Public Forum/Teach-In/Workshop/Lecture

Kaz Suyeishi, president of the American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb Survivors, will be speaking at First United Methodist Church at 2723 North 50th St., Lincoln, Nebraska (402-466-1906) in Lincoln in the Black Fellowship Hall in the lower level of the church (accessible through the east door of the church off 50th Street). at 7:00 P.M. on August 28.

See exhibits of thirty posters and other documents showing the effects of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
in August of 1945. These posters will frame Ms. Suyeishi's

Kaz Suyeishi, president of the American Society of Hiroshima-NagasakiA-bomb Survivors, will speak in Omaha's First United Methodist Church at 7020 Cass Street in the Mead Hall, accessed from the west side of the building at 6:30 on August 29th from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. There will also be exhibits of thirty posters and other documents showing the effects of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings in August of 1945. These posters will frame Ms. Suyeishi's

It's time to call on Congress to join us in making August 6 Nuclear Disarmament Day. Download and circulate the petition at
http://disarm.wilpf.org/node/25. Mail it to WILPF (as instructed on the bottom of the petition) by September 5 for hand delivery to your Congressional delegation..

Or sign it on line and send it around to all your friends. Go to http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nucleardisarmamentday.

On August 4 the international office of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom issued a strong statement for Hiroshima-Nagasaki days. This statement, or excerpts from it, may be used at vigils, demonstrations, teach ins, forums, with members of Congress or in press conferences and letters-to-the editor during Nuclear Free Future month.

It is addressed particularly to the leaders of nuclear weapons states, but is also directed to leaders and civil society of all nations.

On Hiroshima Day we are speaking to our city council to encourage their signing a resolution to use diplomacy with Iran rather than blockades or sanctions. -Deb Garretson

"It is not simply that women have the right to participate as equals. It is also that without women’s participation and empowerment and without gender equality, sustainable peace, sustainable development and true human security are unattainable."

--from the WILPF Statement to the Commission on the Status of Women (pdf)

For immediate release:  July 9 – August 9, 2008

Monday, August 4

Radio Interview of Hibakusha by Ambrose Lane

Mr. Akinori Hara, Hiroshima survivor, Age: 66
Title: Executive Board member of Saitama Association of A-Bomb Victims and Ms. Yasuko Ota, Nagasaki survivor Age: 78
Title: President of Toyama Association of A-bomb Victims will be interviewed on WPFW (89.3 FM radio) a 9:30 A.M.

202-588-0999, or 202-588-0893 to call in with question or comment

PRESS RELEASE
23rd Annual Ashland, Oregon   Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil
August 6-9, 2008

“Hibakusha” (Japanese survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which took place August 6th and 9th, 1945) tell their deeply personal and painful stories in the hopes that the tragedy of nuclear warfare will never again be repeated.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9TH:

August Atomic Bombing Commemoration to Focus on Children, Future,
Music, Dance, Silent Ritual, Tea Ceremony, Storytelling and more will Mark 63rd Anniversary of U.S. Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

The 2008 Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemoration events in Minneapolis and St. Paul will focus on children and the hope for a future free of atomic weapons. The events commemorate the U.S. atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on, respectively, August 6 and 9, 1945. The events span three days -- August 5, 6, and 9 -- and are open to the public.