Peace Boat's 3rd Annual People Building Peace Concert:
A Celebration of Initiatives for a Nuclear-Free World
In Remembrance of Nagasaki Day

FREE outdoor, live world music and dance!

Testimonies from A-bomb survivors and leaders of the anti-nuclear movement!

Booths from civil society organizations and initiatives calling against nuclear weapons!

Place: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (East 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue
across from the United Nations)
Time: Thursday, August 9 2007 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm

The Third Annual People Building Peace Concert, coinciding with the
arrival of Peace Boat's ship to New York City, will bring the rhythms of
the world to the United Nations and highlight the initiatives people
everywhere are making to build peace and say NO to Nukes and War!

Featuring:
Asiko - A positive and revolutionary blend of Nigerian Afrobeat,
Highlife, and JuJu music

Yuca Seca Band - Latin rhythms of traditional Afro-Cuban Son, Boleros,
Guaracha, and Changui

Pete Seeger and the Walkabout Clearwater Chorus- folk music for peace
and justice

Absolute Bhangra- Lively Punjabi dance

The Blue Vipers - Dixieland and early Swing music straight from New
Orleans

Japanese modern dance

International Art Projects
and more!

Special remarks from:
Michimasa Hirata, Nagasaki bombing survivor
Rhianna Tyson, Global Security Institute
Peace Boat's Japanese and European Youth Activists on Disarmament
Peter Weiss, Founder of IALANA (International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms)
Betty Reardon, Founder of Peace Education Center at Teacher’s College
(Columbia University)
Felicity Hill, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Alice Slater, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, New York Director
Shinyo Takahiro, Ambassador Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan

Co-sponsors:
IIPE (International Institute for Peace Education), Hague Appeal for
Peace, IALANA (International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms),
Lawyer’s Committee on Nuclear Policy, Global Action to Prevent War,
Abolition 2000, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security,
Reaching Critical Will of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Mayors for Peace,
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Organizers: Peace Boat US and International Institue on Peace Education
Contact: Peace Boat US-tel. 212-687 7214 info@peaceboat-us.org [2]