NEWS & UPDATES
Opportunities for Nuclear Abolition Activism in the New Year
Back from the Brink starts the new year believing more progress is possible building off of our successes in 2023: a growing network of community-based BftB Organizing Hubs (15 and counting); strong momentum for H. Res. 77, a key legislative vehicle to cultivate...
Building Momentum for Nuclear Weapons Abolition After 2MSP: Next Gen Perspectives — Video
On December 6, Back from the Brink hosted the virtual roundtable, Building Momentum for Nuclear Weapons Abolition After 2MSP: Next Generation Perspectives. We were delighted that 100 folks from around the country joined the conversation. Four next generation...
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...