James Patrick Thomas from Seattle published a memoir last year — “Atomic Pilgrim.” He will join us and share his pilgrimage from here to Bethlehem to address this worldwide risk only to return home to discover the downwind radiation dangers nearby in Hanford.

James’s path toward nuclear disarmament began on Good Friday, 1982, when he and his fellow peace pilgrims started walking away from the Trident Nuclear Submarine Base near Seattle. Their Bethlehem Peace Pilgrimage would span 6,700 miles across the United States and nine other countries, each step aimed at ending the nuclear arms race. 

After two years on the road, Jim continued his pursuit of peace and disarmament. Back in Washington, Jim turned his attention toward the Hanford plutonium factory, one of the original Manhattan Project sites just 110 miles from his home at the time. Over the next decades, Jim helped uncover stunning revelations about Hanford's toxic regional impact and its role in our nation’s nuclear weapons complex. 

“Atomic Pilgrim” is the story of how one person’s faith, actions, and persistence can impact seemingly immovable systems and hold even the most powerful bureaucracies to account.

You’re invited to join HCFA-WA for “Atomic Pilgrim” with Jim Thomas,  Wednesday, May 13, at 7pm on Zoom.

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