Presented during the 2017 Presidential Peace Conference in Atlanta. Track B, Session 3: Green Legacy, A Hopeful Future in the Nuclear Age

1. Rotary Community Peace Conference
Part of a Global Grant Project
Presidential Peace Conference, Atlanta
June 10, 2017
By Makiko Nakasone, Rotary Club of Little Tokyo, Los Angeles

2. Rotary Community Peace Conference
• The first Rotary sponsored peace conference for the
community
• A part of a Global Grant #1746412
• Free and open to the general public in Greater L.A. area
• Culmination of a year-long Peace Educational Program
at Glendale Unified School District

3. Peace Educational Program at GUSD (1)
• Teacher/staff orientation on the Peace Educational Program in
September
• Presentation of seeds of a A-bomb survived tree from Green Legacy
Hiroshima to 400+ students in the English Japanese Immersion
Program at GUSD, an opportunity to learn about “Hiroshima.”
• Opening of the new “Rotary Peace Library” within their school
libraries.
• A field trip to the Japanese American National Museum for students
to learn about the internment experiences by the Japanese
Americans during WWII.

4. Peace Educational Program at GUSD (2)
• School assemblies with Hibakusha, A-bomb survivors, Japanese
American internees, authors of books on peace.
• Students to work on Peace Projects during the 2017-18 school year
• Rotary Community Peace Conference in April, 2018
• Speech contest winner to Hiroshima for two weeks. The winner to
present her/his report to the community upon return in the fall of
2018

5. A New Peace Educational Program for Students
Rotary
Community
Peace
Conference
Green
Legacy
Hiroshima
Rotary
Peace
Library
Field Trip
to JANM
School
Assemblies
Student
Peace
Projects

6. Purpose
of
the First Rotary Community Peace Conference
• First step for peace: mutual understanding
• For students to present the results of their peace
projects
• To reach out to a larger audience: the students’
families and community members besides Rotarians
• To provide stimulus and information so each can take
an action for world peace after the Peace Conference

7. What We Plan to Do
at Rotary Community Peace Conference:
* Student Project Presentations
* Student Speech Contest on Peace—the winner to be sent to
Hiroshima and her/his report upon return to L.A.
* Lectures and presentations by specialists on peace,
including organizations against nuclear weapons, Rotary
Peace Scholars, authors of peace books, Hibakusha bomb
survivors, Japanese American internees during WWII, etc.
* 1,000 Paper Cranes each to L.A. Children’s Hospital, JANM,
and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

8. Rotary Community Peace Conference
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
April, 2018