Events
Events listed are not necessarily endorsed or organized by UFPJ. This calendar is maintained as a resource for the entire peace and justice movement. For further information about any event listed, please click on the event listing and contact the person and/or email address listed as the contact for the specific event.
When looking at events in a particular category, please note that states appear in alphabetical order according to their postal code, not their name. E.g. North Carolina is listed before New Jersey, because "NC" comes before "NJ.
Irvine, CaliforniaRSVP • 61st Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima and the Internment of Japanese-Americans
Sunday, August 6th 2006 8:45pm
The Irvine United Congregational Church, a Just Peace, Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ, is marking the 61st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima by inviting Japanese-American guest speakers who, as children, were sent to internment camps during WWII in such places as Tule Lake and Manzanar.
Livermore, CaliforniaRSVP • Livermore Peace Camp
Saturday, August 5th 2006 12pm
As we prepare for the protest at the Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab (http://august6.org/node/55), come camp out and relax with folks who want to see a world without warfare.
RSVP • Ritual and Nonviolent Action at Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab
Sunday, August 6th 2006 8am
A morning of action at one of the primary design labs for nuclear weapons in the world - where new nuclear weapons are designed.
Los Angeles, CaliforniaRSVP • antiwar vigil for hiroshima day
Friday, August 4th 2006 7pm
Ongoing antiwar Friday vigil focuses on Hiroshima Day as an object lesson for peace in the world. Bring signs and friends.
RSVP • an antiwar vigil for Nagasaki atomic bombing
Friday, August 11th 2006 7pm
An ongoing antiwar Friday vigil at San Vicente/Santa Monica Blvds in West Hollywood focusing on the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as an object lesson for peace.
Montecito, CaliforniaRSVP • 12th Annual Sadako Peace Day Ceremony
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 5pm
Commemorating the 61st anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with music, poetry, and reflections. This event is free and open to the public.
Pacific Grove, CaliforniaRSVP • Lantern Floating Ceremony for Hiroshima Remembrance Day
Sunday, August 6th 2006 6:30pm
Lover's Point Beach 6:30 pm Lantern making 8:00 pm Lantern Floating Each August throughout Japan, people gather to float lanterns in remembrance of the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and of all victims of war. With this ceremony we reaffirm our commitment to ending war.
Riverside, CaliforniaRSVP • Remember Victims of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan Atomic Bombings
Sunday, August 6th 2006 8am
People will gather in downtown Riverside, on Sunday, August 6, at 8 AM and again at 2 PM, near the GANDHI memorial statue, at Mission Inn Avenue, on the Main Street Mall, to remember the civilians who died from the atomic bombings and to also remember who originally opened Pandora's Box and unleashed Weapons of Mass Destruction in our age.
Sacramento, CaliforniaRSVP • August Women's Peace Event: Memorial of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Sunday, August 6th 2006 3:30pm
The first use of nuclear weapons, against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, will be commemorated at the August Peace Event, Sunday, August 6, at the Secretary of State Auditorium, 1500 11th St in Sacramento.
San Diego, CaliforniaRSVP • Candlelight Vigil and Program
Sunday, August 6th 2006 6pm
Candlelight Vigil to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to call for the global abolition of nuclear weapons, starting with our own. Gather at 6 p.m. for bannering in front of the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum; Program at 6:30 p.m. followed by Candlelight Procession.
RSVP • Nagasaki Day Demonstration at Bechtel Offices
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 11:30am
The War Machine Revealed: Bechtel Corporation—Merchant of Death. Gather at the Federal Building, Front and Broadway, 11:30 a.m. We will proceed through the downtown area and arrive at Bechtel’s office at 1230 Columbia at 12:15 p.m.
San Francisco, CaliforniaRSVP • Nonviolent Action at Bechtel Corporate Headquarters
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 10am
Bechtel is one of the top profiteers of the war in Iraq, violator of indigenous rights, and nuclear weapons profiteer. Ceremony will be led by Western Shone spiritual leader Corbin Harney. Mark the UN International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples and the anniversaries of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by demanding an end to nuclear weapons and war. At Bechtel and Livermore nuclear weapons lab we will support the sovereignty and dignity of indigenous people around the world and call for the global abolition of nuclear weapons and the end to the war in Iraq.
RSVP • Sunrise Ceremony for Indigenous Rights and an End to the Nuclear Cycle
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 8am
Sunrise Ceremony will meet at 8 AM at the UN Plaza in San Francisco and march, with drums, to the Bechtel Headquarters to meet up with the action to take place there at 10 AM (http://august6.org/node/56). Come join this Ceremony to support indigenous rights and help put an end to the nuclear weapons and fuel cycle!
RSVP • Wars, Weapons, Profiteers, and Indigenous Rights: Connecting the Dots, an Evening Panel
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 7:30pm
After the events of August 6th (http://august6.org/node/55) and 9th (http://august6.org/node/56), come to New College in San Francisco for an evening panel of speakers who will discuss the interrelated nature of the movements for nuclear disarmament, world peace and justice, and recognition of the world's indigenous peoples.
Santa Barbara, CaliforniaRSVP • Pathway to Hope
Sunday, August 6th 2006 4pm
On August 6, La Casa de Maria is sponsoring a Remembrance of Hiroshima from 4-8p.m., featuring Tom Ambrogi, Theologian and Peace Activist; David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; The Rev. Jeannette B. Love, La Case de Maria followed by the showing of the the film “Original Child Bomb.” To register, e-mail registerb@lcdm.org
Santa Cruz, CaliforniaRSVP • Dismantling the Bomb/Constructing Peace
Sunday, August 6th 2006 12pm
The Santa Cruz Weapons Inspection Team (SCWIT) invites the public to join us in participatory political theater on the Pacific Garden Mall at Cooper St. to mark the 61st anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
Santa Cruz/Bonny Doon, CaliforniaRSVP • Planting the Seeds of Conversion/Growing Industries of Peace
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 2pm
On this day we will acknowledge the devastation of the bombing of the people of Nagasaki 61 years ago by collectively imagining and calling for alternatives to the nuclear weapons industry, alternatives that convert the science of nuclear destruction into the science of life-sustaining industries and renewable energy.
Boulder, ColoradoRSVP • HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI REMEMBERED: Commemoration in Boulder
Saturday, August 5th 2006 9am
Displaying photographs and text about the birth of the atomic bomb and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945; distribution of literature about the "nuclear nexus" as represented by the major military contractors of today; space to be provided for written or artistic expressions by members of the public.
Littleton, ColoradoRSVP • Hiroshima Military Industrial Complex
Sunday, August 6th 2006 12 Pm
Witness at the Lockheed Nature Park
Waterton Canyon. Just outside and to the left of Lockheed Martin Plant. To Protest continued building of Nukes and Delivery systems and to remember Hiroshima.
Hartford, ConnecticutRSVP • Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance
Tuesday, August 8th 2006 5pm
Speak Out Against New Forms of Nuclear Weapons. Potluck Picnic with conversations about nuclear weapons and Remembrance Ceremony with "candle boats" adrift on the Connecticut River.
New Haven, ConnecticutRSVP • Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance
Sunday, August 6th 2006 8:15am
Aug 6 8:15am - Aug 9 11:00am
Commemorate Nuclear Bombing of HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI
No Nuclear Excuses for War
No Nuclear/Conventional Attack on IRAN!
Nuclear Disarmament NOW!
Nuclear Divestment NOW!
NO MORE BLOOD ON OUR HANDS!
West Palm Beach, FloridaRSVP • Honor and Remember Those Lives Taken in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Current Conflicts
Sunday, August 6th 2006 5pm
Please join The Palm Beach County Peace & Justice Coalition as we Honor and remember those lives taken in Hiroshima and Nagasaki,and current conflicts. A Family Event: bring children, grandparents, friends.
Atlanta, GeorgiaRSVP • Hiroshima Observance
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7pm
Atlanta WAND and Nuclear Watch South invite you to Seeds of Peace at the Jimmy Carter Library Rose Garden.
RSVP • Seeds of Peace
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 7:30pm
Reflection and floating of tradiitonal Japanese lanterns. Songs, poems, and Dancing Flowers for Peace. Reliving Dr and Mrs King's dream of a world free of nuclear weapons and a charge to nurture the beloved commuity.
Chicago, IllinoisRSVP • March to Commemorate Anniversaries of Nagasaki/Hiroshima Bombings
Saturday, August 5th 2006 6pm
As the Manhattan Project was based at the University of Chicago - site of the SDS convention - a solemn march will be held there in conjunction with the NYC event. Vigilers will assemble at the Moore Sculpture at 6:00 PM Chicago time.
Joliet, IllinoisRSVP • The Bombing of Hiroshima
Saturday, August 12th 2006 12:00 Noon
Near the anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima speaker Karla Vescovi will discuss the justification and effects of the bombing and how Japan has moved forward since. Vescovi will explain the damage caused by the atomic bomb including "atomic bomb disease" and the environmental destruction, as well as share how the Japanese people have continued on their road to recovery which includes the construction of the Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park and Hiroshima's other projects to promote peace. Event hosted by the Will County Green Party.
Rockford, IllinoisRSVP • A Visit to Hiroshima on the 61st Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing
Sunday, August 6th 2006 11:30am
A visit to Hiroshima on the 61st Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing - Rockford. 11:30 salad luncheon ($4), 12:30pm program. Leah Timberlake will share pictures and stories of her recent visit. Comments, music, poems and prayers are shared and welcome. Free-will offering.
Bloomington, IndianaRSVP • No Nukes! Rally and John Wayne Film for 61st Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing
Monday, August 7th 2006 5:30 p.m.
Activists, in conjunction with The Ryder film series and a film archivist, have organized a free showing of the 1956 John Wayne film, “The Conqueror,” preceded by an anti-nuclear rally on Bloomington’s Courthouse Square.
South Bend, IndianaRSVP • Lunch Hour Opportunity for Passersby to Write Messages to Government
Monday, August 7th 2006 12pm
Aug 7-9
On August 7, 8, and 9th, from noon to 1pm, members of the Michiana Peace and Justice Coalition will have a large continuous sheet of paper at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Jefferson Street in downtown South Bend. We will ask passersby to write down their comments about the war, nuclear weapons, Bechtel and the military industrial complex, and anything else they wish to say to their elected officials. We will have signs to hold or people can bring their own. There will also be an antiwar vigil from 5 to 6 on the 7th, at the corner of Main and Jefferson.
Terre Haute, IndianaRSVP • Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance
Sunday, August 6th 2006 1 p.m.
Terre Haute Stop War on Iraq will remember the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 with a second solidarity fast with Codepink's Troops Home Fast. Our first 24-hour fast was on July 4th. This will be another 24 hour fast, however, the public part of the fast will be from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Hiroshima memorial in Fairbanks Park on the south side of the park near the gazebo. The memorial can be hard to find because it is flat on the ground - 4 stones that each say "never again" in 4 different languages. This will be a water fast. Fasters should bring their own water to the fast. We would like to know in advance who is going to fast. Please call or write to let us know. There will be an opening and closing ceremony.
Aquina, MassachusettsRSVP • Hiroshima Remembrance
Sunday, August 6th 2006 6am
A peaceful sunrise gathering in remembrance of Hiroshima.
Cambridge, MassachusettsRSVP • Pray For Peace
Sunday, August 6th 2006 4pm
Inter-denominational and all ages *Pray for Peace* Event: Sennott Park, Central Square, Cambridge, directly behind the Area 4 YouthCenter & near to a Mosque, a Temple, and several Churches.
Ann Arbor, MichiganRSVP • Come Together for Peace
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 6:30
Wednesday, August 9- COME TOGETHER FOR PEACE. The horrors of war remind us of the need to build a community to promote peace. So ICPJ will host Come Together for Peace on Nagasaki Day, at 6:30pm at Island Park (1450 Island Drive) in Ann Arbor. We will begin with a potluck dinner, followed by activities for all ages, story-telling featuring Laron Williams and Robert Oppenheimer, lantern boat making and peace crane folding. Motoko will provide a first-hand account of her experiences during that time. The evening will conclude with a lantern boat launch ceremony of remembrance for victims of war. Details: 734-663-1870, info@ icpj.net Free and open to the public, donations accepted.
Oak Park, MichiganRSVP • Buspool to Oak Ridge National Lab
Friday, August 4th 2006 9pm
Pax Christi MI and the Detroit Area Peace with Justice Network are organizing a bus trip to the August 6th protest at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (http://august6.org/node/48). The bus will leave at 9pm Fri., Aug 4 from Our Lady of Fatima Cath. Church in Oak Park, MI (9 1/2 Mile Rd. & Coolidge).
Petoskey, MichiganRSVP • Hiroshima Remembrance and Reflection
Sunday, August 6th 2006 1 p.m.
Gathering in Mineral Well Park, Petoskey, MI at 1 p.m. for peace drumming, singing, brief message re Hiroshima, end by floating flowers in nearby river. Sponsored annually by the Little Traverse League for Peace and Freedom.
Southfield, MichiganRSVP • Nagasaki Day
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 8:18pm
Duluth, MinnesotaRSVP • Remember Hiroshima Day: Converting the Heart to Peace
Saturday, August 5th 2006 1pm
8/5 Sat 1 – 8 pm Remember Hiroshima Day: Converting the Heart to Peace – Duluth. Friends Meeting House, 1802 E. 1st St. 1 – 6 pm - Non-violence training followed by supper; 7:30pm Memorial Walk along Duluth’s Lakewalk. 8/6, Sun, Direct Action, time and place to be determined.
Minneapolis, MinnesotaRSVP • Commemorative Tea Ceremony
Saturday, August 5th 2006 6pm
On Saturday, August 5, at 6:00 p.m., John Brisson, a member of the Yukimakai (meaning amid the snow) tea study group, will lead a meditative tea ceremony at the time when people are gathered in Hiroshima to remember the bombing and its victims. A major purpose of the Yukimakai is to explore new ways of bringing the four principles of Chanoyu, Harmony, Respect, Purity, and Tranquility, into our daily life. Mr. Brisson has studied the tea ceremony with Patricia Katagiri for 11 years. People are invited to bring their lawn chairs to observe this almost silent ritual.
RSVP • Traditional Ceremony of Cranes, Featuring Dr. Kosuke Koyama
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7:30am
At 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 6, the Ceremony of Cranes begins with music and reflection and ends at 8:15 a.m. with a moment of silence at the time of the dropping of the bomb. Participants then lay origami peace cranes on trees and bushes at the Peace Garden. This year, Yumiko Yoshikiyo, a native of the Hiroshima, will read the peace proclamation by the mayor of Hiroshima. Ms. Yoshikiyo is spending six months in the Twin Cities talking with student and civic groups about Japanese culture and the effects of the atomic bombing with the NEVER AGAIN campaign. The keynote speaker is Dr. Kosuke Koyama, who was a 15-year-old boy in Japan when the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This ceremony has been held at the Peace Garden for over 20 years.
RSVP • Family Event at the Spirit of Peace Sculpture to Honor Sadako, the Girl of 1000 Cranes
Sunday, August 6th 2006 2:30pm
At 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, a Family Event with music, dance, storytelling, and crane-folding will occur at the new, and yet unfinished, Spirit of Peace sculpture in the upper part of the garden near the cascade. Designed by St. Paul artist Caprice Glaser, there is a step that shows how to fold the crane on each of the boulders surrounding the sculpture. Larry Johnson of Key of See storytellers will emcee the afternoon. Mumin, a Japanese chorus, will sing two songs. Marcia Sanoden, a music teacher who grew up in Japan, will teach the audience some traditional Japanese songs. Larry, Elaine Wynne, and their granddaughter Renee Weeks-Wynne, will tell the Sadako story. The Sansei Yonsei Kai, a multigenerational dance troupe led by Linda van Dooijeweert, will perform dances and teach everyone a line dance from Nagasaki. Everyone will have the opportunity to fold cranes.
RSVP • Women in Black Procession Along the Pathway to Peace
Sunday, August 6th 2006 4pm
At 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) will lead a ritual walk of the Women In Black along the Pathway to Peace.
RSVP • Concert for Peace, feat. Kairos Intergenerational Dance Theatre, Rabbi Sim Glaser and the Social Action Figures, and Nick Jordan
Sunday, August 6th 2006 5:30pm
At 5:30 p.m., the final event of the weekend is the third annual Peace Concert at Lake Harriet Bandshell, as part of the Lake Harriet Bandshell summer concert series. Kairos Intergenerational Dance Theatre will open the program, followed by Rabbi Sim Glaser and the Social Action Figures. This group performs rock and roll songs primarily from the 1960s. The final group on the program is Light of the Moon, led by Nick Jordan. This country and bluegrass group will have people dancing in the aisles.
Rochester, MinnesotaRSVP • Peace Lantern Float Ceremony
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7PM
annual
Rochester's Annual Peace Lantern Float
7pm: Gather to make lanterns; kits for making lanterns will be provided. Also, instructions and materials for making Japanese folded peace cranes. Rain date 8/9/06. 8pm: Short program followed by floating of lanterns at dusk.
Columbia, MissouriRSVP • Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration
Saturday, August 5th 2006 6pm
All mid-Missouri peace advocates are invited to join in the 20th Annual Peaceworks Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration to be held beginning at 6 p.m., Saturday, August 5 at the Gordon Shelter at Stephens Lake Park (note this is a new location). The event will include a potluck dinner, lantern making, paper crane folding, music, speakers, performance art and a commemorative lantern float at 9 p.m. Don't miss this chance to share in the solidarity of the peace community and join in renewing our collective commitment to eliminate the nuclear threat.
Belleuve, NebraskaRSVP • Annual Anti-Nuke Vigil and Line Crossing to Commemorate the US Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Sunday, August 6th 2006 11:00pm
Aug 6 11:00pm - Aug 9 11:01pm
the dm and omaha catholic worker invite you to join us for our annual 3 and half day vigil at the gates of offute air force base (afb) home of the strategic nuclear command(stratcom) and us military space command in bellevue ,ne come stand, pray and and do penance with us as we commemorate the us atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagaski, japan on august 6 and august 9 1945.
Lincoln, NebraskaRSVP • Japanese Lantern Float Ceremony
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7:00 p.m.
A revival of the Japanese Peace Lantern Float Ceremony will commemorate the 61st anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bombs and lament the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The ceremony will also express a hope for the renewal of reverance for creation. Poetry, music, and the reading of William Sloane Coffin's appeal will precede the ceremonial lantern float at dusk.
Cranford, New JerseyRSVP • Union County NJ World Peace & Friendship Fair
Sunday, August 6th 2006 NOON
Our Third Annual Union County World Peace and Friendship Fair will feature a wide array of music, art, poetry, speakers, memorials, performance, children's activites - such as peace crane folding - and many organizations with info and literature and vendors with peace oriented items. Event will open with a "Blessing of the Animals" and will close with a large drum circle in which everyone is invited to participate. Rain date: Sunday August 13th.
Elizabeth, New JerseyRSVP • Nagasaki Commemoration
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 11 AM
Annual commemoration for Nuclear victims in the garden of St. John's Episcopal church in Elizabeth, with invited local officials and dignitaries, clergy, artists, musicians and peace advocates to call for peace and nuclear abolition at this historic site where we planted "peace trees" during previous hibakusha (atomic bomb survivor) visits. This church very recently celebrated its 300th anniversary.
Princeton, New JerseyRSVP • Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration
Sunday, August 6th 2006 6 PM
SURVIVOR OF ATOMIC BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA, PAKISTANI PHYSICIST, MUSIC, AND STUDENT DIPLOMATS TO BE FEATURED IN AUGUST 6 HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION IN PRINCETON.
Westfield, New JerseyRSVP • Nagasaki Commemorative Program
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 7 PM
Nagasaki Commemorative Program and film at First United Methodist Church of Westfield, with speakers, music and an atomic bomb survivor (who will speak of his experiences). We hope to show the film "The Last Atomic Bomb" which was premiered in Nagasaki last Aug 9th for the 61st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb.
Los Alamos, New MexicoRSVP • Hiroshima Day: Create Hope, Not Fear
Sunday, August 6th 2006 1pm
Speakers and Music throughout the Day, including: Cindy Sheehan, Kathy Kelly, Father John Dear, Dave Robinson, Linkon Grahlfs, Mervyn Tilden, Sister Filo Hirota, Shigin (traditional Japanese singing), Okinaan Dancers, Ande and Samba Fe. Bring the family; there will be children's activites. Bring non-perishable food items for the homeless.
Santa Fe, New MexicoRSVP • Eighth Annual Peace Day - Santa Fe
Saturday, August 5th 2006 9:30am
Aug 5-6
Because Peace Day will progress to many important landmarks for peace, we are calling it Progressive Peace Day, Saturday August 5th, 2006. The commemoration will begin with a Buddhist mediation practice for peace at the Children’s Peace Statue. Santa Fe Mayor Coss will proclaim Peace Day. Children will hang peace cranes sent from around the US on the Statue and play “Cooperative Games” with peace crane folding - Tibetan Peace Tales - Prayer Flag making for a Children's Prayer Flag Procession across the Plaza to St. Francis Cathedral. An afternoon labyrinth walk at St. Francis Cathedral will flow into a procession to the Capital Rotunda for the Hiroshima Peace Bell ceremony. Churches all over town will ring their bells in response, after which we will plant the first Tree of Peace on the Capital grounds. Pax Christi will present Kathy Kelly from Voices in the Wilderness at El Museo Cultural Center in the evening.
Nevada Test Site, NevadaRSVP • Prayer and Nonviolent Action at the Nevada Test Site
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7am
We are inviting people of all religious and spiritual traditions (atheists welcome too) to gather near the gates of the Nevada nuclear Test Site. Surrounded by the beautiful desert land in the cool of evening, we will pray together for an end to nuclear weapons development and other war preparations. Ceremony will be facilitated by Father Louie Vitale, OFM and Father Jerry Zawada, OFM. We will then invite people to take nonviolent action at the Test Site gates. We will also be having a community teach-in and potluck that evening at 4 pm at St. James the Apostle Church in Las Vegas. During this meeting we will prepare for a vigil the next morning (in Las Vegas) at the Nevada Site Operations office of the DOE.
Great Neck, New YorkRSVP • Hiroshima Day 2006
Monday, August 7th 2006 7 p.m.
GREAT NECK SANE/PEACE ACTION & THE LI ALLIANCE FOR PEACEFUL ALTERNATIVES INVITE YOU TO HIROSHIMA DAY 2006: It's Time to Say No More! No More Hiroshimas! No More Iraqs! Yes to A Nuclear Free World!
New York, New YorkRSVP • War Resisters Nagasaki/Hiroshima Exhibit and March
Saturday, August 5th 2006 1pm
The New York City War Resisters League (WRL) is sponsoring a Hiroshima/Nagasaki exhibit at Tompkins Square Park on Saturday, August 5, 2006, the sixty-first anniversary of the destruction of these cities by nuclear weapons. The informational exhibit opens at 1 pm and is free and open to the public. The WRL exhibit will close with a solemn procession from Tompkins Square to Christopher Street. Participants in the procession will gather at Tompkins Square Park at 7:00 pm and step off on the unpermitted march at 7:15 pm, following a brief ceremony to mark the actual time the devastation of Hiroshima began. The bomb fell at 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima time - 7:15 pm on August 5th, New York time.
RSVP • Hiroshima Legacy
Sunday, August 6th 2006 3:30pm
On Hiroshima Day, August 6, 2006, there will be a panel on the Hiroshima legacy + Current War Resistance, its impact on society and survivors in conjunction with the art work if Yoshiki Araki.
RSVP • Protest at Bechtel
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 12pm
On August 9th, NYC anti-nuclear and peace & justice groups will be participating in a day of coordinated national actions targeting nuclear and war profiteer the Bechtel Group. Bechtel is the world’s #1 nuclear profiteer and a leading beneficiary of the Iraq war and corporate globalization policies in general.
RSVP • UNIVERSAL PEACE DAY
11AM
Yearly Event
annually
SHARE THE VISION OF PEACE - commemorate the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing
A DAY-LONG event begins: 11am at Riverside Park (just north of the 79 St Boat Basin) with Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary) followed by performers from Japan and US; 6pm at the NY BUDDHIST CHURCH (NYBC) (RSD @ 105th) - film from Hiroshima, photo exhibit, music, Peace message from Hiroshima major and more.
7:15pm - CANDLE-LIGHTING CEREMONY at the exact moment of the bombing. 7:20pm SILENT PEACE WALK - from NYBC to RIVERSIDE CHURCH. 8:00am -THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH (RSD @ 122 St.) Interfaith Service, Music, Dance, Speakers including Robert Thurman as Keynote Speaker, Hiroshima Survivor, Koji Kobayashi and performers: Josh White Jr, Oscar Brand, John Hall, Laraaji,That Guitar Man, from Japan: Rumiko Tanaka, Bunken Nagano, Shinji Harada, Yosuke Maki
Columbus, OhioRSVP • Hiroshima-Nagasaki: 61 Years Later and the Horrors Continue
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7:30pm
A Time of Commemoration & Reflection
An evening program of:
· Speakers
· Poetry Readings
· Musical Renditions
Portsmouth, OhioRSVP • Footprints for Peace Run Native American Ceremonial Run from Uranium Enrichment Plant to Bomb Production Plant
Monday, July 31st 2006
July 31-August 6
The fourth annual Nuclear Free Future Run/Walk will start from Horseshoe Mound in Portsmouth Ohio. We will start this event in Portsmouth close to the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, located near Portsmouth, Ohio, this plant began operations in 1954 as part of a U.S. government expansion program for the production of highly enriched uranium to fuel military reactors, nuclear weapons production and for use at the Y-12 plant in Oakridge TN.
McAlester, OklahomaRSVP • Stop DU Bomb Assembly at McAlerster Oklahoma Plant
Sunday, August 6th 2006 6:09pm
Demo with chalk art/signs/songs Take highway 69 and we will be right there at the exit for plant entrance to McAlester ammunition plant..We want to warn the workers about depleted uranium..They have had deaths from hemolytic anemia..We will have info re radiation poisoning..Also photos from display of photographs from deformed babies born in Iraq. Jean Mcmahon Green Party member
Oklahoma City, OklahomaRSVP • A Gathering for Peace
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7:00 PM
Please join us for an evening of reflection, quiet meditation, music, readings and photographs. You will also have an opportunity to sign the Declaration of Peace at this event (www.declarepeace.org).
Newport, OregonRSVP • Troops Home Fast
Sunday, August 6th 2006 1PM
Concerned residents of Lincoln County will hold a week-long vigil and rolling fast in support of the Troops Home Fast in Washington DC, where anti-war activists including Cindy Sheehan, Medea Benjamin, and Diane Wilson have been fasting in front of the White House for the past 24 days. Lincoln County participants will gather at the Nye Beach Turnaround at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6, with several events on the beach planned.
Portland, OregonRSVP • Portland Hiroshima Day Memorial
Sunday, August 6th 2006 6pm
Hiroshima Day marks the anniversary of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, 1945. Over 200,000 people were killed by those two bombs. Since then, nuclear weapons have posed the single greatest threat to the survival of our species. Each year Oregon PSR remembers those killed by the nuclear bombs and organizes citizens to make sure these events never happen again.
RSVP • Hiroshima Day Balloon Release for World Peace
4:15 PM PDT, 8/5/06
Yearly Event
This is the first year of this event, which may become annual
Imagine... At 8:15 AM, Hiroshima, Japan local time, timezoneconverter, on either 8/6/06 or 8/5/06, depending on your position on the globe, you stand outside and hold a single helium-filled latex balloon, or perhaps several, hand tied with no string or ribbon. You let go, knowing, as you trace your balloons progress into the sky, that at that very moment, all over the globe, other people are doing the exact same thing, in the interest of world peace, 61 years to the day after the moment when peace was most utterly destroyed on this planet.
Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaRSVP • Rememberance & Reflection: 61 Years After Hiroshima-Nagasaki
Sunday, August 6th 2006 4:00 pm
A program of readings and music to remember the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and reflect on the current dangers of the nuclear age.
Doylestown, PennsylvaniaRSVP • Peace Sunday Celebration: Hiroshima Survivor to Speak
Sunday, August 6th 2006 10:30 am
Mr. Yoshio Sato, age 75, a resident of Hiroshima and board member of the Kanagawa A-bomb Sufferers Association Mr. Sato will tell about being trapped under the rubble of his collapsed house only 1 kilometer from the epicenter of the explosion.
RSVP • Bucks County Remembrance
Monday, August 7th 2006 7:30 P.M.
We gather at the Bucks County Courthouse at 7:30 and at 8:00 do candlelight procession to Doylestown Presbyterian Church. We will have a Hiroshima bombing survivor to tell his story.
Langhorne, PennsylvaniaRSVP • Bucks County Remembrance
Tuesday, August 8th 2006 10 A.M..
An informal encounter with Mr. Yoshio Sato, a 75-year-old survivor of the Hiroshima bombing.
Lewisburg, PennsylvaniaRSVP • Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration
Saturday, August 5th 2006 5:00 p.m.
We will mark this sad anniversary with a silent vigil followed by a brief program. Abbess Dia-En Bennage is the keynote speaker.
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaRSVP • Hiroshima Day Anti-War Candlelight Memorial (w/Declaration of Peace pledge signing)
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7:30pm
The memorial will include: music, speakers, poetry, account of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, signing of the Declaration of Peace pledge, and ceremony involving candles and wreath floating on the Schuylkill River.
Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaRSVP • Book Talk and Discussion With Antonia Juhasz, Author and Bechtel Scholar
Friday, August 4th 2006 7pm
Juhasz talks about her new book, “The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time.” Part of Pittsburgh's Stop Bechtel convergence.
RSVP • Teach-In: Bechtel and the Military-Industrial Complex, CD Training and More
Saturday, August 5th 2006 1pm
1-3:30pm: Bechtel and the Military-Industrial Complex. Featuring Antonia Juhasz and other scholar-activists involved with the anti-nuclear, anti-war and global justice movements. 4-6pm: Poster/Art Making as well as Civil Disobedience Training & Orientation
Valley Forge, PennsylvaniaRSVP • Nagasaki Day of Remembrance & Resistance at Lockheed Martin
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 12pm
Service of Remembrance will include recollections of an "Hibakusha" (atomic bomb survivor)and will be followed by nonviolent civil disobedience at the Lockheed Martin weapons complex. Those wishing to participate in the civil disobedience and face arrest need to call the Brandywine Peace Community, 610-544-1818, by July 31 to find out the date, time, and place of the required preparation and planning meeting.
West Mifflin, PennsylvaniaRSVP • Festival of Resistance and March to Bechtel-Bettis
Sunday, August 6th 2006 1pm
1:00 pm: Festival at West Miffin Park
A festival of rememberance and resistance, featuring a picnic/potluck with music, speakers, booths and more. Free shuttle buses leave from CMU’s Morewood Gardens Parking lot starting at 12:30pm and returning after the festival and march.
3:30 pm: March to Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
Following the one-mile march to Bettis’ main gate, there will be an optional, participatory “Shadow Project” followed by an overnight vigil. A separate civil disobedience action is also planned.
Knoxville, TennesseeRSVP • Puppet Workshop
Monday, July 31st 2006
July 31-Aug 4
Puppet Workshop for novices and experienced puppetistas alike; come make giant street theatre puppets for the Oak Ridge action! tent space and limited indoor space available Knoxville, TN.
RSVP • Peace Lantern Ceremony
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 8:15pm
Oak Ridge, TennesseeRSVP • Rally and March
Saturday, August 5th 2006 10am
10:00am Peace Celebration: music, speakers, puppets, skits, sno cones!
1:00pm March to Y12 National Security Complex almost 2 miles in blazing heat: bring water and sunscreen!
2:00pm Action at Y12
RSVP • Remembrance and Names Ceremony
Sunday, August 6th 2006 6:15am
RSVP • Action at Bechtel
Monday, August 7th 2006
August 7 or 9
See www.august6.org or www.stopthebombs.org for more details as they become available.
Alice, TexasRSVP • Teach-In, Forum and March
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7pm
At 7pm, there will be an educational Teach-in and Forum at the City Park in Downtown Alice, TX. At 8pm, there will be a march down mainstreet led by the Alice Peace and Justice Coalition.
Amarillo, TexasRSVP • Sing Out for Peace Concert
Sunday, August 6th 2006 5pm
Concert for Peace, beginning at 5 p.m. at Sam Houston Park, Amarillo, and ending at 9 p.m., with variety of music and performers.
RSVP • Nukes Then and Now
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 7pm
Educational program with film or speaker, beginning at 7 p.m. at Amarillo UU Fellowship, 4901 Cornell. Discussion following.
Dallas, TexasRSVP • Iran, Nuclear Weapons and the Legacy of Hiroshima
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7:30pm
Commemoration of 25th anniversary of the Dallas Peace Center and anniversary of Hiroshima. Address by Dr. Richard Deats of Nyack, NY who in May co-led a Fellowship of Reconciliation Friendship and Fact-finding Delegation to Iran.
Denton, TexasRSVP • Carpooling to Pantex from Denton
Friday, August 4th 2006 9:00 AM
To join Protest at the Pantex gate
Carpools leaving Denton at 9:00 am from Trinity Presbyterian, 2200 N. Bell (at Sherman). Peace Action Denton will join Peace Farm members and friends meeting at the Pantex gate (between Amarillo and Panhandle), as workers leave the plant. Begins at 3:30 p.m., ends at 4 p.m. Optional potluck at the Peace Farm at 5 p.m.
RSVP • Film - ScaredSacred
Saturday, August 5th 2006 7:00 PM
How can fear transform to hope? Amid the destruction of Hiroshima, Bophal, Bosnia, Palestine, Cambodia, New York, Afghanistan, are stories of survival, of ritual, resilience and recovery.
Panhandle, TexasRSVP • Protest at the Pantex Gate
Sunday, August 6th 2006 3:30pm
Peace Farm members and friends will meet at the Pantex gate, FM 2373 north of U.S. 60, as workers leave the plant. Begins at 3:30 p.m., ends at 4 p.m., followed by potluck at the Peace Darm at 5 p.m. The Peace Farm is locaated at 188 Hwy 60, aproximately 3 1/2 miles west of FM 2373, between County Rd 6 and County Rd B.
Richland, WashingtonRSVP • 25th Annual Atomic Cities Peace Memorial
Wednesday, August 9th 2006 8:30 pm
A program of music, speech, and prayer will remember the past with hope for the future. Highlight of the ceremony is ringing of the "Bell of Peace" model from Nagasaki in memory of those who died on both sides of the war between the United States and Japan.
Dodgeville, WisconsinRSVP • Lanterns for Peace Event
Sunday, August 6th 2006 5:30pm
8/6 Sun 5:30pm Lanterns for Peace Event- Dodgeville. Governor Dodge Park, Twin Valley Lake Beach Shelter. The purpose of this intergenerational gathering is to bring attention to the dangers of nuclear weapons and to pledge ourselves to work for peace. There will be lantern making, crane folding and letter writing, followed by a program with story telling, poetry and music. At dusk the lanterns will be floated in the lake. Please bring finger-food to share; beverages will be provided. A day pass or park sticker will be required. This event is sponsored by the Grassroots Citizens for Peace.
La Crosse, WisconsinRSVP • Hiroshima Remembrance
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7pm
All welcome. Bring a candle. Do you support the Bush Administration’s efforts to arm the world? His latest, bombs to Israel – continues the cycle of world violence.
Madison, WisconsinRSVP • Lanterns for Peace Event
Sunday, August 6th 2006 6:30pm
8/6 Sun 6:30 pm Lanterns for Peace - Madison. Tenney Park on East Johnson. Accessible from bus routes #2 & #5. This annual commemoration of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki will have music and family activities, program, and at dusk, floating of lanterns.
Menomonie, WisconsinRSVP • Lights of Peace, A Celebration of Hope
Sunday, August 6th 2006 7:30pm
Hiroshima-Nagasaki remembrance with music, remembrance, and floating lanterns at dusk. Sponsored by Red Cedar Peace Initiative.
Milwaukee, WisconsinRSVP • Lanterns for Peace
Saturday, August 5th 2006 5:30pm
8/5 Sat 5:30 pm Lanterns for Peace - Milwaukee. Annual commemoration of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Music and family activities; 7:30, program; dusk, floating of lanterns. Pere Marquette Park, Old World Third St and Kilbourn.
Waupaca, WisconsinRSVP • Annual Peace Day Observance -- Waupaca
Sunday, August 6th 2006 6:30pm
The event starts at 6:30 p.m. in the upper pavilion, with candle lantern building from 7 to 8 and music by local recording artists Tom Pease and Marci Beaucoup from 8 until 9. Following will be the traditional floating lantern parade on Shadow Lake, with drumming by Bill Kiel.
Wellington, International New ZealandRSVP • Hiroshima Day Commemoration
Sunday, August 6th 2006 1.30pm
The New Zealand Peace Council has organized the Hiroshima Day event at the Hiroshima Peace Flame in the Botanic Gardens in the Capital City of Wellington New Zealand. The keynote speaker is the Iranian ambassador to New Zealand. There are youth speakers as well as speakers from Japan and the Embassy of the People's Republic of China. This will be a major event in Nuclear-free New Zealand.
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