75th Anniversary Hiroshima Day
One-Hour Online Commemoration

Calling for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

August 6, 2020, 8 p.m. Eastern / 5 p.m. Pacific

Hosted by the New Mexico 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki Committee and Pace e Bene

For the last three and a half years, the New Mexico 75th anniversary Committee, with Pace e Bene, has been planning national in person vigils with great national and local speakers for August 6 and 9, 2020 at Los Alamos, New Mexico. Because of COVID-19, we have moved everything to a one-hour online event to commemorate Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

DATE/TIME

The online commemoration will begin 8 p.m. Eastern /5 p.m. Pacific, on Thursday evening, August 6, 2020. It will be hosted by Rev. John Dear, who has helped lead annual Hiroshima day peace vigils for the last nearly twenty years at Los Alamos.

SCHEDULE

We will begin with an opening blessing from Evelyn Naranjo of Pueblo de San Ildefonso. Then we will hear from Jay Coghlan of Nukewatch.org on the history of the Los Alamos labs, where the bomb was designed and fabricated, and how it continues to play the leading role in the creation of most U.S. nuclear weapons since then. Then we will hear a reflection of commemoration, remembrance and recommitment by Roshi Joan Halifax, longtime peacemaker and founder of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe.

The keynoter speaker will be Dr. Ira Helfand, one of the leaders of ICANW, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who will explain why we need to work harder then ever to build a global grassroots movement to abolish nuclear weapons. Then Archbishop John Wester, of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM, will speak about nuclear weapons and offer a blessing. John will close the call at the end of the hour.

This is event is organized by Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service and part of the online Campaign Nonviolence National Conference August 6-8, 2020. Be sure to join our August 7 & 8 events as well. Learn more and register here!

CO-SPONSORS

 

WATCH THE COMMEMORATION ON THE VIDEO BELOW.
You can also see it on YouTube here.

We are also part of #stillhere, an online virtual event honoring nuclear survivors which you can watch on YouTube here.

Los Alamos Vigil during the Campaign Nonviolence National Conference in 2015

Los Alamos Vigil during the Campaign Nonviolence National Conference in 2015

SPEAKERS

IRA HELFAND, MD - KEYNOTE SPEAKERA member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN, the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, and co-President of the International Physicians for the Preve…

IRA HELFAND, MD - KEYNOTE SPEAKER

A member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN, the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, and co-President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. He is also co-Founder and Past President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, IPPNW’s US affiliate.

JAY COGHLANExecutive Director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico. He has worked on Department of Energy nuclear weapons and environmental issues for 31 years. Early on, he helped initiate campaigns that stopped radioactive incineration and an advanced plut…

JAY COGHLAN

Executive Director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico. He has worked on Department of Energy nuclear weapons and environmental issues for 31 years. Early on, he helped initiate campaigns that stopped radioactive incineration and an advanced plutonium facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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ROSHI JOAN HALIFAXJoan Halifax is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and pioneer in the field of end-of-life care. She is the Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Institute and Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX

Joan Halifax is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and pioneer in the field of end-of-life care. She is the Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Institute and Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

ARCHBISHOP JOHN WESTERThe twelfth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico

ARCHBISHOP JOHN WESTER

The twelfth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico

REV. JOHN DEARJohn Dear is a priest, activist, and author of 35 books including The Nonviolent Life, The Beatitudes of Peace, They Will Inherit the Earth, and Radical Prayers. He is on the staff of Pace e Bene. He lives in Big Sur, California.

REV. JOHN DEAR

John Dear is a priest, activist, and author of 35 books including The Nonviolent Life, The Beatitudes of Peace, They Will Inherit the Earth, and Radical Prayers. He is on the staff of Pace e Bene. He lives in Big Sur, California.