World Peace Lecture: Wings of Peace ~ Sadako's "Omoiyari" Spirit

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 6:30pm

Torrance Cultural Arts Center - Toyota Meeting Hall
3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA 90503

World Peace Lecture by the winner of "American Spirit Award” (National Council for the Social Studies, 2015)

Sadako Sasaki, a girl who was exposed to high levels of radiation from the Hiroshima atomic bomb, believed the saying in Japan that “A person’s wishes will be granted if one folds 1,000 paper cranes”, she folded 1,500 paper cranes on her hospital bed wishing for recovery and for her family. 60 years later, her story and paper cranes have become a symbol of World Peace and have been donated and are displayed at various places including "911 Tribute Center, New York", Pearl Harbor Visitor Center of the USS Arizona Memorial in Honolulu, Truman Library, Okinawa, Hiroshima, Austria Peace Library. 

The story of Sadako’s paper crane moved President Trumans's Grandson, as well as children all over the world.

Speakers
Mr. Masahiro Sasaki (Sadako Sasaki's Family)
Mr. Yuji Sasaki (Sadako Sasaki's Family)
Mr. Clifton Truman Daniel (Grandson of President Truman)
Main Cast and Crew

Admission
Includes refreshments and a ticket to "Orizuru 2015" screening at Laemmle Royal 

Early Bird: $55 (Must purchase online by 5/20)
At the Door: $60

Purchase tickets online or call (310) 373-4888