Peace Network News

Anonymous — March 1984

The Gulf Islands, out on B.C.‘s coast, are now a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone. A recent meeting of the Islands Trust made the declaration.
Kinuko Laskey, a Hiroshima survivor and founding member and president of the Canadian Atomic Bomb Survivors on the West Coast is available for guest appearances. She was the liaison person for the Hibakusha who were refused entry to the U.S. for the Second U.N. Special Session on Disarmament. She has the two films they wanted to show-footage the Japanese people had purchased from the U.S. government on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Kinuko and her husband do need help with travelling expenses when they show the films and discuss them. 151? E. 34th St., Vancouver V5P 1A1, phone xxx-xxxx.
On March 21 between 7 p.m. EST and 7:30 p.m. EST, pray, visualize, meditate alone, or in a group. Create a thought image of peace.
The third Volga Peace Cruise will take place in the Soviet Union, June 24-July 17. Canadians, Americans, and Soviet participants will join in a peace demonstration in Moscow, June 28, followed by a ten-day cruise on the Volga. There’ll be- workshops on improving relations between the two superpowers. You’ll have the chance to meet members of the Soviet Peace Committee in three places. For more information, contact “Promoting Enduring Peace”, P.O. Box 5103, in Woodmont, Conn., phone xxx-xxxx.
TVOntario’s public affairs series, “Speaking Out” is presenting a two part peace summit on Thursday, 29 March at 8:00 p.m. and Friday, 30 March at 9:00 pm. It will suggest ways of using evening TV as the basis for classroom activities. Students can gather information and compile facts on sheets for later use in class. For information, contact Frank Trotz, TVOntario, Box 200, Station Q, Toronto M4T 2TI, phone xxx-xxxx.
The Kitsilano Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the Peace Petition Caravan Campaign and will propose that businesses put notices about it in their windows. (Campaigners in other areas may want to follow the example of the Vancouver people who approached the Chamber for such support.)
A mini-caravan (18-25 people) will travel from Vancouver up to Cold Lake, Alberta, holding public meetings in towns along the way. They will probably go at the end of March or early April. For further information, call Bill or Joan Paterson at xxx-xxxx.
Walter Davis in St. John’s, Newfoundland, wonders whether there’s any interest in proposing a meeting on peace in connection with the Pope’s visit in Ottawa, possibly with the support of the Newman Foundation. If interested, contact him at 24 Poplar Avenue, xxx-xxxx.
Engineers for Nuclear Disarmament. Like physicians, lawyers, and other professionals, engineers are becoming involved in the nuclear disarmament issue. Any engineer interested in finding out more about this vital subject, please phone or visit CANDIS, 736 Bathurst St. xxx-xxxx.
The Peace Petition Caravan Campaign is gearing up. In Toronto, a lot of canvassers will be needed for the beginning of April. Lack of experience is no problem. Training sessions are planned for March 24 and 25. Location to be announced. For more information, contact either Ann Adelson, xxx-xxxx or Toronto Disarmament Network xxx-xxxx.
Help organize a Toronto chapter of the Buddhist. Peace Fellowship. This group is affiliated with the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The new group will be active with projects of peace, justice, and ecological concerns from a Buddhist perspective. Contact: Karen Harrison at xxx-xxxx.

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