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.
