Y-12

The April 2002 Action for Peace at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will begin with a day-long nonviolence training on Saturday, April 13, and a march from Bissel Park to the Y-12 gates for a legal rally and nonviolent direct action on April 14. For more information, contact the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, POB 5743, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, (865)483-8202; email: orepa@stopthebombs.org web: www.stopthebombs.org.

Washington DC

A week of anti-war mobilization will take place in Washington, D.C. in late April.

SOA Watch, Witness for Peace and the Colombia Support Network are organizing a National Columbia Mobilization, April 19-22. SOAW Vigil and lobbying at the Capitol, April 19; Demonstration by National Youth and Student Peace Coalition and Colombia teach-in and skills training, April 20; Colombia Mobilization Festival of Hope and Resistance, action planning and nonviolent action training, April 21; Colombia Solidarity March and direct action, April 22. For more information, contact SOA Watch, POB 4566, Washington, DC 20017, (202)234-3440, email:info@soaw.org web: www.soaw.org.

International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism), a coalition effort in response to September 11, is organizing for a national march on the White House on April 27, against racism and war and in defense of civil liberties and civil rights. Support demonstrations are being organized in several other major cities. For more information, call New York (212)633-6646, Washington (202)543-2777, San Francisco (415)821-6545, Chicago (773)583-7728, email: ANSWER@afgj.org web: www.InternationalANSWER.org.

Nevada Test Site

A Mother's Day weekend Gathering to Celebrate Life at the Nevada Test Site, May 10-13, will experience the beauty of the springtime desert, build community for nonviolent resistance, and welcome a group of Western Shoshone activists who will have walked around the Nevada Test Site to protest the continued nuclear programs and military occupation of their lands. For more information, contact Shundahai Network, POB 1115, Salt Lake City, UT 84110, (819)359-2614, email: shundahai@shundahai.org, web: www.shundahai.org.

Vandenberg

The Vandenberg Action Coalition is sponsoring a week of nonviolent action for peace in space at Vandenberg Air Force Base, May 12-17. Backcountry action and peace camp leading up to May 18 Armed Forces Day rally and direct action at the front gate along California Highway 1. For more information, call (805)343-6322 and (805)688-7610.