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DESCRIPTION:Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of 
 Hiroshima & Nagasaki and calling for the abolition of nuclear 
 weapons\n\nAugust 6, 2020 @  5 PM. - 6 PM Pacific Time\n\nLivestream: 
 https://paceebene.org/hiroshimaday2020\n\nHosts:  Pace e Bene & New Mexico 
 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki Committee\n\nThe online 
 commemoration will begin 5 p.m. Pacific Time, on Thursday evening, August 
 6th. \nIt will be hosted by Rev. John Dear, who has helped lead annual 
 Hiroshima day peace vigils for the last nearly twenty years at Los Alamos, 
 New Mexico, the location of the Manhattan Project  during WWII to build the 
 first atomic bomb.\n\nWe will begin with an opening blessing from Evelyn 
 Naranjo of Pueblo de San Ildefonso. Then we will hear from Jay Coghlan of 
 Nukewatch.org on the history of the Los Alamos labs, where the bomb was 
 designed and fabricated, and how it continues to play the leading role in 
 the creation of most U.S. nuclear weapons since then. Then we will hear a 
 reflection of commemoration, remembrance and recommitment by Roshi Joan 
 Halifax, longtime peacemaker and founder of Upaya Zen Center in Santa 
 Fe.\n\nThe keynoter speaker will be Dr. Ira Helfand, one of the leaders of 
 ICANW, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, winner of the 
 Nobel Peace Prize, who will explain why we need to work harder then ever to 
 build a global grassroots movement to abolish nuclear weapons. Then 
 Archbishop John Wester, of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM, will speak 
 about nuclear weapons and offer a blessing. John will close the call at the 
 end of the hour.\n\nHONORABLE PRESENTERS:\n\nKeynote by Dr. Ira Helfand, 
 MD, a member of the International Steering Group of the International 
 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace 
 Prize.\n\nEvelyn Naranjo of Pueblo de San Ildefonso\n\nJay Coghlan of 
 Nukewatch.org\n\nRoshi Joan Halifax of Upaya Zen Center\n\nArchbishop John 
 Wester of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM\n\nRev. John Dear of Pace e 
 Bene\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n\nCampaign Nonviolence 
 National Conference, August 2020\n\nThis event is part of the virtual 
 Campaign Nonviolence National Conference & nonviolence training happening 
 Aug. 7 (cost: $20) & Aug. 8 (cost $50). For more information, go 
 to:\n\nhttps://mango-round-83ep.squarespace.com/cnvconference2020\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n\nBelow: 
 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Japan\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/03/18835633.php
SUMMARY:Virtual 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Commemoration from New Mexico
LOCATION:Online via livestream
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/03/18835633.php
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