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Message*	Sacred Peace Walk: Vegas to Test Site <a href="http://nvactionnetwork.org/actions/?id=3757">http://nvactionnetwork.org/actions/?id=3757</a> <em>Walk with us as we transform fears into compassion and apathy into action.</em><br /> <br /> <strong>2010 Annual Sacred Peace Walk<br /> Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site<br /> <em>A Communal Pilgrimage to America's Nuclear Sacrifice Zone</em><br /> March 29 to April 5</strong><br /> <br /> The 63 mile journey is a walking meditation. Most people camp with help from a Las Vegas support team though other accommodations are possible.<br /> Part-time "pilgrims" welcome.<br /> <strong>Come, let the desert's power inspire you!</strong><br /> <br /> Organized by Nevada Desert Experience: Interfaith Resistance to Nuclear Weapons and War<br /> <br /> <strong>Schedule includes (Check website for details & updates):</strong><br /> <br /> Schedule Includes (check website or call for updates and details):<br /> • Orientation and Passover (Peace-over) Seder, Las Vegas, 3/29<br /> • Dedication of the Walk, MLK Statue at Carey and MLK Blvds, in LV, 8:00 am<br /> • Walk to Creech AFB, Indian Springs, 3/30 to 4/1<br /> • Ritual for Peace and Healing, Sekhmet Temple, Cactus Springs, 4/1, 7:30 pm<br /> • Good Friday “No More Victims” Stations of the Cross, Creech AFB, 4/2, 10 am<br /> • Devotional Chanting with T.Thorn Coyle and Josh Levin,<br /> Indian Springs Community Center, 4/2, 7:00 pm<br /> • Walk to Peace Camp, Nevada Test Site, 4/3<br /> • Western Shoshone Sunrise Ceremony, Peace Camp, 4/4, pre-dawn<br /> • Easter Mass and MLK Memorial, at the gate to the Nevada Test Site, 4/4, 10 am<br /> • Potential Weekday Civil Resistance at NTS or Creech, 4/5<br /> <br /> Orientation is March 29 at the Las Vegas Catholic Worker. We mainly walk Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday with Friday spent in Indian Springs vigiling, reflecting, resting and rejuvenating. Some walkers may risk arrest at either Creech AFB (Friday or Monday) or at the Nevada Test Site (Sunday or Monday). Not everyone "crosses the line" (though all who walk are inherently line-crossers).<br /> <br /> <strong>Registering beforehand helps us prepare well. Thank you for giving us a heads up. </strong>Suggested donation is $150 (sliding scale); pro-rate freely as you need.<br /> <br /> Gathering pledges like a walk-a-thon is a great way to raise money...and awareness! NDE is a small-staffed, low-budget operation. This is an "easy sell" to get sponsors, and is an important source of support for NDE throughout the year. Non-walkers are encouraged to sponsor someone else.<br /> <br /> <em>We walk in the footsteps of a long legacy of peace walkers and spiritual leaders to draw attention to the nuclear dangers that continue to threaten our sacred planet and the community of life. We come to heal this, the most bombed place on Earth.</em>
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Date(s): Mon, Mar 29th, 2010 thru Mon, Apr 5th, 2010

Walk with us as we transform fears into compassion and apathy into action.

2010 Annual Sacred Peace Walk
Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site
A Communal Pilgrimage to America's Nuclear Sacrifice Zone
March 29 to April 5

The 63 mile journey is a walking meditation. Most people camp with help from a Las Vegas support team though other accommodations are possible.
Part-time "pilgrims" welcome.
Come, let the desert's power inspire you!

Organized by Nevada Desert Experience: Interfaith Resistance to Nuclear Weapons and War

Schedule includes (Check website for details & updates):

Schedule Includes (check website or call for updates and details):
• Orientation and Passover (Peace-over) Seder, Las Vegas, 3/29
• Dedication of the Walk, MLK Statue at Carey and MLK Blvds, in LV, 8:00 am
• Walk to Creech AFB, Indian Springs, 3/30 to 4/1
• Ritual for Peace and Healing, Sekhmet Temple, Cactus Springs, 4/1, 7:30 pm
• Good Friday “No More Victims” Stations of the Cross, Creech AFB, 4/2, 10 am
• Devotional Chanting with T.Thorn Coyle and Josh Levin,
Indian Springs Community Center, 4/2, 7:00 pm
• Walk to Peace Camp, Nevada Test Site, 4/3
• Western Shoshone Sunrise Ceremony, Peace Camp, 4/4, pre-dawn
• Easter Mass and MLK Memorial, at the gate to the Nevada Test Site, 4/4, 10 am
• Potential Weekday Civil Resistance at NTS or Creech, 4/5

Orientation is March 29 at the Las Vegas Catholic Worker. We mainly walk Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday with Friday spent in Indian Springs vigiling, reflecting, resting and rejuvenating. Some walkers may risk arrest at either Creech AFB (Friday or Monday) or at the Nevada Test Site (Sunday or Monday). Not everyone "crosses the line" (though all who walk are inherently line-crossers).

Registering beforehand helps us prepare well. Thank you for giving us a heads up. Suggested donation is $150 (sliding scale); pro-rate freely as you need.

Gathering pledges like a walk-a-thon is a great way to raise money...and awareness! NDE is a small-staffed, low-budget operation. This is an "easy sell" to get sponsors, and is an important source of support for NDE throughout the year. Non-walkers are encouraged to sponsor someone else.

We walk in the footsteps of a long legacy of peace walkers and spiritual leaders to draw attention to the nuclear dangers that continue to threaten our sacred planet and the community of life. We come to heal this, the most bombed place on Earth.