"Never Again!" Hiroshima-Nagasaki 68th Anniversary
Commemoration
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| Scene from our 2012 Hiroshima Peace Gathering |
All members of the mid-Missouri
community are invited to attend a Gathering for Peace to be held Saturday,
August 3 at the Gordon Shelter of Columbia's Stephens Lake Park. This
family-oriented, free event will include a potluck picnic, music, speakers and
the floating of commemorative lanterns.
The gathering is in observance of the
sixty-eighth anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and provides the opportunity for us to renew a shared commitment to create a future free of the threat of nuclear annihilation. Moreover, we come together to articulate the sort of world we are working to attain. This includes ending the permanent war and the creation of a Peace Economy that addresses our Real Security needs by investing in people and the infrastructure to create a sustainable, workable future for all.
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| Trina Brunk |
Participants will gather at the park
beginning at 6:00 p.m. for a potluck picnic and lantern making. Music will be provided by Trina Brunk and
Friends. The commemorative program begins at 8 p.m. and will include talks by peace
educator, Dr. Bill Wickersham and Eduardo Crespi, Executive Director of Centro
Latino. Lanterns will be floated at 9 p.m. This event is sponsored by
Mid-Missouri Peaceworks. For more
information please call 573-875-0539.
