> PRESS CONFERENCE ADVISORY > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > Contact: Jerry Rubin > 310-399-1000 > jerrypeaceactivistru...@earthlink.net > > PEACE ACTIVIST JERRY RUBIN TO BEGIN A > 10-WEEK "SAVE THE CHAIN REACTION" FAST TO > SUPPORT SAVING PAUL CONRAD'S 26-FOOT-TALL > "CHAIN REACTION" NUCLEAR MUSHROOM CLOUD > PUBLIC ART PEACE SCULPTURE > IN SANTA MONICA CIVIC CENTER > > Santa Monica, CA- Longtime peace and anti- > nuclear activist Jerry Rubin will begin a 10-week > "Save the Chain Reaction" liquid-only fast to make an > urgent personal statement opposing nuclear weapons > and nuclear power, and supporting community > efforts to save and restore the 26-foot-tall nuclear > mushroom cloud public art peace sculpture > "Chain Reaction", that has been standing in the > Santa Monica Civic Center since 1991, and which > was created by Paul Conrad, the late 3-time Pulitzer > Prize- winning political cartoonist, who gifted it to > the City through an anonymous $250,000 donation. > > Press Conference (and symbolic chaining) to begin fast: > > Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 > The day before what would have been Paul Conrad's > 88th birthday. > Time: 12:00 Noon > Location: "Chain Reaction" sculpture > 1800 block of Main Street in the Santa Monica Civic Center > (just north of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium) > > During the press conference Rubin will chain himself to the > chain link warning fence the City erected around "Chain > Reaction", as part of their testing and structural evaluation > process. The chaining is meant to symbolize the community > commitment to saving the iconic sculpture. > > Rubin is 68-years old, resides in Santa Monica, and has > been a peace, environmental, and anti-nuclear activist > for more than 30 years. He is no relation to the late 1960's > peace activist of the same name. > > The Conrad family and the community are currently seeking > donations to help save, restore and strengthen "Chain Reaction". > People can visit the family website for details: ConradProjects.com > The City Council has given Conrad's family and the community until > November 15 as a deadline to raise the needed funding. > > The Santa Monica Landmarks Commission unanimously voted > at their May 14 meeting to nominate "Chain Reaction" to be > considered for City landmark status. > > Rubin will continue his fast through Tuesday, September 4, > the 2nd anniversary of Paul Conrad's passing. Mr. Conrad > died September 4, 2010 of natural causes at his home in > Rancho Palos Verdes with his family by his side. > > Paul Conrad inscribed at the base of "Chain Reaction": > "This is a statement of peace. May it never become an epitaph." > > #### > > >
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