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SUMMARY:Hiroshima Day Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:Continuing our tradition of commemorating the dropping of two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, we will gather for a community reading of Thomas Merton’s meditation “Original Child Bomb\,” after which there’ll be a period of personal reflections.  We’ll then proceed to the Charles River to float origami cranes with our hopes for universal justice and enduring peace. \nWe start the reading at 6:00pm\, proceeding to the river at 7:00pm.  Please share this invitation and witness for a future free from the curse of nuclear weapons.  For more information and how to join using ZOOM\, contact John Bach at bolder@fmcquaker.org. or (970) 209-8346
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/hiroshima-day-commemoration/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting at Cambridge\, 5 Longfellow Park\, Cambridge
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:Dialogue Night: Wisdom | How Interconnected Are We\, Really?
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our next Dialogue Night on Friday\, August 7! \nThis upcoming Dialogue Nights will be on wisdom\, and it will be the second in a three-part series exploring what our Center founder Daisaku Ikeda described as the core attributes of global citizenship: courage\, wisdom\, and compassion. What does wisdom mean from the lens of Buddhist humanism? Center founder Daisaku Ikeda describes wisdom as the ability to “perceive the interconnectedness of all life.” Related to the theme of wisdom\, we will be commemorating the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. \nDoors open at 6:30pm for a pre-event reception with food! \nOpen to college students and young people in their 20s & 30s\nFree Admission & Free Food \nRSVP here: https://www.ikedacenter.org/rsvp-aug-2026-dialogue-nights
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/dialogue-night-wisdom-how-interconnected-are-we-really/
LOCATION:The Ikeda Center for Peace\, Learning and Dialogue\, 396 Harvard Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Strategy and Ideas
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SUMMARY:Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
DESCRIPTION:6:30 PM – Silent Vigil in Watertown Square \n7:30 PM – Music/Testimonials at Charles River MDCR Dock \nSuzy Giroux\, Singer\, Songwriter\, and Activist \nSue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin\, Flutist\, WCPJE President \nRay Matsumiya\, Executive Director\, Oleander Initiative  and Grandson of a Hiroshima bombing victim \nTod Gross and Jeanne Trubek\, WCPJE Nuclear Disarmament Committee \nAll participants are encouraged to share reflections \n8:30 PM – Floating of the Candle Boats \nNEVER AGAIN – NO MORE HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI!  \nNO MORE VICTIMS – ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS! \n  \n“Why do we stand in silence and float candle boats”? To remember – \n*The more than 210\,000 killed\, and the many more injured\, by the U.S. nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 in 1945. \n*That the danger of nuclear war is ever present and growing daily\, and that  without a powerful grassroots movement dedicated to abolition of nuclear weapons\,  the unthinkable – another Hiroshima or Nagasaki – is possible. \nSponsored by Watertown Citizens for Peace\, Justice and the Environment (WCPJE) \nWe appreciate the support of NE American Friends Service Committee and Massachusetts Peace Action. \nVisit www.watertowncitizens.org and www.facebook.com/WatertownCitizensPJE \nFor a listing of other activities remembering the events of August 6 and 9\, visit www.masspeaceaction.org \nAlternate Location in the Event of Rain: First Parish Watertown\, 35 Church Street\, Watertown
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LOCATION:Watertown Square\, Main Street at Spring St\, Watertown\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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