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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration
NEW Location and Time
Sunday, August 6, 2-4pm
Seaview Ave and Father Capodanno Blvd
One mile procession begins at 2pm and ends at the picnic area at Midland Beach.
At 3 pm, at the picnic area, there will be a performance by the Laura Neese Dancers and activities for children.
In the event of heavy rain, the program will be held at the Unitarian Church of SI, 312 Fillmore St.
Peace Action of Staten Island is partnering with the Unitarian Church of Staten Island to celebrate and bring awareness to the new UN nuclear weapons ban treaty with a procession for peace that will take place on the anniversary of the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atom bombs were dropped on these two Japanese cities on August 6 and 9, respectively, in 1945. The human cost of the atom bomb attacks was enormous: conservatively over 240,000 people lost their lives. Today’s nuclear weapons are 75 or more times powerful than those dropped 72 years ago, and the humanitarian consequences of just a small nuclear exchange could cause world-wide famine. That is why it is so important to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to work for complete nuclear weapons abolition.
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Other Upcoming Events:
Tuesday August 8: PASI Board Meeting - All Are Welcome! ETG Book Café, 208 Bay Street. 7 – 9 pm.
Saturday August 26: “Runaway Inequality” Training based on book by Les Leopold. CWA Union Hall. 3950 Amboy Road, Staten Island, NY 10308. 10 am – 3 pm . Stay tuned to www.sustainablesi.com for updates on registration. Training is free but participants must register.
Saturday September 9: PASI General Meeting. Unitarian Church of Staten Island, 312 Fillmore Street (at Clinton Ave). 5 to 8 pm.
Saturday, Sept. 16:
Staten Island Black Heritage Family Day/Parade. 12 noon parade Vanderbilt & Bay. Street. Festival in Tappen Park/Stapleton.
Tuesday September 19: PASI Board Meeting - All Are Welcome! ETG Book Café, 208 Bay Street. 7 - 9pm.
Thursday, Sept. 21
International Day of Peace (United Nations)
Friday, October 13: SAVE THE DATE. Peace Action 60th Anniversary Celebration. Alhambra Ballroom, 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York, NY 10027. 6:30 – 9:30 pm. Harry Belafonte will receive Lifetime Achievement Award. Medea Benjamin will emcee.
Saturday October 28: SAVE THE DATE. Make Food Not War Dinner. 5 – 8 pm. Olivet Presbyterian Church, 97 Myrtle Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310.
Ongoing:
Every Saturday 11am - 1pm. Vigil in solidarity with victims of humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Union Square Park New York, NY. South end of park near statue of George Washington on horseback.
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