{"id":13726,"date":"2022-02-14T12:19:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/?p=13726"},"modified":"2022-03-07T15:39:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T20:39:58","slug":"the-vow-from-hiroshima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/najc.ca\/the-vow-from-hiroshima\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vow From Hiroshima"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vow From Hiroshima<\/strong>
\nA documentary portrait\u00a0plus Q&A with\u00a0Setsuko Thurlow
\n<\/em>Sunday, March 6, 2022<\/strong>
\nPacific 11am \u00a0|\u00a0 Mountain\u00a012noon |\u00a0 Central\u00a0 1pm \u00a0|\u00a0 Eastern\u00a02pm<\/p>\n

REGISTER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

To mark the week surrounding International Women’s Day<\/a> the Toronto NAJC and NAJC Human Rights Committee honours\u00a0Setsuko Thurlow C.M., founder of Japanese Family Services in Toronto and former Toronto NAJC Board member. This is the first event in our 2022 Online Anniversary\u00a0Human Rights Series.<\/p>\n

“The Vow From Hiroshima is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate, 90-year-old survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Her moving story is told through the lens of her growing friendship with a second generation survivor, Mitchie Takeuchi.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Setsuko Thurlow is a graduate of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, earning a Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degree. As a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, she knows first-hand the devastating effects of nuclear warfare.<\/p>\n

Ms.Thurlow has worked tirelessly to campaign against nuclear weapons and is a leading figure in its movement, playing a key role to push the United Nations to adopt a landmark treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. She is a Member of the Order of Canada and the recipient of numerous other awards and honours. In 2017, Ms. Thurlow accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).<\/p>\n

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