BftB resolutions

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Passes an “Overture” Calling for a Nuclear Free World

Jun 20, 2018

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), an organization that has endorsed the Call to Prevent Nuclear War, and the largest Presbyterian ecclesiastical body in the United States, approved the resolution, also known as an “Overture”, by consent at its biannual meeting in St. Louis, Missouri on June 20, 2018. The Overture was titled “On Seeking God’s Peace Through Nuclear Disarmament in the 21st Century.”

US Conference of Mayors Unanimously Passes Nuclear Weapons Resolution

Jun 1, 2018

On June 12, The US Conference of Mayors, the nonpartisan association of 1,408 American cities with populations over 30,000, unanimously adopted a resolution “Calling on the Administration and Congress to Step Back from the Brink and Exercise Global Leadership in Preventing Nuclear War.”

Town of Amherst Unanimously Passes Nuclear Weapons Resolution

May 21, 2018

During Amherst’s final town meeting before switching to a new town council form of government, members unanimously voted to pass the resolution below supporting the policy points of The Call to Prevent Nuclear War.