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There never was a good war or a bad peace. ~Ben Franklin

PRESS RELEASE: "Nukes Weapons Are Scary" Theme of TPF entry in the Boo-HaHa! Hallowe'en parade

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On the Calendar for October 30th, 12 noon to 4pm



Boo Ha! Ha! Parade in Brookside, Tulsa,
on Saturday afternoon, Oct 30th
When:
Saturday afternoon, Oct 30th, from 12 noon to 4pm. Parade starts at 2pm

Where:
Brookside, in Tulsa, up and down Peoria Avenue
Please note TIME CHANGE: Originally scheduled for Saturday morning, the event is now to be held Saturday afternoon. Line up at 12 noon, for 2pm start.

Volunteers needed! Advance notice of your planned participation required
- Please call 918-398-6506 if you would like to march together with TPF
members in the parade.

PRESS RELEASE
15th Oct 2010
contact: TPF President, 918-398-6506


Nuke Weapons are Scary.



The theme of the TPF entry in the Boo-HaHa! parade is "No Nuke Weapons" -- with an emphasis on the international symbol of peace, the Origami Crane.


In lieu of handing out candy, TPF volunteers will be handing out an
international symbol of peace, the Origami Crane.


The Origami Crane has become a symbol of world peace through
the story of Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who tried to stave off her
death from leukemia as a result of radiation from the atomic bombing of
Hiroshima during World War II by making one thousand origami cranes.
Her story is told in the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand
origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or
recovery from illness or injury. The crane in Japan is one of the
mystical or holy creatures (others include the dragon and the
tortoise), and is said to live for a thousand years. In Asia, it is
commonly said that folding 1000 paper origami cranes makes a person's
wish come true.

Several temples, including some in Tokyo and Hiroshima, have eternal
flames for World Peace. At these temples, school groups or individuals
often donate origami cranes to add to the prayer for peace. See details
below.


The banner in the TPF float reads:

Give our children a world without nuclear weapons.”


Tulsa Peace Fellowship is an advocacy group which has united to break the endless cycle of violence and retaliation engineered by war. By conscientiously exploring peaceful options and just solutions, we hope to spare the lives of more innocent people affected by violence throughout the world. The Tulsa Peace Fellowship is the activist wing of the peace movement in Eastern Oklahoma.


Our slogan, borrowed from the American Friends Service Committee, is: "Waging Peace One Person at a Time."


TPF offers citizens and community groups tools and resources to participate personally in our democracy, to help shape federal budget and policy priorities and to promote peace, social justice, economic justice, and human rights. The Tulsa Peace Fellowship's advocacy on behalf of peace will continue until this nation makes peace, social uplift, and nonviolence its priorities, rather than militarization. We advocate for the return to a genuine time of peace, with reduced military spending, in other words, the Peace Dividend. A good place to reduce spending is to de-mobilize and de-commission the thousands of nuclear weapons stockpiled in this country.


Through its counter-recruitment task force, TPF is a member of the National Network Opposed to the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY). TPF counter-recruitment task force works together with parents and students to counter the presence of military recruiters on school grounds. Instead of military enlistment, we promote peaceful vocations for today's young people.


TPF is a registered non-profit civic-sector organization and a non-partisan group, loosely affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration, 1314 N. Greenwood Ave, Tulsa (close to the corner of Pine Ave).


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"Cranes for Peace" -- Symbol of Peace in the Nuclear Age





Cranes for Peace began as a project to collect paper cranes to be sent to Hiroshima, Japan for the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in honor of the children. You can send your collection of 1,000 origami peace cranes to the children's monument at Hiroshima Park:

Office of the Mayor
City of Hiroshima
6-34 kokutaijai-Machi
1 Chome Naka-Ku
Hiroshima 730 Japan








Demand
Zero.” -- Strategic Arms Elimination


When:
film released in Summer 2010

Where:
at fine cinemas everywhere

previous
event listing at Circle Cinema, Tulsa


COUNTDOWN TO ZERO traces the history of the
atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possess nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. Written and directed by acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (
Devil’s Playground, Blindsight), the film features an array of important international statesmen, including Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair. Magnolia Pictures is releasing the film in North America; HISTORY™ has North American broadcast rights. The film was produced by Academy Award® winner and 2009 nominee Lawrence Bender (Inglourious Basterds, An Inconvenient Truth) and developed, financed and executive produced by Participant Media, together with World Security Institute.


Film review



The Nuclear Abolitionist Movement is Now Being Mainstreamed

By Hugh Gusterson
3 August
2010

in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists




Looking
Ahead!! Put on your calender for Nov 6th


When:
every first Saturday of the month, with the
next rally planned for
November 6th, 2010, from 12 noon to 2pm.

Volunteers should arrive at 11:45 am, for 12 noon start.

Where:
outdoors, corner of 41st & Yale, southwest corner, on public ground

E 41st St & S Yale Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135


On November 6th, TPF will support the nationwide movement for peace with a
local rally outdoors at the corner of 41st & Yale, the most central
and busiest intersection of the city. The Tulsa Peace Fellowship
intends to spread our message and voice our demands:

  • Cuts in military spending to fund human needs

  • Peace abroad and renewable energy at home

  • Bring the troops and war dollars home now

  • Jobs and economic recovery at home

TPF is a part of the people's movement for peace and justice raising a voice of
concern over the din of the media, which these days is all too often in
the war camp.


It was people protesting in millions across the United States in 1969 that
brought the Vietnam War to an end. It was the people united that moved
the Civil Rights Bill into law. It was the people united in the 1920's
that finally brought about passage of the 19th Amendment for a woman's
right to vote. Every human rights law written in the United State of
America is as a direct result of people standing in solidarity and
demanding justice.


Join us on November 6th!

Just weeks after a USA Today/Gallup poll showed support for the Afghan
War was plummeting, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows the trend
continuing, with 58 percent of Americans now firmly opposed to the war.

"All of the questioned showed a trend toward greater opposition to the
war and greater pessimism about the war. It seems that, nearly nine
years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, war exhaustion is driving
Americans to increasingly call for a pullout."
~Jason Ditz, news editor at antiwar.com






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Comment by Tony Nuspl on November 1, 2010 at 1:10pm
Thank you to all of you who showed up and walked the 1.5 miles in the parade with us. It was wonderful to see all the expressions of support from Tulsans, and even more inspiring to see the look of joy on the kids' faces, when presented with the origami cranes as a symbol of peace from TPF.

A special thank you to Kathy for driving the Mercedes convertible with the TPF banners flying
Another special thank you to Lisa, who made the most "peace cranes" out of origami paper, for us to hand out to the children as we walked.
And another to Lilly, for singing: "All we are saying, is give peace a chance."

Shall we do it again next year? Come and discuss further at our next monthly meeting, 11th Nov 6:15 pm, at the UU Church of the Restoration, 1314 N. Greenwood Ave.
Comment by Tony Nuspl on October 25, 2010 at 6:12pm
news from globalzero website:

This past April [2010], Russia and the United States signed a historic agreement to reduce their strategic nuclear arsenals by a third each. This is the most significant arms control treaty in decades, and a crucial first step to global zero—the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. With the US and Russia leading the way, 2010 could mark the beginning of the end of nuclear weapons. But public support at this crucial moment is critical to build the foundation of a binding and verifiable global zero agreement. To join me and the hundreds of thousands of people in every country in the world who believe in zero, click below:

http://www.globalzero.org/en/sign-declaration

We must now choose between two very different futures. In one, nuclear weapons continue to spread, increasing the chances that a country or terrorists use them, with catastrophic consequences. In the other, all nuclear weapons are eliminated according to a comprehensive global agreement for phased and verified reductions.

Zero is not only desirable, it is also achievable -- with political will. With momentum already building in favor of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance.


When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many. Join us today by clicking below:

http://www.globalzero.org/en/sign-declaration

The vision of a world free of nuclear weapons can come to be, but we must get involved to make it happen. So please, sign and ask your friends to do so as well. Make your voice count.

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