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.