SNACK:Short NAtural Conversations for Kyampus(campus) life
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⏩ Floyd Schmoe is an American Quaker who was a conscientious objector of war during both world wars and pursued peace through humanitarian work. He spoke and wrote about the atrocities of war throughout his long life. He used the Quaker network within the occupation force, including Elizabeth Vining, the then tutor to the Crown Prince. With Vining's advice, Schmoe wrote to the Imperial Household about his desire to help people in Japan rebuild from the ashes of war.
He finally made it to Hiroshima in 1948, and one year later, he revisited there with a team of volunteers of diverse backgrounds. They were welcomed and began building houses for the surviving families. Schmoe's unrelenting efforts to enter Japan show the difficulties in getting access to an occupied country. People called the houses, "Schome House." On the site reads: "To build understanding; by building houses; that there may be peace." Schmoe's team later built houses for the widows with children in Nagasaki.
In the lecture, participants can explore the meaning of peacebuilding, overcoming the calamities of war and seeking reconciliation with people from former enemy countries.
⏩ 良心的兵役拒否など絶対的平和主義のクェーカー教徒シュモーは人道支援家であり、支援者に戦争の惨禍を発信し続けた。占領軍内部のクェーカー人脈を駆使して1948年念願の来日を果たす。当時の皇太子の家庭教師だったエリザベス・ヴァイニングもクェーカーで、皇室サイドとも交信した。 皇室のお墨付きも得て、広島入りしたシュモーは現地で歓迎を受ける。占領下での広島入りの方法とは何かを理解できる。そして、日米の様々な人々の協力を仰ぎながら、ボランティアで家を建て、人々は「シュモーハウス」と名付けた。「互いを理解し、家を建てることによって、平和が訪れることを望む」。シュモーは後に長崎でも家を建てている。 戦争の惨禍を経て、憎しみを超え、敵味方の和解とは何かを考えることができる。
