Building for the 80th Commemoration of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
July 28 @ 7:00 pm EDT
The Boston-Hiroshima 80th Anniversary Coalition and others across the country are organizing to commemorate the catastrophic A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to build from the Hibakusha wise warning that “Human beings and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.”
Join us as Dr. Ira Helfand and Mari Inoue help us understand the importance of this anniversary and actions you can take to eliminate these omnicidal weapons.
Ira Helfand, MD is a member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon, ICAN, the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, and Past President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which was the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. He is also co-Founder and Past President of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Mari Inoue, Esq. was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. While working as an immigration attorney in New York since 2001, she has been active in grassroots movements to educate policy makers and elected officials of the costs, risks, and humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. She is a co-founder of the Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World, board member of Peace Action NYS, and an active member of Affected Communities and Allies Working Group.
Sponsors
Massachusetts Peace Action and Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security