On September 9th, join groups from across the city as we march through the borough against Gentrification, Racism and Police Violence!

11 AM Gather at Barclays Center
12 PM Beginning of march to Ebbets Field
1 PM Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street
1:30 PM Ebbets Field, Crown Heights
3:30 PM Von King Park, Bedford-Stuyvesant
4:30 PM Myrtle Ave and Broadway
5:30 PM End of march at Myrtle-Wyckoff Plaza

Recap of the day and a gathering of hearts in the vision for #GlobalUnityNow

Come help strategize at the first national meeting of NuclearBan.US!
• Find out how Takoma Park, MD, became the first US city to declare
itself “treaty compliant”
• Learn how other US cities, states, organizations and institutions are
implementing the Treaty
• Get the latest news and strategies from ICAN
• Be part of a crucial international movement
• Support the Treaty in your city and state

Come help strategize at the first national meeting of NuclearBan.US!
• Find out how Takoma Park, MD, became the first US city to declare
itself “treaty compliant”
• Learn how other US cities, states, organizations and institutions are
implementing the Treaty
• Get the latest news and strategies from ICAN
• Be part of a crucial international movement
• Support the Treaty in your city and state

Dear Peace-making, Peace-building, and Peace-keeping Friends of All Souls Church and beyond,

For the past 37 years, the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee of the National Capital Area has been organizing for the abolition of nuclear weapons and power, and in support of nuclear victims. We believe that if the world is to avoid repeating the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we must strive to keep alive the memory of the bombings. This August we again will commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

While we will not have our traditionally provided Hibakusha guests from Japan this August, instead, this summer we welcome Reverend William H. Lamar IV, Senior Pastor at Metropolitan AME Church and an activist in the New Poor People’s Campaign. Reverend Lamar was recently arrested at the Supreme Court protesting against unjust voting laws. He will speak about the links between the issues of racism, poverty, militarism, and ecological devastation and the threat of nuclear annihilation.  In addition, Reverend Rob Hardies, Senior Minister of All Souls Church will speak to his, and All Souls Church’s activism in relationship with the Japanese Survivors, our Japanese Partnerships, and our congregational activism in nuclear weapons abolition.

Reverend Lamar will be joined by Martin Fleck, program director for the Physicians for Social responsibility Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program and by Diane A’Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director at the Nuclear Information & Resource Service. They will discuss current issues concerning nuclear power and nuclear weapons.

This August, HN-DC leadership team member, John Steinbach, will represent the Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee at the World Conference Against A & H Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Upon his return, we will host him in discussions of his contemporary findings from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  The website of The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee of the National Capital Area is located on the Web at John’s speech will be posted on the website.

Please make every effort to attend one of the Commemoration activities, and please forward this announcement as widely as possible.

Details of the DC Hiroshima and Nagasaki Memorializing events are as follows:

2018 Hiroshima/Nagasaki Calendar with Hibakusha & Downwinder Testimonies

Hiroshima Peace Commemoration

Sunday, August 5, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Martin Luther King Memorial on the National Mall

There will be a moment of silence at 7:15pm to commemorate the Hiroshima catastrophe (exactly 13 hours before memorializing the detonation in Hiroshima)

Nagasaki Candlelight Vigil

Wednesday, August 8, 9:45 pm

White House (Lafayette Park)

Moment’s Silence at 10:02, sharing of thoughts for peace. Candlelight Vigil   (exactly 13 hours before memorializing the detonation in Nagasaki)

For more information, contact Kio Kanda:  571-319-6688  or Mel Hardy 202-630-4635