Bay Area Peace Lantern Ceremony

At this beautiful and moving annual event, decorate lantern shades, hear Japanese music and messages from the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and watch floating of lanterns on the lagoon at dusk. Dedicated to remembering victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima (Aug. 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9), and all victims of war, and focused on thinking about the peaceful world we seek to create.

Contact: http://www.progressiveportal.org/lanterns, Lanterns2006-AT-progressiveportal.org (change "-AT-" to "@"), or (510) 595-4626. Volunteers needed, including for set-up starting 2:30 p.m. and clean-up until 11 p.m.

Sponsors include:
Berkeley City Council | Berkeley Peace & Justice Commission
ProgressivePortal.org | Women for Peace
Friends of Hibakusha | Japanese American Citizens League
Tinkers Workshop | Grandmothers Against the War
Berkeley-East Bay Gray Panthers | Singing for Peace
United Nations Association, East Bay
Ecumenical Peace Institute / Clergy and Laity Concerned
Not In Our Name-Bay Area | EarthLight
Social Justice Committee, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
Livermore Conversion Project | Thursday Night Meditation Community (Berkeley)
 
Endorsers include:
Association of World Citizens | Ecology Center