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BRATTLEBORO â On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami touched off three nuclear meltdowns and multiple hydrogen explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, an ongoing nuclear disaster some scientists say will continue for the next 100 years. The Japanese governmentâs focus on an eventual summer Olympics in Tokyo despite the need for rebuilding and on-going radiation concerns is a contentious topic in and outside of Japan.
On Sunday, March 21, from 4 to 5:30 pm, Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) will host a Zoom conversation with two women with close ties to Fukushima. Chiho Kaneko and Norma Field will share their perspectives on the âdistortionsâ inherent in the accidentâs ongoing environmental, social and economic impacts in an attempt to clarify the Fukushima reality and lessons it contains. WWAC board member Lissa Weinmann, a citizen appointee to the Vermont Yankee Nuclea
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BRATTLEBORO â At this moment in the United States, South Africa can provide lessons on how to navigate the vestiges of historic and current white supremacy, a growing polarized electoral constituency, and efforts to foster justice through âtruth and reconciliationâ processes.
The Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) will present the Rev. Dr. Scott Couper to discuss his research and book on South African anti-apartheid politician Albert Luthuli in a Zoom webinar on Sunday, Feb. 21, from 4 to 5:30 pm. WWAC Chair Clare Gillis will moderate. Registration is required at https://www.windhamworldaffairscouncil.org.
Luthuli was a long-time president-general of the African National Congress (ANC), as well as the first Black African to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (1960), yet his name is virtually unknown outside of South Africa, especially compared to his much more famous comrade Nelson Mandela.