Nuclear Calendar - June 25 - July 9 , 2007

June 25	Polish officials continue negotiations on the U.S. missile defense base with Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation John Rood. Washington
June 25-26	Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington
Week of June 25	Senate begins but does not finish floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 1547, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (tentative). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
June 26	10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, markup of the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act, H.R. 1400, and other bills. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June 26	12:15-1:4 p.m., Reinhard Butikofer, Green Party of Germany, and Steven Clemons, New America Foundation, "Does Europe Matter in the Debate on Iran?" At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Root Room, Washington. RSVP online.
June 26	3:00 p.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
June 26	International Atomic Energy Agency begins negotiations with North Korea on inspecting the dismantlement of its Yongbyon nuclear reactor. Pyongyang, North Korea
June 27	Noon-1:30 p.m., New Mexico governor and presidential candidate Bill Richardson, "America's Role In The World." Sponsored by the Center for National Policy. Location TBA, Washington. RSVP online.
June 27	2:00 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, joint hearing on "A.Q. Khan's Nuclear Wal-Mart: Out of Business or Under New Management?" with Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute for Strategic Studies, and David Albright, Institute for Science and Strategic Studies. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June 27-July 1	US Social Forum. Atlanta
June 28	2:00 p.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
June 29	8:00-9:00 a.m., Michael Pillsbury, "Office of the Secretary of Defense's Report on China Military Perspectives." Sponsored by NDU Foundation. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
June 29	Conference on Disarmament, second session ends. Geneva
June 30-July 8	House and Senate Independence Day recess. (House in recess through July 9.)
July 1-2	Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with President Bush. Kennebunkport, ME. Missile defense is on the agenda.
Week of July 2	North Korea begins shutting down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor.
July 4	Independence Day (holiday)
Week of July 9	House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington (closed)
Week of July 9	House debate on bill earmarks and final floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 2641, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (tentative). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of July 9	Senate finishes floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 1547, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (tentative). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
Week of July 9	Senate floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.

PEACE VIGILS

• Sunday, 5:30 to 6 PM All Souls Episcopal Church [Biltmore Village]
• Tuesday, 5 to 6 PM Vets for Peace Vigil [Vance Monument]
• Wednesday, 4:30 PM Haywood Neighbors for Peace at Waynesville Post Office
• Wednesdays, 5:30 PM Votive Mass for Peace at St. Mary Episcopal Church in Asheville
• Friday, 5 to 6 PM Women in Black Vigil [Vance Monument]
• Saturday, 12 to 1 PM Transylvania County Vigil for Peace [County Courthouse]
• Other: Tuesday, 6 PM Run for Peace; Run for Impeachment at Vance Monument

PEACE AND JUSTICE EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS JUNE 10 - DECEMBER 10 , 2007

(Events are in Asheville unless otherwise noted . )06/19/07 WNC Peace Coalition meeting at UU church in Asheville at 7 PM. Please enter on the north side at basement level.

06/19/07 WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility meeting at 12:30 PM at West End Bakery on Haywood Street. Contact Lew at patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us or call 828-299-1242 for more information.

06/22/07 – 06/24/07 United for Peace and Justice National Assembly will be in Chicago. See http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ for more information.

06/27/07 – 07/01/07 US Social Forum in Atlanta GA. Issues will include corporate domination, growing income inequality, environmental justice and action, labor rights, women's rights, US imperial interventions and military actions, among many others. See http://www.ussf2007.org/ for more information.

07/03/07 WNC Department of Peace Campaign meeting at Community Action Council, 25 Gaston Street at 7 PM. Contact Linda at deepwells@main.nc.us for more information on the meeting.

07/06/07 Unitarian Universalist Church will show a DVD on nukes and preventing nuclear war. It is called "AMERICA'S DIALOGUE", a new 42 min. video on Hiroshima, nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, human cost of militarism & war, intends to be catalyst for a great national debate. Contact Lew at patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us or call 828-299-1242 for more information.

08/03/07 to 08/05/07 Annual Permacultrue Gathering at the Celo Community in NC. Go to the website http://www.sepermaculture.org/ for printable registration page, information & schedule. You will also find some links, comments from participants & more!

08/04/07 Peace Rally, March, Action for Abolition in Oak Ridge Tennessee - see http://www.stopthebombs.org/

08/06/07 to 08/10/07 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Week

08/07/07 WNC Department of Peace Campaign meeting at Community Action Council, 25 Gaston Street at 7 PM. Contact Linda at deepwells@main.nc.us for more information on the meeting.

08/09/07 Prayer vigil and candle luminaries at Pritchard Park to mark the anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. This will be from 8 to 9:30 PM.

09/04/07 WNC Department of Peace Campaign meeting at Community Action Council, 25 Gaston Street at 7 PM. Contact Linda at deepwells@main.nc.us for more information on the meeting.

09/19/07 Prayer vigil and candle luminaries at Pritchard Park to mark 4 ½ years of illegal occupation of Iraq. This will be from 8 to 9:30 PM.

09/23/07 March to the White House to free the Cuban Five. March at 11 AM followed by a forum at 2 PM – all in DC. Go to http://www.freethefive.org/for more information.

10/01/07 to 10/08/07 Keep Space For Peace Week (cosponsored by Global Network and WILPF)

10/04/07 to 10/10/07 UN World Space Week

10/24/07 United Nations Day

10/24/07 to 10/30/07 World Disarmament Week

12/10/07 Human Rights Day

Nuclear Calendar - June 4 - 25, 2007

June 4	Deadline for comments on the Energy Department's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement). Comments can be submitted by email to GNEP-PEIS@nuclear.energy.gov.
June 5	President Bush negotiates a U.S. missile defense agreement with Czech officials. Prague, Czech Republic
June 6	Time TBA, House Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June 6-8	G8 summit. Heiligendamm, Germany. New sanctions on Iran's nuclear program will be discussed on the sidelines.
June 6-8	Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets with President Bush to continue negotiations on the U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement. Heiligendamm, Germany
June 8	President Bush negotiates a U.S. missile defense agreement with Polish officials. Warsaw, Poland
June 11	9:30-11:00 a.m., Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA); Edward Ifft, State Department; John Steinbruner, U. of Maryland; and Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, "Avoiding Renewed U.S.-Russian Strategic Competition." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, Choate Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington. RSVP to Dan Arnaudo at (202) 463-8270, ext. 105.
June 11-12	Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting. Astana, Kazakhstan
June 11-15	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. Iran's nuclear program will be on the agenda.
Week of June 11	European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani continue negotiations on Iran's nuclear program (tentative). Location TBA
June 12-13	Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Fuel Cycle Information Exchange 2007." Universities of Maryland, Shady Grove Campus Auditorium, 9630 Gudelsky Dr., Rockville, MD
June 13	House floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of June 18 or 25	House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington (closed)
Week of June 18 or 25	Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate)
Week of June 18 or 25	Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.