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CA - No. CA - Santa Rosa Longing for Peace

Event Details

Time: August 6, 2011 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Glaser Center,
Street: 547 Mendocino Ave.,
City/Town: Santa Rosa, CA
Event Type: remembrance, ceremony, discussion, potluck
Organized By: Santa Roas Interfaith Groups/ posted by Nancy Merritt
Latest Activity: Jul 24, 2011

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Event Description

08/06/11 – LONGING FOR PEACE in Santa Rosa - 6:30 pm @ Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. Join this Annual Interfaith Peace Fast, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance, and Community Potluck Dinner. The event includes a talk by Takashi Tanemori, a Hibakusha (A-bomb survivor), the lighting of a peace flame from Hiroshima, Jewish sacred chanting, meditative shakuhachi flute music, and talks from different perspectives, including the parallels between the scapegoating of the Japanese-Americans in the 1940's and American Muslims today. For more information or to volunteer with DOP tabling, contact Kendra Mon (kendramon@comcast.net).