Hiroshima Day, August 6, observed in many parts of the world with special vigils and peace marches, is held to commemorate the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
This year, the Bay Ridge Interfaith Peace Coalition will host a free screening of the film, “Conviction,” at 8 p.m., August 6 at the Gregory Hotel, Fourth Avenue between 84th & 85th streets.
President John F. Kennedy, in an address to the United Nations in September 1961, said, “Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable.”
“Conviction” is a documentary about three nuns convicted and sentenced to federal prison for their non-violent protest at a Minuteman III missile site in Northern Colorado.
The film evokes important conversations about the role of Christianity in politics, the role of nuclear weapons in national defense and the role of international law in the federal courts.
Dr. Anthony Gronowicz, adjunct associate professor of Urban Studies at the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education & Labor Studies/School of Professional Studies, will speak on the recent agreement of te Czech Republic to install an American radar base for nuclear weapons.
There will be a panel of speakers on the nuclear issue and a question and answer period.
