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.