Images and Stories from Eyewitness Accounts

 UNC Asheville and the Center for Diversity Education will host the national traveling exhibit “Hiroshima-Nagasaki: Images and Stories from Eyewitness Accounts” October 1-30 in UNC Asheville’s Karpen Hall Lobby. The exhibition is free and open to the public. However, due to the graphic nature of the images in this educational exhibit, neither the exhibits nor the events are recommended for children.

Two free events will be held in conjunction with the exhibit.

Seeking True Security in the Nuclear Age

Ralph Hutchinson will deliver a lecture on “Seeking True Security in the Nuclear Age” at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, October 7, in UNC Asheville’s Laurel Forum. Hutchinson is the coordinator of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Building a World Beyond War: Roadmap for Citizens

A
screening of the film “Building a World Beyond War: Roadmap for
Citizens” will be held at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, October 21, in UNC
Asheville’s Laurel Forum. The film will be followed by a student-led
discussion.

“Hiroshima-Nagasaki:
Images and Stories from Eyewitness Accounts” features 30 large posters
depicting scenes of the U.S. 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,
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
desegregations, immigration, religious pilgrimage, World War II,
genocide and globalization.

UNC Asheville’s Karpen Hall Lobby, located on the main floor of the building, is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Friday.

For more
information about these events, contact the Center for Diversity
Education  at (828) 232-5024 or [email protected]. Additional information
is available online at www.diversityed.org