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April 8 A World Without Nuclear Weapons: Obama's Vision, Our Mission
If you can't make it to the event, follow the live blog or the livestream. Peace Action Fund of New York State and The Nation Institute present A World Without Nuclear Weapons with Daniel Ellsberg, whistle-blower, nuclear expert and star of the academy-nominated documentary, The Most Dangerous Man in America Jonathan Schell, bestselling author of The Fate of the Earth and The Unconquerable World, and Nuclear Weapons Doris Shaffer Fellow at The Nation Institute Kennette Benedict, Publisher of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Moderated by Phil Donahue "The United States will take concrete steps towards a world without nuclear weapons." – President Barack Obama, April 5, 2009 Join our panel of leading experts in a wide-ranging and incisive conversation on the ongoing international struggle for the containment and eventual reduction of the nuclear threat, and how President Obama and the U.S. Senate can be pushed to fulfill the promise of a world without nuclear weapons. This important public conversation is occurring in the run-up to the UN’s regular review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that will take place on May 1, 2010. Audience questions will be taken. DATE: April 8, 2010 FREE OF CHARGE. This event is part of The Doris Shaffer Memorial Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by The New Society for Ethical Culture, Public Concern Foundation, The Nation, Democrats.com, Haymarket Books, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, NY, Peace Action Education Fund, Brooklyn For Peace and United for Peace and Justice (NYC). For media enquiries please contact Ruth Baldwin: (212) 822-0266 / ruth@nationinstitute.org |
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