In this issue:
- Declare August 6 Global Nuclear Weapons Disarmament Day
- Invite the WILPF endorsed Proposition One Road Show to your community
- UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and the WILPF Nuclear Free Future Campaign
And coming in the next few days:
- More resources for Hiroshima Nagasaki days from WILPF and our partners
- EYE ON CONGRESS: WILPF DISARM! lobbies for a Nuclear Free Future
- EYE ON THE UNITED NATIONS: Share the Good News from the UN!
- No more nuclear missile tests! No more new nukes!
- WILPF says NO! to the nuclear power renaissance!
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN FOR HIROSHIMA DAY
DECLARE AUGUST 6 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DAY AND ASK CONGRESS TO DO THE SAME!
Wouldn't it be great if Congress did just that?
Well, we are on our way. Burlington Vermont Branch started this campaign last year. They began with a petition to Congress asking that August 6 be declared national Nuclear Weapons Disarmament Day. They invited other WILPF Branches to join in their campaign, and ten did. They got their Mayor to join, then their Senators and Congressman -- and latest news is that the Vermont legislature has just declared August 6 Nuclear Weapons Disarmament Day in that state!!!
This year let's follow their lead. Learn how they did it and download their petition and the Mayor's Proclamation.
INVITE THE 2010 PROPOSITION ONE ROAD SHOW TO YOUR COMMUNITY!
The 2010 Proposition One Road Show may be heading your way right now.
DISARM! co-chair Ellen Thomas and WILPF member and former Washington D.C. Peace Center Director Jay Marx are now touring the country with the Road Show. They are promoting abolition of nuclear weapons and the conversion of nuclear and other arms industries to provide for human and environmental needs. And they are encouraging peace activists (including WILPFers) in states that have the initiative and/or referendum to follow the example of Washington D.C. and get an initiative similar to their Proposition One on the local ballot.
The Road Show is supported by both WILPF DISARM! and Washington D.C. WILPF Branch. Other endorsers, including CODE PINK and Global Network, are adding their supportl
Read more here on how you can join this powerful push for a Nuclear Free Future and a peace economy that serves human needs for peace, freedom and security!
UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI MOON
AND THE WILPF NUCLEAR FREE FUTURE CAMPAIGN
Ban Ki Moon is now urging all nations in the UN to move quickly for nuclear disarmament as a first step toward general and complete disarmament. The DISARM! team prepared a resource and action page based on his October speech the East West Institute. It includes multiple web links for information, action tools, and access to our partner organiztions.
