Jun 28, 2024 | Campaign Updates, Latest News
Back from the Brink believes that we all deserve a say on policies that pose a direct threat to our lives, our families, our communities, our planet, humanity’s future. We furthermore believe that it is our responsibility to act and advocate for policies to help...
Jun 24, 2024 | Campaign Updates, Latest News
Back from the Brink congratulations and thanks lead sponsor, Mayor Quentin Hart of Waterloo, Iowa, and Jackie Cabasso and our friends at Mayors for Peace-US for the unanimous adoption of their resolution, The Imperative of Dialogue in a Time of Acute Nuclear...
Jun 14, 2024 | Campaign Updates, Latest News
Written by Kathleen Welch, Back from the Brink Hub Leader for the Philadelphia Area From the National Forest Foundation: Mycelium are incredibly tiny “threads” of the greater fungal organism that wrap around or bore into tree roots. Taken together, mycelium composes...
Jun 12, 2024 | Campaign Updates, Latest News
On June 6, the Rhode Island House of Representatives adopted a Back from the Brink resolution with broad support in a 50 – 19 vote. Co-sponsors of the resolution include Representatives Morales, Henries, Stewart, Batista, Cruz, Speakman, McGaw, Potter, and...
Jun 3, 2024 | Campaign Updates, Events, Latest News
On May 29, Back from the Brink hosted a virtual event with Annie Jacobsen, investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Nuclear War: A Scenario. We were delighted that over 450 folks from around the country joined the conversation. In her...
May 21, 2024 | Campaign Updates, Latest News
UPDATE: JULY 2024 Unfortunately, RECA expired on June 7, 2024 — but the fight is far from over. On March 7, the U.S. Senate passed S.3853 to expand and extend the RECA program. If passed in the House and signed into law by the President, the RECA Reauthorization Act...
May 21, 2024 | Campaign Updates, Latest News
Written by Diane Swords (Chair of the Nuclear Free World Committee of Syracuse Peace Council, Steering Committee Member of Back from the Brink) The anti-nuclear movement is reviving and growing, and Back from the Brink is playing a huge role in this. On the principle...
May 7, 2024 | Campaign Updates, Latest News
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,...
Apr 12, 2024 | Campaign Updates, Latest News
At Back from the Brink (BftB), we know that nuclear weapons are a local issue. We walk that walk and talk that talk every day. We have a stubborn belief in local organizing and activism and building power from the ground up. We demand a voice and say on issues that...
Apr 10, 2024 | Campaign Updates, Latest News
This article chronicles the determined efforts of one of our Hubs, Prevent Nuclear War-Maryland (PNWM), to advocate for Back from the Brink resolutions during the 2024 Maryland General Assembly, facing legislative hurdles and challenges along the way. Through...
