BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:events.uid.6029@www.discovernikkei.org
DTSTART:20190808T000000Z
DTEND:20190808T000000Z
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, August 8\, the Fukushima Support Committee and Co
 uncil for Pacific Asian Theology will host the third annual Unite for Peac
 e and Nuclear Justice - Hiroshima/Nagasaki Never Again. They invite commun
 ities to gather in Little Tokyo to commemorate the victims of all nuclear 
 atrocities of the past and present and to take actions to bring the world 
 a little closer to a nuclear-free future. This includes a &ldquo\;No War w
 ith/on Iran&rdquo\; petition drive to be delivered to Representative Jimmy
  Gomez\, for California&rsquo\;s 34th District\, which Little Tokyo is par
 t of.\n\nThe gathering will take place at Toriumi Plaza from 6:30 - 7:30 p
 .m.\, with a silent prayer at 7:02\, the exact time the atomic bomb explod
 ed over Nagasaki\, Japan on August 6\, 1945 (11:02 a.m.\, Japan time). The
 re will be a &ldquo\;Give Peace a Chance&rdquo\; sing-along\, candlelight 
 procession\, prayers\, and inspiring speakers. Music will be provided by G
 OH (Goh Kurosawa).\n\n&ldquo\;We need you to be there because we are at &l
 squo\;two minutes to midnight\,&rsquo\;&rdquo\; organizer Tsukuru Lauritze
 n said\, &ldquo\;[that&rsquo\;s] closer than we&rsquo\;ve ever been since 
 Hiroshima/Nagasaki to the possibility of another nuclear war.&rdquo\;\n\nP
 rayers will be offered by Reverend Peter Hata\, Higashi Honganji Buddhist 
 Temple\; Reverend Ryuzen Hayashi\, Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin\; Reverend Dick
 son Yagi\, Emeritus Professor of Christian Studies\, Seinan Gakuin Univers
 ity\, Fukuoka\, Japan.\n\nSpeakers include Michiko Kato\, Fukushima Surviv
 or\; Denise Duffield\, Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles\
 ; Farideh Kioumehr\, Founder and Executive Director\, International Health
  and Epidemiology Center\; Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla\, Candidate for Congr
 ess in CA-34\; Hiroshima Jogakuin High School Students (Live from Hiroshim
 a\, Japan).\n\nToriumi Plaza is located at the northwest corner of E. 1st 
 Street and San Pedro Street. Suggested parking at the Aiso Street Parking 
 Garage\, 101 North Judge John Aiso Street.\n\nFor more information\, pleas
 e contact Tsukuru at forfuturefukushima@gmail.com or (323) 899-0463.\n\nTh
 is event is endorsed by Progressive Asian Network for Action (PANA)\, Nikk
 ei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR)\, Nikkei Resisters\, Physicians for
  Social Responsibility - Los Angeles\, Peace Action\, Council on American-
 Islamic Relations (CAIR) - Los Angeles\, International Health and Epidemio
 logy Research Center\, Veterans for Peace Los Angeles\, MLK Coalition of G
 reater Los Angeles\, Answer Coalition\, Party for Socialism and Liberation
 \, Southern California War Tax Resistance\, Friends of Chain Reaction\, Ho
 ly Faith Episcopal Church of Inglewood\, Topanga Peace Alliance\, Harriet 
 Tubman Center for Social Justice\, Socialist Unity Party\, Interfaith Comm
 unities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP).\n
DTSTAMP:20240419T194834Z
SUMMARY:Unite for Peace and Nuclear Justice - Hiroshima/Nagasaki Never Agai
 n
URL:/en/events/2019/08/08/unite-for-peace-and-nuclear-justice-hiroshimana/
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR