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Burbank High School Students Win Support for Nuclear Abolition
On December 12, 2023, Mayor Konstantine Anthony of the City of Burbank, CA issued a proclamation in support of the abolition of nuclear weapons. This significant initiative was prompted by the dedicated efforts of Eddie Laiche, a student who founded the Burbank...
BftB at the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW
Photos: Darren Ornitz (ICAN), BftB, PSR Back from the Brink participated in the Second Meeting of State Parties (2MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)*, which took place from November 27 - December 1, 2023 at the U.N. Headquarters in New...
Join Us on December 6: Building Momentum for Nuclear Weapons Abolition After 2MSP
Back from the Brink is excited to invite you to Building Momentum for Nuclear Weapons Abolition After 2MSP: Next Generation Perspectives to share with you some of the ideas and energy coming out of the Second Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) to the Treaty on the...
Local and State Officials to President Biden: It’s Time to Get Serious About Nuclear Disarmament
Letter Urges United States to send an observer delegation to Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Denise Duffield |310-339-9676 cell dduffield@psr-la.org Peter Wilk | 207-632-5004 cell peterdwilk@gmail.com Los...
If Not Now, When? Time To Get Serious About Nuclear Disarmament
WRITE TO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TODAY The horrific war in Israel and Gaza is the latest reminder that the world is a nuclear tinderbox—one bad decision or miscalculation away from nuclear war—and it’s well past time to get serious about getting rid of nuclear weapons....
Madison City Council Approves BftB Resolution and Divests from Nuclear Weapons
On October 3, the City of Madison, Wisconsin approved a Back from the Brink resolution with a commitment ton nuclear weapons free contracts and investments. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and 12 Alders co-sponsored the Resolution. See the Mayor’s blog at...
National Baptist Convention of America endorses BftB
BftB is proud to announce that the National Baptist Convention of America has endorsed Back from the Brink. The endorsement followed a presentation by Dr. Ira Helfand on September 14 at the 143rd annual session of the National Baptist Convention of America...
Fall Advocacy around 2MSP with Back from the Brink
SEE OUR NEW ONE-CLICK ACTION ☝️ Launched on October 23, 2023. ---------- This fall, Back from the Brink will be organizing around the 2nd Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which will be held in New York City...
South Salt Lake City, UT and New Haven, CT adopt BftB resolutions
On August 23, 2023, the South Salt Lake City Council unanimously adopted a resolution and proclamation that endorses the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and Back from the Brink’s (BftB's) common sense policy solutions to prevent nuclear war. The...
