Easy to print list of NfP member events coming up in the next two months.
The WITNESS is currently suspended due to the COVID-19 restrictions. The Witness & Protest will be resumed when restrictions are lifted and it is safe to return.
Outside the main entrance to the American base at Menwith Hill (6-7.30 pm). Menwith Hill is on the A59 Harrogate to Skipton road) and nine miles from Harrogate North Yorkshire
NB We sometimes change the day of the demo. Please contact Sarah if you're thinking of coming up: sswift64@gmail.com, 01765 600928.
oin us online at the beginning of the first day in which we recall the suffering, death and destruction of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As this is the 75th anniversary, you may like to join us in fasting from Thursday 6th – Sunday 9th, or for part of the time, (if you are otherwise fit and well).
We will spend an online hour in prayer and reflection together on Thursday 6th at 8 am. We will meet online at the same times on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 9th for half an hour of prayer and reflection together.
Email for the zoom link: info@paxchristi.org.uk
Starts at the CND Office in Liverpool. Join CND and friends, meeting at the CND office 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH. They will process to St Johns Gardens where the Lord Mayor will lay a wreath. There will be some readings as well. Marchers are asked to wear white and bring a banner or symbol.
London Region CND’s annual Hiroshima Day Commemoration at the commemorative cherry tree in Tavistock Square, noon-1pm.
This year's event will be online. Capacity is limited so all attendees must register in advance. Following registration you will be sent details of how to join the event online. Registration ends at 4pm on Wednesday 5th August. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/y74g7v69 More info: info@londoncnd.org https://www.londoncnd.org/
More info: http://www.cnduk.org/get-involved/events
This year our event will be rather different.
12 noon-1pm socially-distanced vigil outside the Bentall Centre, Kingston. We will hold posters reminding people that it's 75 years since the first atomic bomb was dropped, and of the urgent need for complete nuclear disarmament.
Then we will go to Canbury Gardens (near the bandstand) and at 1.30pm observe 2 minutes silence followed by floating white flowers on the River Thames.
Join us for the vigil and ceremony and stay afterwards for refreshments/picnic lunch in the gardens. Please bring your own picnic.
At 1.30pm we will meet at the Peace Statue on the seafront at the border where Brighton and Hove meet. We will be placing a paper crane wreath with some text explaining the And in the evening at 8.15pm- 9.00pm by the lake in Queens Park, Park Street, off Eastern Road, Brighton.
Speakers- Mayor, Councillor Alan Robins and Roslyn Cook, from CND National Council and local WILPF member.
IMPORTANT RSVP
Due to the restrictions on gatherings we need to have names and contact details of those
attending. Please call Jenny on 01273 239301 or email jenny@11qp.co.uk if you intend to come.
A live event on Zoom, marking the 75th anniversary of the bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with contributions from Bishop Paul Bayes, Paul Oestreicher and others. The Zoom link and further details will be posted nearer the time.
Visit the APF facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/anglicanpeacemaker/ or website for details.
Due to social distancing measures, this annual event usually taking place outdoors will instead be hosted via the online video conferencing platform Zoom. Elements of the event will be broadcast live from Charlton House Peace Gardens.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiroshima-remembered-tickets-112761536792
Following registration you will be sent details of how to join the event online. Capacity is limited so all attendees must register in advance. Registration ends at 4pm on Wednesday 5th August.
THE PRIEST'S TALE is an adaptation by actor/playwright Michael Mears of one of the survivor’s accounts from John Hersey’s classic book HIROSHIMA (published by Penguin).
Father Wilhelm was a German Jesuit priest living in Hiroshima at the time of the first atomic bombing. His account is a compelling and clear-eyed description of his experiences that day and in the subsequent months and years – told with compassion and warmth.
At 7.30pm on August 6th, the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb, Michael Mears will perform this story with live violin accompaniment by Chihiro Ono. (Duration approx. 50 mins.) Directorial supervision is by Rosamunde Hutt and the event is co-hosted with the Peace and Justice Centre, Edinburgh. www.sandsfilms.co.uk
Wimbledon Disarmament Coalition/CND and friends will remember the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with poetry, music and quiet reflection followed by a simple ceremony of launching symbolic lighted boats in the Japanese tradition.