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DESCRIPTION:75th Annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance & Virtual Peace Lantern 
 Ceremony\n\nJoin us in honoring the memory of those who suffered the atomic 
 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. What would have been our 16th 
 Annual Peace Lantern Ceremony at \nLovers Point Cove in Pacific Grove was 
 canceled over concerns of COVID-19. We invite you to take part in our 
 virtual Remembrance and Peace Lantern Ceremony.\n\nSaturday, August 8, 2020 
 at 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT\n\nMonterey Peace & Justice Center YouTube 
 livestream:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1w-ymh_t13xi8y4WoYK7Q\n\nOr 
 join the commemoration ceremony via Zoom: 
 \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YgvQunFOQdOTzQ6Y6CvqYw\n\nPROGRAM\n\n~ 
 Introduction: Beverly Bean, (emcee), Co-Chair of Women’s International 
 League for Peace and Freedom, Monterey County Branch.\n\n~ Opening Prayer: 
 Reverend Jay Shinseki, Resident Minister for the three Buddhist Temples, 
 Watsonville, Salinas, and Monterey.\n\n~ The Story of Sadako Sasaki and the 
 Thousand Paper Cranes: Larry Oda, Heritage Project Board Director, Japanese 
 American Citizens League of Monterey Peninsula.\n\n~ Keynote Speaker: 
 Arlington “Arly” La Mica, Board Director, Japanese American Citizens 
 League of Monterey Peninsula.\n\n~ Peace Lantern Invocation: Carole 
 Erickson, a member of the Monterey Peninsula Friends Meeting 
 (Quakers).\n\n~ Virtual Peace Lantern Retrospective: A video compilation 
 produced by local video-journalist Wes White will be presented.\n\nWe are 
 part of a worldwide coalition of over 130 groups that will take part in 
 this 75th Anniversary global commemoration with events scheduled throughout 
 the month of August. Together, we will honor survivors who are still here 
 and commit to actions to eliminate the global nuclear threat, which is 
 also, unfortunately, #stillhere.\n\n#stillhere Coalition: 
 https://www.hiroshimanagasaki75.org/.\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n\nThis 
 event is part of a series of free August events to commemorate the 75th 
 Anniversary of the first nuclear weapons unleashed against humanity in 
 1945.\n\nFor all the 75th Anniversary Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration 
 series events happening in August 2020 through the Monterey Peace & Justice 
 Center, go 
 to:\n\nhttps://peacecentral.wordpress.com/calendar/2020-hiroshima-nagasaki-remembrance-and-virtual-peace-lantern-ceremony/\n\nOrganized 
 and Sponsored by:\n\n- Japanese American Citizens League of Monterey 
 Peninsula\n- Monterey Peace and Justice Center\n- Monterey Peninsula 
 Friends Meeting (Quakers),\n- Peace Coalition of Monterey County\n- 
 Veterans for Peace, Chapter #46\n- Women’s International League for Peace 
 and Freedom, Monterey County Branch\n\nA Project of Women's International 
 League for Peace and Freedom, Monterey County Branch. WILPF has been 
 working for a Nuclear Free Future even before the United Nations was 
 founded in 1945.  The glaring inequalities that developed over the past 75 
 years have finally been exposed for all to see during the 2020 Coronavirus 
 pandemic. The need for world peace and international cooperation is more 
 pressing than ever. The questions are: who will prevail and how can WE 
 prevail on the side of peace and freedom?  Visit WILPF-US’s 
 DISARM/END-WARS webpage (https://wilpfus.org/our-work/disarmend-wars) to 
 view their interactive \n1945 timeline for the United Nations and the 
 Atomic Bomb.\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/03/18835635.php
SUMMARY:75th Annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance & Virtual Peace Lantern Ceremony
LOCATION:Online via YouTube livestream or Zoom
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/03/18835635.php
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