On Tuesday 6 August London Region CND will once again gather at Tavistock Square for our annual Hiroshima Commemoration. Below you can see the schedule for the event.
Choir
Raised Voices
Welcome
Carol Turner, London Region Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Address by Councillor Samata Khatoon, Mayor of Camden
Memorial
Wreath Laying at the Hiroshima Cherry Tree - participants are welcome to add their own floral tributes to those of the Mayor of Camden andLondon Region CND
Prayers for Peace, Rev Nagase
Speeches
Kate Hudson
Murad Qureshi
Performances
Hugh Goodwin guitar and voice
Ann Garrett poem recital
Jenny Malca Brown poem recital
Paul Steel guitar and voice
Close
Carol Turner
Raised Voices Choir
Followed by
A CND Picnic in The Park (bring your own, soft drinks provided) and an opportunity to meet old friends and make new ones
Join the H-Bomb’s Thunder Chorus
Men and women, stand together
Do not heed the men of war
Make your minds up now or never
Ban the bomb for evermore
Participant biographies in order of appearance
Raised Voices
Raised Voices is a London-based choir addressing social & political issues through music, including justice, peace, climate change, refugee support, Palestinian and womens rights.
Carol Turner
Carol Turner is the Chair of London Region CND, a national Vice Chair of CND and Coordinator of the International Advisory Group. She is author of Corbyn & Trident: Labour’s continuing controversy and Walter Wolfgang: A Political Life.
Councillor Samata Khatoon
Cllr Samata Khatoon is the Mayor of Camden for 2024-2025 and has served as a councillor since 2010. She is actively involved in the community, including as a Trustee at New Horizon Youth Centre and St Pancras Welfare Trust, and a parent governor.
Reverend Gyoro Nagase
Reverend Nagase arrived in England from Japan in 1978 to help build the UK's first Peace Pagoda in Milton Keynes. He completed the Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park in 1984 and now focuses on meditation and peacefully drawing attention to the human cost of nuclear war.
Kate Hudson
Kate Hudson has been General Secretary of CND since 2010 and is an internationally recognised peace campaigner. She is an historian and author of CND at 60: Britain’s Most Enduring Mass Movement and CND: Now More Than Ever.
Murad Qureshi
Murad Qureshi served on the London Assembly, 2004-16 and 2020- 21. He is a Vice President of London CND, a member of CND National Council, and a former chair of the Stop the War Coalition.
Hugh Goodacre
Hugh Goodacre is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at UCL and Westminster Universities. He is a folk musician and trade unionist.
Ann Garrett
Ann Garrett is Secretary of Bromley & Beckenham CND, Joint Convenor of Bromley Peace Council, and co-coordinator of Bromley Green Party. She is a community organiser and a drama teacher who co-founded Theatre in Education at the Belgrade Theatre.
Jenny Malca Brown
Jenny Malca Brown has a long-standing tradition of visiting the Cherry Tree at Victoria Park, where she joins Japanese families and CND members singing peace songs to commemorate Hiroshima.
Paul Steel
Paul Steel is a peace campaigner and member of Sheerness CND. He is singer and acoustic guitarist who regularly contributes his musical skills to CND group activities across London.