No Nukes, No Wars, No Walls, No Warming – One Struggle, Many Fronts

Forum: One Struggle, Many Fronts: No Nukes, War, Wall or Warming

Sunday, June 18 at 1 PM – 6 PM | Brooklyn Friends Meeting | 110 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11201-5108

Free and open to the public. All are welcome.

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/836014579882930/

Sponsored by Peace and Planet International Network

 

Takes place the day after the Women’s March to Ban the Bomb on Saturday, June 17th.  
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Join One Struggle, Many Fronts forum on June 18th to stand united against nuclear arms, the arms race & the use of nuclear weapons. The tide is shifting: we stand with the Women’s March to Ban the Bomb which takes place on June 17th and the UN conference negotiating a treaty to ban nuclear weapons (June 15th to July 7th) to say: no to war, no to nukes, no to warming, and no to walls.

This conference will highlight the impact of nuclear arms on the diverse communities and the importance of making the connections with justice, environmental and peace issues and movements. There will be opportunities for networking and conversation!  The conference will cover:

NO NUKES, NO WARS, NO WALLS, NO WARMING:

ONE STRUGGLE, MANY FRONTS—LINKING CAUSE AND EFFECT

 

June 18, Brooklyn Friends Meeting, 1-6 p.m.

Panels

Humanitarian consequences

Sally Jones—welcome and moderator

Toshiyuki Mimaki (Mr.) Hiroshima Survivor, Executive Board Member, Nihon Hidankyo

Iram Ali— MoveOn Campaign Manager – New York

Kathy Sanchez, indigenous elder, Tewa Women United.

Tina Stege, Republic of the Marshall Islands

 

Causes and Effects

Jackie Cabasso–moderator

Andy Lichterman—Western States Legal Foundation connections

Vincent Intondi— Author, African-Americans and the Bomb

Sharon Dolev – Israeli Disarmament Movement

 

Youth Organizing for Nuclear Disarmament

Jim Anderson, moderator

Kate Alexander – Peace Action, New York State

Marzhan Nurzhan – Kazakhstan. PNND Coordinator for CIS countries, co-coordinator, Abolition 2000 Youth Working Group

Takae Hironaka Hiroshima Democratic Youth League (3rd generation Hibakusha)

Uday Pratap Singh, Amplify Youth Organizer

 

Ban Treaty and Beyond

Joseph Gerson—moderator and closing

Arielle Dennis – International Peace Bureau (formerly ICAN European Campaign Director)

Hiroshi Taka – Representative Director (formerly General Secretary) Gensuikyo

John Burroughs Executive Director of Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy

Alyn Ware – Unfold Zero