On Wednesday, August 9, Peace House, One Sunny Day Initiatives and the Peace and Witness Team of the Ashland Congregational Church will host an opportunity for learning and discussion on our geopolitical situation.
What can we do? What initiatives may be possible to scale back the dangers of nuclear war?
Speakers include:
- Dr. Michael Niemann, Retired Professor of International Studies: Luck Is Not a Strategy
- Dr. Hideko Tamura Snider, Hiroshima survivor: The Urgency of Peace
Hideko Tamura Snider holds an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. She was recently interviewed for the MSNBC documentary program “Oppenheimer,” after being flown to Los Angeles by the producers, in order to provide her witness of the bombing of her home town in 1945, seventy-eight years ago.Then ten years old, she lost many family members and suffered from terrible radiation burns. As an adult and social worker, Hideko has worked tirelessly to alert people to the horrors of nuclear war and the steps we need to take to prevent it from happening again. Hideko is the founder of One Sunny Day Initiatives, which began in 2007, to promote peace, hope and reconciliation while working towards a nuclear weapons-free world.
Dr. Michael Niemann is a retired professor of International Studies from Southern Oregon University. He grew up in a small town in western Germany before moving to the United States and studied at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität in Bonn, Germany, and at the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver where he received a PhD in International Studies.
