In an age of deep division and growing global challenges, education has a vital role to play in cultivating peace.

Barger Leadership Institute is committed to nurturing leaders who will promote peace, compassion, dignity, and well-being in their communities. In that spirit, we are organizing a two-day event to raise awareness for commitment to peace in higher education. We will screen the award-winning documentary "A Vow from Hiroshima," featuring remarks from producer Mitchie Takeuchi, on March 24. On March 25, we are hosting a multidisciplinary symposium, "Lessons from Hiroshima: Cultivating Mindful Peace Leadership."

FREE FILM SCREENING
The Vow From Hiroshima is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb in Hiroshima. At 13 years old, Setsuko was miraculously pulled out of a fiery building after the bomb was dropped, unable to save her other 27 classmates who were burned alive. The experience shaping her life forever, she kept a pledge to her friends - that no one should ever again experience the same horrible fate. Her moving story is told through the lens of her friendship with second-generation survivor Mitchie Takeuchi, through her decades of activism, to the current moment, achieving her dream of a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty.

Special thanks to our film sponsors,
- The Nam Center for Korean Studies
- Michigan Community Scholars Program
- Center for Japanese Studies
- UMMA
- Center for Global and Intercultural Study
- Organizational Studies