Ban Treaty on Track to Enter into Force

Last week, I had the privilege of attending, on behalf of NuclearBan.US, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) campaigners’ meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting brought together over 130 ICAN campaigners from around the world to discuss campaign progress and strategy for making the United Nations Nuclear Ban Treaty successful. Since 122 nations…

What is Divestment and Why It Works!

For this week’s blog, we’ve decided to focus on one of the key strategies behind the campaign to get the US to sign on to the Nuclear Ban Treaty – divestment. Divestment, simply put, means the opposite of investment, and occurs when individuals, institutions, businesses, and governments get rid of all their financial ties to…

Young People Lead the Way

Millions of young people took to the streets yesterday in over 800 towns and cities across the US to demand national action to address gun violence and to challenge the power of the NRA. Since the killing of 15 students at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999, there have been more than 190 school…