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"author_name": "WILPF-US ",
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"title": "Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: No More Hibakusha",
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"description": "All events listed below are free and focused on educating individuals to the inhumane and destructive powers of nuclear weapons and on urging everyone to work toward a world without these weapons. On Friday, August 3 from 2:00 to 5:30 pm, members of WILPF, along with the Japanese Association of Vermont, will be at the King Street Youth Center, 87 King St, Burlington. Peace Education Workshops will be provided from 2:00-3:30 pm for teenagers and from 3:30-5:00 pm for elementary students. WILPF members will be telling the story of Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes, teaching youth how to fold origami paper cranes, singing peace songs, and discussing together how to build a more peaceful world. On Sunday, August 5 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the Fletcher Free Library, 235 College Street in Burlington, the Burlington Friends Meeting will be showing and discussing the film White Light Black Rain. The film features Japanese and American survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On Sunday, August 5 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, WILPF and PJC will be sponsoring a Peace March starting at the top of Church St. (and Pearl near the Unitarian Universalist Church, Burlington) and walking down to the waterfront near the boathouse. In memory of those who lost their lives in the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; chalk ‘shadow drawings’ will be made on the streets, candle boats will be launched, and peace songs sung. Everyone is welcome. On Monday, August 6 from 8:00 to 9:00 am, on the corner of Main and South Prospect St., Burlington, there will be a Silent Vigil to remember the victims (hibakusha) of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a call for the worldwide abolition of nuclear weapons. On Thursday, August 9 from 11:00 am to noon, Pax Christi Burlington will hold a Nagasaki Silent Vigil at the top of Church Street in front of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Burlington. Here’s a little history. During the final stage of WWII, the U.S. detonated two nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed at least 129,000 people, most of whom were civilians. The survivors are called Hibakusha. These two bombings remain the only use of nuclear weapons in the history of warfare. Since then, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear accidents from 1952 to 2009; over 50 in the US alone. We have reason for hope today. The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Treaty was adopted by an overwhelming majority of the world's nations at the United Nations on July 7, 2017. It will enter into legal force once 50 nations have signed and ratified it. To date, 59 nations have signed the Treaty and 10 have ratified it. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) of which WILPF is a member, won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its work on this important treaty. This nuclear ban treaty delegitimizes nuclear weapons globally and renders them unacceptable. It establishes both new law and a new norm, outlawing nuclear weapons development, testing, possession, use, transfer and/or any offer of assistance in a prohibited activity. Moreover, it bans the threat of use, which is the basis for “deterrence” policy. Join us in getting rid of nuclear weapons! Add your support to the treaty at http://nuclearban.org/ Contact: Marguerite Adelman Phone: 518-561-3939 (home) Email: madel51353@aol.com",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/events/remembering-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-no-more-hibakusha"
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