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Ground Zero Center Earth Day rally and march, Seattle
April 21, 2018 @ 11:00 am
Sat April 21, 11 am, at Westlake Park, 4th & Pine, downtown Seattle; Join Ground Zero Center for a rally and march honoring Earth Day. Speakers will include Lilly Adams, Security Program Organizer for Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and Elizabeth Murray, Ground Zero Center’s Member in Residence. Murray served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East in the National Intelligence Council before retiring after a 27-year career in the U.S. government, where she specialized in Middle Eastern political and media analysis. She is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). We will also have music by folksinger/storyteller Tom Rawson and the Seattle Peace Chorus’s Action Group. At noon we will march down Pike through Pike Place Market, stopping at Victor Steinbruck Park, and back up Pine Street to Westlake Park for final speakers and music. We’ll have banners, petitions. and information. No Nukes!, Yes Earth! This event is part of our greater effort to connect everyone to the grave threats of climate change and nuclear weapons, and to engage people in the important work of protecting our fragile planet from both these existential threats. Event endorsers include Earth Care not Warfare, PSR Washington Against Nuclear Weapons, South Seattle Climate Action Network, RV Neighbors for Peace & Justice. info http://www.gzcenter.org/event/celebrating-and-protecting-the-earth/