September 9: First
UN International Day for an end to Nuclear Testing
(postponed from August 29); sponsored by Kazakhstan
Join NDE for the September
Desert Witness
Friday, Sept. 10 through Monday,
Sept. 13, 6:30
to 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Daily vigils at Creech AFB. Co-sponsored with Voices
for Creative Nonviolence
Some people will walk from the Goddess Temple in
Cactus Springs. Others will drive out from Vegas
to stand together. Rides will be arranged as needed.
Note that on Monday, 9/13 there will
not be an afternoon vigil.
Saturday September 11:
The Temple to Goddess Spirituality, Cactus Springs,
NV
"Our Grief is Still Not a Cry for War:
A Day of Solidarity and Remembrance in Memory
of Civilians and Soldiers."
Vigil along with the Creech
14 defendants as noted above.
The Eyes
Wide Open memorial boots and shoes will be on
exhibition all day as focus for reflection and remembrance.
U.S. military personnel from Nevada who were killed
in either Afghanistan or Iraq are represented by
a pair of boots with a name tag. Civilians killed
are represented by pairs of shoes with names of
a small portion of those killed. The public is invited
for all or some of the activities. All events at
the Goddess Temple are free (though donations are
gratefully accepted).
10:00 a.m. Reflection and remembrance group time
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Reflection and remembrance group time
5:00 p.m. Pot luck supper
7:00 p.m. gathering for ritual
7:30 p.m. Ritual for Peace in Solidarity and Remembrance
of Soldiers and Civilians
Sunday September 12:
Nevada Desert Experience National Council meeting
(Pace e Bene office, 1420 W. Bartlett Ave. Las Vegas)
The Creech 14 defendants meet and prepare
for trial (from arrests
in April 2009) as much as they desire (Goddess
Temple in Cactus Springs)
Col. Ann Wright available to meet with groups and
interested individuals about the American Ship to
Gaza for which she is raising money (Cactus Springs
or Las Vegas)
Other expert witnesses and Creech 14 defendants
available for interviews (Goddess Temple in Cactus
Springs)
To arrange a meeting or speaking engagement, contact
Jim Haber of Nevada Desert Experience
Monday September 13:
7:00 pm, Thomas & Mack Moot Court
Facility, Boyd School of Law, UNLV
The Public Interest Law Association (PILA), in collaboration
with the Nevada Desert Experience presents, 'The
Legal and Ethical Implications of Unmanned Weapons
Systems.' Special Guest Speakers include Former
U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Legal Director
for the Center of Constitutional Rights Bill Quigley,
Former U.S. Colonel and retired U.S. State Department
Official Ann Wright, and Co-founder of Voices for
Creative Nonviolence Kathy Kelly. Panelist representing
the Air Force still pending.
Ramsey Clark, a former Marine, earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago. Clark served as U.S. Attorney General under the presidential administrations of Kennedy of Johnson. Throughout his tenure as Attorney General, he focused on social issues and civil rights including prison reform and the elimination of the death penalty. For decades, Clark has consistently condemned American foreign policy and its related military campaigns, from the Vietnam War, to the Iraq War, to the broader War on Terror. His clients have included Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein.
Bill Quigley is the Legal Director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, a national legal and educational human rights organization. He previously taught law at Loyola University New Orleans and has been an active public interest lawyer since 1977 with a wide range of public interest organizations. Bill is the author of Ending Poverty As We Know It: Guaranteeing A Right to A Job At A Living Wage (2003) and Storms Still Raging: Katrina, New Orleans and Social Justice (2008).
Col. Ann Wright, a former United States Army colonel publicly resigned from the U.S. State Department in direct protest of the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. During her State Department career, Wright served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan in 2001. In 2008, Ann co-authored the book, Dissent, Voices of Conscience: Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq. She was a passenger on the Challenger 1, which along with the Mavi Marmara, was part of the Gaza flotilla in May.
Kathy Kelly co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence, a campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare. In 2009, Voices formed a small delegation to visit Pakistan, aiming to learn more about the effects of U.S. drone warfare on the civilian population and to better understand consequences of U.S. foreign policy in pressing for Pakistani military offensives to dislodge Taliban fighters. Kathy’s most recent trip to the region, in 2010, included a visit to Afghanistan, focusing on surgical centers serving victims of war. Kelly is one of the Creech 14.
Tuesday September 14:
Trial of the Creech
14 defendants, Regional Justice Center, 200
Lewis Ave., Las Vegas, 5th Floor (Regional Court,
Department 5): 7:30 am rally in at Lewis and 3rd
St.; 8:30 am trial scheduled to begin.
September 21: UN
International Day of Peace
September 20 to 22: High-level Plenary
Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals ("Millennium
Summit"), UN, NY
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