Rotary promotes peace, and by promoting the Ellsberg film, we have an opportunity to educate and literally save lives in a time of great conflict.This film is organized by the Sonoma County chapters of Veterans For Peace (VFP), CodePink, the Green Party, and the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County.
Daniel Ellsberg’s job at the Defense Dept. was nuclear war planning. He came to believe that such planning was “the most evil planning in the entire history of humanity.” Join us for 2 short films: “An Ordinary Madness” based upon interviews with Ellsberg at the end of his life, as clear as ever about the need to eliminate nuclear weapons, and “Golden Rule: A Journey for Peace” about a ship that set sail in 1958 to stop nuclear testing in the atmosphere and is voyaging once more to show that a nuclear peace is possible and that bravery and tenacity can overcome militarism.
Judith Ehrlich, director of the Ellsberg film, Patricia Ellsberg, Daniel’s widow, and Gerry Condon, former national president of Veterans For Peace, will lead a discussion about the perils of nuclear weapons and what we can do about it. There will be music by VFP’s Peter Tracy; light refreshments, $5-20 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. Saturday, August 29, 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High St., Sebastopol. Download the Flyer
