78th Anniversary Remembrance of Hiroshima/Nagasaki Bombings: Springfield

Springfield City Hall 36 Court St, Springfield

Sunday August 6TH @ 2:30pm the steps of the Springfield City Hall in Springfield, MA Co-sponsored by: Greater Springfield Campaign Nonviolence, Pax Christi, JustFaith Ministries, and the Agape Community Featuring: - Dramatic reading of: “Original Child Bomb” by Thomas Merton - Keynote Address: Treaty on [...]

Hiroshima Day Commemoration: Fall River

Veterans Memorial Bicentennial Park President Ave, Fall River, MA

Fall River Hiroshima Day Commemoration. Sunday August 6th, 6 PM, Veteran's Memorial Bicentennial Park, north side by the water, beyond the Iwo Jima Monument where there are some picnic tables. There will be a roundtable reading of survivor stories from the bombing, prayers and time for personal [...]

Hiroshima/ Nagasaki Commemoration: Cambridge

Friends Meeting at Cambridge 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge

As they’ve done for the past 15 years, on Hiroshima Day, August 6th, the Quakers of Friends Meeting at Cambridge will once again sponsor a community reading of Thomas Merton’s meditation “Original Child Bomb”  at 6:00 at the Quaker Meeting House (5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge). [...]

Commemorating the Victims of Nuclear Weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Andover

Andover Town Hall 20 Main Street, Andover, MA, United States

August 6, Sunday 7pm - 8pm silent vigil in front of Old Town Hall 20 Main Street, Andover MA Weather permitting, we will also set up a table holding literature about the necessity of abolishing nuclear weapons and working for a nuclear-free world. The public [...]

Hiroshima Remembrance – Worcester

Peace Park, Worcester Pleasant St and Winslow St, Worcester, MA, United States

The evening’s program includes readings of reflections from victims of the Trinity test and Hiroshima bombing, prayers, music, a modest lantern ceremony, and information on how we can work together for a world free of nuclear weapons. Children very much welcome. Co-sponsored by the Center [...]

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Watertown

Watertown Square Main Street at Spring St, Watertown, MA, United States

Sunday, August 6, 2023 7:30 - Vigil in Watertown Square 8:00 - Testimonials and Music on the DCR Dock in Watertown Square 8:30 - Floating of the Candle Boat on the Charles River 7:30 PM – Silent Vigil – Watertown Square 8:00 PM – Music and [...]

(POSTPONED) African Americans Against the Bomb

Bridgewater Public Library 15 South St, Bridgewater, MA, United States

POSTPONED due to a family emergency of Prof. Intondi.  To be rescheduled Hosted by historian Vincent Intondi, this event seeks to memorialize the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Join us in person in the Flora T. Little Meeting Room at the Bridgewater Public [...]

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Vigil – Waltham

Main & Moody Streets, Waltham Main Street at Moody Street, Waltham, MA, United States

Please join Waltham Concerned Citizens for our regular first-Saturday vigil, from 11 a.m. to noon, and our annual Hiroshima/Nagaski commemoration vigil on Wednesday, August 9, from 7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Both vigils will take place at the corner of Main and Moody Streets on [...]

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Never Again – Walpole

Walpole Common 5 West st, Walpole, MA, United States

The Walpole Peace and Justice Group will hold a peace vigil on Wednesday,  August 9, 2023, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. The war in Ukraine has increased the threat of the use [...]

Commemorating Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Easthampton

Emiliy Williston Library Easthampton 9 park street, Easthampton, MA, United States

Join children from Easthampton and the sisters and monks from the New England Peace Pagoda to launch lanterns for peace on Nashawannuck Pond in commemoration of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and in silent protest against nuclear weapons and in vigilance against nuclear war.     Meet [...]

Arts & Peacebuilding: One Example from Children of Hiroshima

Bridgewater Public Library 15 South St, Bridgewater, MA, United States

Hosted by artist and curator Melvin Hardy, this event seeks to memorialize the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Join us in person in the Flora T. Little Meeting Room at the Bridgewater Public Library, or on Zoom! Offered by the Bridgewater International City [...]

Remembering Daniel Ellsberg, Nonviolent Activist

Online Event

Zoom webinar Wednesday August 9th, 7 p.m. ET (Nagasaki anniversary) Since Dan's passing, dozens of news stories and commentaries have focused primarily on his role as whistleblower and the release of the Pentagon Papers. Missing from these accounts has been an appreciation of the decades [...]

Standout outside “Oppenheimer” film

Apple Cinemas Cambridge 168 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, MA

Join us to ask Theater-goers to take action against Nuclear weapons and to let them know that Raytheon is a major contractor of nuclear weapons. These weapons like Raytheon's Long Range Stand-off weapon will make nuclear war more likely. It turns out there is a [...]

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