Hiroshima Peace Memorial Exhibit @ UGA
January 7th through the 19th, 2008
Tate Gallery, Tate Center, University of Georgia

This special exhibit from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, Japan consists of 30 posters detailing the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, 1945. Through pictures and commentary visitors will learn about the effects of the world's first atomic bombings on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the physical and psychological damage inflicted on their inhabitants. This exhibit is being sponsored throughout the United States in 2008 through an outreach program by the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. It is hosted at UGA by Japan Club and Students for Peace. It is sponored locally by the Summerour Foundation.

Hiroshima Survivor Visit @ UGA (Blue Card Event)
January 16th, 6:30 PM
University of Georgia Chapel

On January 16th at 6:30pm in the UGA Chapel, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor Takashi Teramoto will be speaking about his experience of the bomb and its aftermath. Accompanying him will be the chairman of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation and world-renowned anti-nuclear activist Steven Leeper, who will be discussing the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation's ongoing mission to eliminate all nuclear weapons programs in the world.

Mr. Teramoto, who was ten years old when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, has traveled across the globe relating the story of his survival and his hope that nuclear weapons will never be used again.

Mr. Steven Leeper is a prominent anti-nuclear weapons activist and the chairman of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. He is the first American to be appointed to the position and has worked closely with a-bomb survivors to have their voices heard both in and outside of Japan.

Please join us for this very special event.