５月に国連で開催されるNPT（核不拡散条約再検討）会議にあわせ、日本から被爆者がＮＹを訪問され、ニューヨーク近郊の学校で被爆体験を話すという教育プログラムが実施されます。
実施団体では、通訳やアテンドなどのボランティアを募集しています。興味のある方は、実施団体、または県人会会員の竹内道（たけうち・みち）さんまで直接お問い合わせ下さい。
学校訪問は５月いっぱい随時開催される予定です。
連絡先：
Ms. Carolina Soto （英語のみ）
Telephone 212 749 7988
Cell phone 917 4537036
Email : dakini2000@mindspring.com
http://www.hibakushastories.org/
竹内道 （英語・日本語）
Telephone 212-741-8868
Email: mitchiet@arcmedia.net
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolina Soto
Telephone 212 749 7988
Cell phone 917 4537036
Email : dakini2000@mindspring.com
Please access our website: http://www.hibakushastories.org/
Hibakusha STORIES
A month long educational Program to hear eyewitness Accounts of one of the most significant events in human history.
Who are the Hibakusha? Incredibly, there are still some people alive today who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. In Japanese, the atomic bomb survivors are called Hibakusha (hee, ba, coo, sha). They tell their stories in order to help people understand the true reality
of nuclear war.
In a letter of support for Hibakusha Stories Yoko Ono Lennon stated that
“More than offering stories of darkness and suffering, you offer hope for a nuclear free future, a future of peace. Your visit and work with students is an act of great love, a love born in pain, but strengthened through force of will and commitment to life. I thank you for your steady work for peace.”
HIBAKUSHA STORIES is an initiative that began in October of 2008 when Youth Arts New York was approached by the Peace Boat Hibakusha Project to bring survivors to New York City school children to tell their stories. We will again be sponsoring visits to 25 New York City public schools during the first three weeks in May. Visits will provide students with a rare opportunity to hear eyewitness testimonies of one of the most significant events in human history, and will introduce the students to the concepts of peace, forgiveness and reconciliation. Students will learn to see that nuclear war is not only a war against the present but also, because of the genetic effects of radioactive contamination, a war against future generations. In addition, Japan Society hosts a panel discussion with a select group of survivors for NYC schools, which will also be broadcast live on the web on May 21. There will be an opportunity for students nationwide to e-mail questions for the survivors ahead of time and live during the event via www.japansociety.org/hibakusha
Dr. Elisabeth Iler, co-director of the City University of New York’s Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education said, “Hibakusha Stories provided one of the most moving and impressive activities I have seen in our Gateway schools, ever… The students were rapt in their attention to the visitors’ testimony and asked superb, probing and thoughtful questions. The visitors were visibly moved by the experience as well … I will never forget the experience. I think it really did change lives, which is what education should be about!”
Sponsored by Youth Arts New York in partnership with Peace Boat, Mayors for Peace, and Japan Society Education Programs, this program coincides with the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the United Nations in May of 2010. For a detailed schedule of school visits see http://hibakushastories.org/calendar.html.
If you would like to schedule an interview with visiting Hibakusha or founding members Kathleen Sullivan and Robert Croonquist, please call Carolina Soto at 917 453 7036 or email Carolina at dakini2000@mindspring.com
Join us on our facebook group: The Hibakusha stories
Our calendar and school visit program follows. New events are being added and so we will be happy to update you as they are confirmed!
Calendar
Dedication and Cherry Blossom Viewing, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Saturday, April 24, 10-11:30 a.m.
Concert Reception for the Hibakusha at the UN
By invitation only; Date and times TBA
Brooklyn Friends Meeting House
Sunday, May 9, 1-3 PM
110 Schermerhorn, St., Brooklyn, NY
www.nyym.org
Cherry Tree Planting at the Roosevelt Island School Living Library
Saturday, June 19, 10 AM
Play Readings at New York Theatre Workshop
- Thursday, May 13, “The Face of Jizo” by Hisahsi directed by Sonoko Kawahara
- Thursday, May 20, “From Trinity to Trinity” directed by Caroline Reddick-Lawson
- Thursday, May 27, “The Face of Jizo”
7 PM, 83 E. 4th Street - NYTW’s 3rd Floor Studio
No Admission
For Reservations: LindaC@NYTW.org
International Conference For a Nuclear Free,
Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World
April 30 - May 1
Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive
New York, NY
peaceandjusticenow.org
International Day of Action Rally, March, Peace & Music Festival
Sunday, May 2 http://peaceandjusticenow.org/wordpress
Café Concert for Peace with Sam Sadigursky and Friends
Tuesday, May 18, time TBA
Cornelia Street Café,
29 Cornelia Street, Manhattan
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
A-Bomb Survivor Panel Discussion & Live Webcast
Friday, May 21, 1:30 PM - 3 PM please log on to the Japan society’s web site to see how you can send email questions from your school and be a part of this amazing educational event!
japansociety.org
Scheduled School Visits
Morning visits will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 10:30 A.M., Afternoon visits will begin at 1 p.m. and conclude at 2:30 P.M. all adjusted to individual school schedules.
- Tues, May 4 Bayside High School, Queens, All Day
Bushwick School for Social Justice, Brooklyn, Morning
Academy of Urban Planning, Brooklyn, Afternoon
- Wed, May 5 Kingsbridge International High School, Bronx @ Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, All Day
- Thurs, May 6
Martin Luther King, Jr. Educational Campus, Manhattan, All Day
St. Francis Prep, Queens, Morning
Flushing International High School, Queens, Afternoon
- Fri, May 7
New York Theatre Workshop at Lower Manhattan Arts Academy, Manhattan, All Day
- Mon, May 10
New York Theatre Workshop at H.S. of Telecommunications, Brooklyn, All Day
- Tues, May 11
Bard High School Early College, Manhattan, All Day
Lower East Side Prep, Manhattan, Afternoon
New York Theatre Workshop at H.S. of Telecommunications, Brooklyn, All Day
- Wed, May 12
W. C. Bryant High School, Queens, Morning
P.S./M.S. 219-Q Paul Klapper, Queens, Afternoon
CIS 311/319, Bronx, Morning
- Thurs, May 13
High School of Fashion Industries, Manhattan, All Day
Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women, Brooklyn, Morning
Brooklyn International High School, Brooklyn, Afternoon
- Fri May 14
New York Theatre Workshop at Lower Manhattan Arts Academy, Manhattan, All Day
- Tues, May 18
Flushing High School, Queens, All Day
Tottenville High School, Staten Island, All Day
- Wed, May 19
Jamaica High School, Queens, @ Urasenke Chanoyu Tea Center,
All Day
- Thurs, May 20
John Bowne High School, Queens, All Day
East Side Community High School, Manhattan, All Day
- Mon, May 24
East Side Community High School, Manhattan, All Day
