MAMI WATA RISING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

August 6, 2021~4th ANNUAL
MAMI WATA RISING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Susie King Taylor and Sadako SasakI : Heroines of War and Peace

Susie King Taylor was born on August 6, 1848, enslaved on a plantation in Liberty County, Georgia. On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb destroyed Sadako Sasaki’s hometown of Hiroshima, Japan. Susie King Taylor’s escape to freedom at age 13 is just part of the great, uplifting story of survival by one of history’s great champions of literacy. Sadako Sasaki survived the destruction of Hiroshima, but died from radiation fallout a decade later at age 12. Sadako attempted to fold 1,000 origami peace cranes as a wish to get well, inspiring the adoption of the paper crane as an international symbol and call for world peace.

Please join Susie King Taylor Women’s Institute and Ecology Center and Nuclear Watch South to celebrate these heroines of war and peace.

Friday, August 6 10AM - 12 noon LEST WE FORGET | HIROSHIMA OBSERVANCE

Opening ceremony at Sugar Mill tabby ruins followed by peace vigil at Kings Bay Trident Nuclear Submarine Base, St. Marys, GA. 

Directions to Kings Bay: I-95 exit 3, Hwy 40E to Kings Bay Rd. to Stimson Gate at Hwy Spur 40. Park at Sugar Mill Park.

1:30 - 3:30 PM Susie King Taylor Birthday Celebration & Escape to Freedom Hike 
Guale Preserve, Village Drive, St. Simons Island, GA 

RESERVATION REQUIRED www.susiekingtaylorinstitute.org or 404-587-3182 $50 suggested donation includes lunch and souvenir poster. Proceeds benefit the Susie King Taylor Escape to Freedom Underground Railroad Park campaign

Monday, August 9 7 - 8:30 PM SEEDS OF PEACE | NAGASAKI OBSERVANCE 

Bring your inspirations, prayers, dances, songs and poems to create a circle of hope. Participate in this special Atlanta tradition with Dances of Universal Peace and musical guest The Wild! Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum Rose Garden, 441 John Lewis Freedom Pkwy, Atlanta, GA

EVENTS ARE FREE (unless otherwise noted) AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | SOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOLS WILL BE OBSERVED

​CO-HOSTS Atlanta Grandmothers for Peace • Beyond Trident • Dances of Universal Peace • Nuclear Watch South • Susie King Taylor Women’s Institute and Ecology Center • Unitarian Universalist Congregation Atlanta Peace Network • United Nations Association of the USA, Atlanta Chapter

For more information contact Nuclear Watch South, 404-378-4263, www.nonukesyall.org