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July Issue 2008
UNC Asheville in Asheville, NC, Features
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Poster Exhibit
UNC Asheville and the Center for Diversity Education will host
the national traveling exhibit, Hiroshima-Nagasaki: Images
and Stories from Eyewitness Accounts, from July 9 through
Aug. 8, 2008, in UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall Lobby.
In conjunction with the exhibit, a screening
of the documentary White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a peace vigil will be held at
7pm on Aug. 6, 2008, in UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall.
These events, which examine the lingering impact of the bombings,
are also free and open to the public.
The exhibit features 30 large posters depicting scenes of the
US bombing of the cities in 1945. The exhibit, which includes
graphic imagery from before and after the blasts, is an initiative
of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The museum advocates for
the peaceful disarmament of all nations possessing nuclear weapons
by increasing citizen awareness of the effects of nuclear weapons.
The exhibit is part of 101 exhibits on view across the nation.
Founded in 1995, the Center for Diversity Education encourages
conversation along the lines that often separate communities by
focusing on ethnic, racial, cultural and religious diversity through
exhibits, road shows and staff development programs. The Center
has created 11 traveling exhibits about Buncombe County and Western
North Carolina on such themes as desegregation, immigration, religious
pilgrimage, World War II, genocide and globalization.
For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery
listings, call the Center for Diversity Education at 828/232-5024
or visit (www.diversityed.org).
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