FukushimaResponse
Mobilizing a global effort to deal with the ongoing nuclear catastrophe in Japan
Press/Events
Current actions, upcoming events, and archives
— Press Release: 10/19/13 - San Francisco — “Fukushima Is Here” A human mural on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, 11:00am on Saturday, October 19, 2013
July 29, 2012 - Denial or Awareness, a public forum on July 29, 2012, about the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan.
7/18/12 - Sebastopol - Public screening of "Fukushima, Never Again" on July 18, 2012, with guest Chieko Shiina.
6/22/12 - San Francisco - Picket & Rally at the Japanese Consulate on June 22, 2012, to keep Japan nuclear-free.
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Members of the press can contact representatives of Fukushima Response at dalea@sonic.net. Please note any deadlines in the subject line.
#FukushimaIsHere PHOTOS •
19 OCT 2013 - SF, PARIS, BOSTON, PERTH, TORONTO, MANLY, MELBOURNE...
Our living bodies formed a global "text message" at the ocean’s edge, spelling out an inescapable truth:
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Upcoming Events & Press Releases
Past Events & Press Releases
2014
2013
2012
2019
PRESS RELEASE
for the kickoff of our campaign to declare Fukushima a new,
“Level 8” Nuclear Disaster
Sun, Sept 21, 2014
People’s Climate March in New York City
FUKUSHIMA IS HERE CAMPAIGN
We coordinated this 500-person “human text message” on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach in October of 2013
Event Photos
chronicling the story of the nuclear power plant, proposed for construction at Bodega Head in 1958 and its defeat by members of the local community in 1964.
Hole in the Head Exhibit
LEARNING FROM FUKUSHIMA
A public screening of the award-winning documentary “Women of Fukushima” followed by Q&A discussion
Thursday, January 29, 2015 6pm
Six Japanese women offer brutally honest views on the state of the clean-up, the cover-ups and untruths since the nuclear accident in Fukushima, and how it has affected their lives, homes and families.
in conjunction with the
425 Seventh Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401, 707-579-1500
Sonoma County Museum’s
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complete event info
We’ll meet at the far end of the Bodega Head parking lot before taking our next sampling of seawater
Community Action
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FLYERS
4 YEAR
Anniversary
March 11, 2015
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
enters its 5th year
More details:
Past Events & Press Releases
2015
LETTER TO POPE FRANCIS
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TAKING NUCLEAR TO COURT Friday, July 17 at 6:30 PM
FUKUSHIMA CONTAMINATION Wednesday, Sep 2 at 7:30 PM
World in Danger: FUKUSHIMA
Arnie Gundersen
in conversation with Majia Nadesan
Wednesday, Nov 18
at 7:00 PM
Student Union Building - Ballroom D
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park CA
$10 donation at the door
(no one turned away)
Students free
Campus parking $5.00
Saturday, Nov 21
7-9pm
Pt. Reyes
Sunday, Nov 22
7pm
Berkeley
Recording of event
FUKUSHIMA
5th Anniversary
Demonstration/SF Japan Consulate
3/11 Rally-Speak Out On 5th Anniversary Of Fukushima
Friday March 11, 2016 3:00 PM
Japanese Consulate
275 Battery St./California St at the front of the Japanese Consulate
San Francisco
March 11, 2016 is the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe that is still reverberating in Japan and around the world. The nuclear plants are still releasing thousands of tons of radioactive water and over 1000 tanks filled with contaminated radioactive water surround the broken nuclear plants.
The children and families continue to have a rising level of thyroid cancers and this uptick is taking place in other places in Japan. Despite these dangers the Japanese Abe government has said that the problem has been solved
read more…
Past Events & Press Releases
2016
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY Student Report
Fukushima Radiation and Nuclear Power
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 6:30 PM
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REPORT
Nuclear Remembrance Day
Saturday, August 6, 2016 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
We had a Winner at Our
Drawing in Petaluma CA
Thursday Nov 10, 2016
10:30 AM
at our regular monthly meeting
Our Inspector Alert Raffle will help fund a regional monitoring project—Win-win either way.
Learn – Measure – Avoid
the invisible dragon…
including Dai-ichi
A Day of Remembrance
Saturday, March 11, 2017
10AM to 2PM
Putnam Plaza, Petaluma CA
(129 Petaluma Blvd N)
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FLYER
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PRESS RELEASE
FUKUSHIMA
6th Anniversary
Past Events & Press Releases
2017
Thanks for visiting our table at the 1st Annual
Please come to our presentation, at which John will show some videos and lead a discussion:
Sonoma State Social Justice Week
Location: The Cooperage 1
10:00-11:30am
Fukushima Response Campaign, John Bertucci
Fukushima Updates & West Coast Impacts
(This may include a FR meeting.)
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FULL SCHEDULE
VIDEO PRESENTATION
Thursday, March 8, 2018
SEAWATER RADIOACTIVITY
ON SONOMA COAST
Regional Monitoring
Press Release
3-8-2018
Sunday, March 11, 2018
FUKUSHIMA
7th Anniversary
3:00-4:30pm
Past Events & Press Releases
2018
Monday, March 11, 2019
FUKUSHIMA
8th Anniversary
3:00-4:30pm