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Sadako Peace Day 2011

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation hosted the 17th Annual Sadako Peace Day commemoration on August 9, 2011 at La Casa de Maria in Montecito, CA. Each year the Foundation remembers the story of Sadako Sasaki and all victims of nuclear weapons.

Photos from the 2011 event are below.

Reading
Bob Sedivy plays the Shakuhachi
Sadako Peace Garden in Montecito, CA.
Rick Wayman speaking to the audience
Dr. Jimmy Hara, Vice President of Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles, was the keynote speaker.
Paper cranes filled the garden's trees and boulders
Carol Ann Manzi and Thomas Heck play Blowin' in the Wind.
Greeting guests
Ron Alexander reads a poem.
Sadako Peace Garden
Amy Michelson reads her original poem Origami Mom.
David Krieger with Van and Lois Hamilton
Carol Ann Manzi and Thomas Heck play a version of the song Imagine adapted for the occasion.

Musicians
Stephanie Glatt, Executive Director of La Casa de Maria, sends a message of peace to the audience.
David Krieger with the 2010 NAPF summer interns
Bob Nyosui Sedivy explains the song he is about to play on the shakuhachi, an ancient Japanese bamboo flute.
Perie Longo reads a poem
Guests talk after the program concludes.
 Perie Longo reads a poem
David Krieger, NAPF President; Shigeko Sasamori, Hiroshima survivor; Dr. Jimmy Hara, PSR-Los Angeles.
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