We’re excited to inform you that Back from the Brink will be hosting a virtual event with Annie Jacobsen, investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, on Wednesday, May 29 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.
In her latest book, Jacobsen examines the reality of what would unfold in the seconds, minutes, and hours following the launch of a nuclear attack against the United States and the full scale nuclear war that would likely follow. In so doing, she exposes what the government and military do not want the public to understand about the current state of nuclear weapons, and the policies and procedures currently in place that we believe must be changed.
For the discussion portion of the event, Ms. Jacobsen will be joined by Archbishop John C. Wester (Archdiocese of Santa Fe), Eddie Laiche (a high school senior at John Burroughs High School in Burbank, CA and co-founder of Students for Nuclear Disarmament) and Dr. Ira Helfand (BftB Steering Committee member and a leader of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons). The event will be moderated by Denise Duffield (BftB Steering Committee member and Associate Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles).
We’re very excited for this opportunity to bring more attention to Ms. Jacobsen’s compelling and provocative book, raise awareness about the growing threat of nuclear war, and provide participants with tangible policy solutions and ways to take action.
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EVENT COSPONSORS
Affiliation of Christian Engineers · Bellingham Against Nuclear War · Beyond Nuclear · Brandywine Peace Community · Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Chicago Chapter · Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security · Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility · Chicago Area Peace Action · CNY Chapter of the National Organization for Women · Coalition for Peace Action · Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety · Consistent Life Network · Dallas Peace and Justice Center · Environmentalists Against War · Episcopal Peace Fellowship · Feminists Choosing Life of New York · Franciscan Peace Center, Clinton, Iowa · Future Wave · Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility · Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action · International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) · International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) – Canada – Sudbury Chapter · Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) · Los Angeles Catholic Worker · Maryland United for Peace and Justice · MEDS for Africa · NH Peace Action · Nonviolence International · North Country Peace Group · North Hill Peace Action Group · Nuclear Abolition Now – Oregon PeaceWorks · NuclearWakeUpCall.Earth · Nukewatch · Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility · Pax Christi International · Pax Christi Maine · Pax Christi Massachusetts · Pax Christi New York State · Pittsburgh Area Pax Christi · Pax Christi Rhode Island · Pax Christi Southern California · Pax Christi USA · PeaceWorks, Kansas City · Peace Action Education Fund · Peace Action Maine · Peace Action New York State · Peace Action of San Mateo County · Peace, Justice, Sustainability NOW! · Pelican Media · Physicians for Social Responsibility · PSR Arizona · Physicians for Social Responsibility-Kansas City · Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles · Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine · Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin · Pioneer Valley Physicians for Social Responsibility · Prevent Nuclear War – MD · San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility · School Sisters of Notre Dame, Central Pacific Province · Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet · Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield · SHOL PAX Christi – Newton · Soka Gakkai International USA · Students for Nuclear Disarmament · Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility · Tikkun Olam Committee of Congregation B’nai Israel, Northampton, Mass. · Traprock Center for Peace & Justice · Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) · United Church of Christ · Veterans For Peace · Veterans For Peace – Joan Duffy Chapter, Santa Fe, NM · Veterans For Peace – Pittsburgh Chapter · Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons · War Prevention Initiative · Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility · Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment · Western North Carolina Chapter, Physicians for Social Responsibility · Western States Legal Foundation · Women Transforming Our Nuclear Legacy · World BEYOND War
*The cosponsorship deadline was May 22. The list is now finalized. Thank you!
