Come join us for FREE outdoor, live world music and dance!
Listen to testimonies from A-bomb survivors and leaders of the anti-nuclear movement!
Learn from civil society organizations booths and initiatives calling against nuclear weapons!

Peace Boat US will be organizing the Third Annual People Building Peace Concert, coinciding with the arrival of Peace Boat's ship to New York City, bringing the rhythms of the world to the United Nations and highlighting the initiatives people everywhere are making to build peace and say NO to Nukes and War! Come join us to learn about inspiring civil society initiatives for nuclear disarmament, and to enjoy FREE, outdoor, live music and dance!

Date: Thursday, August 9, 2007
Time: 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Place: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (East 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue across from the United Nations)

Featuring:

• Asiko - A positive and revolutionary blend of Nigerian Afrobeat, Highlife, and JuJu music
• Yuca Seca Band - Latin rhythms of traditional Afro - Cuban Son, Boleros, Guaracha, and Changui
• Pete Seeger and the Walkabout Clearwater Chorus - folk music for peace and justice
• Absolute Bhangra - Lively Punjabi dance
• The Blue Vipers - Dixieland and early Swing music straight from New Orleans
• Japanese modern dance
• International Art Projects and more!

Special remarks from:

• Michimasa Hirata, Hiroshima bombing survivor
• Rhianna Tyson, Global Security Institute
• Peace Boat's Japanese and European Youth Activists on Disarmament
• Peter Weiss, Founder of IALANA (International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms)
• Betty Reardon, Founder of Peace Education Center at Teacher’s College (Columbia University)
• Felicity Hill, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
• Alice Slater, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, New York Director
• Shinyo Takahiro, Ambassador Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan

Co-sponsors:

IIPE (International Institute for Peace Education), Hague Appeal for Peace, IALANA (International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms), Lawyer’s Committee on Nuclear Policy, Global Action to Prevent War, Abolition 2000, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, Reaching Critical Will of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Mayors for Peace, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Organizers: Peace Boat US and International Institute on Peace Education
Contact: Peace Boat US
Tel: 212-687 7214
Email: info[at]peaceboat-us.org

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