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DESCRIPTION:On August 6 and 9, the world will commemorate the 78th anniversary of the 
 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The Monterey County 
 branch of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) 
 invites the public to gather to honor those who suffered and still suffer 
 from the 1945 bombings.  This moving ceremony reaffirms the imperative for 
 global nuclear weapons abolition and prohibition so that such a tragedy is 
 never repeated.  The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, an 
 explicit and comprehensive international law, went into force on January 
 22, 2021.  As of July 5, 2023, 68 nation-states have ratified or acceded to 
 the treaty.  The United States has not yet signed or ratified the treaty.   
 (Read more at https://ICANW.org).  This free event is respectful, inclusive 
 and free of cultural appropriation.  \n\nProgram: \n\nEmcee:  Beverly Bean, 
 Chair of WILPF Monterey County Branch\nGuest Speaker:  Dr. Sharat G. Lin, 
 medical physicist, is affiliated with Human Agenda and is a Board Advisor 
 for the Initiative for Equality. He teaches, writes and lectures on global 
 political economy, migrant labor, public health, environment, war and 
 peace, and arts in social activism. Contact Sharat Lin at 408-915-9744 or 
 sharatlin@hotmail.com\n\nSchedule: \n\n7:00 pm: Lantern making and 
 performance of Monterey’s Taiko Drumming group, Shinsho-Mugen 
 Daiko.\n7:45 pm: Music, poetry, and brief stories and messages of hope and 
 peace.  \n8:15 pm: Launching of the peace lanterns.  Tai-Chi Master Jim 
 Scott-Behrends will play meditative music on the Japanese bamboo shakuhachi 
 flute while the peace lanterns are pulled serenely on the cove waters by 
 kayakers.    \n\nFacebook Event:      
 www.facebook.com/events/168475362895672\n\nSponsored by Women’s 
 International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Monterey County 
 Branch\n\nCo-sponsored by the City of Pacific Grove, the Peace Coalition of 
 Monterey County (PCMC), Monterey Peninsula Religious Society of Friends 
 (Quakers), Veterans For Peace - Chapter 46, and the Monterey Peace and 
 Justice Center (MPJC).\n\nKayaks loaned by Pacific Grove Adventures, Lovers 
 Point, CA.\n\nAbout Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom 
 (WILPF) Monterey County Branch:  WILPF is a worldwide organization 
 established in 1915.  Our vision is a world of permanent peace built on 
 feminist foundations of freedom, justice, nonviolence, human rights, and 
 equality for all, where people, the planet, and all its other inhabitants 
 coexist and flourish in harmony. The Monterey County Branch works 
 collaboratively and in solidarity all across the WILPF movement, and in 
 partnership with other individuals and organizations who align with our 
 vision.\n\nEmail:  Beverly Bean, WILPF Chair, 
 beverlygb@gmail.com\nFacebook:     www.facebook.com/WILPFMonterey\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/07/07/18857237.php
SUMMARY:Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance & Floating Peace Lantern Ceremony
LOCATION:Lovers Point Beach Cove, Ocean View Blvd., at 17th Street, Pacific Grove, 
 CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/07/07/18857237.php
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