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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

 

Annual Peace, Justice and Interfaith Youth Event
Youth Organizing for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace for Our Planet
In Memory of the People Who Perished in the 1945 Atomic Bombings

Wednesday August 9, 2017 -- Nagasaki Day
 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church of Rockaway 
in Fellowship Hall
35 Church Street, Rockaway, N.J.

Hosted by:
First Presbyterian Church of Rockaway
Peacemaking Group of the First Presbyterian Church of Rockaway

Co-Sponsored by:
New Jersey Peace Action (NJPA)
August 9 Saving Lives Task Force, a Partner Affiliated with NJPA
Multifaith Peace and Justice Alliance (MPJA)

Planned Activities and Events:
  1. Desserts, snacks and beverages
  2. Welcome: Revs. Mitch and Sue Trigger, Co-Pastors - First Presbyterian Church of Rockaway
  3. Speaker: Madelyn Hoffman, Executive Director New Jersey Action: 
    "The U.N. Treaty to 'Ban the Bomb' and nuclear abolition"
  4. Speaker: David Mortensen, Chair - August 9 Saving Lives Task Force: 
    "Moving the Money from nuclear weapons to humanitarian, health and environmental programs"
  5. Muslim Prayers
  6. Panel discussion with the youth on organizing for nuclear disarmament and peace for our planet
Please RSVP to David Mortensen at dmortnj@hotmail.com or 862 812-2324 by August 2. Adults only - please consider an optional free-will donation of $5 per person to help cover the costs of the desserts, snacks and beverages. Thank you.

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Join us on Hiroshima Day in Cranford from 1:00pm to 7:00pm to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There will be speakers, music, vendors, information tables, hula hoops and more!

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AND HOLD THE DATE! 

NEW JERSEY PEACE ACTION WILL CELEBRATE ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2017 AT BLOOMFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FROM 12 NOON TO 4 PM. THE DAY WILL FEATURE MUSIC AND COMEDY AND DISCUSSION OF WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. NEW JERSEY PEACE ACTION WAS FOUNDED ON NOVEMBER 15, 1957, SO THIS "BIRTHDAY PARTY" WILL BE ALMOST 60 YEARS TO THE DAY.

 WATCH HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION, 
BUT PLEASE HOLD THE DATE!!

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Founded in 1957,  New Jersey Peace Action (formerly NJ SANE/Freeze), celebrates its 60th year in 2017. NJPA works to abolish nuclear weapons, promote government spending priorities that support human needs, encourage real security through international cooperation and human rights and support nonmilitary solutions to international conflicts. 

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