Making Waves - Peace Boat in Adelaide - a podcast by Mara Bonacci, KA Garlik, Emma Crunch, AC Hunter, Michaela Stubbs & Lavanya Pant

Peace Boat Nuclear Survivors in AdelaidePeace Boat, a Japanese based global NGO, visited Adelaide on 29th January for the first time as part of a speaking tour featuring nuclear survivors from Japan and Australia on its 93rd global voyage.The Australian tour started in fremantle, sailed to Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart, ending in Sydney.The visit was hosted by ICAN in conjunction with local groups in each city. The Adelaide events were supported by Conservation SA, The Maritime Union of Australia and the Graham F Smith Peace Foundation.The Peace Boat trip aimed to put pressure on the Japanese and Australian Governments who have not yet signed the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.This week we’ll hear some of the stories shared at the Making Waves event in Adelaide.  We heard from Akira Kawasaki from peace boat, Nagasaki survivor Terumi Tanaka, Maralinga survivor Mima Smart and ICAN Ambassador Scott Ludlam.If you’d like to learn more about Peace Boat, go to www.peaceboat.org/english.To learn more about the UN weapons ban treaty, go to www.icanw.org/au.Music on this show is from a performance by Tal-kin-jeri dance group: www.tal-kin-jeri.org

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