The Annual Hiroshima Day Commemoration, held at the site of the first sustained nuclear reaction, will take place Sunday August 5 at 4PM. The site is the Henry Moore Sculpture “Nuclear Energy” , on Ellis Ave between 56th and 57th street, near the University of Chicago Campus.
The theme of this years gathering is “Hiroshima 1945-Mideast 2007: The Threat of Nuclear Devastation”. The speakers will be Paul Kawika Martin, Organizing and Policy Director, Peace Action; Finley Campbell. Peace Action Taskforce, Social Justice Council, First Unitarian Church; Barbara Flynn Currie, Illinois State Representative, 25th District; and the Reverand Don Coleman, Senior Co-Minister, University Church, recently released from prison for civil disobedience at the School of the Americas.
Dave Martin will provide music and lead us in song.
The event is sponsored by Hyde Parkers for Peace and Justice, and the Hyde Park Committee Against War and Racism. In case of rain the event will move indoors to the University Church, 57th St. and University Ave.
For more information e-mail mel@math.uchicago.edu [1]

Sponsored By:
Hyde Parkers for Peace and Justice Hyde Parkers Against War and Racism