北西仏教新報 2024年11月14日 By Rev. Senji Kanaeda Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo A Peace Pagoda containing the remains of Shakyamuni Buddha is being built next to the Kitsap-Bangor US Navy nuclear submarine base in Poulsbo, Washington. The pagoda is located on the grounds of the Ground Zero Nonviolent Action Center, a grassroots peace movement organization founded in 1977 to reject nuclear weapons and ground violence. When completed in 2025, it will be the first pagoda on the West Coast and the third “nonviolent” monument in the United States after Massachusetts and New York. The construction of the pagoda is being carried out by the […]
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Join us for Ground Zero’s Annual Meeting
Doors open at 9:30am at Ground Zero Center this Saturday for our Annual Meeting. Please join us. The Zoom portion of the meeting will be limited to the welcome, introductions and keynote address. Email marygleysteen@gmail.com for Zoom information.
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Billboards quote Pope Francis: “The Use… and Possession of Nuclear Weapons is Immoral.”
Billboards inform Puget Sound residents of Moral and Physical Dangers of Nuclear Weapons in Our Back Yard Pax Christi USA has joined with Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action to purchase five billboards that begin on August 19 for four weeks with a message from Pope Francis, declaring that the use and possession of nuclear weapons is immoral. The sign, designed by Pax Christi in the Pacific Northwest, also reminds us of the huge nuclear arsenal in the Puget Sound region and the imperative to abolish nuclear weapons. Naval Base Kitsap- Bangor is homeport to the largest concentration of deployed […]
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Billboards inform Puget Sound citizens of Nuclear Weapons stockpiled in their Back Yard
On July 22, and continuing for four weeks, five billboards are displaying the following paid advertisement: Did You Know, We’re only *** Miles from the Largest Concentration of Deployed Nukes in the World! Let’s Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Included in the five advertisements are maps showing the proximity of the cities and billboards in Everett, Lake Forest Park, Seattle, and Tacoma—to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, homeport for 8 of the Navy’s 14 Trident nuclear-powered submarines. The billboards serve as a public service announcement—informing the reader of the exact number of miles they are at that exact location, to the largest concentration of […]
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The truth about Hiroshima
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article by Kate Hudson was originally published by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). By Kate Hudson, August 6, 2024 As we mourn the loss of all those killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by US atomic bombs, in August 1945, we cannot avoid the fact that we are closer than ever to nuclear war. The war on Ukraine is greatly increasing the risk. So too is NATO’s location of upgraded nuclear weapons across Europe — including Britain — and Russia’s siting of similar weapons in Belarus. Irresponsible talk suggesting that “tactical” nuclear weapons could be deployed on […]
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