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Message*	COMMEMORATION OF 65th ANNIVERSARY OF ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI <a href="http://njpon.org/actions/?id=5201">http://njpon.org/actions/?id=5201</a> NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMBING SURVIVOR, INTERFAITH LEADERS, AND NUCLEAR WEAPON SCHOLAR TO SPEAK ON AUGUST 5 FOR COMMEMORATION OF 65th ANNIVERSARY OF ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI AT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN PRINCETON<br /> <br /> Event Includes Call to Retire Nuclear Weapons by Globally Abolishing Them<br /> <br /> The Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) will host its annual commemoration of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Thursday, August 5 at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.<br /> <br /> The event will begin with a Bring-Your-Own Picnic at 6 PM (no alcoholic beverages permitted), followed by the program at 7 PM. The picnic will be at the rear of the Administration Building of the Institute for Advanced Study, located on Einstein Drive just off Olden Lane near the intersection of Mercer Street (Princeton Pike) and Lovers Lane. Signs will be posted to direct people to the site.<br /> <br /> The program, which will be in West Hall of the Main Building, will include a minute of silence at 7:15 PM, the exact time that the bomb dropped on Hiroshima (8:15 AM on August 6). In the event of rain, the Program only will be held starting at 7 PM in the West Auditorium of the main building at the Institute.<br /> <br /> The keynote speaker will be Ms. Yasuko Ohta, who was a student working 1.3 kilometers from the epicenter when the Nagasaki bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945. Ms. Ohta is currently Vice-President of the Toyama Association of A-Bomb Victims. Her talk will be given in Japanese and translated.<br /> <br /> Additional scheduled speakers include<br /> <br /> * Janet Haag, Managing Director of Fellowship in Prayer, a Princeton-based interfaith group which was begun as a prayerful response to the atomic bombings.<br /> * Ward Wilson, is a Senior Fellow at the Monterey Institute and winner of the prestigious McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest with his essay entitled The Myth of Nuclear Deterrence. He is currently working on a book New Realism: Rethinking Nuclear Weapons slated for publication in 2011.<br /> * The Rev. Robert Moore, CFPA Executive Director and Pastor of East Brunswick Congregational Church.<br /> <br /> Music for the evening will be provided by the Solidarity Singers of the Industrial Union Council and Glen Swan, who will play the shakuhachi (Japanese flute). Participants are encouraged to bring their entire family.<br /> <br /> The program will conclude around 8:30 PM, as darkness falls, with the floating of candles on the Institute Pond to commemorate the estimated 200,000 civilians who died immediately and in the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This follows the custom used at the commemoration on each anniversary in Hiroshima. For further information, contact the Coalition at (609) 924-5022 or visit their web site, <a href="http://www.peacecoalition.org" target="_blank">http://www.peacecoalition.org</a>.<br /> <br /> Ms. Ohta will be on a tour in the region, and is scheduled to speak the next night, Friday, August 6, at a program sponsored by CFPA’s Bucks and Eastern Montgomery chapters at 7:00 PM at BuxMont Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2040 Street Road, Warrington, PA. She will also speak at 11 AM, after morning worship, at Central Baptist Church, 106 West Lancaster Avenue in Wayne, PA. That event will conclude with a luncheon. All events are free and open to the public.<br /> <br /> "Our reason for having this commemoration is to remember the utter devastation that nuclear weapons represent, and re-commit ourselves to working for the global abolition of nuclear weapons so such horror can never again be inflicted on anyone. After 65 years, it’s time to retire nuclear weapons!<br /> <br /> "Recently, there have been very hopeful developments with the majority of former US Secretaries of State and other high officials coming out in support of the goal of global abolition on a bipartisan basis. This has led to the founding of a new movement called Global Zero. A 23 member Commission of international experts has developed a four phase plan to globally abolish nuclear weapons over the next 20 years. Citizen action now in support of global nuclear weapons abolition is more hopeful than ever," said the Rev. Robert Moore, CFPA executive director.<br /> <br /> For more information contact: The Rev. Robert Moore (609) 924-5022 Work; (609) 924-1206 Home; (609) 937-6931 Cell
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Date(s): Thu, Aug 5th, 2010

Time: 07:15 pm

NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMBING SURVIVOR, INTERFAITH LEADERS, AND NUCLEAR WEAPON SCHOLAR TO SPEAK ON AUGUST 5 FOR COMMEMORATION OF 65th ANNIVERSARY OF ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI AT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN PRINCETON

Event Includes Call to Retire Nuclear Weapons by Globally Abolishing Them

The Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) will host its annual commemoration of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Thursday, August 5 at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

The event will begin with a Bring-Your-Own Picnic at 6 PM (no alcoholic beverages permitted), followed by the program at 7 PM. The picnic will be at the rear of the Administration Building of the Institute for Advanced Study, located on Einstein Drive just off Olden Lane near the intersection of Mercer Street (Princeton Pike) and Lovers Lane. Signs will be posted to direct people to the site.

The program, which will be in West Hall of the Main Building, will include a minute of silence at 7:15 PM, the exact time that the bomb dropped on Hiroshima (8:15 AM on August 6). In the event of rain, the Program only will be held starting at 7 PM in the West Auditorium of the main building at the Institute.

The keynote speaker will be Ms. Yasuko Ohta, who was a student working 1.3 kilometers from the epicenter when the Nagasaki bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945. Ms. Ohta is currently Vice-President of the Toyama Association of A-Bomb Victims. Her talk will be given in Japanese and translated.

Additional scheduled speakers include

* Janet Haag, Managing Director of Fellowship in Prayer, a Princeton-based interfaith group which was begun as a prayerful response to the atomic bombings.
* Ward Wilson, is a Senior Fellow at the Monterey Institute and winner of the prestigious McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest with his essay entitled The Myth of Nuclear Deterrence. He is currently working on a book New Realism: Rethinking Nuclear Weapons slated for publication in 2011.
* The Rev. Robert Moore, CFPA Executive Director and Pastor of East Brunswick Congregational Church.

Music for the evening will be provided by the Solidarity Singers of the Industrial Union Council and Glen Swan, who will play the shakuhachi (Japanese flute). Participants are encouraged to bring their entire family.

The program will conclude around 8:30 PM, as darkness falls, with the floating of candles on the Institute Pond to commemorate the estimated 200,000 civilians who died immediately and in the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This follows the custom used at the commemoration on each anniversary in Hiroshima. For further information, contact the Coalition at (609) 924-5022 or visit their web site, http://www.peacecoalition.org.

Ms. Ohta will be on a tour in the region, and is scheduled to speak the next night, Friday, August 6, at a program sponsored by CFPA’s Bucks and Eastern Montgomery chapters at 7:00 PM at BuxMont Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2040 Street Road, Warrington, PA. She will also speak at 11 AM, after morning worship, at Central Baptist Church, 106 West Lancaster Avenue in Wayne, PA. That event will conclude with a luncheon. All events are free and open to the public.

"Our reason for having this commemoration is to remember the utter devastation that nuclear weapons represent, and re-commit ourselves to working for the global abolition of nuclear weapons so such horror can never again be inflicted on anyone. After 65 years, it’s time to retire nuclear weapons!

"Recently, there have been very hopeful developments with the majority of former US Secretaries of State and other high officials coming out in support of the goal of global abolition on a bipartisan basis. This has led to the founding of a new movement called Global Zero. A 23 member Commission of international experts has developed a four phase plan to globally abolish nuclear weapons over the next 20 years. Citizen action now in support of global nuclear weapons abolition is more hopeful than ever," said the Rev. Robert Moore, CFPA executive director.

For more information contact: The Rev. Robert Moore (609) 924-5022 Work; (609) 924-1206 Home; (609) 937-6931 Cell