Dear Friends,


This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee of the National Capital Area. On Friday, July 16th, from 7 – 9pm, the Committee is planning a virtual celebration of our history. We’re inviting everyone who worked with the Committee over the years to participate and share memories. The Celebration will be recorded and placed on the Committee website <hiroshimapeacecommittee.net>.



We are still in the process of organizing the celebration I will present a brief history of the Committee, highlighting important events and milestones. Dr. Arjun Makhijani will present the Occasion. Among those who plan to participate in the program are: Setsuko Thurlow, Reverend Herbert Daughtry, Rick Tingling-Clemmons, Professor Peter Kuznick, and MJ Park & Little Friends for Peace. The Confederation of A & H Bomb Survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, will give a solidarity message. All participants are encouraged to briefly share their memories.



If you wish to participate on July 16th, please register at the link below.



<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlce-hrj8rHd3cqU5eIZu1v3QzVGFi10Ch>



After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.



In the words of our founders Louise Franklin-Ramirez and Josephine Butler: “Let us work unceasingly to establish a just peace, to oppose militarism, and to completely dismantle all nuclear weapons, that the world’s children will be free of the threat of nuclear war and share and enjoy a beneficent and bountiful future.”



Yours In Struggle,



John Steinbach

703-822-3485