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Buddhist
Peace Fellowship
2005
Peace and Justice Calendar
for the Buddhist Community
2005
Focus: Cultivating Peace, Dismantling War
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= indicates event sponsored or co-sponsored by BPF
Updated 7/31/05 |
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Jan. 15: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a
means by which we arrive at that goal." |
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Jan. 20: U.S. Inauguration Day: Call for Reflection,
Dialogue, and Action
The worldwide Buddhist community is invited to host and organize
events which call attention to nonviolent alternatives to war. . |
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Jan. 26-31: World Social Forum, Porto Alegre,
Brazil
Annual gathering dedicated to the idea that "another world
is possible." www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/index.php |
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Feb. 9-11: Losar (Tibetan New Year) |
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All Month: Get involved in the Mayors for Peace Campaign
Ask the mayor of your city/town to sign onto a resolution
for a nuclear-free world by 2020.
See www.abolition2000.org/now/mayors.html.
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March 13: Start of International Peace Walk from Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, to the United Nations (arrive May 1), commemorating
the 60th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
Sponsored by the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist order and others.
See http://peacehq.tripod.com/OSSTBIPW/stbipw-home.html.
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March 19/20: Worldwide events to
commemorate the 2nd Anniversary of the War on Iraq
BPF endorses actions planned through United
for Peace and Justice. |
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April 7-10: Women in Buddhism Conference,
Northampton, MA
Includes panels and workshops on engaged Buddhism with presentations
from BPF staff Maia Duerr and Diana Lion. See www.smith.edu/buddhism. |
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All month: Get involved in the Jizos for Peace Project
In memory of those who died during and after the atomic bombing
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Jan Chozen Bays and Kaz Tanahashi
will take 270,000 hand-drawn images of Jizo to Japan in August
2005. See www.jizosforpeace.org.
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May 1, March for Nuclear Disarmament,
New York City
The day before the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
begins at the United Nations. United for Peace and Justice March
in New York City, co-sponsored by BPF, to demand full implementation
of the NPT's nuclear disarmament obligation. Website: www.abolitionnow.org |
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May 22: Vesak
Celebrating the birth, death, and enlightenment of Buddha.
"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love. This
is the eternal rule."
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Launch of BPF's Reconciliation and Action Project
Using communication and listening skills in a dharma context to build bridges across diverse communities. See www.bpf.org. |
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July 4: Interdependence Day
"Our lives extend beyond our skins, in radical interdependence
with the rest of the world."
— Joanna Macy |
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July 23: BPF Symposium: "Creating the Conditions for Peace," as part of Tikkun's Spiritual Activism Conference. Graduate Theological Union, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA.
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60th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki. For ideas on organizing an event in your local area, click here. Major commemorations that we have heard about so far are listed below. You may also wish to contact your local BPF chapter to see if they have plans. |
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Aug. 4-8: Nevada Test Site
Retreat/conference in Las Vegas; Nevada Test Site witness/presence
on Aug. 6. Sponsors include Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Nevada
Desert Experience (NDE), Pax Christi USA, Citizen Alert, Western
States Legal Foundation. Alan Senauke of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship will lead meditation practices. Contact: Amy Schultz, NDE:
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(510) 849-1540. Visit the NDE Website. Post rides offered to/from the NDE at BPF's NDE Transportation Board.
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August 5-9: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Interfaith Bearing Witness Retreat with Joan Halifax Roshi,
Hilda Ryumon Gutierrez Baldoquin, Joshin Althouse, BPF's Maia Duerr, others. Further information,
call the Upaya Zen Center office at 505-986-8518 or email upaya@upaya.org. On Saturday, August 6, everyone is welcome to take part in a bearing witness vigil at Ashley Pond, Los Alamos, from 8:30 am - 10 pm, even if you're not joining the whole retreat. |
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Aug. 6: Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Lab, CA
"Seeds of Change," rally and march. Contact: Tara Dorabji, Tri-Valley CAREs:
, (925) 443-7148. Click here to join BPF-San Francisco at this event. Post rides offered to/from Livermore at BPF's Livermore Transportation Board. |
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Aug. 6: Y-12 nuclear facility, Oakridge, TN
"Stop the Bombs!" Contact: Ralph Hutchison, Oak Ridge
Environmental Peace Alliance:
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865-483-8202. See http://www.stopthebombs.org/ |
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Aug. 6: St. Petersburg, FL
BPF-Tampa Bay is organizing a Contemplative Commemoration in honor of Hiroshima Day. See http://home.earthlink.net/~hiroshimaday/ |
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Aug. 6: Berkeley, CA
East Bay Peace Lantern Ceremony, 6:30 - 9 pm, Aquatic Park, Berkeley. See http://www.progressiveportal.org/lanterns/
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Aug. 6: Seattle, WA
BPF Seattle joins "From Hiroshima to Hope," 6:30 - 10:00 pm on the western shore of Green Lake (near the Bathouse Theater). See http://seattle.craigslist.org/eve/87348810.html Contact the Seattle BPF chapter through Elaine Waller-Rose, elainewr@speakeasy.net. |
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Aug. 6: New Haven, CT
Connecticut BPF joins in a silent vigil by the New Haven Green Flagpole at 8:15 a.m. See http://www.bpfct.org/calendar2005.htm (There will be another vigil at the same location on Tuesday, August 9, at 10 am.) |
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Aug. 6: Tallahassee, FL
The Tallahassee chapters of BPF and Pax Christi are having a vigil for peace from 7:30 to 8:30pm at Lake Ella Gazebo, Tallahassee. For information contact Pax Christi at 893-6838.
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Aug. 6: Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
BPF members in Melbourne and Sydney plan to join commemorations in both these cities. For more information, see http://hiroshimadaysydney.landmine-action-week.org/events/SydneyMarch&Rally.htm |
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Aug. 6-7: Olympia, WA
Olympia BPF is holding a 24-hour meditation vigil on Washington's state capitol campus from noon-noon. For more info click here. |
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Aug 6 and 9: Montpelier, VT
Vermont BPF co-sponsors a number of activities these two days, including a peace walk and peace concert in Montpelier. See http://www.vtsangha.org/bpf/index.asp |
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Aug 6 and 9: Western Massachusetts
Pioneer Valley BPF Chapter joins with dozens of other community groups for Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemorations in several towns. See http://westernmassafsc.org/calendar/AUG629.HTM |
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Aug. 7: Los Angeles, CA
Zen Center Los Angeles is hosting a Bearing Witness and commemoration event, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm. Includes a period of meditation, followed by readings from writings by survivors, processing time in sharing circles, a ceremony (the Gate Of Sweet Nectar), and lunch in the garden. Location: 923 South Normandie Avenue, between San Marino and James Wood. Visit http://zcla.org/news/hiroshima_Nagasaki.html for more info.
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Aug. 9: Ann Arbor, MI
BPF Ann Arbor will participate in a candlelight vigil and interfaith ceremony at the Ann Arbor City Hall, 8:30 pm. For more info, contact Chingu at soulofcompassion@comcast.net, 313-205-6991. |
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Sept. 24-26: Anti-War Mobilization in Washington, DC
BPF is part of a large national coalition involved in the mobilization efforts for this weekend. For more information, visit the United for Peace and Justice web site. The Washington DC BPF chapter is organizing a meditation vigil on Friday, Sept. 23, for all BPF members and friends coming to the DC area for the mobilization. Visit www.wbpf.org for more information on time and location as it becomes available. |
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Oct. 2: Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
"We must become the change we want to see." |
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October 12 - 16: International Network of Engaged Buddhism
Conference, Nagpur, India
"Buddhism, Social Equality, and Ecological Balance."
Write to
for more information and see www.sulak-sivaraksa.org/network22.php.
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October 21 - 23: National Weekend of Faith in Action
Amnesty International invites faith communities, interfaith groups, and human rights activists to devote this weekend to the death penalty issue. BPF will help to organize Buddhist events and responses. For more information, see Amnesty USA's website and BPF's Prison Program pages. |
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20th anniversary of the Nipponzan Myohoji Peace Pagoda,
Leverett, MA
See www.peacepagoda.org.
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Nov. 7-11: Bearing Witness in Auschwitz
Interfaith retreat sponsored by Peacemaker Circles.
For more info, contact ,
www.houseofonepeople.org. |
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Nov. 13-21: 5th Annual Peace Pilgrimage, Atlanta to Fort
Benning, GA
The Buddhist monks of Nipponzan Myohoji-Atlanta Dojo will
walk to the School of Americas to support the movement to
close the SOA. For more information, call 404-627-8948 or
email: .
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Dec. 10: Human Rights Day
Visit BPF's website for events and resources: www.bpf.org. |
Please visit www.bpf.org
for updates to this calendar and more resources throughout the year.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
PO Box 3470, Berkeley, CA, 94703, 510/655-6169
Bringing together Buddhism and progressive social change
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