Updated 3/27/07

Nuclear Weapon's Destroy Life!
Nevada Desert Experience

Sacred Peace Walk from Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site, March 27 to April 1, 2007 Peace Walk Blog

We Won't be Fooled
Rally and direct action at the Nevada Test Site
Sunday, April 1st, 2007, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Does 2007 feel like it could be the end of the world?

The DOE plans to revamp US nuclear weapons facilities to rebuild every weapon in the stockpile under its Complex 2030 plan. . . .
The US is actively seeking new warhead designs for new warfighting scenarios under the Reliable Replacement Warhead program . . . .
Meanwhile, tensions toward Iran escalate, and scientists set the Doomsday clock forward as the threat of nuclear war increases. . . .

So let's say NO! Nevada Desert Experience, Citizen Alert, the Western Shoshone National Council, the Western Shoshone Defense Project, the Desert Greens, CROW, and Trinity Nuclear Abolitionists invite you to join in the…

"Many Faiths One Heart" Sacred Peace Walk 2007
Culminating in an action at the Nevada Test Site
March 26-April 1, 2007

Peacewalkers:

On March 26th we will gather at the Las Vegas Catholic Worker, and beginning on March 27th at the Atomic Testing Museum we will walk 65 miles to the Nevada test site. The journey of peace begins inside as the community of participants bonds through shared ritual, with spiritual guidance from leaders of many faiths:

Rev. Alan Senauke, Zen priest, Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Fr. Mark Serna, Benedictine priest, Stillpoint Center and
Brian Kimmel, ordained layman, Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing
Anne Key, priestess, Temple of Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to Sekhmet
Jewish and Muslim leaders (invited)
Johnnie Bobb, Western Shoshone National Council

Rally and direct action at the Nevada Test Site, Sunday, April 1st, 2007, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

On the final day we will gather at the gates of the Test Site to denounce current nuclear plans and other warmaking preparations at the Test Site, and to propose alternatives for the land and industry. Our protest will conclude with an optional trespass action "across the line" of the Nevada Test Site.

Speakers will include Martin Sheen, Colonel Ann Wright, Jane McAlevey of SEIU, Loulena Miles of Tri-Valley CAREs, Fr. Louie Vitale ofm, Joanne Sheehan of War Resisters League, Julie Fischel of the Western Shoshone Defense Project, and members of the Western Shoshone National Council.

With music by Emma's Revolution and Francisco Herrera we will also be celebrating our elders - Western Shoshone spiritual leader Corbin Harney and Franciscan Sr. Rosemary Lynch, who is turning 90 in March.

Please RSVP for the Peacewalk by March 10!

No RSVPs required for the April 1st gathering, but please email info@nevadadesertexperience.org and let us you plan to attend.

Please RSVP for the Peacewalk by March 10!

No RSVPs required for the April 1st gathering, but please email info@nevadadesertexperience.org and let us you plan to attend.

__I am coming on the Peacewalk. I will arrive on _________ via ___________.
__I am recruiting sponsors to donate to NDE for each mile of my journey.
__I am able to make a deposit of $50 at this time (total cost will be a sliding scale of
$175-125, with no one turned away for lack of funds)
__I can't make the walk this year, but I would like to sponsor another walker for $____

__I am interested in being part of the April 1st rally.

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Questions? Please email info (@) nevadadesertexperience.org

Chelsea Collonge
Nevada Desert Experience
702-646-4814

Nevada Desert Experience is an interfaith nonprofit that has campaigned for an end to nuclear weapons testing since 1982. We are writing you because we know you share our concerns about the threats of nuclear weapons-related violence looming large in 2007. From the Bush Administration' s threats of war on Iran, to political fallout from the North Korean nuclear test, to the Divine Strake chemical detonation at the Nevada Test Site, to the new Complex 2030 plan to spend $150 billion on new nuclear weapons, this is a crucial time for collective action.

In response to the urgent threats of nuclear war and nuclear terrorism, we are calling members of concerned groups to gather in the desert near the Nevada Test Site. We will be speaking out against nuclear proliferation at home and abroad and building momentum for nuclear abolition, which includes transforming the Test Site into a facility that serves human and environmental needs.

Would you or your organization be interested in collaborating with us on this event? We need help ranging from partnering in the visioning and organizing work, to attending as speakers or participants, to passing on the word to your members, to endorsing the event on paper. We appreciate any help and input you are able to give us.

Our "Many Faiths, One Heart" mobilization will take place on Sunday, April 1st, 2007. This rally will be the culmination of our annual 65-mile Sacred Peace Walk from Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site, March 27 to Apri1 1. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the rally will feature speakers and musicians from many faiths as well as our secular allies and will end with an optional, nonviolent direct action at the gates of the Test Site. The weekend will also be a chance for people to create a peace camp in the desert outside the Test Site.

Mark your calendars and consider attending this gathering on April 1st at the entrance of the Nevada Test Site. Together let us speak the truth about those forces that are harming people, land and future through their wasteful nuclear development and war-making and forge a new way.

Please let us know if you would like to be involved in this event. We would appreciate your responding by end of January 2007 so we can include you in our planning. Many thanks!

In sincere gratitude for all that you do,

Chelsea Collonge
Nevada Desert Experience
702-646-4814