Previous Years' Peace Lantern Ceremonies
 
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Fourth Annual

Sunday, August 6, 2005

The 2005 ceremony was dedicated to the memory of Norine Smith, who enthusiastically helped make this annual event successful.

NEW: Photos of 2005 Event

2005 PROGRAM   6:30 p.m.: Decorating shades for floating peace lanterns -- great for all ages! Folding origami peace cranes Hearing Japanese shakuhachi flutes, Tatsumaki Taiko drums, and a song from Singing for Peace Listening to messages from mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Statement from Rep. Barbara Lee (Read it here: PDF, 166K) 8-9 p.m.: Floating of the Lanterns

Sponsors of the 2005 event included:
Berkeley City Council  |  Berkeley Peace & Justice Commission
East Bay Depot for Creative Re-Use  |  Friends of Hibakusha
ProgressivePortal.org  |  Singing for Peace
Society for the Promotion of Buddhism (BDK America)  |  Tinker's Workshop
Women in Black/Berkeley  |  Women for Peace

Endorsers of the 2005 event included:
Alameda Peace Network  |  Art Between Us  |  Bay Area CodePINK  |  Berkeley Zen Center  |  Buddhist Peace Fellowship
California Peace Action  |  Ecumenical Peace Institute / Clergy and Laity Concerned  |  Global Security Institute
Berkeley-East Bay Gray Panthers  |  Healing the Wounds of History  |  International House, University of California-Berkeley
Jewish Voice for Peace  |  Not In Our Name-Bay Area  |  Nuclear Free Berkeley  |  Sept. 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Social Justice Committee, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists  |  United Nations Association, East Bay

 

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Third Annual

Daily Californian Article
Photos of 2004 Event  |  A Few More Photos

Message from Mayor of Hiroshima

Our Call for Peace  |  History of Peace Lanterns in Japan

Sponsors and endorsers of the 2004 event include:
Berkeley City Council  |  Berkeley Peace & Justice Commission  |  Women for Peace  |  ProgressivePortal.org
Friends of Hibakusha  |  WTC Healing Project  |  Singing for Peace  |  Art Between Us
Jewish Voice for Peace  |  Buddhist Peace Fellowship  |  Association of World Citizens
United Nations Association (UNA-USA) of the East Bay  |  John Muir Greens  |  Nuclear Free Berkeley
Sept. 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows  |  Berkeley Shambhala Center
Global Security Institute  |  Ohlone Community Garden  |  East Bay Depot for Creative Re-Use
Social Justice Committee, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
Society for the Promotion of Buddhism (BDK America)  |  Berkeley Buddhist Temple

Second Annual

Saturday, August 9, 2003
(58th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing)
 
Photos of 2003 Ceremony
 
News Coverage:
San Francisco Chronicle advance article
Berkeley Daily Planet article
 
Message from the Mayor of Nagasaki
 
Other Lantern Ceremonies:
North America: Fresno, CA  |  Louisville, KY  |  Northampton, MA  |  Milwaukee, WI  |  Eugene, OR  |  Oak Ridge, TN
Rochester, MN  |  Knoxville, TN  (Photo) | Toronto, Canada  |  Kansas City, MO  |  Seattle, WA  |  Appleton, WI  |  Lincoln, NE
Japan:  Hiroshima  |  Nagasaki    Another Nagasaki photo
Hiroshima photos:  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10 
 More News, Photos ...
 

Volunteers are needed for next year. Click here to sign up!

Sponsors and endorsers of the 2003 event included:
Women for Peace  |  ProgressivePortal.org  |  Nuclear Free Berkeley
Friends of Hibakusha  |  John Muir Greens  |  A Jewish Voice for Peace
Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission  |  Berkeley City Council

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