We’ll meet at 1 PM at RCNV to bear witness on the 81st anniversary of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
We’re honored to welcome Victor Kimura who will share his family’s stories from the bombing at Hiroshima and U.S. internment camps. His mother and father, born in Watsonville and Petaluma, respectively, were imprisoned in Arizona’s Poston Camp during WWII, and returned to Freedom in 1945 when Victor was just six months old.
After Victor’s talk, we’ll:
- Watch Collateral Damage (a 35-minute film by local documentarian Mathilde Rand about the Santa Cruz Peace Memorial and the 1995 No Nuke Rally)
- Fold origami cranes with guidance and cultural teachings from Robin Yamashiro West. Robin is a third generation (Sansei) Japanese American and Hapa Haolie (mixed), which has given her a unique perspective and ability to bridge different cultures.
- March together to lay our cranes at the memorial with a brief ceremony
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