Please join Project for Nuclear Awareness and our colleagues on Friday June 26th at the US Social Forum in Philadelphia.
We will present at the People's Movement Assembly (PMA) workshops
from 1:00 - 5:30 PM at Temple University, Gittis Student Center, 13th & Montgomery Ave, Philadelphia PA.
Project for Nuclear Awareness will present – No Nuclear Buildup —Build Up Our Communities
Part of a 3:00-4:00 PM session which also includes No Mass Incarceration, No Police Militarization—Build Up Our Communities
What: The US Social Forum is a movement building tool to connect our various fronts of struggle to the developing movement toward becoming a political force for transformation.
People's Movement Assembly – NO WARS, NO WARMING!
Justice at Home, Peace Abroad! Explore Solutions for Our Communities!
When: Friday, June 26, from 1:00 - 5:30 PM–
No Wars, No Warming – People's Movement Assembly
1:00-2:00 PM-- Stop Militarized & Reconnaissance Drones!
2:00-3:00 PM--Stop Fossil Fuels, Nukes - Clean Energy, Mass Movement Tools
3:00-4:00 PM-- No Nuclear Buildup, No Mass Incarceration, No Police Militarization—Build Up Our Communities
4:00-5:00 PM-- Iran & North Korea, Seal the Deal and People's Diplomacy
5:00-5:30 PM-- Plenary Discussion, all participants
Where: Temple University- Gittis Student Center - Reel Cinema
13th Street & Montgomery Ave, Philadelphia
Who: Organized by the Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) PA & CFPA Regional in Princeton, NJ; Co-sponsored by: Project for Nuclear Awareness (PNA); 350 Philly; American Friends Service Committee; Brandywine Peace Community; Center for Returning Citizens; Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA); Code Pink; GasTruth.org; Massachusetts Peace Action; National Peace Action; Pennsylvanians Against Fracking; Phila-Area Anti-Drone Network; Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR); United Nations Association, Greater Philadelphia
Questions: Contact Alesha Vega, [email protected]
We will present at the People's Movement Assembly (PMA) workshops
from 1:00 - 5:30 PM at Temple University, Gittis Student Center, 13th & Montgomery Ave, Philadelphia PA.
Project for Nuclear Awareness will present – No Nuclear Buildup —Build Up Our Communities
Part of a 3:00-4:00 PM session which also includes No Mass Incarceration, No Police Militarization—Build Up Our Communities
What: The US Social Forum is a movement building tool to connect our various fronts of struggle to the developing movement toward becoming a political force for transformation.
People's Movement Assembly – NO WARS, NO WARMING!
Justice at Home, Peace Abroad! Explore Solutions for Our Communities!
When: Friday, June 26, from 1:00 - 5:30 PM–
No Wars, No Warming – People's Movement Assembly
1:00-2:00 PM-- Stop Militarized & Reconnaissance Drones!
2:00-3:00 PM--Stop Fossil Fuels, Nukes - Clean Energy, Mass Movement Tools
3:00-4:00 PM-- No Nuclear Buildup, No Mass Incarceration, No Police Militarization—Build Up Our Communities
4:00-5:00 PM-- Iran & North Korea, Seal the Deal and People's Diplomacy
5:00-5:30 PM-- Plenary Discussion, all participants
Where: Temple University- Gittis Student Center - Reel Cinema
13th Street & Montgomery Ave, Philadelphia
Who: Organized by the Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) PA & CFPA Regional in Princeton, NJ; Co-sponsored by: Project for Nuclear Awareness (PNA); 350 Philly; American Friends Service Committee; Brandywine Peace Community; Center for Returning Citizens; Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA); Code Pink; GasTruth.org; Massachusetts Peace Action; National Peace Action; Pennsylvanians Against Fracking; Phila-Area Anti-Drone Network; Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR); United Nations Association, Greater Philadelphia
Questions: Contact Alesha Vega, [email protected]
Nuclear Weapons:Their Danger, Cost, and Elimination
When: March 15, 2015 at 3 p.m.
Where: Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia PA 19103
Who:
Hugh Taft-Morales - Moderator;
Tammy Murphy - Project for Nuclear Awareness (PNA)
Ed Aguilar - Coalition for Peace Action (CPA)
Joseph Gerson - American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Daniel Wolk - Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
Elisabeth Leonard - Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
What:
A brief overview of nuclear weapons proliferation, focusing on development over the last 30 years.
Current U. S. Missile Modernization + Obama Administration Position
Environmental + Health Costs
Monetary Costs of nuclear weapons in the united States
Iranian negotiations + North Korean non-proliferation efforts
What citizens can do? - New York City events April 24-26
When: March 15, 2015 at 3 p.m.
Where: Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia PA 19103
Who:
Hugh Taft-Morales - Moderator;
Tammy Murphy - Project for Nuclear Awareness (PNA)
Ed Aguilar - Coalition for Peace Action (CPA)
Joseph Gerson - American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Daniel Wolk - Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
Elisabeth Leonard - Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
What:
A brief overview of nuclear weapons proliferation, focusing on development over the last 30 years.
Current U. S. Missile Modernization + Obama Administration Position
Environmental + Health Costs
Monetary Costs of nuclear weapons in the united States
Iranian negotiations + North Korean non-proliferation efforts
What citizens can do? - New York City events April 24-26
Please join us for the PNA In-House Trainings with world renowned experts in the field of nuclear disarmament. If you are interested in attending, inviting students, or recent graduates to the event, please contact us at your earliest convenience.
Dr. Roger Clark
Friends Center (1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia, PA 19102) in the Lucretia Mott Room from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. on December 3, 2014
Roger Clark works as part of the legal team representing the Marshall Islands in its cases against the states possessing nuclear weapons for failure to disarm as obligated in the NPT. In the past, he has served as a member of the UN Committee on Crimes Prevention and Control between 1987 and 1990; worked for the New Zealand Justice Department and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, served as a Fellow for the American Council of Learned Studies, and as a Doctoral Fellow at the Columbia University School of Law; and currently teaches at Rutgers University where he has worked to incorporate international legal studies into American legal studies
Dr. Frank von Hippel
Friends Center (1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia, PA 19102) from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on December 15, 2014
Frank von Hipple is co-chair of the International Panel on Fissile Materials and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University with research and writing focused on policy in nuclear arms control, nonproliferation, energy, checks and balances in policy-making for technology, nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament initiatives, the future of nuclear energy, and improved automobile fuel economy. This research follows a career as former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology, 1993 MacArthur Fellow and a extensive research in elementary-particle theoretical physics.
The October 24, 2013 Disarmament in Light of Humanitarian Need event was a success!
A special thank you to Joseph Gerson, the 5th annual Haas Award recipient, and Julie Sullivan for their contributions to this event!
Dr. Joseph Gerson was awarded the 5th annual John C. & Chara C. Haas Award for International Peace and Social Justice to celebrate his lifetime commitment and service to nuclear abolition, in honor of John C. Haas, co-founder of Project for Nuclear Awareness. Dr. Gerson is Director of Programs for the Northeast Region and the Director of Peace and Economic Security Program for the American Friends Service Committee. His many publications, his thoughtful analyses, and his tireless, effective advocacy have been a source of global inspiration.
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Our distinguished guest speaker at the Oct. 24, 2013 Disarmament in Light of Humanitarian Need event was Dr. Julie Sullivan, President and CEO of the International Foundation for Education and Self-Help. From Philadelphia, and the daughter of Reverend Leon Sullivan, Zion Baptist Church minister, civil rights leader and a social and economic justice activist supporting the anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa, Dr. Sullivan will speak about global humanitarian needs in light of the tax dollar spent on the global weapons industry.
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