Following an appeal to members to send us information on events to mark Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days 2021, here’s a parial list that we have compiled of events received:
Peace Memorial Ceremony Live Stream
Japan and online
6 August, 6:50 to 8:50 (JST)
Watch the ceremony from Hiroshima on this link: https://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/site/english/175828.html
The 2021 World Conference against A and H Bomb
Japan and online
2-9 August, 2021
“With the Hibakusha, Let Us Achieve a Nuclear Weapon-free, Peaceful and Just World – for the Future of the Humankind and Our Planet”
http://www.antiatom.org/english/
A minute’s silence during the Olympic Games to remember the victims of nuclear weapons
In an effort to have at least a small, but significant, gesture for peace included at these Olympics, Tadatoshi Akiba, former Mayor of Hiroshima has appealed to the IOC to hold a minute of silence on August 6 in commemoration of the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and in support of a nuclear-weapon-free world.
You can support the appeal as an individual (appeal in Japanese) or as an organization (appeal in English).
Peace Wave 2021
International
Actions around the world, from New Zealand to California
http://www.antiatom.org/english/world_conference/peacewave.html
International Fast to Commemorate Hiroshima-Nagasaki
International
6-9 August, 2021
Vigils, workshops, speeches and demonstrations in support of the International Fast are being planned currently in France, Germany, New Zealand, Togo, U.K. and U.S.A, on the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th August 2021. Call of the international fasters can be found: http://tridentploughshares.org/call-of-the-international-groups-of-fasters-2021/
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Week in Massachusetts
Massachusetts, USA
2-9 August, 2021
https://masspeaceaction.org/76-years-after-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-a-call-in-memory-and-hope/
Tri-Valley CAREs “Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change”
United States
6 and 9 August, 2021
We invite you to participate in a virtual rally with Daniel Ellsberg, Nobuaki Hanaoka, Nell Myhand, Tsukuru Fors, John Burroughs, Marylia Kelley, Marshallese climate activists and more! Betsy Rose and Benjamin Mertz will provide the music. You will find more info, links, and bios in the link below.
http://trivalleycares.org/new/Join-Us-on-August-6th-and-9th.html
Physicians for Social Responsibility calendar of events
USA and online
August 2021
https://www.psr.org/get-involved/upcoming-events/
Citizen Festival “Disarm to live”
Saintes, France
6 – 9 August, 2021
Concerts, conferences, debates, films, exhibitions…https://www.acdn.net/spip/spip.php?article1252&lang=en
Memorial events in Germany
Germany
August 2021
From the website of the Network of the German Peace Movement: https://www.friedenskooperative.de/termine/hiroshimatag
Memorial event in Austria
Vienna
6 August
Memorial for the victims of the military and economic usage of nuclear materials: http://www.hiroshima.at/
Memorial events in Spanish
Online
5/6 and 8/9 August (depending on time zone)
Events organised by the Sadako Foundation. Register to participate in Spanish language ceremonies here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpY73vTdpKI0l37Flj4-QrAuJ83itRQ1zDCRsVOx3IvG7Drw/viewform
Events in the United Kingdom
Online and in person
August 2021
CND’s events calendar can be found here: https://cnduk.org/events/