Municipalities play important roles in building public support for the abolition of nuclear weapons. From joining Mayors for Peace to adopting a Back from the Brink and ICAN Cities Appeal resolutions, divesting from nuclear weapons or becoming a Nuclear Weapons Free zone, cities and towns throughout the world are speaking out and taking action.
Join us on March 4th in NYC for a roundtable discussion framed by research on city-level organizing and policy advocacy for nuclear disarmament conducted by Hirokazu Miyazaki, Professor at Northwestern University, and moderated by Denise Duffield, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles and Back from the Brink.
The discussion will be followed by a reception that will provide opportunities to engage with city officials and campaigners and discuss local organizing models and campaigns.
Learn more and register: bit.ly/3msp-cities
These events are held in conjunction with the Third Meeting of States Parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and sponsored by the Austrian Permanent Mission to the UN. Cosponsored by Northwestern University, Back From the Brink, Mayors for Peace, ICAN, International Physicians for the Prevent of Nuclear War, and Physicians for Social Responsibility. Funding provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Northwestern University.
Cities, communities, towns and states across the U.S. have been uniquely shaped by legacies of nuclear testing, development, research, and policy.
Nuclear weapons are an international security concern. But federal governments aren’t the only ones driving the movement towards nuclear disarmament. Cities, communities, towns and states across the U.S. have been uniquely shaped by legacies of nuclear testing, development, research, and policy. In response to these “nuclear legacies,” local governments and communities are finding ways to participate in nuclear disarmament discussions, shifting them from abstract to concrete, from hypothetical to actual. This website maps examples of how localities across the U.S. are engaging with and responding to nuclear legacies. By elevating nuclear justice issues focused on recognizing, remembering, and repairing past and ongoing harms from nuclear weapons development, this website seeks to broaden nuclear policy discussions to include local efforts, concerns, and experiences.
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Chicago, Illinois, known as the birthplace of the Atomic Age, has a historic past involving nuclear weapons.
Portland, Oregon has been a strong advocate against nuclear weapons, and has a rich history of anti-nuclear activism.
