Physicians for Social Responsibility
Sacramento Chapter

PSR/Sacramento is a non-profit, educational organization of health
care professionals and other concerned citizens committed to the following goals:

• Eliminating nuclear weapons and promoting alternatives to war and militarism as a means of resolving international conflict and preventing terrorism (see the Nuclear Weapons, War, and Militarism page for information about our “1,000 Call Campaign” to help rid the world of nuclear weapons)
• Protecting the environment and reducing man-made contributions to global warming.
• Promoting social justice, both locally and globally.
• Curbing the epidemic of interpersonal violence, including gun violence, that afflicts our society (please see the Gun Violence Prevention page)
• Ensuring universal access to affordable medical care

Sacramento Regional August Peace Event 2020

75 Years after Hiroshima/Nagasaki: Rolling Back the Nuclear Arsenal

A virtual event that will be part of a national livestream on
Sunday August 9 from 2-3 pm (PDT)
www.hiroshimanagasaki75.org/events
(livestream on August 6 8 am-6 pm and August 9 11 am-6 pm)
www.sacpsr.org
HN75 flier

 Register for the event
You can view the livestream on YouTube (August 6 and August 9).

The Sacramento segment of the event will feature keynote speaker:

Setsuko Thurlow, nuclear disarmament activist and hibakusha 

    Setsuko Thurlow was instrumental in her work with International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons  which led to an overwhelming majority of the world’s nations adopting the
United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
She gave one of the acceptance speeches when ICAN received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Her talk, recorded in her Toronto home for our event, will recount memories from the day the atomic bomb dropped, post-war Japan, how she became an activist, Canada’s role in the Manhattan project, and her work with ICAN.

Listen to her interview on Insight on August 6.

Also on the program will be:

Tribute to Winnie Detwiler by JoAnn Fuller
Our event is dedicated in memory of Winnie Detweiler whose vision and
gentle determination guided the Sacramento August Peace Event for many years.

Critical Issues Forum video, kindly provided by Ms. Masako Toki, showing high school students from the U.S., Japan, and Russia attending a 2017 Forum in Nagasaki; Middlebury Institue of International Studies at Monterey,
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Environmental Impact of PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances)
Pat Elder is an Investigative Reporter with Civilian Exposure, an organization
based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, that tracks military
contamination in the U.S. and around the world.

Impact of Ionizing Radiation on Women and Children
Patricia Hynes is a retired environmental engineer and Professor of Environmental health who worked on multi-racial and low-income issues of the urban environment, environmental justice, and feminism at Boston University School of Public Health. She is Director of the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice.

Impact of Nuclear Weapons on the Environment and Climate
Goli Sahba, MD is a practicing family physician in Sacramento. As a climate and peace activist, she is a member of 350 Sacramento, Sacramento Climate Coalition, and PSR/Sacramento.

Elected officials with video message supporting the event
Representative John Garamendi (CA-03)
Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (California District 4)
Mayor of Sacramento Darrell Steinberg

Specific actions to take

Written support of event received from
Representative Dr. Ami Bera (CA-07)
Assemblymember Dr. Richard Pan (California Senate District 6)

To view the livestream, visit HiroshimaNagasaki75.org/events or visit our website. You will also be able to view the livestream on our FB page.

The Sacramento program will also be broadcast on August 9 at 6 pm on:
Access Sacramento cable Channel 17 on Comcast and CCI cable TV
and AT&T U-Verse channel 14
(replayed on Comcast 17 on August 10 at 10 am, August 11 at 2 am,
August 19 at 10 pm, August 20 at 2 pm, and August 21 at 6 am)
Davis Community Television cable
channel 15 on Comcast

Beginning August 10, you can view the Sacramento program at our website.

On August 9 view a free 24-hour screening of “The Vow from Hiroshima”, a 80-minute film featuring Setsuko Thurlow. It is separate from the livesteam and is sponsored by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Hibakusha Stories, the International Peace Bureau, and ICAN.