"Our Grief is Not a Cry for War"

Join us at Lake Merrit in Oakland

Light a Peace Lantern to remember Those we've lost.

Float Our hopes for a Peaceful Future.

The Event Flyer -PDF

• Meet at the Colonnade at the NE end of Lake Merrit.
• Walk to the beach near the Gazebo south of Children's Fairyland
• Please wear white and bring names or images to incorporate in the memorial
• We still need volunteers.
  If you can help, call (510) 839-5877.

Tuesday, September 10, 2002
7 - 9:30 PM
Lakeside Park Colonnade
across from Lakeside Public Library
(between Grand and Lakshore) Click this link for a map

Schedule of Events

7:00 PM Make peace lanterns. Supplies and instruction will be provided Bring names or images to incorporate into your artwork. Peace lanterns like these are traditionally floated in Japan in remembrance of the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

7:20 PM Sunset circle begins, led by Western Shoshone spiritual leader Corbin Harney. Lantern-making continues. When you've completed your lantern, we invite you to join the circle.

7:45 PM Begin to wrap-up lantern making and join the circle.

7:50 PM Words of wisdom from Corbin Harney.

8:00: PM Candlelight walk begins. We will walk along Grand Avenue, turning on Bellevue, and proceed to the beach.

8:25 PM Lantern ceremony begins as walkers arrive at the beach.

8:55 PM Remarks by Matthew Lasar of September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows.

9:11 PM 5 minutes of silence in memory of all the victims of September 11 and all victims of militarism, terror, and war, before and
since.

9:16 PM Closing.

Cleanup: Volunteers are invited to help with cleanup.

Organizers and Endorsers: American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism, Berkeley Interfaith Women for Peace, California Peace Action, Ecumenical Peace Institute, East Bay Coalition Against the War, Food Not Bombs, Global Exchange, Inochi/Plutonium Free Future, Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, John Muir Greens, A Jewish Voice for Peace, Livermore Conversion Project, Not in Our Name, National Lawyers Guild - SF Bay Area Chapter, Peoples NonViolent Response Coalition, Quantum Leap 2000, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Tri-Valley CAREs, Western States Legal Foundation, www.ProgressivePortal.org

For more information call (510)839-5877

For more Bay Area United for Peace events, see: http://www.wslfweb.org
For a full listing of Bay area and national United for Peace Events, see: http://www.unitedforpeace.org.