Friday, August 03, 2007

Aug. 5: Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This year more than ever as the U.S. prepares for the bombing of Iran we need to

Share the Vision of Peace

UNIVERSAL PEACE DAY

Sunday, August 5th, 2007
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI

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or Contact: univpeaceday@aol.com

Join a day-long FREE event beginning at the Central Park Bandshell, and continuing at the NY Buddhist Church & The Riverside Church
featuring Kathleen Chalfant, Iron Chef Morimoto and Koji Kobayashi, a Hiroshima survivor

Noon - 5 pm,
Peace Concert at Central Park Bandshell* – (entrance 72nd Street)

Music, Poetry, Dance with performers from Japan & the U.S.
with Kathleen Chalfant, Shinji Harada, Ray Korona Band, Laraaji, Robin Greenstein, Moogy Klingman & others.
*if rain, the event will be at 1PM at the NY Buddhist Church

Hiroshima & Nagasaki Commemoration Ceremony
The New York Buddhist Church
331-332 Riverside Drive at 105th St

5:30 pm - Film: “The Lost Generation”
6:00 pm - Interfaith Peace Memorial Gathering
7:15 pm - Candle Lighting & Peace Bell Ceremony (at exact moment of the bombing)
7:20 pm - Silent Peace Walk to Interfaith Peace Ceremony & Concert

Hosted by Randi Rhodes of Air-America Radio
Keynote address by Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto

The Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive (bet. 120 -122 Sts)
(Take the #1 Train to 116th, walk north to 120th Street and make a left to Riverside Drive)

8:00 pm - Interfaith Service, Music, Dance and Hiroshima Survivor with Iron Chef Morimoto, Hiroshima Survivor Koji Kobayashi and David Amram

Dear Friends,

I am delighted to invite you to join us for an inspiring day of remembrance and Peace. On Sunday August 5th, Universal Peace Day, we will be commemorating the anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb. Our vision is to transform a tragic memory into a rededication to life, and a peaceful sustainable world where such tragedies are unthinkable.

We, The World is a Co-Sponsor of this event

This year, we are blessed to have hibakshua (survivor), Koji Kobayashi, who was 9 years old when the bomb dropped. In addition, musicians from Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be performing at this NYC day-long FREE event.

If you or your friends are in New York, I hope to see you there. If you will not be in NYC Sunday, please create Universal Peace Day wherever you are!

Rick Ulfik
Director
We, The World

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