City finances are always stretched thin, and even a small donation to Mayors for Peace may be politically or economically impossible for some cities that would like to help. In such cases, we recommend working in cooperation with local civil society organizations and concerned citizens to hold a fundraising event. The events themselves could revolve around a campaign theme, a speech by an A-bomb survivor, a nuclear-related film, an appearance by a local or national celebrity, or a concert featuring local or nationally known musicians. However, the key ingredient in a successful fundraiser is the participation of the mayor. If the mayor announces, supports, and agrees to attend the event, and if the city is able to help provide an attractive venue for free or at a low cost, the event is likely to be a success.
Depending on the scale of the event, it could help to raise funds for local groups or a municipal project as well. Many peace and justice issues are conceptually and politically congruent with the elimination of nuclear weapons, so these events could offer an opportunity to bring the local community together.
Mayors for Peace will be happy to provide letters, messages, posters, and other materials on request. We will also help to recruit A-bomb survivors (with at least two months lead time), experts or celebrities. We will do anything we can to help, but to involve us, please give us as much advance notice and information as possible.
These events do not need to be great spectacles. If a thousand cities would each just raise a thousand US dollars, we could run a powerful campaign that would get the world’s attention!
Donations
- (1) Send a check or international postal money order in Japanese yen made out to
- Mayors for Peace
- to:Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, 1-5 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku
- Hiroshima, Japan730-0811
- (2) Send Japanese yen by wire transfer to:
- Bank Name：Hiroshima Bank
- Branch Name：Hiroshima City Hall Branch (Hiroshima Shiyakusho shiten)
- Branch Address：1-6-34 Kokutaiji, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0042, Japan
- Branch Telephone Number：81-82-241-4470
- Bank Code：0169
- Branch Code：048
- Swift Code:HIROJPJT
- Account Number：3004641
- Account Holder’s Name：Kakuheikihaizetsunotamenokinkyukodojikkouiinkai
- Account Holder’s Address：1-5, Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811, Japan
- (3) If it is more convenient, you can send your donation in US$ to our US bank account.
- Please make the check or money order to Mayors for Peace Campaign and send it to 2247
- Venetian Dr., Atlanta, GA 30311.
- (4) You can also wire US$ to:
- Bank name： Wachovia Bank
- Branch Name： Cascade Road Financial Center (branch)
- Branch address： 2318 Cascade Rd., Atlanta, GA 30311, U.S.A.
- Wire routing #061000227
- Swift code PNBPUS33
- Acct. #2000866126964
- Name: Mayors for Peace Campaign
The “Ask the People!” Project
An AP-Ipsis Poll published on March 31, 2005, found that 66% of Americans believe that the best way to make the world more secure is for no country, not even the US, to have nuclear weapons. To underscore that the members of Mayors for Peace truly speak for the people of the world when they advocate achievement of a nuclear-weapon-free world by 2020, we will promote national polls centered on this issue in as many as fifty countries. The Project will begin immediately to raise funds from foundations. The design of the questions will also begin as soon as possible, ideally with the pro bono assistance of an experienced poll designer(s). The “Ask the People!” Project would be officially launched on UN Day. Ideally at least one polling operation in one country would be in the works by that time. Polls would be conducted throughout the following eight months, with a final push for completion in July. The compiled global results would be made public on the 61st anniversary in Hiroshima. The political authority of Mayors for Peace and all other abolitionists will be greatly enhanced by the fact that they definitely speak for the Great Majority.
The “Mega-Port, Mega-Impact” Project
The Rand Corporation has conducted a study to predict the impact of a terrorist nuclear bomb exploding in the port of Long Beach, California. This powerful study, which paints a frightening picture of economic disruption and hardship nationwide (in the US) and worldwide, will probably be released this year. Mayors for Peace, in cooperation with the U.S. Conference of Mayors (currently led by the Mayor of Long Beach, Beverly O’Neill), will seek out mayoral organizations in Europe and Japan that could become partners in promoting an internationally coordinated study of other mega-ports in Europe and Asia. Mayors for Peace would also seek funds for widespread publication and distribution of the findings. Ideally, this study will be completed while Mayor O’Neill is still President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, i.e. June 2006. It would thus be available for use at the World Urban Forum (see above). The purpose of this project is to educate local government authorities and the general public regarding the far-reaching impact of even a small nuclear explosion in any one of the world’s two dozen mega-ports, lending urgency to the effort to eliminate the nuclear weapons and control the fissile materials that make such an attack possible.