Monday, June 20, 2016

Project Team


Participating schools

  • Hiroshima Jogakuin High School (Hiroshima, Japan)
  • Kwassui High School (Nagasaki, Japan)
  • Junior and Senior High School of Kogakuin University (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Stuyvesant High School (New York, U.S.)
  • The United Nations International School (New York, U.S.)
  • Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School (Boston, MA, U.S.)
  • Boston Latin Academy (Boston, MA, U.S.)
  • Boston Latin School (Boston, MA, U.S.)
  • Noble and Greenough School (Dedham​, ​MA, U.S.) 
  • Newton North High School (Newton, ​MA, U.S.)  
  • Mirman School (Los Angels, CA, U.S.)
  • Braddock Drive Gifted &Highly Gifted Magnet Elementary School (Culver City, CA, U.S.)
  • Tokyo Metropolitan University (Tokyo, Japan)
All Japanese students have been commissioned as "Youth Communicator for a World without Nuclear Weapons" by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

Workshop host / co-sponsors

  • Hidenori Watanave, Associate Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University and Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
  • United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
  • JREX (The Japanese Resource Exchange)
  • JB Line, Inc. (Japanese Bostonians Support Line)
  • Peace Resource Center, Wilmington College
  • Hibakusha Stories
  • Film "Orizuru 2015"
  • Hiroshima Jogakuin High School
  • Kwassui High School
  • Junior and Senior High School of Kogakuin University
  • Stuyvesant High School

Sponsors

  • Consulate-General of Japan in Boston
  • Hiroshima City
  • Nagasaki City
  • Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation

Partners / collaborators

  • Intellectual Resources Initiative
  • Sadako Legacy
  • The 9/11 Tribute Center
  • Gaia Initiative
  • Massachusetts Peace Action
  • Kuniko Yamada McVey, Harvard-Yenching Library
  • Yumi Tanaka, New York Peace Film Festival
  • Shuji Kitahara, Harvard Medical School
  • William Johnston, Wesleyan University
  • Levi McLaughlin, North Carolina State University
  • Steven Braun, Northeastern University Libraries
  • Kathleen Sullivan, Hibakusha Stories
  • Susan Strickler & Mitchie Takeuchi, Not Just A Survivor Film LLC
  • Miyuki Sohara, Film "Orizuru 2015"
  • Masako Toki, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
  • Tomoko Ikeda Takeuchi, Alumna of Hiroshima Jogakuin
  • Chihiro Tsukamoto, University of Iceland
  • Kay Tsukamoto, Lexington High School
  • Hiro Sakurai, Soka Gakkai International
  • Aleksandr Sklyar, University of Michigan

PR strategy

Crowdfunding team

  • Hidenori Watanave
  • Tomoyuki Torisu, 3rd Generation Descendant of A-bomb Survivors
  • Ryo Osera, 3rd Generation Descendant of A-bomb Survivors
  • Fumioki Okayama, 3rd Generation Descendant of A-bomb Survivors
  • Kenya Tamura, Volunteer students from Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • Shinnosuke Komiya, Volunteer students from Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • Shiori Kimura, Volunteer students from Tokyo Metropolitan University

Grant

  • The Japan Foundation Grant Program for International Exchange by Youth and Community Leaders