[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [Peace] Hiroshima Day Events

[Morton K. Brussel]

Fred Lamb's talk, in room 141 Loomis Laboratory of Physics, is on the  
northeast side of the building.

--mkb

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> From: Charlotte Green <chgreen48 at yahoo.com>
> Date: August 2, 2005 12:14:14 PM CDT
> To: "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Peace] Hiroshima Day Events
>
>
> It's 141 Loomis.  If you want to forward this info to the list,  
> please do.
> Charlotte
>
> "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Hi Charlotte, do you know the room number in Loomis where Fred is to
> speak?
>
> Mort
>
> On Aug 2, 2005, at 8:45 AM, Charlotte Green wrote:
>
> > Days of Remembrance
> >
> > August 6 and 9, 2005 will mark the 60th anniversary of
> > the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
> > Eighteen faith organizations in Champaign-Urbana are
> > sponsoring “Days of Remembrance?to commemorate the
> > victims of the bombings and the many innocent people
> > who die and suffer as a result of war, as well as to
> > consider ways to work for a peaceful world.
> >
> > The first event will be a lecture by professor
> > Frederick K. Lamb entitled, “Countering the Threat of
> > Nuclear Terrorism? The talk will take place on
> > Friday, August 5 at 7 PM at Loomis Laboratory of
> > Physics, Green and Goodwin, Urbana! . Parking will be
> > available at the Physics Building (except for 24 hour
> > spaces) and the Wesley Foundation.
> >
> > Dr. Lamb is a professor of physics and astronomy at
> > the University of Illinois. Since 1980, he has
> > devoted a substantial portion of his time to national
> > and international security. In 1981, he helped create
> > the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Nuclear War. He has
> > played a leadership role in the University of Illinois
> > Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and
> > International Security for more than two decades.
> > Recently, Lamb spearheaded an evaluation by the
> > American Physical Society on Boost-Phase Intercept
> > Systems for National Missile Defense, whose purpose is
> > to defend the United States using interceptor rockets
> > or the airborne laser now being developed. This
> > report provided input for reports on missile defense
> > by the General Accounting Offic! e and Congressional
> > Budget Office in 2004.
> >
> > The second event will feature educational activities
> > for children and adults and will culminate with the
> > floating of peace lanterns at West Side Park.
> > Activities will begin at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, August 9
> > at the First United Methodist Church, 210 W. Church
> > St., Champaign with the showing of a thirty-minute
> > film, “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes?
> > Appropriate for ages eight and up, the film is the
> > true story of an eleven-year-old Japanese girl who
> > contracted leukemia as a result of exposure to
> > radiation from the atomic bomb when she was two.
> > Following the film, there will be opportunities to
> > decorate the shades of the peace lanterns, make paper
> > cranes, write peace messages in Japanese, and write
> > peace haikus. At dusk, participants will process from
> > the church to West Side Park where a ceremony!
> > involving the floating of the peace lanterns will take
> > place. Based on a Buddhist tradition, the luminaries
> > will be a way to remember the victims of the bombing
> > and to send forth prayers of peace.
> >
> > Cosponsors of “Days of Remembrance?are McKinley
> > Presbyterian Church and Foundation; Channing-Murray
> > Foundation; Wesley United Methodist Church and
> > Foundation; First United Methodist Church, Champaign;
> > Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting; First Mennonite
> > Church, Urbana; St. Patrick Catholic Church Social
> > Action Committee; St. Jude Catholic Worker House; St.
> > Mary Catholic Church; Central Illinois Mosque and
> > Islamic Center; St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church;
> > Unitarian Universalist Social Action Committee;
> > Illinois Disciples Foundation; Activist Forum of IDF;
> > Bah’i Center; Episcopal Church Foundation; Prairie
> > Sangha for Mindfulness Meditation; University YMCA.
> >
> > Cosponsors for Dr. Lamb’s lecture also include the
> > Physics Department and Arms Control, Disarmament and
> > International Security (ACDIS) at the University of
> > Illinois.
> >
> >
> >
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