Vermont Walk for a Nuclear-free Future August 6-9

Citizens' Awareness Network and Nipponzan Myohoji are sponsoring a commemorative walk remembering the nuclear bombs that the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 61 years ago, the catastrophic disaster of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, and the accident of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in 1976.

As we walk we will remember the victims who have suffered from the effects of the radioactive fallout from these events and make the connections between the inherent dangers of nuclear power and nuclear weapons.

We will walk in the spirit of nonviolence to create a future free of all nuclear weapons and nuclear power. Each day will begin with an interfaith prayer.

You are welcome to join this walk for any amount of time! We look forward to meeting with members of the communities we walk through, sharing meals and conversation.

This is a drug- and alcohol-free walk. Participants will be asked to help pay for gas for support vehicles.

Schedule:

8/6, 8:00 am, Hiroshima Day ceremony in Rutland

8/6, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, walk in Rutland

8/7, 9:00 am, walk in Montpelier

8/8, 9:00 am, walk in Burlington

8/9, 9:00 am, walk in Burlington

8/9, 11:00 am, Nagasaki Day ceremony in Burlington.