In December of 2010 the Hibakusha Stories team visited Brooklyn International High School and presented a program in the auditorium to the entire high school.  Speakers were Toshiko Tanaka, Setsuko Thurlow and Reiko Yamada.  Interpreters were Fumie Furman and Marie Cochrane.  Reporter Tom Robbins wrote an article for the Village Voice about his experience.

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Students from around the world responded personally to the stories they heard and were moved by the resilience of the hibakusha, who are exemplars of lives dedicated to peace.  As a follow-up, several hibakusha returned to the school to make paper cranes with Erin Collins Fleishauer’s class.

Robert Croonquist and students make origami cranes, December, 2010
Education in action with Kathleen Sullivan, December, 2010
Students empathize with what they hear, December, 2010
Reiko Yamada and interpreter Marie Cochrane speak to a small group, December, 2010
Fumie Furman translates for Toshiko Tanaka, December, 2010
Students respond to hibakusha testimony, December, 2010
A student concentrates on the first folds of an origami crane, December, 2010
Students from around the world attend Brooklyn International, December, 2010
Interpreter Fumi Furman and Toshiko Tanaka listen to students, December, 2010
Students listen carefully to Toshiko Tankana, December, 2010
A student completes the final folds of a paper crane, December, 2010
Students make origami cranes

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