Hiroshima Remembrance - Austin Aug 6th-7th

[sonias]

60th Anniversary Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance - Austin, Texas

The Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have declared 2005 a Year of Remembrance and Action to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. 2005 marks the 60th commemoration of the US bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

Austin, TX will join millions of others across hundreds of cities around the world, to remember the victims and to renew the call of citizens for the abolition of nuclear weapons everywhere.

Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005, is the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day. Dr. Satoru Konishi, an A-bomb survivor from Japan, will be in Austin to share his testimony at the following events. All events are free and open to the public.

Dr. Konishi, 75, professor emeritus of German literature at Tokyo Metropolitan University, is Assistant Secretary General of Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese Confederation of Organizations of Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs Sufferers. He has spoken unwaveringly about the moral imperative of nuclear disarmament at many international conferences, including events in the US, India, and Holland.

More information: please contact [e-mail] or visit www.HiroshimaDay.org

60th Anniversary Hiroshima & Nagasaki Remembrance Ceremony
Saturday, August 6, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Zilker Park Peace Grove (near soccer field, off Barton Springs Rd.)

Dr. Konishi will share his testimony as a survivor of Hiroshima Day and his experience as a peacemaker for a nuclear-free world; ceremony proceedings moderated by Pastor Karl Gronberg, Gethsemane Lutheran Church

6:30 pm: Bring your own picnic supper & Japanese musical performances
7 pm: Dr. Konishi and others speak, music
8 pm: Candlelight procession, floating of candles at Town Lake

Talking about Peace: Community Forum
Sunday, August 7, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Austin Presbyterian Seminary - McCord Center dining hall, behind the chapel, north side of 27th street between Guadalupe and Speedway

Austin Area Interreligious Ministries (AAIM) will host a public forum to discuss the significance of Hiroshima Day. A panel will discuss pacifist and just war positions, and Jewish and Islamic statements will be included, followed by breakout groups to discuss ways to work towards peace. Dr. Konishi will speak; moderated by Father Sam Hose, St. Vianney Catholic Church

Lunch available at $8/person from 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. Please RSVP for lunch 459-0299.

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No Nukes!

Sonia

[anarchy1999]

1. Peace Sonia, and you all are going to do really well.

LOL (Lots of love, not laugh out loud.).

See ya next month or two.

[anarchy1999]

2. Stand up and be counted.

Peace.

[sonias]

3. Thanks anarcy1999

Our local KOOP radio 91.7 FM has their regular Progressive Forum show on Wednesdays. And tonight's show will be an interview with Veterans For Peace National Convention and one of the organizer's of this remembrance event here in Austin this weekend. So a little piece of your Dallas convention gets covered tonight as well.

For Austinites the show broadcasts from from 6:00 - 6:30 p.m tonight August 3rd.

Peace

Sonia