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Dear All, We are within one week from converging on Brunswick, GA to support our friends Carmen, Clare, Liz, Mark, Martha, Patrick, and Steve during their trial. It will begin with jury selection at 9 a.m. on Monday October 21 at the federal court house downtown. If you plan on coming we are looking forward…
Read MoreBeing Fully Human and Entering the Wilderness of the Incarcerated: The NYC Festival of Hope October 3, 2019 More than 250 people, a multicultural crowd, joined five of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 in person at a Festival of Hope celebration in New York City this past Sunday. Four of the activists wearing monitors strapped…
Read MoreElizabeth McAlister Released from Jail Sept. 13, Mark Colville Oct. 1 NYC, NC & GA Festivals of Hope Prior to October 21 Trial September 26, 2019 Dear Supporters, There is much to tell you about our friends, the Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Their trial in Georgia begins Monday, October 21. Elizabeth McAlister has been…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Seven people charged with breaking into the Kings Bay Naval Base to protest nuclear weapons will face trial Oct. 21 for their action. U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood set the trial date after denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss the criminal charges they face because their actions were motivated by their…
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A federal judge has denied a request by a group of Catholic peace activists to dismiss charges against them for breaking into a nuclear submarine base in Kings Bay, Georgia, last year to protest nuclear weapons. The seven activists, individually and through their lawyers, used a novel defense, citing the Religion Freedom Restoration Act, a…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, AUGUST 27, 2019 CONTACTS: Mary Anne Grady Flores, 607-280-8797, gradyflores08@gmail.com Bill Ofenloch, 212-369-1590, billcpf@aol.com BRUNSWICK, GA – A day after denying their motions for dismissal, a federal judge has set the date for a trial by jury of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Jury selection will begin on Monday, October 21, 2019…
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In the state of Georgia’s Glynn County Detention Center, four of our friends await trial stemming from their nonviolent action, on April 4, 2018, at the Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay. In all, seven Catholic plowshares activists acted that day, aiming to make real the prophet Isaiah’s command to “beat swords into plowshares.” This week, five people have gathered for “Hunger for Nuclear Disarmament, a fast and vigil near the Naval Base.
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We’re starting a campaign to support the Kings Bay Plowshares. Here’s Jun-San, who not only stands with the KBP, she is also walking with them! Please consider making your own signs, take a photo, and post it on facebook, twitter, or instagram with the hastag #kingsbayplowshares and #swordsintoplowshares . We need your support! Please pass this…
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