Dignity for All: Building a Culture of Human Rights
October 2008
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Peace Event in Massachusetts
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On July 1, more than 125 people attended the opening ceremony for the exhibition "A World Free From Nuclear Weapons Is Possible" at the Lesley University Hall Atrium in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event was cosponsored by the Peaceable Schools Summer Institute at Lesley University and the City of Cambridge Peace Commission, with the support of local SGI-USA youth.
Kevin Maher, SGI-USA Boston Region young men's leader, welcomed the gathering of peace activists and explained the SGI's grassroots activities promoting peace, culture and education.
Steven Leeper, chairman of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, underscored the tremendous urgency of the need to eliminate nuclear weapons, and keynote speaker Natsumi Nagao illuminated this point, as she recounted in graphic detail her personal experience as a young girl burned during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Stunned by Ms. Nagao's experience, audience members were stirred to support the "Cities Are Not Targets" petition drive launched by Mayors for Peace.
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