Events Calendar

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CALENDAR – June – August 2020
Location is New Haven unless noted otherwise.
*=Wheelchair accessible
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Tuesday, June 2, 6:30 p.m.
City of NH Peace Commission Ballot Referendum: public hearing (by Zoom) before the Health and Human Services Committee of the NH Board of Alders to support placing the non-binding referendum question on the November 3 ballot: “Shall Congress prepare for health and climate crises by transferring funds from military budget to cities for human needs, jobs and an environmentally sustainable economy?” *

Friday, June 5, 3-4 p.m.
Car caravan to Hartford to demand no fracked gas plant in Killingly. See more info at @ctclimate on Twitter and www.ctclimatecrisismobilization.org.

Sunday, June 7, 6 p.m.
Are you interested in starting a home garden? Already have a garden and need troubleshooting tips? Want to learn about composting? Then join us for a phone and online garden workshop with Farmer D’ of LoveFed New Haven who will share knowledge and answer questions! Topic: Composting at Home. Call: (203) 432-9666, Meeting ID: 929 0757 0527. Contact https://lovefednewhaven.org for Zoom.link.

Thursday, August 6 and Sunday, August 9
Seventy-five years ago: on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people (www.history.com). Contact the GNH Peace Council about plans for the annual commemoration at (203) 387-0370 or email: grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com.

Tuesday, August 11, all day
Primary elections will be held in Connecticut. All registered voters in CT have been mailed absentee ballots.

August 14-31

Paddle for the Sound 2020. Paddleboard, kayak, sail, walk, run, or hike and enjoy our great outdoors while fighting for regional environmental protection. Participate in a friendly virtual competition to win prizes for the farthest distance, most time spent, and most money raised to protect our regional environment. Or simply “raise your paddle” and participate in our online silent auction. Make it a family event and raise money to benefit your regional environmental leader: Save the Sound. Click here for more information and to register. We’ll be adding more summer events throughout the season, please visit www.savethesound.org/StayEngaged for a complete list.