The summer of 1978 was an active one for the anti-nuclear movement. Greenpeace of course did its own campaigns to stop the testing of nuclear bombs in various places, but that summer our GP core of staff, regular volunteers and friends from Seattle formed an affinity group to take part in several key actions in our region. The first biggie was the Live Without Trident protest in May where some of us went over the fence, got detained in the gym during the day, were driven to Tacoma and released so we of course went back the next day to do it again so we could actually get arrested. Kay was a support person for that action so it was wonderful to see her at the courthouse (twice) offering us snacks as soon we were released from custody. A month later she joined the front-line group to protest the construction of the Satsop nuclear power plant. I wasn’t there for that one, but I loved hearing the stories and seeing the photos showing that our very own affinity group was the first one to be arrested. The people I recognize in them are John Hatten (second to left with the back pack), Kay (wearing the Crabshell Alliance t-shirt), Bruce, Beth Van Fassen, Poy Chinn, and Joe Lubisher. Apologies to the other folks I don’t know or can’t remember. It’s cool that this photo from the Seattle P-I was autographed by Kay, Bruce and Poy.
