Memorial Lantern Event Saturday, August 5 2017, 8:30pm at Olympic Plaza, Calgary
Imagine a world at peace. Imagine no fear of nuclear weapons because they no longer exist. Imagine an event that planted a seed of hope which grew into fruition.
On Saturday August 5, 2017, the fifth annual ‘Floating Lantern Peace Ceremony’ will take place by the pool at Calgary’s Olympic Plaza. Everybody is invited. Hundreds of beautiful lanterns will be released as people think of their own loved ones and the hundreds of thousands affected by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Lanterns available for rent for a small fee.
Calgary’s fifth ‘FLOATING LANTERN PEACE CEREMONY’
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017 OLYMPIC PLAZA CALGARY, 8.30pm-10pm
Come join us. Music starts at 8pm, ceremony is 8.30pm to 9.20pm.
Program includes:
This event will be echoed in many of the 7,295 cities in 162 regions/countries in the world who have joined Mayors for Peace. Mayors for Peace is a group of mayors, including Mayor Nenshi and Mayor Bronconnier before him, who are calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Check out http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english . Mayors for Peace is just one of thousands of citizen groups across the globe opposed to nuclear weapons. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, unions, parliamentarians, scientists, university women, faith groups, musicians and artists all have groups in many countries speaking out against nuclear weapons. Join us!
Sponsored by Ploughshares Calgary Society and 2020 Vision for Humanity.
www.ploughsharescalgary.ca http://www.2020visionforhumanity.com/memorial-lantern.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2017-Floating-Lantern-Peace-Ceremony-in-Calgary-122281034993083/
On Saturday August 5, 2017, the fifth annual ‘Floating Lantern Peace Ceremony’ will take place by the pool at Calgary’s Olympic Plaza. Everybody is invited. Hundreds of beautiful lanterns will be released as people think of their own loved ones and the hundreds of thousands affected by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Lanterns available for rent for a small fee.
Calgary’s fifth ‘FLOATING LANTERN PEACE CEREMONY’
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017 OLYMPIC PLAZA CALGARY, 8.30pm-10pm
Come join us. Music starts at 8pm, ceremony is 8.30pm to 9.20pm.
Program includes:
- Anthony Burbidge award winning musician,
- Multicultural children’s choirs and a children’s drama,
- Short speeches by Imam Fayaz Tilly and Rabbi Saul Osadchey who were recently honoured by the United Nations,
- Greetings from mayors of cities around the world and more.
- Write a message on a lantern, light it and float it on the pool
This event will be echoed in many of the 7,295 cities in 162 regions/countries in the world who have joined Mayors for Peace. Mayors for Peace is a group of mayors, including Mayor Nenshi and Mayor Bronconnier before him, who are calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Check out http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english . Mayors for Peace is just one of thousands of citizen groups across the globe opposed to nuclear weapons. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, unions, parliamentarians, scientists, university women, faith groups, musicians and artists all have groups in many countries speaking out against nuclear weapons. Join us!
Sponsored by Ploughshares Calgary Society and 2020 Vision for Humanity.
www.ploughsharescalgary.ca http://www.2020visionforhumanity.com/memorial-lantern.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2017-Floating-Lantern-Peace-Ceremony-in-Calgary-122281034993083/
