Editor:
At 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11 at Grand Forks’ Gyro Park, the Boundary Peace Initiative invites you to commemorate the victims of the first use of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
The effects continue today since radioactive poisoning resides in the genetic code to affect the offspring of those who lived through this horrific genocide.
The victim roster grows as uranium is used in bullets, missiles and tanks spreading radioactive dust in the wind, the rain, water and soil.
Accidents at nuclear power plants infect in much the same way.
The nuclear industry tries to convince us that this is clean energy but is it?
From exploration to mining to processing, the “gift” of radiation just keeps on giving for billions of years.
We join thousands worldwide to honour the past and present victims and send a message that we refuse to accept the gift of radiation.
We have a great list of speakers and entertainers along with a silent auction.
The speakers are:
- Derrick O’Keefe, author, editor of rabble.ca, co-chair of Vancouver Stop War and of the Canadian Peace Alliance.
- Kendra Cooper from Occupy Nelson
- Alex Atamanenko, MP B.C. Southern Interior
- JJ Verigin of the USCC and KRUNA
- Marji Basso, Boundary-Similkameen NDP candidate
The entertainers consist of The Hip Sisters of Grand Forks, Perry Best of Rock Creek, Rosemary Phillips of Christina Lake, Ellen Tolson of Rock Creek, Plectrum & Fender of Grand Forks and Lisa from Christina Lake.
Come, learn and enjoy the speakers, performers and participants. Make bids on silent auction items donated by local businesses. And, if you have something you would like to donate towards the auction either give me a call (250-442-0434) or bring it with you to the Gyro Park.
See you there.
In universal kinship and loving peace,
Laura Savinkoff, Grand Forks
