13 Sep Kalamazoo

St Joseph, Michigan / Kalamazoo (Palisades NPP): 9/7 – 9/12
West Basin Marina (273 Marina Dr.)
 
9/8/2023 Update: Regrettably and unavoidably the Golden Rule peace sail boat is unable to leave safe harbor in Racine, WI and will not be sailing to St. Joe’s, MI as planned. ALL OTHER EVENTS ARE ON – The Golden Rule ground crew are attending the remaining scheduled events, please join us for those.

 

The marina is about 15 miles from both the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant in Bridgman (to the south), and the Palisades atomic reactor in Covert (to the north).

The Golden Rule’s Helen Jaccard and Denise Duffield of Physicians for Social Responsibility were interviewed on KNOW TV in Kalamazoo, MI.

Interview on KNOW, Helen Jaccard and Denise Duffield
 
CANCELLED! Saturday, Sept 9

10 am – 1 pm: Open Boat – see the Golden Rule, meet the crew, learn the history of the Golden Rule and about nuclear issues today.
 
PLEASE COME HAVE FUN!!
Concert for the Great Lakes

6 pm: Final Gravity Brewing Company, 246 N. Burdick St., Kalamazoo, MI.
Traverse City-based folk singer/songwriter Victor McManemy; SW MI-based Great Lakes Brass Band opens at 8:30pm. During the inter-band intermission, Golden Rule Project Manager Helen Jaccard, VFP Board Member Gerry Condon and local and state-wide watchdogs on the Palisades atomic reactor crisis will speak. Info-tabling throughout.

CANCELLED! Sunday Sept 10
10 am – 1 pm: Open Boat – see the Golden Rule, meet the crew, learn the history of the Golden Rule and about nuclear issues today.
 

PLEASE JOIN US!
Monday, Sept 11
Teach-Ins on Nuclear Issues

Noon – 5 pm: Zoom hybrid teach-in
 

Martini’s Restaurant, 832 S. Westnedge Ave., Kalamazoo, Pronto Room (upstairs)
 
Food (pizza, bread, salad) and non-alcoholic beverages provided during the afternoon teach-in

 
The Zoom hybrid begins at 1pm and goes to 5pm EST. Pre-registration to the Zoom meeting is appreciated:
 
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuqhrDosGtEtXNPKBtBxjJVC9J8d8ozZ
 

12 pm, orientation/info.-tabling/lunch
1 pm Golden Rule, Great Lakes nuclear issues
2 pm, old, closed Palisades “zombie” atomic reactor restart scheme crisis
3 pm Small Modular Reactor new build threats

4 pm, radioactive waste risks at Palisades and beyond.
 
Hybrid Zoom webcast provided for remote virtual participation. Speakers will include local, Great Lakes regional, national and binational (U.S. and Canada) experts and watchdogs, such as: Veterans for Peace Golden Rule Project Manager Helen Jaccard; Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds – for more than a decade, the environmental coalition’s expert witness against Palisades; and many others.
 
6-8 pm: Teach-In Main Event

Sponsored by WMU Department of Sociology; co-sponsored by Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War, KNOW–http://kzoo4peace.org/
New Student Center (Ballroom A, Room 2414)
1070 Arcadia Loop, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI 49006. Use the parking structure on West Michigan Avenue near the old Bernhard Student Center
 

Speakers will include: WMU professor Dr. Ron Kramer, on his forthcoming book Apocalyptic Crimes, which argues that nuclear weapons pose an apocalyptic threat to humanity, are illegal under international law, and must be abolished; Veterans for Peace Golden Rule Project Manager Helen Jaccard; Denise Duffield (Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles); Fairewinds Chief Engineer Arnie Gundersen; and more!
 
Webcast: https://us02web.zoom.us/w/83216756440?tk=bxUj2T71mO1vBi2tydjM0i1CeydCI6BaaGlAYGeY9js.DQMAAAATYBru2BZDTHRkSng0alJhcV9VZHloRnNBOGNBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA&pwd=SEZ5Qk93SkdJN2dKSDFCRThBcHYrUT09

 
Tues Sept 12

3-5 pm, showing of two short films on the amazing history of the Golden Rule peace boat – “Making Waves: The Rebirth of the Golden Rule,” and “Phoenix of Hiroshima-An Odyssey Interrupted.” Discussion afterward with Golden Rule Project Manager Helen Jaccard, and Golden Rule Committee President Gerry Condon. Van Deusen Room (top floor), downtown Kalamazoo Public Library central location, 315 S. Rose St., Kalamazoo, MI 49007.

For more information, contact Kevin Kamps
Beyond Nuclear and Don’t Waste Michigan
(240) 462-3216, kevin@beyondnuclear.org.