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September 21, 2026 is International Day of Peace or World Peace Day.

Local, national, and global threats exist, from intimate partner violence to nuclear annihilation. Below are links to some presentations regarding resilience, persistence, and action.

Hear from Amanda Erickson, director of the documentary, She Cried That Day. Zoom recording here. Ms. Erickson spoke at a VFP-063 meeting early this summer.

Hear from Colonel Ann Wright, retired US Army officer and former State Dept. official. Zoom recording from VFP presentation on September 14th.

Professor Emeritus Ted Postel, retired from MIT, speaks on effects of nuclear detonation at a Los Alamos Study Group meeting this summer.

More info at https://www.gp.org/session1. Register on Zoom.

Our friends at Veterans for Peace, Chapter 63, will host a press conference on Monday, September 14, 2026, at noon, at 8520 Marble Ave. NE. See press release below.

Per Purge Palantir, NM Senator Martin Heinrich has received $31.3K from Palantir. Per Mother Jones, Palantir has created kill lists for the Israeli military and has received federal funding to create target lists for ICE (via 404 media).

Join the protest downtown, at 201 Third Street NW, on Thursday, September 10, at 4:00 p. m.

Our friends at Veterans for Peace are hosting a screening of this documentary on the nuclear threat we all face. Watch the movie and join the discussion Saturday, September 5, 7:00 p. m. at the ABQ Center for Peace and Justice, 202 Harvard Dr. SE, ABQ.

We updated our previous post to reflect this information, but this good news is worthy of its own post. The state Supreme Court issued stay last night. The NMED Hearing Officer disqualified himself after claims of bias filed against him. For the short term, this means that the public meeting in Santa Teresa scheduled for September 14 is expected to be postponed.

It appears that Homestake Barrick Gold is attempting to get around water quality standards for its uranium mill clean-up by asking to buy surrounding land and groundwater. There is a public meeting on Wednesday, September 9, in Grants. Flyer is below.

There has been a flurry of applications to re-open or start new uranium mining activities near Grants and Mount Taylor. On July 16, 1979, a broken dam released 1,100 tons of radioactive uranium tailings and 94 million gallons of toxic wastewater into the Rio Puerco. Nufuels Inc., a subsidiary of Laramide Resources Ltd., has applied for a new Discharge Permit to develop an in-situ uranium recovery (ISR) solution mining operation. The proposed discharge is up to 4,000 gallons per minute (gpm), or 5,760,000 gallons per day (gpd)…

You can submit public comment to NMED at https://nmed.commentinput.com/?idhttps://nmed.commentinput.com/?id=S7Cb8rjf5=S7Cb8rjf5. Deadline is October 7, 2026. We will share a summary of points in opposition later.

UPDATE! New Mexico Supreme Court issues stay on both the Air Permit Hearing and water pumping for Project Jupiter. The hearing scheduled for September 14 is expected to be postponed.

So much protecting to do, so little time. By design: rush through permits, start destruction, make rich people richer, get reward.

Project Jupiter: Yucca Growth Infrastructures (YGI) submitted a new Air Pollution Permit application for a power plant to run Project Jupiter. There is an in-person hearing in Santa Teresa on September 14, 2026. Public comment portal to the New Mexico Environment Department is at https://nmed.commentinput.com/?id=C3cNMTVKs. Deadline is October 23, 2026. Below are a fact sheet and a meeting flyer from New Mexico Environmental Law Center.

There is an art exhibit running through January 24, 2027 at the NHCC (1701 4th St. SW, ABQ) titled, Nuclear Past, Present, and Future: Art in Action. View the work of 32 artists. Regular Art Museum hours are 10am-4pm, Tue-Sun, with various opportunities for free admission.

ABQ Mutual Aid Donation Drive, Saturday, August 15, 11am-1pm, Nahalat Shalom, 3606 Rio Grande Blvd NW. Fresh vegetables, non-perishable foods, and personal hygiene items welcome.

No Country for Mothers documentary FREE screening on Monday, August 24, 6pm at The Guild, 3405 Central Ave NE, ABQ.

Purge Palentir Petition Drive–On Action Network, there is a petition demanding that U. S. Senator Martin Heinrich return the $31k he received from Palentir and that other members of New Mexico congressional delegation pledge to reject donations from Palentir.