Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
16159 Clear Creek Road NW Poulsbo, WA 98370
Website: www.gzcenter.org, E-mail: info@gzcenter.org

3 ANNOUNCEMENTS--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Peace Walk on July 31 to August 5, 2006—Walk from Tacoma to the Trident submarine base at Bangor for repentance for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Contact: Father Bill Bichsel (253) 627-4347, Tacoma Catholic Worker
         Reverend Gilberto Perez (206) 356-4362, Nipponzan
         Myohoji Buddhist Order
         Karol or Glen Milner (206) 365-7865

Peace walkers will be leaving Jean’s House of the Tacoma Catholic Worker at 1414 Tacoma Avenue around noon on July 31, 2006 and arriving at the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action on August 5, 2006. Peace Walkers may join for all of the walk or for any part of the route through Tacoma, Puyallup, Renton, Seattle, and Bainbridge.

PEACE FLEET! Meet the U.S. Navy fleet at Seafair on August 2, 2006 in Elliott Bay

Contact: Mary Gleysteen (360) 297-3894  
         Glen Milner (206) 365-7865

This year, activists are also encouraged to meet on land on the Seattle waterfront near Pier 66 at the same time for a nonviolent demonstration against weapons of war. Meet on the waterfront by 1 pm to see vessels in Elliott Bay.

The celebration of warships in our harbor help bring about the normalcy of modern war. One U.S. Navy warship arriving this year, the guided missile destroyer USS Milius, launched Tomahawk missiles during the first strike against Iraq in March 2003. Almost all U.S. Navy vessels are capable of firing radioactive depleted uranium munitions.

Nonviolent Resistance at Trident submarine base, on August 7, 2006, to Mark 61st Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombing

Contact: Lynne Greenwald (360) 377-2465
         Brian Watson (360) 479-6399
         Karol Milner or Glen Milner (206) 365-7865

The Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action will sponsor a nonviolent direct action and event opposing the Trident nuclear weapons system on August 5, 6, and 7, 2006. The commemorative event will take place at the gates of the Bangor Trident submarine base, 20 miles west of Seattle, and home-port for 9 nuclear missile submarines and 1,760 nuclear weapons.

Gathering begins at Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action at 4 pm on August 5; Vigil at submarine base 7:30 am to 8:45 am on August 6, during the time the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima; Nonviolent direct action at Bangor submarine base at 5 am on August 7, 2006.