Hideko & OSDI
Dr. Hideko Tamura-Snider founded OSDI in 2007 to educate the public about the consequences of the use of nuclear weapons and plants seeds of peace, hope and reconciliation among people of the world, through educational presentations and cultural exchange programs. To that end she has been interviewed on radio and TV, appeared before professional organizations, university classes, and community groups across the United States and in her native Japan, telling her story and working toward peace and nuclear nonproliferation.
Green Legacy Hiroshima
OSDI has partnered with Green Legacy Hiroshima, a program begun in Japan, under the United Nations, which gathers seeds from trees that survived the atomic bombings at the close of World War II. The seeds have been distributed around the world, to grow and flourish in hundreds of communities. Standing in silence, they remind us that out of tremendous and overwhelming destruction, new life can arise. Along with the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon Community Trees, we have placed over 55 Peace Trees throughout Oregon. OSDI also sent 70 more trees other states.
OSDI Trees throughout Oregon and other states
Recent News
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Nihon Hidankyo is awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
Hideko has long been an ardent supporter of Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, along with victims of nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific, known as Hibakusha. -
September 4 Tea and Conversation with Hideko
3-4:30 at Peace House, 543 S. Mountain Ave, Ashland
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August 2024 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil
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August 6 Ceremony of Remembrance & Recommitment
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August 9 Film & discussion at Peace House
A Costly Madness: Remembering Daniel Ellsberg and the Doomsday Machine.
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August 6 Ceremony of Remembrance & Recommitment
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May 16, 2024 Gifted Ukrainian copies of WPTB to local Ukrainian families on
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April 2024 The Ukrainian edition of When a Peace Tree Blooms published. Translated by Hanna Yakubovska, a Ukrainian refugee living in Ashland. From Amazon.
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April 2024 Screening of work-in-progress film "Seeds of Peace" by David Hedberg, a documentary about Green Legacy Hiroshima Peace Trees in Oregon, and featuring Hideko. Expected release in 2025. Info & trailer.
Hideko's Journeys
March 2020, Hideko travels to Indianapolis, Indiana to speak about her life and experiences at the Hiroshima Symposium held at IUPUI.
Event flyers: Atomic Bomb Poster Exhibition, Hibakusha Testimony
Tinian/Saipan visit (12/22/15 ~ 1/5/16) Peace Tree book delivery for the children of Tinian to Mayor, Joey San Nicolas. Book reading at the Tinian Youth Center, Lecture for the Northern Marianas Humanities Council. Gifts of books to the Children of Saipan, conversations with Chimoro and Carolinian leaders and representatives.
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Books from OSDI
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One Sunny Day
A memoir of Hideko's extraordinary life as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and how she chose to dedicate her life to peace.
The newly revised and expanded version of One Sunny Day is now available direct from the new publisher, Oregon State University Press (OSU Press).
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When a Peace Tree Blooms
A picture book for all ages, about creating peace in the world. Audio book & T-shirt are also available. Translations in Japanese and Chinese available, with more languages coming.
Interviews
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Hideko was interviewed for MSNBC's special To End All War : Oppenheimer released on July 4th, 2023. -
Hideko is joined by Estelle Voeller and Michael Niemann to speak about the 75th anniversary of the bombing on The Jefferson Exchange. -
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviews Hideko. She describes the experience of surviving the blast, her personal health consequences and hope for collective healing. -
Hideko speaks to Oregon PSR.org about creating a Nuclear-Free future.
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Listen to OPB's Think Out Loud interview with Hideko about surviving the bombing of Hiroshima.
