1. Thank Members of Congress who are supporting this campaign!
Presentation of Warheads to Windmills in Rep. Jim McGovern’s office, Washington, DC. L to R: Danny Hall, Sokka Gakkai International; Paki Wieland, CodePink; Rep. Jim McGovern, D-MA; Timmon Wallis, NuclearBan.US; Vicki Elson, NuclearBan.US; Rep. Barbara Lee, D-CA; Anthony Donovan, documentarian and activist; Sister Carol Gilbert, O.P.; Medea Benjamin, CodePink; Sister Ardeth Platte, O.P.
Supporters of Warheads to Windmills in Congress so far:
“Dear Jim, Thank you so much for introducing H.Res.302 in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, for co-sponsoring H.Res. 109 in support of the Green New Deal, and for supporting the Warheads to Windmills campaign that combines them both. Please continue to urge your colleagues in Congress to join you in calling for all the money, brainpower and infrastructure currently wasted on nuclear weapons to instead be put to good use in developing and building the green technologies needed to address the climate crisis.”
“Dear Barbara, Thank you so much for supporting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the Green New Deal, and the Warheads to Windmills campaign that combines them both. Please continue to urge your colleagues in Congress to join you in calling for all the money, brainpower and infrastructure currently wasted on nuclear weapons to instead be put to good use in developing and building the green technologies needed to address the climate crisis.”
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) – sponsor of H.R.2419
“Dear Eleanor, Thank you so much for introducing H.R. 2419, which calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons in line with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and for all the money, brainpower and infrastructure currently wasted on nuclear weapons to instead be put to good use in developing and building the technologies needed to address the climate crisis and other pressing social needs. Please continue to urge your colleagues in Congress to join you in calling for the transformation of ‘Warheads to Windmills’.”
2. Urge Joe Biden to support Green New Deal
Every time you hear Joe Biden say he’s going to get us to “net-zero by 2050,” please text, tweet, Facebook comment, or whatever you know how to do, with this simple message:
“@joebiden: We need to cut our #carbon emissions in half by 2030. That’s what the #science says. That’s what the @IPCC_CH says. That’s what our @sunrisemvmt young people say. It’s their #future that’s at stake! What are you going to do to make sure we meet the #IPCC 2030 target?”
3. Urge support for the Nuclear Ban Treaty
Ask members of Congress to Co-sponsor H.Res. 302: Embracing the Goals and the Provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
And to sign the ICAN Pledge in support of the Treaty:
4. Boycott and Divest from Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Weapons
More details on nuclear weapons divestment: Dontbankonthebomb.com
More details on fossil fuel divestment: Gofossilfree.org
5. Ask Members of Congress to support H.R.2419:
The Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic Conversion Act
And join the Warheads to Windmills campaign!
