."
(ADD YOUR LOCAL QUOTES HERE.)
Doug Rokke will speak on radio, television and at public events
in:
Buffalo, NY July 21
Rochester, NY July 23
Syracuse, NY July 24
Orange County NY
July 26
(Cinncinati EPA Conference, July 29-30)
St. Johnsbury, VT
August 6
Arlington, MA August 7
& in the Ct.Valley
August 9
ORANGE COUNTY PEACE AND JUSTICE COALITION invites the public to a
discussion
of THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF URANIUM MUNITIONS, at 7:00 pm,
Saturday, July 26th, at the Central Valley Elementary School,
across from
Woodbury Commons.
Doug Rokke PhD. is a Vietnam and Gulf War Veteran and expert on
'depleted
uranium'. Rokke served in the military and the reserves for a
total of 35
years. He headed the U.S. Army's DU Project after the Gulf War,
and now
advocates a ban on the manufacture and use of DU munitions.
Discussion will include the historic context of proposals to use
radioactive
munitions, dating from 1943, how DU weapons work, contaminated US
testing
grounds, the current unfolding tragedy, veterans' missing files,
denial of
care, and our personal responsibility to make a difference.
Doug Rokke spoke at length with Congressman James McDermott before
he
introduced House Resolution 1483, which calls for a study on the
health
effects of uranium weapons and how to mitigate the heavy metal and
radioactive contamination released in the smoke and dust when thes
weapons
explode..
Please join us to learn who is responsible for policies and
protocols in the
Department of Defense and the Department of the Army, and how we
can take
responsibility to speak up at every level.
DIRECTIONS: from the
New York Thruway, take Exit 16.
After going through
the tollbooths take exit 131, turn right onto 32N.
(From Route 17, take exit 131 to 32N)
Go past the 1st light (Woodbury Commons on right) Make left at
next light
into school parking area. Central Valley Elementary School is on
Route 32
directly across the street from Woodbury Commons Shopping Center.
Co-Sponsors include:
Physicians for Social
Responsibility
Democratic Alliance
Sullivan Peace
FOR- Fellowship for
Reconciliation
Sara Morrison
Rose Garden Health
Food Store Middletown, NY
Social Concerns
Committee, Unitarian Universalist Society of Rock Tavern
-> ANY VET GROUPS IN NY WANT TO CO-SPONSOR?
For more information see Orange County Peace and Justice Coalition
http://www.orangepeace.org
Tel: 845-986-1951 or 845-343-8125
OCPJ PO Box
998, Warwick, NY 10990
email: info@orangepeace.org
Or Traprock Peace Center,
, Deerfield, MA 01342
For a speaker or video phone 413 773-7427.
There are many resources on line at
http://www.grassrootspeace.org
Best regards,
Sunny
Miller, Director
Traprock
Peace Center
Deerfield, MA 01342
Calls welcome, 413 773-7427.
I hope you're able to enjoy the beauty of summer, nurturing your
strength
and compassion for this essential walk/talk/be for peace. Shall we
leaflet
before or after the July 4 shindigs? (Picnic here at Traprock will
be 6 pm,
with fire flies instead of fireworks.)
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