Date/time: Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 1-3 pm
Location: SNF Parkway Theater, 5 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD
Admission: Free; advance registration required
More info & to register: www.bkscc.org/news-events/80-years-later
80 years ago, on August 6th and August 9th, 1945, the US government dropped the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in warfare on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This teach-in will remember these events through a series of short films featuring:
- Marylanders who had a direct part in the bombing and aftermath
- An interview with one of the most famous genbaku hibakusha (people affected by an atomic bomb)
- An animated depiction of what nuclear war would mean in 2025
- Local and worldwide efforts to prevent nuclear war and achieve nuclear abolition
With the help of knowledgeable panelists, we will consider whether these weapons can be eliminated, and learn what role we the people, the media and elected officials can play. Panelists include:
- Leslie Sussan, author of “Choosing Life” about her father who filmed victims of the bombings which were confiscated as described in Atomic Cover-up, a film we will see during this event
- Kei Ito, a MICA graduate whose art is informed by his relationship with his grandfather, a Hiroshima survivor and a leader of Nihon Hidankyo, the Nobel Peace Prize recipient in 2024
- Linda Pentz Gunter, cofounder of Beyond Nuclear, journalist, and author of the forthcoming book “No to Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War”
This event is free but pre-registration is required. Register via this link: https://www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/814062/
Sponsors: Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, Prevent Nuclear War Maryland, Towson University Asian Arts and Culture Center, Baltimore-Kawasaki Sister City Committee (BKSCC), Pax Christi Baltimore, Baltimore Chapter of World Beyond War, Maryland Peace Action, and WG on War and Militarism, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Quakers.
