About Hidankyo
From Monthly Paper Hidankyo - May 1999
Hibakusha delegation is visiting eastern part of the US from August 2 to 11.
Six members, divided into three groups, visit Washington DC, New Jersey and New England. The delegation speaks at a number of community events and at commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
They tell the truth of the atomic bombing and call on no more creation of Hibakusha.
Members are:
Washington DC: Koichi Yasui, Shunsaburo Tanabe
New Jersey: Chiyono Yoneda, Msasao Tamaru
New England: Iwao Niki, Seiroku Kondo
Main schedule
Washington DC
| Coordinators: | Louise Franklin-Ramirez and John Steinbach |
| HIroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee of the National Capital Area | |
| 703-369-7427 |
| August 4(Tue) | 1-3:00 PM at the National Press Club Edward R. Murrow Room, |
| 14th & F Streets NW, Washington, DC, |
The panel will consist of two Hiroshima survivors, Shunsaburo Tanabe, 74 from Tokyo and Kouichi Yasui from Sapporo representing Nihon Hidankyo; Dennis Nelson, a St. George Utah Downwinder representing (NARS); Tom Smith, an Atomic Veteran representing the Alliance of Atomic Veterans (AAV); and Vice Admiral Eugene Carroll(US Navy Retired), Deputy Director of the Center for Defense Information. The program will be moderated by Ms. Kitty Tucker, Esq., President of the Health Energy Institute and noted author and researcher on the health effects of ionizing radiation. To facilitate the program, translators will be provided, with the A-Bomb survivors each making a brief ststement. Each participant will speak for approximately ten minutes, followed by a question and answer period.
"The Hibakusha are living symbols of the horror of nuclear war and nuclear weapons. Their untiring commitment to Peace and Nuclear Abolition is an inspiration to the entire world."
Louise Franklin-Ramirez, Chair of the Hiroshima / Nagasaki Peace Committee
| August 5 (Wed) | 6:00 pm Annual Capital Area Hiroshima Commemoration at Lincoln Memorial |
| August 6 (Thu) | 9:30 am Stonewalk at Lincoln Memorial |
| (Bringing the Memorial to the Civilian Victims of War to Arlington Cemetary) |
The New England
| Coordinatirs: | Joe Gerson, Bruce Martin |
| American Friends Service Committee | |
| 617-661-6130 |
| August 5 (Wed) | 6:45 pm at Grace Church 56 magazine St. Cambridge MA |
| 8:45 pm Candle light procession from Grace Church to Charles River |
Co-sponsores of Cambridge Events include: AFSC, Cambridge Peace Commission, institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies, IPPNW, Massachusetts Peace Action, New Century Peace & Leadership Project and Peace and Justice Studies Program of Tufts University, Women's Action of New England.
| August 6 (Thu) | 8:00 am Join Peace March in Concord MA |
| 12:00 pm Walking from Harvard Square to Central square |
The peace marchers are focusing on the depleted uranium work of Starmet company and Raytheon's nuclear-war related military production. At noon, two Hibakusha will join the send off for walking from Harvard Square to Central square.
New Jersey
| Coordinator: | Norm Cohen |
| Coalition for Peace & justice | |
| 609-886-7988 |
August 5 (Wed) 6 pm at the Woodrow Wilson School Plaza on the Princeton University Campus
The picnic will begin at 6 pm and the program at 7 pm. Youth for Peace will fold paper cranes with children of all ages. Opening by Susan Tenney and her dancers. A moment of silence at 7:15. Speakers include Zia Mian, a Pakistani physicist; two Hibakusha, Ms. Yoneda and Mr. Tamaru, from Tokyo, and a Gulf War Veteran. Music by the Solidarity Singers. "Shadows", a piece Susan Tenney composed for th event, will be presented by the dancers. Candle-floating on the reflection pond and will follow.
