PEACE AND JUSTICE VIGIL: Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Never Again

Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/03/2024
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location
Corner of Main St and Illinois Ave

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REMEMBER HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI: NEVER AGAIN
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2024 NOON TO 1:00 PM
The Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois will hold the Monthly Peace and Justice Vigil on Saturday, August 3, Noon to 1 P.M. at the corner of Main and Illinois Ave., Carbondale. Following the Vigil, attendees are invited to gather at Cristaudo’s Café and Bakery for informal discussion. On Sunday, Aug 4 at 2 P.M. join the weekly Rally for Peace in Gaza, corner of Main and Illinois Ave in Carbondale (Pavilion) for a Rally from 2 P.M to 3 P.M.
Seventy-Nine Years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the danger of Nuclear War is greater than ever. At the same time, the Climate crisis is upon us. The U.S. must confront the twin dangers of Climate Change and the threat of Nuclear Weapons. Our legislators must support the abolition of nuclear weapons and pivot to use all those squandered resources to seriously address the climate crisis while there is still time. Nuclear war and climate change are two existential threats that need to be fully and urgently addressed.
“Each threat contributes to the causes of the other. Climate change increases the risk and magnitude of conflicts across the globe. Any increase in or intensification of conflict inherently increases the risk of nuclear war. In the same vein, the production of nuclear weapons (their extraction, construction, and testing) and its associated militarism contribute to climate change via excessive greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and other military activities that harm the environment.” CANDU Campaign
The nuclear weapons “modernization” program has increased each year and may cost as much as $1.7 Trillion. President Biden requested $43 billion for nuclear weapons for FY 2022, almost five times the entire budget for the CDC. We can solve both problems at once by making the transition from nuclear weapons to climate solutions!
Following the lead of Climate Action and Nuclear Disarmament United (CANDU) Campaign initiated by Massachusetts Peace Action we are urged to contact our members of Congress: Support federal legislation targeting nuclear weapons and climate change with this online action:
https://secure.everyaction.com/Z4XjPVFVeUyPTw2YQKsJvQ2
Appropriate signs will be provided at the vigil, but all are invited to bring their own. The next monthly meeting of the Peace Coalition will be held on ZOOM, Wednesday, August 21, 2024, 6pm. For information about joining, contact georgeannhartzog@gmail.c