Golden Rule Schedule for Washington, DC Region
March 26, 2023 - April 16, 2023
DC Schedule
THE VFP GOLDEN RULE PEACE BOAT VISITS ALEXANDRIA AND DC!
Sun March 26, 7 - 9 pm Webinar
Marshall Islanders and The Golden Rule Crew 65 years on!
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81434501675
We'll hear from Marshall Islander Benetick Maddison and historian Glenn Alcalay (former Peace Corps volunteer on Utrok Atoll), as well as the formidable Golden Rule crew.
Sun April 2, 12 - 4 pm
Potluck Picnic: Come feast with Veterans For Peace & the crew of the Golden Rule
... and celebrate the Indigenous peoples who are the original stewards of this watershed.
Fort Hunt Park, Camp site D-1
8999 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria VA
King Street Metro Station (blue line): call Mike for ride from station: 301 542 9867
Bring your own utensils and cup to save the Earth.
Questions? Contact pelder@militarypoisons.org
Sun April 2, 6 - 9 pm
Meet and Greet the Crew at Busboys and Poets
450 K St & 5th St, NW, near Gallery Pl Metro
Regroup in town after a day of celebration in the park.
Open Boat Events: You're invited to come aboard the Golden Rule and talk with the crew
Alexandria Wharf: April 3-6 11 am to 3 pm
DC Wharf: April 8, 9,11,13,14
Tue April 4, 1 pm
Mayor's Proclamation of Golden Rule Days in Alexandria
Alexandria Wharf at Pier AB (outside Torpedo Factory)
Celebrate Golden Rule Days with Alexandria Poet Laureate Zeina Azzam and the crew.
Free shuttle from the King St Metro Stop (blue line)
Wed April 5, 5:30 pm
Friends Meeting of Washington Welcomes the Golden Rule
2111 Decatur Pl NW near Dupont Circle, WDC
Meet and greet, connect with local anti-nuclear activists, and hear members of the crew and Madison Rose from Back from the Brink
Mon April 10, 5:30 - 7 pm
Channeling Outrage About Polluted Waters
VFP Golden Rule Crew at The Outrage!
1811 14th St NW, WDC
Hear the Golden Rule crew's story of their creative resistance and discuss the integration of nuclear into environmental and social justice activism.
Thu April 13, 6 – 7 pm
The Golden Rule Comes to Southwest DC Public Library
900 Wesley Pl SW, WDC
Hear VFP Golden Rule Project Manager Helen Jaccard, Past VFP President Gerry Condon and crew members explain why they're advancing VFP's opposition to nuclear weapons in this dramatic fashion.
Sun April 16, 1:30 - 4:30 pm
The Crucible of Hope: The "Golden Rule" of Love as Inspiration for a New World Order
All Souls Unitarian Church
1500 Harvard St NW, WDC
A tour of the Hiroshima Children's Drawings and panel discussions with historians and theologians on the role of protest, among Black Americans in particular, in the movement for nuclear disarmament.
Mon Apr 17, 9 am
The Golden Rule Embarks from the DC Wharf
The crew will shove off and make her way back down the Potomac, pausing at sites of some of the worst nuclear and chemical contamination along the way.