14 Apr Awesome events in Alexandria and Washington, DC

We will use this post to talk more about the activities as we get time – here are the events:

You’re invited to come aboard the Golden Rule and talk with the crew
11 am to 3 pm
Alexandria Wharf: April 3-6 daily
DC Wharf: April 8,9,11,13,14
Metro and parking information
There is a free shuttle from King St Station to the Alexandria Wharf
 
Sun April 2, 12 – 4 pm

Potluck Picnic: Come feast with Veterans For Peace & the crew of the Golden Rule
… and celebrate the Indigenous peoples who are the original stewards of this watershed.
Fort Hunt Park, Camp site D-1
8999 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria VA
Huntington Station is closed!
King Street Metro Station (blue line): call Mike for ride from station: 301 542 9867
Bring your own utensils and cup to save the Earth.
Fort Hunt Printable Flyer
 

Sun April 2, 6 – 9 pm
Meet and Greet the Crew at Busboys and Poets
450 K St & 5th St, NW, near Gallery Pl Metro
Regroup in town after a day of celebration in the park.
 

Mon April 3, 1 pm
The Rev. Jo J. Belser, Rector of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandria, Virginia is looking forward to blessing the Golden Rule and its mission.
Alexandria Wharf at Pier AB (outside Torpedo Factory)
 
Tue April 4, 10 am
Mayor’s Proclamation of Golden Rule Days in Alexandria
Alexandria Wharf at Pier AB (outside Torpedo Factory)
Celebrate Golden Rule Days with Alexandria Poet Laureate Zeina Azzam and the crew.
Free shuttle from the King St Metro Stop (blue line)
 
Wed April 5, 5:30 pm

2111 Decatur Pl NW near Dupont Circle, WDC
Meet and greet, connect with local anti-nuclear activists, and hear members of the crew and Madison Rose from Back from the Brink
 
Mon April 10, 7 am
Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Weekly Pentagon Vigil focused on Veterans For Peace antinuclear message
at Pentagon “Free speech zone,” right outside Pentagon Metro Station
 
Mon April 10, 5:30 – 7 pm
Channeling Outrage About Polluted Waters
VFP Golden Rule Crew at The Outrage!
1811 14th St NW, WDC
Hear the Golden Rule crew’s story of their creative resistance and discuss the integration of nuclear into environmental and social justice activism.
 
Wed April 12, 9 am – 5 pm
Distribute VFP Nuclear Posture Review to Congress
To participate, call Helen Jaccard at 206-992-6364
 
Thu April 13, 6 – 7 pm

900 Wesley Pl SW, WDC
Hear VFP Golden Rule Project Manager Helen Jaccard, Past VFP President Gerry Condon and crew members explain why they’re advancing VFP’s opposition to nuclear weapons in this dramatic fashion.
 
Delaware / Maryland / Virginia

Printable Flyer for DC VA MD
 
April 3-17, 2023
 

Open Boat Events
You’re invited to come aboard the Golden Rule and talk with the crew
11 am to 3 pm
DC Wharf: Apr 14, 15
Metro and parking information
There is a free shuttle from King St Station to the Alexandria Wharf
 
Sun Apr 16, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
The Crucible of Hope: The “Golden Rule” of Love as Inspiration for a New World Order
All Souls Unitarian Church
1500 Harvard St NW, WDC
See the Hiroshima Children’s Drawings
Panel discussions with historians and theologians on the role of protest, among Black Americans in particular, in the movement for nuclear disarmament.
 
Mon Apr 17, 9 am
The Golden Rule Embarks from the DC Wharf
The crew will shove off and make her way back down the Potomac, pausing at sites of some of the worst nuclear and chemical contamination along the way.