TWO WEEKS of PEACE 2011

September 21: International Day of Peace

October 2: International Day of Non-Violence & Gandhi’s Birthday

Wednesday, September 21: Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace 2011 exhibit

Includes art, political cartoons, and Japanese comic books and runs through November 18
Exhibit located in Hunt Library, 4th floor
Dessert reception at 4:30 pm, Hunt Library, Maggie Murph Café, 1st floor

Sunday, September 25: Barefoot Gen 1

Sunday, October 2: Barefoot Gen 2

This two-part anime film series is based on the popular semiautobiographical manga of Keiji Nakazawa. The films follow 6-year old Gen after the bombing of his home city, Hiroshima.  Doherty Hall 2315. 7:00 pm.

Sunday, October 2: Mahatma Gandhi Birthday Celebration

Lecture:  “Gandhi’s Legacy of ‘Satyagraha’ in the Modern World”
This community event will include cultural performances, interfaith presentations, and a talk by Dr. Uma Majmudar, Ph.D., a Gandhian researcher and published author based in Atlanta, GA.

Presented by the Alliance for Humanitarian Initiatives, Nonviolence and Spiritual Advancement (AHINSA) and various other Pittsburgh partners including Carnegie Mellon University, this event will celebrate Mahatma Gandhi as a global humanitarian figure.
University of Pittsburgh, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 3:00 - 5:00 pm.

Wednesday, October 12: Talk by Junko Kayashige, a Hibakusha (survivor) and artist

Carnegie Mellon University, Porter Hall 100, 7:00 pm