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Rally at the Capitol April 26th - Remembering Chernobyl and Contemplating a Nuclear Colorado

April 26, 2011
Denver, Colorado
Contact:

Robin Rothman, PSR Colorado (720.945.1313) robin.rcubedcom@comcast.net

 

WHAT

Remembering the Chernobyl Disaster on its 25th Anniversary / Contemplating Nuclear Colorado

WHEN

April 26, 2011

4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

WHERE

West Steps of Capitol Building

200 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO 80203

WHY

The tragedy of the disaster at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986 is still being measured environmentally, economically and from a health perspective. Beyond the initial explosion, ten day-long fire, and a radiation plume that drifted worldwide, estimates of related deaths from cancer range from 4K to > 200K. The government of Ukraine indicated earlier this year that it will lift restrictions on tourism around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, formally opening the scene to visitors.

Locally, we must consider the lessons learned from Rocky Flats, the potential implications of the Pueblo County Commissioners' up or down vote on a nuclear power plant and the prospective consequences from increased uranium mining throughout Colorado.

Can the U.S. learn anything from the disaster in Japan?

SPEAKERS/SCHEDULE

3:55 Welcome song from Elena Klaver (Boulder-based singer/songwriter/activist)

4:00 Judith Mohling: (Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center)

"A Summoning for the 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster"

4:05 Bob Kinsey: (Colorado Coalition to Prevent Nuclear War)

"How Many Died from Chernobyl? The Importance of Why We Don't Know"

4:15 Raging Grannies song

4:25 KEYNOTE: Representative Wes McKinley

"Nuclear Colorado"

4:35 Additional song from Elena Klaver

4:45 Dr. Roberta Richardson: (Physicians for Social Responsibility)

"Nuclear Power is Hazardous to Your Health"

4:55 Joy LaClaire sings "Power Plant Reggae"

5:05 Joan Seeman: (Sierra Club, Rocky Mountain Chapter)

"Nuclear Power in Pueblo and Beyond"

5:15 Song from Gary Ball (Boulder-based singer/songwriter/activist)

5:25 Raging Grannies sing goodbye

SPONSORS

The Colorado Coalition to Prevent Nuclear War; Physicians for Social Responsibility, Colorado Chapter; Pax Christi Denver; Loreto Peace Action Group; Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center; The Raging Grannies of Denver.