July 12-13, 2023 in Washington, DC: Lobby Members of Congress to support the Norton Bill, H.R.2775, the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and [Climate] Conversion bill. We will be hand-delivering copies of the newly updated Warheads to Windmills report to Members of Congress and encouraging them to co-sponsor the Norton Bill as a sign of their commitment…
May 7 Warheads to Windmills webinar: Breakout session Working with Mayors for Peace and municipalities – Jackie Cabasso Mayors for Peace, founded in 1982 and led by the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is working for a world without nuclear weapons, safe and resilient cities, and a culture of peace, in which peace is a…
May 7 Warheads to Windmills webinar Breakout Session: Back from the Brink – Joe Hodgkin, MD Everyone introduced themselves and shared their perspectives, and Joe answered some questions about Back from the Brink, H Res 77, and thoughts on strategy and tactics. It was a pretty short session and there was no note-taker. For more…
May 7 Warheads to Windmills Breakout session – VFP Climate Crisis and Militarism Project – Jim Rine Notes – Frances Jeffries
May 7 Warheads to Windmills Breakout session: Nonviolent Direct Action and the Plowshares Movement – Patrick O’Neill and Steve Dear Patrick gave an overview of Plowshares noting that they “are creative theatre, shocking, make people think and offer a concrete, yet symbolic example of what disarmament would look like” because we actually attempt to “beat swords into…
May 7 Warheads to Windmills webinar Breakout Session: Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change in Massachusetts – Kathleen Hamill During this session, participants discussed the current campaign for a Nuclear Weapons and Climate Commission in Massachusetts. Such a commission would study, investigate, and advise on how to best protect the people of MA…
May 7 Warheads to Windmills webinar Breakout session – Lobbying Congress re Norton bill – Timmon Wallis Norton’s bill links climate and nuclear weapons. There are many nuclear weapons related bills in Congress, ranging from not wanting North Korea to have nuclear weapons to Norton’s nuclear abolition and conversion bill, with many in between. NuclearBan.US trying to…
May 7 Warheads to Windmills webinar Breakout session – Pressuring the Profiteers – Vicki Elson Nancy Craft mentioned that Quakers have set up an investment fund used to put pressure on firms, and they sell the stock in the firms that do not cooperate, and “advertise how bad they are.” Arthur Dawes appreciated receiving all…
May 7 webinar Warheads to Windmills Breakout session: Warfare to Windmills – Jonathan King The Jobs with Peace campaign at the Institute for People’s Engagement and other campaigns provide good examples of nuclear weapons opponents working with actual working people like nurses. The emphasis is economic: we’ll support nurses in your efforts if you’ll support…
May 7 Warheads to Windmills Breakout session: How peace and climate groups can work together more effectively? Ivana Hughes and Medea Benjamin It was hard to get people to focus on the question. Several people wanted to talk about US attitudes toward Putin and the Ukraine war and the need to contradict the efforts to put…