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The Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament is holding the 1st Meeting ‘Moving towards a world without nuclear weapons’ on 28 September at the “Centro Cultural Soka y Jardín de la Paz” in Madrid. Gernika Gogoratuz and Gernikatik Mundura are members of the Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament.

PROGRAM

FIRST PART
10:30 – 12:00. Auditorium of the Soka Cultural Centre.

Welcome

• Presentation of the Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament
• Carlos Umaña, IPPNW Co-Chair and ICAN Board Member. ‘Abolition of nuclear weapons: an urgent imperative’.
• Aída Castillejo, Mayor of Rivas-Vaciamadrid: “Rivas-Vaciamadrid, city for the NPT”.
• Yoshihiro Nakashima, artist and 3rd generation hibakusha

12:00-12:15. Break

SECOND PART
12:30-13:30. Peace Garden. Meeting point: South entrance of the garden.

#ErradicArmasNucleares – A joint journey towards nuclear disarmament
Proposals against the Bomb by young people from Soka and the Alliance through art, culture and music.
* During the tour, the sculpture “Liberar la Paz” (Liberate Peace) by Yoshihiro Nakashima will be unveiled.

14:00-15:00 Lunch

THIRD PART (Optional for Alliance members and/or participating entities)
15:30-17:00 Soka Cultural Centre Meeting Room

Working session with entities.
FREE ENTRANCE until full capacity is reached.