Mayors for Peace in Western Massachusetts
August 2004-August 2005 Information and Events
Resolution Supporting the Commencement of Negotiation on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and Supporting the Mayors for Peace Initiative, adopted June 23, 2005
What is Mayors for Peace? Why and What? When and Where? How? What Mayors can do List of Mayors For Peace Cities (World) Massachusetts Towns and Mayors for Peace Resolution #92: Support For the Commencement of Negotiations On the Elimination  of Nuclear Weapons; adopted by the U.S Conference of Mayors, June 28th, 2004. Tax Payers in Massachusetts will pay $512.6 million for nuclear weapons in 2005. For the same amount of money, see what could be provided.	Sample Letter to Mayor: Nuclear Weapon Abolition: Talking Points Give Me Water: Testimonies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (booklet available by request) The City of Hiroshima Peace Declaration, August 6th, 2004. Global Hibakusha Share Their Stories and Hopes (booklet available by request) Nagasaki Peace Declaration, 2004. Mayor Akiba's Speech at the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, April 30th, 2003. The American Friends Service Committee has nominated Nihon Hidankyo, an organization in Japan that represents Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors, for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. Read press release
Most of the materials above are in a folder which is available from the American Friends Service Committee, 140 Pine Street, Florence MA 01062, afsc@crocker.com, 413.584.8975 , ext. 203

A Mayors for Peace collage created by Joyce Rosenfeld is available here (511KB .tif file)

"Our goal is to bring forth a beautiful flower, namely the total elimination of all nuclear weapons from the face of the earth by the year 2020. Only then we will have truly resurrected hope for life on this planet." Mayor Akiba