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Published: 17 July 2018 17 July 2018

Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium to hold 9th Annual Candlelight Vigil to acknowledge the negative health effects suffered by the people of New Mexico by the Trinity test, memorialize those that have lost their lives to cancer and honor those who are living with or who have survived cancer.

Members of the TBDC will update the public on the recent hearing and testimony in the US Senate Judiciary Committee and the progress being made to bring compensation to the Trinity Downwinders of New Mexico via amendments to the Radiation
Exposure Compensation Act (RECA).

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Program starts at 8:00 pm
Luminarias on sale for suggested donation of $1.00 each
Starting at 7:30 pm
Tularosa Little League field on La Luz Ave. in West Tularosa. The event is a somber tribute to those who have lost their lives to cancer. Health surveys will be available to the public.

For more information or to volunteer please contact
Tina Cordova at 505-897-6787 tcordova@queston.net www.trinitydownwinders.com
Kathy Tyler at 575-585-2896 fotyler@tularosa.net