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The Hawaii Forgiveness Project is accepting registration for a free workshop commemorating the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Seating is limited to 40 people at the two-hour workshop, 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 8 at the Bodhi Tree Dharma Center.
The workshop will featured talks given by Roy Tamashiro, a professor of multidisciplinary studies at Webster University (in St. Louis) from Honolulu; and Olivier Urbain, senior research fellow at the Min-On Music Research Institute (in Tokyo) and director of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research (Tokyo and Honolulu).
Tamashiro will share narratives of Hiroshima citizens, including several "hibakusha" (A-bomb survivor-witnesses). His first visit to Hiroshima 50 years ago spawned a lifetime of peace research and the cultivation of personal and global peace. His many projects and publications include the educational role of peace museums; the oral history of Hiroshima A-bomb witnesses; and the rise of a global "peace consciousness," according to a news release.
Urbain will focus on the historical and cultural context of peace-building in Nagasaki, drawing largely on the famous song "The Bells of Nagasaki." He will share insights on the role of music in peace-building in the context of the commemorations in memory of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, the release said.
The workshop will include meditation and communion to find and practice peace.
To register, go to tinyurl.com/Register70Years.
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