Campaign Updates
Chicago Becomes Largest Midwestern City to Pass Back from the Brink Resolution
The Chicago City Council passed a resolution on July 20, 2022 calling on President Biden and Congress to cease spending federal tax dollars on nuclear weapons, embrace the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and make global disarmament a priority. Chicago...
US National Episcopal Church Endorses Back from the Brink
The US National Episcopal Church endorsed the goals of the Back from the Brink campaign at the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, held July 8-11, 2022. The General Convention is the national legislative body of the Episcopal Church, governing the...
First Meeting Of States Parties To The UN Treaty On The Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons Convenes In Vienna
We are pleased to provide this report back from BftB Steering Committee member, Dr. Ira Helfand who attended the 1st Meeting of States Parties (1MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna from June 21-23, 2022. An historic step on the path to a...
Breaking Down Silos and Confronting Interlocking Injustices: BftB joins Poor People’s Campaign Moral March
Back from the Brink joined tens of thousands of people from across the country on June 18th for the Poor People’s Campaign Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington. It was a spirited day of solidarity and commitment to...
Back from the Brink at Arms Control Association’s 50th Annual Conference
Back from the Brink Steering Committee Member Denise Duffield discussed Back from the Brink at the Arms Control Association’s (ACA) 50th Anniversary Conference on June 2, 2022.
Mobilizing for the Poor People’s Campaign Moral March on Washington June 18, 2022
Back from the Brink recognizes that nuclear weapons are a manifestation of a deeply unjust system in the US and worldwide. We believe that achieving true human security demands a commitment to confronting and dismantling long-standing racial, social, environmental,...
War in Ukraine & Nuclear Abolition: A BftB Open House with Zia Mian – Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfd5YR0q3xU Thank you to all who participated in Back from the Brink’s Open House last week. It was a great turn out and a truly engaging conversation -- and our deepest gratitude to Zia Mian for offering his views and...
Abolishing Nuclear Weapons – This is the Time: Join us March 31
For so many years, nuclear weapons have been viewed as a “back burner” issue - something few people thought of or were concerned about. The threat of nuclear war seemed remote. Fast forward to today. A nuclear-armed autocrat is waging a horrific war against Ukraine....
BftB Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Resilience & Resolve: Why We Need to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and How Ukraine’s People Show Us the Way Statement from Back From the Brink Coalition - March 3, 2022 Russia’s horrific invasion of Ukraine has revealed many truths and displayed for the world the...