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Leeds peace campaigners form giant peace sign


September 26, 2020 @ 11:00 - 11:30

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Millenium Square
Millenium Square
Leeds, LS2 3AD
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In Leeds we are calling for 75 local citizens, be they campaigners, supporters, local councillors or religious and civic leaders to form a peace symbol in Millenium Square to mark out Leeds as a city of peace. Will you join us?

In 2013, in order to further the cause of nuclear disarmament, the United Nations declared 26th September “The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons‘. Leeds CND, alongside other peace and social justice campaigners, is using this day to call on the local and global community to support the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.  75 years on since the world’s first nuclear tests, the world is tired of living in the shadow of the bomb and the majority of world states support the 2017 treaty with it likely to be written into international law this year. We are staging this flashmob photoshoot in order to bring pressure to bear on our own government: a nuclear weapon state openly committed to defying future international law and maintaining its nuclear arsenal.

The event will take place under social distancing guidelines, each signatory will be given a number, which will be marked out on the floor at least 2 metres apart from the next participant. The wearing of masks will be required.

Registrations to be one of the Leeds 75 in the photoshoot are now open. Register here.

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