60th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Linda Richards, 22.07.2005 20:00
Peace House and the newly formed local chapter of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom will be sponsoring the 24 hour 3 day remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to honor the victims of all war and educate ourselves about nuclear issues on the Plaza of downtown Ashland beginning at 8:16 August 6 through 11:02 August 9.
JIZOS
The event is in solidarity with the Abolition 2000 Mayor for Peace Emergency Campaign To Ban Nuclear Weapons. Simultaneous events will happen all around the world, including the display of 270,000 Jizos, traditional Japanese handmade representations of spirits, for every man, woman and child killed by the 1945 US bombs, Little Boy and Fat Man. The Ashland Zen center has sent hundreds of Jizos from Southern Oregon to be displayed in Hiroshima.
The City of Ashland, as a Nuclear Free Zone since 1981, is a member of the Mayor for Peace Campaign. A proclamation supporting global nuclear disarmament was sent by the City of Ashland to the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty Review Conference that took place in May.
The vigil is an opportunity to dialog with the community and reflect upon how we choose to respond to the critical challenges of nuclear pollution and weaponry as well as corporate war profits.
The vigil will begin at 8:16 am on Saturday, August 6th, the moment the bomb fell on Hiroshima. At 8:16 am local churches will ring their bells and musicians will join the Mayor of Ashland on the plaza to light the Hiroshima flame. The opening ceremony will proceed to the lawn of Lithia Park. In the park, the Mayor will read the proclamation for a nuclear free future.
Ashland Taiko, directed by Pam Vellutini, will perform a song to begin the 3 day, 24-hour vigil on the plaza. Taiko is the art of Japanese drumming to bring together community.
Children will be provided art supplies to create a vision of the peaceful world they want for display. Information will be available about nuclear issues such as the current use of depleted uranium, nuclear proliferation, new nuclear weapons, weapons in space, nuclear pollution, safety, the licensing of new nuclear power plants, storage and transportation issues. Petitions and postcards will be available at the vigil to sign and support a nuclear free future.
The Peace Choir will perform on the Plaza at 6:30 Sunday evening August 7.
The vigil will end with a closing ceremony extinguishing the flame on August 9 at the moment when Fat Man exploded in Nagasaki. Local churches will again ring their bells at 11:02 am. Performers will join us in the closing. Please attend and show your support for justice and peace. For more information on the national campaign, see www.mayorsforpeace.org
For more information on the local vigil contact Linda at 541-488-1230. To sign up for a two-hour vigil slot after July 15, call Mary Lou Lucas 541-482-4266 or sign up on line after July 25th at the vigil website, www.atomicvigil.net
Linda Richards
e-mail:: lmrich@mind.net
Homepage:: http://www.atomicvigil.net
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WMD : the Hiroshima /Nagasaki evidences 25.07.2005 - 14:52 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Protest posters : Bush, War, Crimes : Images, Messages  http://www.indymedia.be/news/2005/02/92994_comment.php
AmigaPhil> War Crimes 26.07.2005 - 09:38 My last post didnt' make it. Are you going to also honor the victims of Nanking? The citizens of Nanking were slaughtered by the japanese army after Japan invaded. How about the victims of Bataan? Soldiers were forced to march to camps without stopping and without water. If they stopped, the Japanese executed them on the spot. What about the soldiers who were thrown into trenches by the Japanese, trenched with gasoline and set ablaze? How about the victims of Pearl Harbor who were bombed by the Japanese? How about the Philipenos who were murdered by the Japanese? No wonder we dropped the bomb! Bob> atomic bombs / bush 26.07.2005 - 11:29 bush is already testing radiation on our boys in iraq, he's pushing for nuke bunker busters and a terror platform in space, he's gotten the constitution toss out of the country and judges operating under an alias, evansville, ind. judge name lloyd, home name parkinson, if i get hauled into court i will not enter a plea, but will request the death sentence. there ain't no liberty around here. heil bush karl roenfanz ( rosey )> e-mail:: k_rosey48@hotmail.com
Re: No wonder we dropped the bomb! 27.07.2005 - 17:32 Sure ! We have to prove to the world that we can be as barbaric as the barbarian themselves. And to sit our supremacy (we are THE democracy model in the world, THE land of freedom, THE superpowered peace keepers, aren't we ?), we have to bypass all rules, conventions, laws, morals, and use our WMD and any other "Shock and Awe" means we can to "win", spreading even more destructions and deaths. THAT's the way to go as we are the "good ones". Think Again Bob !> Re: No wonder we dropped the bomb! 28.07.2005 - 23:22 Well Bob... Come by the vigil on Ashland's Plaza anytime Aug 6 ~ 8. There will be information available and more importantly volunteers who will be present and willing to discuss this 'Most critcal issue the world has ever known'. People can learn from one another. volunteer> |