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Resisting Nuclear Annihilation: Dangers and Actions

January 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Free

David Cortright: “Nuclear Weapons Dangers Today” David Cortright is the former executive director of SANE, was actively involved in the nuclear freeze movement of the 1980s, has written or edited more than 20 books, and is currently a visiting scholar at Cornell University (https://einaudi.cornell.edu/discover/people/david-cortright).
Diane Swords: “The ‘Back from the Brink’ Campaign” Diane Swords is a long time anti-nuclear activist organizing public education, legislative and divestment campaigns nationally with Back from the Brink (preventnuclearwar.org); and with Peace Action of New York State, and Syracuse Peace Council.
Larry Wittner: “The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” Larry Wittner is Professor of History Emeritus at SUNY/Albany, a former president of the Peace History Society, and the author of Confronting the Bomb and many other works on nuclear disarmament issues (www.lawrenceswittner.com).
Rishi Gurudevan: “Organizing Students for Nuclear Disarmament” Rishi Gurudevan is the founder of Students for Nuclear Disarmament, a national non-partisan 501(c)(3) dedicated to raising awareness among “Gen-Z” about nuclear war, and a senior at Phillips Exeter Academy.

Presented by Back from the Brink, Nuclear Free World Committee of the Syracuse Peace Council, Peace Action of New York State, Students for Nuclear Disarmament, and Upper Hudson Peace Action.

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Date:
January 22
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
www.peaceact.net