A Survivor Speaks - Hibakusha Testimony (in person)
Aug
3
7:30 PM19:30

A Survivor Speaks - Hibakusha Testimony (in person)

UCUCC @ 7:30 P.M.

4515 16TH AVE NE, SEATTLE

Come hear Hiroshima survivor Norimitsu Tosu as

well as young adults from the Fierce Nonviolence

Pilgrimage share their stories.

The pilgrims will have heard from

communities impacted by

nuclear weapons in Spokane

and the Hanford area, and are

on their way to Bangor Naval

Base, which houses the largest

concentration of deployed nuclear

weapons in the U.S.

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Aug
6
1:00 PM13:00

Spokane - Sadako and the Thousand Cranes Story Hour

Wednesday, 8/6th, 2025

FREE STORY HOUR

Shadle Park Library

 

Reading -1-1:45pm: Sadako and the Thousand Cranes

The story is of a real girl.

Sadako was in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Ten years later she died as a result of leukemia from radiation (1943-1955). She had attempted to fold 1,000 cranes - according to Japanese custom, folding 1,000 paper cranes grants us a special wish.

 

2:00-3:30pm  we will learn how to fold paper cranes to keep/give away as reminders of peace, love, and harmony!

Materials will be provided. Just bring patience and love!

Young and old are invited.

Suggested for children with parental discretion/supervision.

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From Hiroshima to Hope
Aug
6
5:30 PM17:30

From Hiroshima to Hope

The mission of From Hiroshima to Hope is to commemorate the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all victims of war and violence. We educate for peace, non-violent conflict resolution and nuclear disarmament through a public outdoor event on August 6th featuring music, speakers, and a lantern-floating ceremony. Please visit https://fromhiroshimatohope.org/event-2/ for updates on the 2025 program! This year marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings.

Every year since 1984, we have held an annual event in Seattle, with the hope that we can resolve international conflicts without violence and learn the habit of living in peace with all our neighbors on this earth.

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Hiroshima-Nagasaki 80th Anniversary Commemoration Event
Aug
9
to Aug 11

Hiroshima-Nagasaki 80th Anniversary Commemoration Event

Ground Zero Center 16159 Clear Creek Rd. NW, Poulsbo, WA, United States

All people who care about nuclear weapons and our future are called to Ground Zero this August 9th, 10th, and 11th to oppose the Trident system and its many dangers. This year is a very special one: eight decades since the end of the Second World War, and the last major anniversary when atomic bomb survivors can tell their stories. Also, tragically, fascism is on the march, including in the United States. People of faith and knowledge must understand that the world situation makes the use of nu-clear weapons more likely. Abolition is the only solution.

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Aug
9
6:30 PM18:30

Olympia Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration: Never Again - Remembering the Atomic Bombings 80 Years On

HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI: NEVER AGAIN

REMEMBERING THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS 80 YEARS ON

 

SPEAKERS:

JIM THOMAS, author of the memoir Atomic Pilgrim with Hanford and Nagasaki connections

SALLY SHAWL, Jewish Voices for Peace/Tacoma; Ground Zero; Nagasaki memories

MUSTAFA MOHAMEDALI, Islamic Center of Olympia Outreach and Engagement Committee

NIKHIL LONBERG & ZHO REGAN, UW Students Resist US War - Seattle

In remembrance of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, a special candlelight program will be offered at Percival Landing Park in their Main Pavillion on the boardwalk near the Olympia Center, 2 blocks north of State Street, passed Thurston Avenue in Olympia from  6:30 to 9:00 pm on Saturday, August 9th , the 80th anniversary. An array of highly informative interfaith and intergenerational   speakers, singers Tom Rawson and the Raging Grannies, a photo display and a candlelight vigil will highlight the event. Please bring your own seating.


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Nuclear Weapons Abolition Reading Room
Aug
19
7:30 PM19:30

Nuclear Weapons Abolition Reading Room

The next meeting of the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Reading Room will take place on Tuesday, August 19th at 7:30 pm.  We'll discuss Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, by Lawrence Wittner.  The book was published in 2009, so it predates the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by eight years.  In my view, this fact doesn't diminish the book's power or relevance.  Rather, Confronting the Bomb chronicles and assesses the wealth of international action that came before the TPNW and what might still have value for the movement today.  Here's a short review:

"Wittner gives us something no one has ever shown us. He chronicles how global civil society grew its own capacity to stop the rulers—in democracies and dictatorships alike—from firing the omnicidal weaponry the rulers developed. If you've ever signed a petition, voted against nukes in a referendum, been to an anti-nuclear demonstration, written a letter opposing any piece of the nuclear arsenal, gone to visit a politician to lobby against any atomic bomb component, or been arrested for your nonviolent refusal to let them do this bad business in your name, this book is for you."—The Peaceworker

Interested in joining? Contact Facilitator Dan at dworthen54@gmail.com

During the meeting, Dan will also give a report on his upcoming visit to Hiroshima for the 80th annual commemoration of the bombing.  

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Monthly NWANW Coalition Meeting (Copy) (Copy)
Sep
11
6:00 PM18:00

Monthly NWANW Coalition Meeting (Copy) (Copy)

What is the Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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Monthly NWANW Coalition Meeting (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)
Oct
9
6:00 PM18:00

Monthly NWANW Coalition Meeting (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

What is the Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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Monthly NWANW Coalition Meeting (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)
Nov
13
6:00 PM18:00

Monthly NWANW Coalition Meeting (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

What is the Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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Monthly NWANW Coalition Meeting (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)
Dec
11
6:00 PM18:00

Monthly NWANW Coalition Meeting (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

What is the Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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Atomic Pilgrim - Reading and discussion with author Jim Thomas
Jul
24
7:00 PM19:00

Atomic Pilgrim - Reading and discussion with author Jim Thomas

Reading and Discussion with James Patrick Thomas and Shannon Cram
Thursday, July 24, 7 pm
Hosted by Phinney Books
at the Phinney Neighborhood Center
6532 Phinney Ave N, Room 7
Seattle, WA 98103

Free

Author James Patrick Thomas will read from his forthcoming memoir, Atomic Pilgrim: How Walking Thousands of Miles for Peace Led to Uncovering Some of America's Darkest Nuclear Secrets, and will be in conversation with Seattle-area author and professor Shannon Cram.

Atomic Pilgrim is the story of how one person's faith, actions, and persistence can impact seemingly immovable systems and hold even the most powerful bureaucracies to account. James Patrick Thomas's path toward nuclear disarmament began on Good Friday, 1982, when he and his fellow peace pilgrims started walking away from the Trident Nuclear Submarine Base near Seattle. Their Bethlehem Peace Pilgrimage would span 6,700 miles across the United States and nine other countries, each step aimed at ending the nuclear arms race. After two years on the road, Jim continued his pursuit of peace and disarmament. Back in Spokane, Washington, Jim turned his attention toward the Hanford plutonium factory-one of the original Manhattan Project sites just 110 miles from his home. Over the next two decades, Jim helped uncover stunning revelations about Hanford's toxic regional impact and its role in our nation's nuclear weapons complex. 

"Thomas’s account of that transformational trek is candid and emotive...Atomic Pilgrim is an inspiring memoir about courageous actions taken for peace and a world free of nuclear weapons."
Foreword Reviews

While serving in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, James Patrick Thomas began advocating for nuclear disarmament as a member of the Bethlehem Peace Pilgrimage, a 6700-mile walk across the United States and nine other countries. He spent the next quarter century investigating radioactive pollution from the production and testing of nuclear weapons, mostly focused on the Hanford Site in south-central Washington State. He organized a national coalition that forced the federal government to close Hanford's plutonium operations in 1990, served on several federal advisory committees concerning radiation health effects, and worked for ten years as a paralegal for the plaintiffs in the Hanford downwinders litigation. Jim directed life, justice and peace ministry for the Diocese of Spokane (1984-1987), the Archdiocese of Seattle (2007-2015), and the Washington State Catholic Conference (2015-2020). He has a master's in religious studies from Gonzaga University. He has visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki twice - in 1993 he spoke at an international conference on plutonium processing and in 2023 he accompanied Archbishops Paul Etienne and John Wester on their Pilgrimage of Peace. He lives in Seattle with his wife and daughter.


Shannon Cram is an associate professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, Bothell, where she co-directs the Science, Technology, and Society program. Her first book, Unmaking the Bomb: Environmental Cleanup and the Politics of Impossibility, was named a Best Indie Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She is currently working on a new project about genetic mutation and previvorship

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Monthly NWANW Coalition Meeting
Jul
10
6:00 PM18:00

Monthly NWANW Coalition Meeting

What is the Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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The Future is Not for Sale: Action Against Boeing and Nuclear Weapons Spending
Sep
26
5:30 PM17:30

The Future is Not for Sale: Action Against Boeing and Nuclear Weapons Spending

September 26th is the The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and this year it is coming off the tail of activities led by ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons to encourage divestment from Nuclear Weapons and pressure the profiteers. 

While over 30 thousand Boeing Machinists walk the picket line, we'll be holding space near the Museum of Flight and many of Boeing's facilities, a short distance from a Boeing Minuteman Nuclear Missile Silo. Our objective? We'll be holding space for one hour, to reflect what just one hour of US Nuclear Weapons Spending (~$10.8 million) could do for our community. We invite you all to join us to share messages of what we could be spending our tax dollars on instead. 

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Jul
11
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

Source: wanwcoalition.org

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Jun
13
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

Source: wanwcoalition.org

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Dec
14
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Nov
9
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Oct
12
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Sep
14
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Aug
10
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Jul
13
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Jun
8
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
May
11
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Apr
13
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Mar
9
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting
Mar
7
6:00 PM18:00

WANW Coalition Monthly Meeting

What is the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition?

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Monthly WANW Coalition Meeting
Aug
18
2:00 PM14:00

Monthly WANW Coalition Meeting

Washington Against Nuclear Weapons (WANW) is a statewide coalition that aims to reduce and eliminate all components of the 1.7 trillion dollar rebuild of the US nuclear weapons arsenal. Our ultimate goal is to prevent nuclear war and abolish nuclear weapons worldwide.

Please join a monthly meeting to learn more and find out if your organization would like to become a member and take part in our work to create a peaceful and safe Washington state.

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Sep
21
5:00 PM17:00

Preventing Mass Extinction: Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Nuclear Winter, and the Climate Crisis

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The American military is one of the largest polluters on the planet and a major driver of the climate crisis. And yet, while historic wildfires are raging through drought-struck lands, hurricanes cause destruction in multiple regions, waters rise with unprecedented floods and disappearing shorelines, Congress is on track to approve the highest military budget ever. What does this mean for the climate and directly impacted peoples? Please join RootsAction and our guests for a discussion connecting military spending, the threat of nuclear winter, colonialism, and the power of social movements. We will do a deep dive into land-based, intercontinental ballistic missiles and share calls to action, including demanding Congress dismantle this immediate danger to global life.

REGISTER HERE


All registrants will receive a link to view the recording, whether or not they are able to attend.

Questions can be submitted in advance to marena@rootsaction.org

William Hartung is a longtime expert on Pentagon spending and the global arms trade whose books include Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex. He writes frequently on military issues for The Nation magazine.

Vincent Intondi is a Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Race, Justice, and Civic Engagement at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, Maryland. From 2009-2017, Intondi was Director of Research for American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute in Washington, DC. Prior to teaching at Montgomery College, Intondi was an Associate Professor of History at Seminole State College in Sanford, Florida.

Tara Villalba is a teacher by training, but has been organizing “on the side” for over 15 years with women, students, workers, and tenants. Frontline (Indigenous, Black, immigrant, and low-wage worker) communities are leading the struggles to protect our ecosystems and each other.

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WANW Coalition Meeting
Apr
15
2:00 PM14:00

WANW Coalition Meeting

Please join Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and Washington Against Nuclear Weapons for our WANW Coalition Meeting.

This meeting will take place remotely, via Zoom. For meeting information, please email the WANW Coalition Coordinator: Carly@wpsr.org

Thank you!

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WANW Coalition Meeting
Mar
25
2:00 PM14:00

WANW Coalition Meeting

Please join Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and Washington Against Nuclear Weapons for our WANW Coalition Meeting.

This meeting will take place remotely, via Zoom. For meeting information, please email the WANW Coalition Coordinator: Carly@wpsr.org

Thank you!

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Marshall Islands Nuclear Remembrance Day
Mar
15
to Mar 20

Marshall Islands Nuclear Remembrance Day

Save the Dates

Mar. 15-20th, 2021

Spokane, WA

In Washington, the Marshallese and nuclear frontline communities welcome you to attend the 2021 Marshall Islands Nuclear Victims and Survivors Remembrance Day. We will remember the legacy of the nuclear era, the resilience of nuclear frontline communities coping with today's pandemic, and the crossroad of nuclear and climate change justice.

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Union of Concerned Scientists -  [Registration Required] Ending Nuclear Weapons Before they End Us: Opportunities Under the Biden Administration to Take Action
Mar
4
8:00 AM08:00

Union of Concerned Scientists - [Registration Required] Ending Nuclear Weapons Before they End Us: Opportunities Under the Biden Administration to Take Action

Ending Nuclear Weapons Before They End Us: Opportunities Under the Biden Administration to Take Action
Date: Thursday March 4
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET / 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time

Register today for the virtual policy briefing and interactive workshops.

This event will have two distinct segments. First is a policy briefing to discuss challenges and opportunities with a distinguished panel of experts, including Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of ICAN, and Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation in the Obama administration.

The briefing will be followed by a series of interactive workshops to help build your knowledge and advocacy skills. You'll have the opportunity to choose from topics such as: what the TPNW means in the United States; exploring the connection between nuclear weapons, the climate crisis, racism, and colonialism; learning how to lobby your legislators; passing a local nuclear weapons resolution; engaging with the media and public; building a diverse and inclusive movement; and more. Check out the entire list of workshops and join us on March 4 to learn how to advocate for a world free of nuclear weapons.

This moment demands unprecedented leadership from our federal government, as our country confronts so many crises, from climate change to the pandemic to the rise of authoritarianism and white supremacy. Now is the time to reform our nuclear weapons policies to make us safer, and to invest in our communities and economic recovery, instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars on new nuclear weapons that make us less safe and will only accelerate the global nuclear arms race.

We need you in this fight and in your community organizing and advocating for change. We need you to help build the political power to get Washington decisionmakers to act. This virtual conference will help you do just that. Please register today and we hope you can join us next month.

Sincerely,

Sean Meyer
Manager of Strategic Campaigns
Global Security Program
Union of Concerned Scientists

P.S. If you haven't already, please take another moment to sign our petition calling on President Biden to take bold action on nuclear weapons.

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4-Session Course (Saturday Sessions): “Nuclear Weapons Nowadays:  What You Can Know and Do.”
Feb
27
5:00 PM17:00

4-Session Course (Saturday Sessions): “Nuclear Weapons Nowadays: What You Can Know and Do.”

The Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons will again offer its powerfully informative — and downright fascinating — 4-session course titled “Nuclear Weapons Nowadays:  What You Can Know and Do.”

PLEASE SIGN UP NOW for our next course in February 2021.

We are offering each class session twice each week, so you can choose the day that works better for your own schedule.  You may choose from the following options:

  • 4 Tuesdays starting February 23rd (5:00-7:00 pm Pacific Time) and March 2nd, 9th, and 16th, or

  • 4 Saturdays starting February 27th (10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Pacific Time) and March 6th, 13th, and 20th. 

The contents are the same so if you have to miss one week’s course, you may make up that session on the other day.

People EVERYWHERE can participate because we use Zoom video, so if you live outside of the Pacific Time zone, please adjust accordingly. The course is so good that some people have taken the course a second time or repeated particular class sessions.

If you have taken the course already, please consider taking it again, or at least ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS TO SIGN UP for it.

Registration:  Joanne Dufour (206) 550-1841 jdufourhc@msn.com

More information:  Glen Anderson (360) 491-9093 glenanderson@integra.net

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4-Session Course (Tuesday Sessions): “Nuclear Weapons Nowadays:  What You Can Know and Do.”
Feb
23
5:00 PM17:00

4-Session Course (Tuesday Sessions): “Nuclear Weapons Nowadays: What You Can Know and Do.”

The Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons will again offer its powerfully informative — and downright fascinating — 4-session course titled “Nuclear Weapons Nowadays:  What You Can Know and Do.”

PLEASE SIGN UP NOW for our next course in February 2021.

We are offering each class session twice each week, so you can choose the day that works better for your own schedule.  You may choose from the following options:

  • 4 Tuesdays starting February 23rd (5:00-7:00 pm Pacific Time) and March 2nd, 9th, and 16th, or

  • 4 Saturdays starting February 27th (10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Pacific Time) and March 6th, 13th, and 20th. 

The contents are the same so if you have to miss one week’s course, you may make up that session on the other day.

People EVERYWHERE can participate because we use Zoom video, so if you live outside of the Pacific Time zone, please adjust accordingly. The course is so good that some people have taken the course a second time or repeated particular class sessions.

If you have taken the course already, please consider taking it again, or at least ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS TO SIGN UP for it.

Registration:  Joanne Dufour (206) 550-1841 jdufourhc@msn.com

More information:  Glen Anderson (360) 491-9093 glenanderson@integra.net

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