As the UN convenes the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), join us in this family-friendly Rally and March. Featured speakers will include:
– Survivors of the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945
– Family member of a survivor of a nuclear test in the Pacific
– Indigenous activist from New Mexico (where their lands were contaminated by uranium activities, radioactive waste, and radioactive fallout from the first atomic bomb test)
– Activist from Democratic Republic of the Congo (where the two thirds of uranium for the original Manhattan Project were mined at Shinkolobwe Mine)
– Youth from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.8:30 am: Gather at the Isaiah Wall in front of the U.N. (1st Ave & 43rd Street, NYC)
9:00 am: March to the U.S. Mission to the UN (First Ave. & 45th Street) to demand that the US eliminate its nuclear arsenal.
Initiated by: Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World
Co-sponsors: Brooklyn For Peace, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, NYC War Resisters League, Pax Christi New York State, Peace Action New York State, and others
The No Nukes graphic was designed by Tony Sahara |
