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Boston Remembers Hiroshima & NagasakiMoving from Violence to Unity
Please join us
for the 2nd annual memorial procession to take action in building a non-violent
world free of the atrocities of nuclear weapons, militarism, and
oppression.
Almost 7
decades later, it's time to fund jobs in Boston's communities, not militarism
and violence!
Date: Wednesday, Aug
6th
Time: 3:00pm-5:30pm Assemble at: First Church in Boston, Marlborough Street at Berkeley Street Procession to: Boston City Hall Plaza 
Our keynote speaker will be Tina Chery, President and CEO of the
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute. After her oldest son passed away due to gun
violence, she founded this institute to educate and outreach to the families of
homicide victims. She subsequently developed the Peace Curriculum with the aim
of creating a safe environment for young people.
Boston
City Councillor Charles
Yancey will present the City Council's resolution in support of Boston Remembers
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Also Featuring:
Elaine
Scarry, author of "Thermonuclear
Monarchy" • Anna Baker, Pilgrim
Coalition
"Soran
Bushi" Japanese dancers • Aki Yamaguchi,
Taiko
Drummer
Evan
Greer, radical
genderqueer folk-punk-mama kicking catchy singalongs for
liberation
Massachusetts Peace
Action initiated
this event; Dorchester People for
Peace helped
bring it to Boston. The First Church in
Boston generously
opened its doors and embraced Boston Remembers Hiroshima &
Nagasaki.
Nuclear Savage - Film Screening and
Potluck
U.S. nuclear bomb
tests in the Marshall Islands used the islanders as human guinea pigs for three
decades to study the effects of nuclera fallout on human beings with devastaing
results. Filmmaker Adam Jonas Horowiz tells the story using recently
reclassified U.S. government documents, survivor testimony and unseen archival
footage.
This
event will also welcome the walkers participating in "Walking for Peace and
Non-Violence" from July 30 through August 6, organized by New England Peace
Pagoda.
Date: Tuesday, August
5
Time: 6:00pm-9:30pm
Potluck 6pm; Screening 7pm
Location: First Church in Boston, 66
Marlborough St., Boston
Second
Interfaith Vigil for Israel/Palestine
Boston
Workmen’s Circle invites you to join us for a SECOND
INTERFAITH VIGIL to call for an end to the violence and a sustainable
peace in Israel/Palestine.
Date:
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Time:
5:30-7:00 pm
Location:
Park Street Station, Downtown Boston
Please
join us for a vigil that recognizes the common humanity of both Israelis and
Palestinians and the complexity of resolving the cycle of violence.
The US and
Turmoil in the Middle East: An Update on the Latest
Crises
Just Back from Jerusalem!An analysis of the Cataclysms in Gaza, Iraq and Syria – and U.S. Middle East Policy With Raed Jarrar Raed Jarrar, policy impact coordinator for AFSC, was in Jerusalem July 10-17 as Israel launched the attack on Gaza. Raed will report on his experiences and also focus on analysis of the current situation in Iraq. The presentation will describe overarching US policy in the Middle East including Syria and Egypt, and how the peace movement can take action.
Jarrar
was born and educated in Baghdad and currently lives in Washington D.C. He has
been a leading commentator on the US in Iraq since the invasion of
2003.
Date:
Thursday, Aug 7th
Time: 7:00pm Location: 5 Longfellow Park Cambridge, MA
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