Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance Day & Floating Peace Lantern Ceremony

631 Ocean View Boulevard,Pacific Grove CA 93950

06 August, 2022

Description

The Public is invited to gather at Lovers Point Cove in Pacific Grove, Saturday Evening, August 6th from 7:00pm to 9:00 pm to remember and honor those who suffered, and still suffer, from the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan on August 6th and 9th, 1945. This Annual Vigil reaffirms the imperative for global nuclear abolition and prohibition so that such a tragedy is never repeated. The event is respectful, inclusive, and free of cultural appropriation. ♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣ PROGRAM Emcee: Beverly Bean, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Chair Presenters: → Dr. Chris Hasegawa (Professor Emeritus, CSUMB College of Science) → Patrice Vecchione (Poet/Author/Artist/Teacher) → Dr. Jennifer Lagier Fellguth (Poet/Author/Photographer/Community Activist) → Alison Kerr (Del Rey Oaks Mayor, representing “Mayors for Peace”) → Rev. Elaine Gehrmann, (Co-minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula → and Others. PROGRAM 7:00 pm: Lantern making and performance of Monterey’s Taiko Drumming group, Shinsho-Mugen Daiko. 7:45 pm: Music, poetry, and brief stories and messages of hope and peace. 8:15 pm: Launching of the peace lanterns. Shakuhachi flute Master Jim Scott-Behrends will play meditative music as the lanterns float on the cove waters, pulled by kayaks. FURTHER INFORMATION Event Flyer: https://tinyurl.com/Peace-Lantern-2022Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/387860520077949 ♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣♣ Sponsored by the WILPF, Monterey County Branch in partnership with Monterey Peace and Justice Center (MPJC), Monterey Peninsula Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Peace Coalition of Monterey County (PCMC), and Veterans for Peace, Chapter 46. Lovers Point Cove 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM on Sat, 6 Aug 2022 Event Sponsored by: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Monterey County Branch Contact Beverly Bean at [email protected] or phone 831-899-7322 https://peacecentral.wordpress.com/womens-international-league-for-peace-and-freedom-monterey-county-branch/