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One Last Reminder
Interfaith Vigil Marking the
Anniversary of the Trinity Nuclear Detonation
To commemorate the anniversary of the first detonation of an atomic weapon in 1945 at the Trinity Test Site,
“From Reflection to Action: An Interfaith Remembrance of the Trinity Test” will be held on:
Sunday, July 14; doors open at 2 p.m.
St. John XXIII Catholic Community
4831 Tramway Ridge Dr. NE
Albuquerque,
Featuring music, speakers, exhibitions, and moments of reflection and prayer. The free public event is Pre-registration is encouraged, and the event will be live-streamed.
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Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCmVg2ls4eM&list=PLMgo93W-5zkkhgqfkZmypnvyYbjPGsksO
Seventy-nine years ago, the government did not warn or evacuate the estimated tens of thousands of people living within a 50-mile radius of the Trinity Test blast. “We don’t ask IF we’ll get cancer; we ask WHEN it will be our turn,” says Tina Cordova, event co-organizer and founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium.
In 1990, Congress passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which only compensates downwinders in a limited area near the Nevada Test Site. Survivors of the world’s first atomic bomb in New Mexico, who are disproportionately Native and Hispanic, have never been eligible. The benefits provided by this program ended June 7, 2024.
Among the scheduled speakers for the anniversary commemoration is Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe, who supports the RECA Amendment and action to prevent nuclear war from ever happening again. “We can no longer deny or ignore the extremely dangerous predicament of our human family,” says Wester. “We are in a new nuclear arms race far more dangerous than the first, and I believe we need to rejuvenate a sustained, serious conversation about universal, verifiable nuclear disarmament.”
The event is organized by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Interfaith Power and Light (NM-EP), New Mexico Conference of Churches, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Soka Gakkai International-USA, and Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium.
For more information, call the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Office of Social Justice at 505.831.8205.
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