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Students from Hachioji Campusparticipated in the Ome-Hamura Peace Messenger Project as university student leaders.

From July to August 2023, Ayaka Nakayama (2nd year student Faculty of Law) from Teikyo University participated in the Ome-Hamura Peace Messenger Project as a university student leader. This project is implemented by the cities of Ome and Hamura with the aim of deepening learning and feelings about peace through learning about war among junior high school students living in the cities and interacting with survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima City, where the atomic bomb was dropped.
In the pre-training, the participants learned about history, including the events leading up to World War II and the Asia-Pacific War, and during their visit to Hiroshima they toured wartime historical sites and deepened their understanding of the horrors of war and their thoughts about peace through interactions with local junior high school students and atomic bomb survivors.In the post-training, they prepared to convey in their own words what they felt and thought during their visit to Hiroshima, and at the culminating debriefing session, they presented what they experienced and learned in this program as "Peace Messengers" in front of the mayors of Ome and Hamura, as well as other related parties.
Nakayama first participated in this project when he was in his first year of junior high school, and this was his second time as a university student leader coordinating the junior high school students. Regarding his participation as a university student leader, Nakayama said, "When I participated as a first-year student, I didn't know much about history and there were parts that I couldn't fully understand, so this time I wanted to support the junior high school students and re-learn the things that I didn't understand the last time." Nakayama, who supported one group from the pre-training to the dispatch report meeting, reflected on his activities as a university student leader, saying, "During the pre-training, the junior high school students were a little awkward meeting each other for the first time, but I tried to create an atmosphere where they could talk comfortably by actively listening to their opinions. There were many challenges, such as reviewing the reports written by the junior high school students and communicating with city officials, but it was rewarding to see the students' growth."
Teikyo University will continue to support the various initiatives of its students.

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