Send a Message or Prayer of Peace. It will take you about 60 seconds, maybe a little longer. All you have to do is follow this link to our website: www.wagingpeace.org/sadako_message.htm

Next month, we will hold our 13th Annual Sadako Peace Day. Your message of peace will become part of our annual recognition of the Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki who inspired efforts toward peace around the world – even as she was dying from the effects of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

This is what the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation will do with your message:

List it on our website.
Choose a selection of messages to read at our Sadako Peace Day Ceremony on August 9th.
Send all the messages of peace we receive to the President of the United States of America.

In this way, you can follow Sadako’s inspiration, and write out your hopes for peace so they may fly all over the world (via the Internet). See Sadako’s story at 2007/sadako_be_a_messenger.htm...

People often ask us how they can increase the peace. Sadako showed us one way. She never relinquished her hope for a better world. All we need to do is follow her lead.

One voice can become a powerful force for change when it joins millions of others all seeking the same thing.

Meet us on the west side of the capital, at 7am bring your own sign, weekly vigil

It is a mix of community building and reflection/action/reflection.
We will witness at the Pentagon on August 6, at the DOE and Bechtel on August 7, at the Military Archdiocese site on August 8 and at the White House on August 9. Each of these will be prepared for by reflection and communal planning with an action proposal to start with from the organizing communities - Jonah House and the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.
Sleeping bag space and simple meals provided. We'll be at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Church, 16th St and Newton Ave N.W, Washington D.C.

Jonah House of Baltimore and the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker of Washington invite all to our annual Faith and Resistance Retreat during August 5-9, 2007 in Washington, D.C. This year's theme is 'Global War and the Assault on the Environment', as we remember the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and its relevance to nuclear policy today. Please join us for part or all of the retreat to experience community, prayer, and witness to nonviolence. For more information, visit: http://www.jonahhouse.org /Aug07invite.htm.

Hiroshima, the pictures they didn't want us to see : The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed about 250.000 people and became the most dreadful slaughter of civilians in modern history. However, for many years there was a curious gap in the photographic records. -us_05.html... Folks; Below is a reminder and invite to join us at Offutt AFB for out annual Aug 6-9 vigil. Avove is a link and attached are some readings that can help you start thinking about why we vigil every Aug 6-9. peace frank cordaro --------------------------------- Invite to Annual Aug 6 to 9 Vigil at the gates of Offutt AFB The DM and Omaha CW Communities invite you to join us for our annual 3 1/2 day "shake and bake" vigil at the gates of Offutt Air Force Base, in Bellevue, NE. home of the Strategic Nuclear (StratCom) and the US Military Space Commands. Come stand, pray and do penance with us. Or come and sit, bring a blanket, or foldeable chair, water jugs, ice chest, umbrellas for the sun and rain and food to share. Just come for an hour or two and share your hope for peace as we commemorate the Anniversary of the USA atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan on Aug 6 and 9, 1945. Contemplate with us the work and mission of these god-awful Offutt Commands, the challenges they pose to all life on our planet and the demonic claim it holds on the soul and spirit of our nation. This year's vigil begins Monday Aug 6th at 8 a.m. the hour the USA dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, at the Kinney gate and main entrance of Offutt AFB. The vigil ends Thursday Aug 9th at 11 a.m., the hour the USA dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The vigil will begin at 8 a.m. each day and last until 8 p.m. (12 hours) to Thursday Aug 9th. On Aug 9th the vigil concludes with a prayer circle and possible line crossing at 11 a.m. Over night hospitality is available at Holy Family Parish in Omaha (1715 Izard St) starting Sunday evening Aug 5th. The church only offers floor space. Bring your own bed roll and pillow. If you need a bed, you really need to contact us before hand to insure we find one for you. Everyone is welcome, especially those in the Omaha area! Come for an hour or for the whole three days. Contacts: Frank Cordaro, DMCW, Cell Ph (515) 490 2490 , E-mail frank.cordaro@gmail.com Jerry Ebner, Omaha CW, Ph (402) 502 5887, E-mail omahacw@hotmail.com

Preparation starts July 14 with Nuclear Education/communication training, followed on July 18 by a letter writing workshop with a nuclear issue focus. The annual Peace Choir concert will be on July 30. The choir travelled to Hiroshima for the August 6 memorial last year and received front page coverage in the Portland Oregonian as well as reports in local papers and Japan. The event sponsors have also arranged a radio ad which will play frequently on a station popular with area young people.

On August 6 is the ceremony and day long vigil on Ashland Plaza. August 7 and 8 there will be speakers, films and discussions followed by another day long vigil and twilight closing ceremony August 9 on Ashland Plaza.

Co-sponsors include local chapters of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,Southern Oregon University Women's Resource Center, Veterans for Peace, United Church of Christ, Citizens for Peace and Justice and others. The Mayor of Ashland is a Mayor for Peace.

Invite to Annual Aug 6 to 9 Vigil at the gates of Offutt AFB

The DM and Omaha CW Communities invite you to join us for our annual 3 1/2 day "shake and bake" vigil at the gates of Offutt Air Force Base, in Bellevue, NE. home of the Strategic Nuclear (StratCom) and the US Military Space Commands.

Come stand, pray and do penance with us. Or come and sit, bring a blanket, or foldeable chair, water jugs, ice chest, umbrellas for the sun and rain and food to share. Just come for an hour or two and share your hope for peace as we commemorate the Anniversary of the USA atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan on Aug 6 and 9, 1945. Contemplate with us the work and mission of these god-awful Offutt Commands, the challenges they pose to all life on our planet and the demonic claim it holds on the soul and spirit of our nation.

This year's vigil begins Monday Aug 6th at 8 a.m. the hour the USA dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, at the Kinney gate and main entrance of Offutt AFB. The vigil ends Thursday Aug 9th at 11 a.m., the hour the USA dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

The vigil will begin at 8 a.m. each day and last until 8 p.m. (12 hours) to Thursday Aug 9th. On Aug 9th the vigil concludes with a prayer circle and possible line crossing at 11 a.m.

Over night hospitality is available upon request starting Sunday evening Aug 5th. Call and let us know you are coming. Expect floor space, so bring your own bed roll. If you need a bed, you really need to contact us to insure we find one for you.

Everyone is welcome, especially those in the Omaha area! Come for an hour or for the whole three days.

Contacts:

Frank Cordaro, DMCW,
Ph (515) 282 4781, E-mail frank.cordaro@gmail.com

Jerry Ebner, Omaha CW,
Ph (402) 502 5887, E-mail omahacw@hotmail.com

Invite to Annual Aug 6 to 9 Vigil at the gates of Offutt AFB

The DM and Omaha CW Communities invite you to join us for our annual
3 1/2 day "shake and bake" vigil at the gates of Offutt Air Force
Base, in Bellevue, NE. home of the Strategic Nuclear (StratCom) and
the US Military Space Commands.

Come stand, pray and do penance with us. Or come and sit, bring a
blanket, or foldeable chair, water jugs, ice chest, umbrellas for the
sun and rain and food to share. Just come for an hour or two and share
your hope for peace as we commemorate the Anniversary of the USA
atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan on Aug 6 and 9, 1945.
Contemplate with us the work and mission of these god-awful Offutt
Commands, the challenges they pose to all life on our planet and the
demonic claim it holds on the soul and spirit of our nation.

This year's vigil begins Monday Aug 6th at 8 a.m. the hour the USA
dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, at the Kinney gate and
main entrance of Offutt AFB. The vigil ends Thursday Aug 9th at 11
a.m., the hour the USA dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

The vigil will begin at 8 a.m. each day and last until 8 p.m. (12
hours) to Thursday Aug 9th. On Aug 9th the vigil concludes with a
prayer circle and possible line crossing at 11 a.m.

Over night hospitality is available upon request starting Sunday
evening Aug 5th. Call and let us know you are coming. Expect floor
space, so bring your own bed roll. If you need a bed, you really need
to contact us to insure we find one for you.

Everyone is welcome, especially those in the Omaha area! Come for an
hour or for the whole three days.

Contacts:

Frank Cordaro, DMCW,
Ph (515) 282 4781, E-mail frank.cordaro@gmail.com

Jerry Ebner, Omaha CW,
Ph (402) 502 5887, E-mail omahacw@hotmail.com

The Hiroshima Nagasaki vigil is on the plaza in Ashland, with an opening ceremony at the Lithia Park Bandshell at 8 am on August 6th featuring the lighting of the Hiroshima flame by our Mayor for Peace, and local performers Beth Baker and Ashland Taiko. Two days of vigil on the plaza are August 6th from 9 am to 9 pm and August 9th from 8 am to 9pm. The closing ceremony will be on the plaza at 6 pm on August 9th and include Whistling Elk Drum.
Films will be shown on the 7th and the 8th during the day at the Ashland Community Center. The films on Tuesday, August 7th include:

10 am "Lifting the Fog: The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki";

12 pm "Hell Fire"; 2 pm "Hiroshima: A Mother's Prayer" and “Testimonies by Survivors”.

Films to be shown on the 8th (Wed.) include:

10 am "The New Nuclear Danger";

12 pm "Arsenals of Hypocrisy";

2 pm "The Last Atomic Bomb".
Two evening events are also scheduled at the Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library 258 A. Street in Ashland, at 7 – 9 pm on the 7th and 8th. On Tuesday, August 7th Don Wells, PhD, will lecture on the theme “‘Just War’ Theory Justifies Too Much”. On August 8th a there will be a play reading "The Face of Jizo”.
A photo exhibit of pictures from the Hiroshima Peace Museum will be on display on the third floor of the Stevenson Union of SOU September 12th into October. See atomicvigil.net for an activity chart and further information or call 488-1230.

Come speak with Bruce Gagnon, the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.

Join our faith and resistance retreat as it focuses on Bechtel's practices against humanity and the environment. We will begin at 8:30 at the offices of Bechtel (15th & K Streets).

Hiroshima Day is observed in many parts of the world with special vigils and peace marches. It is held to commemorate the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and the subsequent bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th. On Tuesday, August 7th from 9 am to 10 am EST, WSLR-LP 96.5 will air a special edition of the Peace and Justice Report with guest host Billy Wetherington. (For those outside the Sarasota, Florida listening area, the program is streamed live on the internet. Go to www.wslr.org, click on "live broadcasting" and follow the instructions.) Mr. Wetherington will present a program in memory of those who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 62 years ago and for those of us who still survive in the nuclear age. The program will feature the “Atomic Platters: Cold War Music from the Golden Age of Homeland Security.” (If you’re both old enough to remember and forget how to “duck and cover” you won’t want to miss these tunes and public service announcements from the 40s, 50s and 60s.) Also featured will be readings from The Making of the Atomic Bomb, The Bhagavad-Gita and other writings about nuclear warfare. Readings and commentary about recent and current nuclear crises will also be included.
Wetherington says, “It seems natural that, as a culture, we prefer to look away from the events where the U.S. played an ambiguous, unpleasant or criminal role. It seems natural that we prefer to emphasize events that reflect how we like to think of ourselves, that show a face we like to show to the world. However, as we try to build a culture of peace it is important that we ask the hard questions, peel back the propaganda and look for alternatives to violence.”
This show will cause listeners to reflect on the true impact of these bombings. Sixty thousand (60,000) Japanese, most of them civilians, were killed almost instantly in Hiroshima, and, three days later, 40,000 more in Nagasaki (figures from the Avalon Project at Yale law School). The United States remains the only nation ever to have used atomic weapons against civilian populations. The anniversary of this event does not receive much attention, and if it is mentioned, it is likely to be quickly, along with the information that the bombings prevented an invasion and saved millions of American and Japanese lives.
WSLR-LP 96.5FM is a non-commercial, non-profit, listener-supported community radio station run by the Sarasota community, for the Sarasota community. Be sure to tune in to the Peace and Justice Report on Tuesday, August 7th and start your day in a nuclear way. After all, the nation state is on orange alert now that the Cold War red alert has ended.
A more complete program schedule is available on our website at www.wslr.org.

Vigil and Speakout at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute. Featuring Hiroshima survivor Yuko Nakamura and the Raging Grannies. Sponsored by AFSC PA and Demilitarize Pittsburgh.

Featuring Hiroshima survivor Yuko Nakamura and the Raging Grannies. Sponsored by AFSC PA and Demilitarize Pittsburgh.

This will be a presentation and discussion with Carrie and John Schuschardt of the House of Peace in Ipswich, MA. Carrie has spent time connecting with the Hibaka Maria, the remnants of a statue of Mary from a Cathedral that was destroyed in the bombing. Both John and Carrie have spent time in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and are actively working to abolish nuclear weapons, as well as calling for the end of the use of depleted uranium.

On the 62nd anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we are reminded of the evils of war and the horror of nuclear catastrophe. The lessons: war is not the answer. We must strive for a nuclear-free world. Yet with the US waging a brutal war in Iraq, the possibility of war in Iran, continued US nuclear proliferation, and over 700 US military bases in over 72 countries, we must continue to work towards peace. The Widening War Tour seeks to make the connections between the peace and justice movements and to build a network of activists striving to end war and the roots of war.

Speakers:

Yuko Nakamura
Hiroshima survivor; Secretary General of Kanagawa Atomic Bomb Sufferers Association; National Council member of Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations)

Bal Pinguel
Coordinator of the American Friends Service Committee Peacebuilding & Demilitarization Program