Breaking Atoms - Broken Lives: Hiroshima/Nagasaki to Fukushima

“Breaking Atoms - Broken Lives,” an eyewitness account of current conditions inFukushima17 months after the tsunami and nuclear reactor melt-down, will be offered free to the public atMauiCollegeon Sunday, August 5 at6:30 pmin thePilinaBuildingmulti-purpose room.  Kay Fukumoto, President of Maui Taiko, will provide an update, with video and photos, on the living conditions of people displaced by theFukushimadisaster.  Fukumoto was a member of a nine person team of Maui Taiko drummers who traveled toEastern Japanin June as ambassadors of aloha.

The program also includes live koto music, Maui Izanai-Yosakoi dancers and a short performance by Maui Taiko.

The public is invited to come between5:30and6:30 pmto learn to make and then take home origami cranes. Refreshments will be served to all after the program. Sponsored by the  UH Maui College Peace Club and the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration Committee, a coalition ofMauiorganizations and individuals.

Date: Sunday, August 5th, 2012

Time: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Cost: Free, public invited

Categories: Non-Profit Community Event, FREE, Cultural / Ethnic, Concerts / Music

UH Maui College Pilina Multi-Purpose room, upstairs in the Student Lounge Building

UH Maui College campus

Kahului, HI USA 96732

Island Area: Central Maui

Website: http://

Location Specifics: Kahului

Website: www.mauipeace.org