1727 Pali Highway
Honolulu
HI 96813
Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin and Veterans For Peace Golden Rule Project invite you to an afternoon of discussion about peace, nuclear weapons, and the Golden Rule Historic Peace Boat.
Saturday, November 23, 1-3 p.m.
Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin Social Hall (see map)
In 1958 Quaker activists sailed Golden Rule towards the Marshall Islands to interfere with atmospheric nuclear weapon testing. They were stopped and arrested in Honolulu, which spurred worldwide outrage that ultimately resulted in the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963.
Now, 61 years later, Veterans For Peace is sailing Golden Rule to Japan to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Once again, Golden Rule is in Honolulu, where you can visit her at Ala Wai small boat harbor, the very place she was when the crew was jailed.
The little sail boat with a big mission — to stop the possibility of nuclear war — is on Oahu through November 28, 2019.
Please join us for speakers, the short film “Making Waves: The Rebirth of the Golden Rule,” and more as we learn about this important project. Help send a message of Peace and Aloha from Hawaii to the World!
Speakers to include:
- Helen Jaccard, Golden Rule Project Manager / Crew
- Reverend Tatsuo Muneto, retired Honpa Hongwanji minister
- Dr. Seiji Yamada, family physician practicing and teaching in Hawaii
- Bishop Eric Matsumoto for opening aspiration and closing
- others to be confirmed
Co-sponsors
- Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin
- Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii:
- Office of the Bishop
- Committee on Social Concerns
- Office of Buddhist Education
- Honolulu Hongwanji Council
- Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK) — BDK Hawaii
- Hawaii Association of International Buddhists
- The Interfaith Alliance Hawaii
- Sunrise Ministry Foundation
- Veterans For Peace Golden Rule Project
For more information
Contact Helen Jaccard at 206-992-6364 or VFPGoldenRuleProject@gmail.com
Project Website: vfpgoldenruleproject.org
Facebook: facebook.com/GoldenRulePeaceBoat/
Front-page article in the Star-Advertiser:
‘Golden Rule’ sailboat aims to retrace 1958 anti-nuke Pacific voyage (11/03/19)
After the event, you are invited to drop by and visit the Golden Rule on Saturday, November 23 from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm, Ala Wai Harbor, slip 638.
Downloadable PDF flyer available
Golden Rule peace boat images by Aj Jaeger.