“Keeping Faith in the Face of Empire” at Livermore Lab

Marylia Kelley points to nuclear programs inside the fence.
Photo by Mark Coplan

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Posted by Marylia Kelley & Eric Luna

As the sun rose on April 19, Good Friday on the Christian calendar, approximately one hundred peace advocates gathered just outside the Livermore Lab fence line for an ecumenical service.

The event speakers offered a diversity of traditions, including Native American, Muslim and Jewish. Presbyterian minister Will Garvey delivered a powerful sermon, titled, “Keeping Faith in the Face of Empire.”

Tri-Valley CAREs’ executive director, Marylia Kelley described nuclear weapons programs happening right now at the Livermore Lab, illuminating the role and importance of peaceful witness at this site where nuclear weapons of mass destruction get more than 80% of the Lab budget.

Following the service, many participants walked in procession along the fence to the Lab’s West Gate for a nonviolent direct action.

Mark Coplan has posted his photographs and video on-line:

Photographs

Good Friday Service at Lawrence Livermore Lab 2019: https://www.flickr.com/photos/54922368@N07/albums/72157708255973804

Good Friday Action at Lawrence Livermore Lab 2019 (Civil Disobedience): https://www.flickr.com/photos/54922368@N07/albums/72157704654796292

Videos

Good Friday Service at Lawrence Livermore Lab 2019 (1 hr 23 minutes): https://vimeo.com/331591927

Good Friday Action at Lawrence Livermore Lab 2019 (11 minutes): https://vimeo.com/331601877