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August 5–28, 2025
🎥 Premiering the New Documentary
Golden Rule: The Journey for Peace, Directed by Nolan Anderson
A breathtaking film chronicling the Golden Rule’s 2021 Pacific crossing from Hawai‘i to San Francisco Bay. Filmmaker and crew member Nolan Anderson brings us onboard a vessel of resistance—where the original 1958 peace mission meets today’s urgent call for disarmament and climate action.
Bay Area Voyage Calendar – August 2025
🩵 San Francisco | Aug 5–9
• Aug 5: Golden Rule Welcome to San Francisco – Pier 39
• Aug 6: Livermore Labs – Hiroshima/Nagasaki Day Eighty Years of Nuclear Devastation
• Aug 8: Alcatraz Sail with KPFA’s Flashpoints – Pier 39
• Aug 8: Helen Jaccard presents “Never Again!” – Los Altos Library
🩵 Oakland / Alameda | Aug 10–13
• Aug 10: Tri-Valley CAREs Presents Film Screening – New Parkway Theater
🩵 Berkeley | Aug 14–18
• Aug 14: 12 PM, Welcome to Berkeley Marina & Sailing with CODEPINK
• Aug 14: Susan Crane speaks, Local Peace & Social Justice Activist
• Aug 15: 2 PM, Sailing with NorCal TPS Coalition
• Aug 16: 10 AM, Sailing with Task Force on the Americas
• Aug 16: 2 PM, Sailing with Cal Sailing Club
• Aug 17: 10 AM, Sailing with Veterans For Peace, Chapter 71, Sonoma
• Aug 18: 11 AM, Whale Vigil to Memorialize Bay Area Whale Deaths, Demand Action
🩵 Richmond | Aug 19–21
• Aug 19: Golden Rule arrives in Richmond at Safe Harbor “Marina Bay” Yacht Harbor (E171)
10 AM – Welcome Golden Rule at Lucretia Edwards Park with a blessing by Courtney Cummings of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan (Ohlone), kayakers from Rich City Rays on the water, and a 24-foot-long NO WAR banner. Bring your own peace, environmental, and justice signs.
11 AM – Press conference with Golden Rule crew and local activists, at Marina Bay Park.
12 PM – Community potluck picnic at Marina Bay Park. Bring food or beverages to share.
2 PM – Dockside tours of the Golden Rule at Safe Harbor Marina Bay Yacht Harbor.
5 PM – Richmond City Council meeting where Mayor Eduardo Martinez will present a proclamation honoring the Golden Rule and her mission. Public attendance encouraged.
• Aug 20: 11 AM, Dockside Tours of the Golden Rule
A Peaceful Boat Parade around Alcatraz Island & Chevron Refinery
2:00 PM – Gather at Richmond Marina (Golden Rule, Hokahey, and others), prep boats, orientation, and banner-up
3:00–4:30 PM – Sail to Alcatraz
4:30–5:30 PM – Circle Alcatraz in protest flotilla
5:30–6:30 PM – Head to Chevron for protest sail-by
7:30 PM – Return to dock + cleanup
• Aug 21: 11AM: Sailing with People’s Arms Embargo
3 PM: Sailing with VIP, Richmond local activists
6 PM: Films at the Harbor Master Conference Room
Rich City Rays, ” Rays, A Kayaktivism Story ” by Enrique Labrada Prieto, editor and filmmaker
Veterans For Peace, “Golden Rule: the Journey for Peace” directed by Nolan Anderson and Lindsey Hogan.
Watch the trailer https://www.redfordcenter.org/
🩵 San Francisco | Aug 22
• Aug 22: 11 AM, Welcome to South Beach Harbor PIER 40 with Dragon Dance, dockside speakers, and Comfort Women Justice Coalition
1:30 PM, Sail Alcatraz with Dennis Bernstein and the Flashpoints Crew
5 PM, Live from Golden Rule, Dennis hosts Flashpoints on KPFA
7 PM, Film Screening with Dick Becker & www.answercoalition.org
Veterans For Peace, “Golden Rule: the Journey for Peace” directed by Nolan Anderson and Lindsey Hogan.
🩵 San Mateo | Aug 23–25
• Aug 23: Welcome the Golden Rule Peace Boat to Coyote Point!
Songs, Solidarity & Peace Across Generations
Boat at Slip #1334 
Parking: $6Join Raging_Grannies and Vigil4Gaza for an afternoon of music, solidarity, and connection as we welcome this historic vessel.
The Peninsula Raging Grannies will lead us in song, including a new anthem written especially for the Golden Rule, reminding us that “you can’t bomb the world into peace.”
Yazan from Vigil4Gaza, will speak, connecting the struggle for Palestinian liberation with the fight against militarism worldwide.
The Golden Rule has sails for peace and disarmament and today we continue its mission by lifting up voices for justice in Gaza.
Bring your Palestinian flags, signs, friends, and family.
Co-sponsored by: Veterans For Peace · Raging Grannies · Vigil for Gaza
Come add your voice to the chorus for peace, justice, and liberation.
• Aug 24: Coyote Point Yacht Club Welcomes the Crew, members of the Humboldt Yacht Club to San Mateo – Hosts 3PM BBQ for Crew
🩵 San Carlos | Aug 26
• Aug 26: 7PM Event – Film & Community Gathering at Reach & Teach San Carlos
Join us for a special evening with the Golden Rule Peace Boat as part of its San Francisco Bay voyage for peace, nuclear disarmament, and justice.
Program includes: Screening of Golden Rule: The Journey for Peace (dir. Nolan Anderson) – a moving new documentary about the historic sailboat that helped spark the worldwide movement against nuclear weapons.
Guest Speakers: Gerry Condon, Veterans For Peace, Golden Rule Committee Chair, raised in San Mateo and Dr. Dylan Spaulding, Senior Scientist, Global Security Program, Union of Concerned Scientists. Dylan will also help crew the Golden Rule back to Humboldt Bay at the end of August.
🩵 San Francisco | Aug 27–28
Join us for a fitting farewell to the crew of the legendary Golden Rule Peace Boat after her powerful and successful voyage throughout the San Francisco Bay!
• Aug 27: Bon Voyage Celebration for the Golden Rule Peace Boat
Hosted by Veterans For Peace Golden Rule Project & VFP Chapter 69 (San Francisco)
Location: Veterans War Memorial Building, Room 221401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco (next to Opera House, Civic Center)
6 PM Potluck: bring food to share, build community!
Film Screening Golden Rule: The Journey for Peace (34 min) a beautiful new documentary about the boat’s inspiring mission.
Special Guest Speaker:
Jackie Cabasso (Western States Legal Foundation) reporting on her recent visit to Japan for the 80th anniversary commemorations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Surprise Guest Speaker! (Who could it be? 
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)Reflections from groups who sailed with the Golden Rule in the Bay this month.
We Sail for Peace – Abolish Nuclear Weapons and War – Stop U.S./Israeli Genocide in Gaza – No War on Iran or China – No ICE or Troops in Our Streets – Save the Whales – End Human Trafficking – Justice for and Liberation for all we stand in Solidarity with!
Free Event – Donations Welcome! Support the ongoing voyage of the Golden Rule Peace Boat and the mission of Veterans For Peace.
More Info: Michelle at 541-971-9077
vfpgoldenruleproject@gmail.comCome share food, solidarity, and vision. Let’s send the Golden Rule forward on her mission for peace with the collective love and power of San Francisco Bay!
Over the past weeks, the Golden Rule has:
Held multiple events in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, San Mateo, and San Carlos
Sailed with community allies including Code Pink, Task Force on the Americas, Sonoma VFP 71, San Francisco VFP 69, the Center for Biological Diversity, the People’s Arms Embargo, the “Comfort Women” Justice Coalition, and the ANSWER Coalition
Made new friends and forged critical connections in the struggle for peace and justice
🍃 Returning to Humboldt Bay in September
🪵 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival | Sept 5–7
• Film Screening + Live Discussion – with Director Nolan Anderson & Project Manager Michelle Marsonette
🛠️ Get Involved
We’re welcoming volunteers, co-sponsors, performers, kayak crews, and organizers. Help us build a wave of peace and justice from the waterline up!
📬 Reach out: vfpgoldenruleproject@gmail.com or text 541-971-9077
💸 Support the Voyage
Your donations keep the sails full and the message strong. Contribute to this historic movement for peace and environmental justice.
Resolutions in Support of Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Cities, counties and states are adopting resolutions to support the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). For example, the California Legislature approved this resolution: California TPNW Resolution. Please encourage your city, county and state to do the same!
WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR OUR MANY SUPPORTERS!
Thank you all of the people who have contributed their love, time and money to the unique mission of the historic Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat. Because of you we have made many friends and educated tens of thousands of people about the continuing dangers of nuclear war, and we have helped build support for the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
This would be a great time for an infusion of cash and a vote of confidence for our continuing mission. Thank you so much for being part of the Golden Rule family!
Please click the donate button or send a check to:
VFP Golden Rule Project
PO Box 87
Samoa, CA 95564