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 Having met some engaged medical
students form the Uk at the European Student Conference in Napoli, the
first delegation to the United Kingdom finally took place in August of
2006. Below you will find the report and some photos about the group of
students from Sweden, Germany and Norway who made the trip to Western
Europe's largest nuclear power.
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We started the
weekend Friday night with questions that we had prepared for each
participant:
Do you see a connection between poverty and Nuclear Weapons ?
Do you think that doctors can play a special role in the abolishment of
nuclear weapons ?
Soon we had an exciting discussion going, the best start into this
thoughtful and very informative weekend.
On Saturday we were introduced to the situation of British nuclear
weapons by Elisabeth McElderry from MedAct, Janet Bloomfield from the
Oxford Research Group and Sam Akaki from the Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament.
We spent the afternoon talking about NWIP methods and making plans. In
the evening we watched the movie "The last atomic bomb" and did
exercises with filmmaker Kathleen Sullivan.
On Sunday, Hiroshima day, we heard about activism from Rebecca Johnson
from the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Policy and then did a big
target X next to Trafalgar Square where we discussed with people
passing by about the upcoming trident renewal and distributed about 800
leaflets. We ended the weekend with an evaluation, the plan to continue
working and the peace declaration written by Mayor Akiba of Hiroshima
earlier that day, praying for a future of peace and
harmony for the human family.
Especially due to the overwhelming speakers we had and the great help
of Elisabeth and Marion from MedAct we all came home full of
inspiration and motivation.
Best Wishes,
Inga Blum
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