From Hiroshima to Hope is planning to once again hold our annual commemoration of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Green Lake in Seattle on August 6, 2021. We are carefully monitoring COVID safety protocols to ensure the safety of event performers and participants. Our lineup of performers for our multicultural arts-based event is shaping up to be one of our best ever. Get ready for dynamic presentations from poets, musicians, and other performers. We are especially looking forward to a return of our lantern-floating ceremony.

Here are steps you can take to join us in spreading messages of hope and peace.

1. Starting August 6, 2020m check out our film, 75 Years & Counting: From Hiroshima to Hope, and share it with others. This 36-minute film includes a brief history of From Hiroshima to Hope, traditional Japanese taiko drumming and flute music, original poetry, and first-person interviews with hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors).
2. Vote for peace! Register and vote for candidates that support peace and nuclear disarmament, and contact your members of Congress to demand we reduce federal spending on war and weapons of war.
3. Join movements for justice that create the conditions for peace, such as the movement for racial justice in support of Black Lives, or the struggle to free immigrants and refugees detained while crossing the US border or while living elsewhere within the country.
4. Display images of peace. For inspiration, see our instructions for making your own peace lantern.

Read more about nuclear disarmament and how to take action:

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

Washington Against Nuclear Weapons

Ground Zero Center for Non-Violent Action

This year’s From Hiroshima to Hope event will include viewings of Atomic Footprints, a poster display based on Particles on the Wall (POTW,) the multidisciplinary exhibit examining Hanford and the troubling impacts of the nuclear age. Atomic Footprints includes key pieces represented in the exhibit, that fuses visual art, poetry, science and history. The exhibit addresses both the human and environmental legacy of nuclear technology, including radioactive waste and storage issues, as well as the toll and consequences of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and related bomb production.

This year’s keynote speaker, Kathleen Flenniken, is featured in Atomic Footprints, with her poems, “Bedroom Community,” and “Richland Dock, 1956.”

Atomic Footprints will be displayed alongside photographs depicting the aftermath of the atomic bombings, on display courtesy of The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience.

Particles on the Wall (POTW) is a multidisciplinary exhibit fusing art, science and history to explore the troubling impacts of the nuclear age, with a particular focus on Hanford, the use of nuclear technology, and their bearing on the natural world and its inhabitants. 

POTW address both the human and environmental legacy of nuclear technology, including radioactive waste and storage issues, as well as the toll and consequences of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and related bomb production.

The exhibit will be up at Gallery 4500 at the University Business Center from April 15-May 9th.

4500 9th Ave NE, 3rd Floor, Seattle WA 98105