FROM HIROSHIMA TO HOPE

Those who gather to retell and listen to the story of

Hiroshima and of Sadako are a community committed to a human future. We may not

know one another, but we are a community. And

we are part of a greater community gathered

throughout the world to commemorate this day,

seeking to turn Hiroshima to Hope.

If we succeed, Sadako of a thousand cranes will

be remembered by new generations. She will be

remembered long after the names and spirits of those who made and used the

bomb will have faded into the haunting sounds

of the shakuhachi (bamboo flute).

To reflect upon the atomic bombings of Hiroshima

and Nagasaki

Music ~ Poetry ~ Reflection

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Ceremony from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Magnolia LawnWestmont College950 La Paz Road

Santa Barbara, CA 93108(directions enclosed)

Free and open to the public

NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION AND WESTMONT COLLEGE

INVITE YOU TO

THE 25TH ANNUAL SADAKO PEACE DAY

CEREMONY

N U C L E A R A G E P E A C E F O U N D A T I O NCommitted to a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

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SADAKO SASAKI Sadako Sasaki was a two-

year-old girl living in Hiroshi-ma on August 6th, 1945, the morning the atomic bomb

was dropped. Ten years lat-er, she was diagnosed with leukemia. Japanese legend

holds that one’s wish will be granted upon folding 1,000 paper (origami) cranes. Sa-dako set out to fold those

1,000 cranes, writing, “I will write peace on your wings,

and you will fly all over the world.”

Students in Japan were so moved by her story, they

began folding cranes, too. Today the paper crane is a symbol of peace. A statue of Sadako now stands in

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. And to this day, we

honor Sadako’s fervent wish for a peaceful world.

DANCE OF HIROSHIMA

With faltering stepsyou became a child,a maiden, a mother,a widow, a mourner.

You stumbled and fell,you picked yourself up, grew wings and

flew away.

I watched you dance your fear and anger,

your youth and magic.I watched you rise from the ashes, flywith the wings of a

crane and float back to Earth.

—David KriegerN U C L E A R A G E P E A C E F O U N D A T I O NCommitted to a World Free of Nuclear WeaponsI

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CEREMONYTuesday, August 6, 2019