VGreens to Join The Coalition Against Nukes National Day of Action OCT 1ST
A group of Vassar students will be attending the national day of action with The Coalition Against Nukes this OCTOBER 1ST (SATURDAY). The event is an all day event from 9 am – 9 pm in NYC. If you are interested in joining, contact Danielle Falzon at dafalzon@vassar.edu. Or attend the meeting about the event this Thursday (9/29) in the Retreat at 6.
From the CAN website:
The Coalition Against Nukes National Day of Action flagship rally will be in NYC Saturday, October 1, 2011. Located at Pier 95 Hudson River Park, 12th Ave @ West 55th Street, from Noon to 3:30 pm
The Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns inspired this grassroots action. It was intensified by the August 23 magnitude 5.8 earthquake that caused two reactors at Virginia’s North Anna nuclear plant to shut down. Twelve reactors up and down the eastern US reported “unusual events” to the NRC.
Then, on August 28, Hurricane Irene demonstrated powerfully that electrical power and transportation routes can be disrupted over a very large area-for days and weeks.
In New York, Entergy’s aging, leaky, 40-year old Indian Point nuclear reactors, with uncorrected safety concerns yet under consideration for additional 20-year relicensing by the Obama Administration, are located near 2 fault lines, just north of NYC in a very densely-populated area. Twenty million people live within 50 miles of Indian Point in NY, New Jersey and Connecticut.
We stand with the people of Japan who are suffering this ongoing nuclear disaster. We cannot let that happen here!
Contact dafalzone@vassar.edu if you’re interested in going!
The Vassar Greens, Spring 2011