Hanford Watch

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From: Catherine Thomasson
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004
Subject: May 15th event

Mobilizing against nuclear weapons

Dr. HELEN CALDICOTT & JONATHAN SCHELL will speak.

Saturday, May 15th, 7pm
$5-20 donation, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
First Unitarian Church, SW 12th & Salmon, downtown Portland.

Afternoon workshops: 1 to 4 pm
Each workshop is repeated once.

  • Depleted Uranium - Charles Sheehan Miles, Gulf War Veteran, and Director of Nuclear Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC
  • Hanford Legacy - Paige Knight of Hanford Watch, Dr. Grossman and Dr. Rudi Nussbaum of PSR and Downwinders-Cancer.
  • Non-Proliferation Treaties & what we can do about it --SMART Security is the solution- Catherine Thomasson, MD of Oregon Physicians For Social Responsibility.

Bios of evening speakers:

Dr. Helen Caldicott - 1938- Melbourne, Australia. Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Impassioned advocate for nuclear disarmament since 1980. Founder Physicians for Social Responsibility (23,000 doctors worldwide) and of Nuclear Policy Research Institute. Her most recent of many books, The New Nuclear Danger, 2002.

Jonathan Schell - noted author of articles & books. Peace & Disarmament correspondent, Nation Magazine. Harold Willens Peace Fellow. Most recent book, The Unconconquerable World: Power, Non violence, and the Will of the People.

Coordinated nationally by Nuclear Policy Research Institute. Events organized locally by Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, Oregon Peace Works, Peace Action, Living Earth . Contact 503-274-2720 for more info.