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Support for Universities Offering the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Course
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The city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are working on the establishment and spread of Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Courses at universities in Japan and overseas.
The aim of the course is to academically organize and structure the message of the A-bomb survivors as a common asset for humankind, and communicate this to young generations as an academic discipline with universal value.
This Foundation provided support for the peace study field trip in Hiroshima by Four American universities from May to December 2016.
Central Connecticut State University
From May 31 to June 2, 12 students and 2 teachers participated in a peace study field trip to Hiroshima.
This time marked the tenth time that this university has conducted a trip to Hiroshima.
The group learned about the truth of the bombing by touring the Peace Memorial
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Park, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, and listening to A-bomb testimonials, among other activities.
The memorial photograph of the mother of the teacher leading the tour, Professor Tomoda, was registered in the Peace Memorial Hall, and by viewing the photograph the group felt a little closer to the atomic bombing and the handing down of the memory of that experience.
The group held a discussion with students from Hiroshima City University and Hiroshima University of Economics and it became a good opportunity for meaningful exchange.
University of Alabama
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The group listens to an explanation by a peace
volunteer at Peace Park
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The group listens to an atomic bomb testimony
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From June 6 to 14, 8 students and 1 teacher came to Hiroshima for a peace study field trip, the first by this university.
As the period of their stay was long, in addition to tours of Peace Memorial Park, Peace Memorial Museum and Peace Memorial Hall and listening to A-bomb testimonies, the group was also able to visit the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, the Hiroshima Office of United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and Hiroshima City University Hiroshima Peace Institute, in a meaningful program where they could learn about peace and the truth of the atomic bombing from many different perspectives.
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Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
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From June 12 to 13, 9 students and 2 teachers from Indiana University－Purdue University Indianapolis came for their first peace study field trip to Hiroshima.
As the participants were students in classes on communication in Japanese medical sites and cross-cultural communication, they listened to a lecture at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation and visited Funairi Mutsumi-en, a nursing care home for atomic bomb survivors.
At Funairi Mutsumi-en, the residents told the students about precious A-bomb experiences that they had not even told their families, and the students looked deeply moved.
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Group visiting Peace Memorial Park
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DePaul University
This Foundation provided support for the peace study program of DePaul University (Chicago) from December 2-6 last year.
DePaul University has been holding peace study tours in Hiroshima since 2005.
This time, the 6th tour by the university, the Hiroshima Peace Ambassador Ms. Yuki Miyamoto, associate professor at DePaul, and 19 students came to Hiroshima.
Before the group came to Hiroshima, the Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb Exhibition was held
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Mayor of Hiroshima (front row, right) with students
from DePaul University
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in Chicago (October 1-29, 2016), and the students were extremely enthusiastic.
In Hiroshima, they took tours of Peace Memorial Park, Peace Memorial Museum and the Peace Memorial Hall, and listened to an A-bomb testimony by Ms. Emiko Okada.
They also visited the Mayor of Hiroshima, and then had a discussion with students from Hiroshima University of Economics.
After returning to America, the group sent origami cranes with messages written on them.
Through the peace study tour in Hiroshima, the group was able to learn first-hand about the truth of the atomic bombing.
It was an extremely meaningful program.
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