NEWS & UPDATES
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...
Medical Journals Call for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, BftB policies
More than 100 medical journals, including the Lancet, the British Medical Journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the JAMA issued a joint call for urgent steps to decrease the growing danger of nuclear war and to move rapidly to the elimination of nuclear...
All In on Oppenheimer Advocacy
Back from the Brink (BftB) activists and supporters around the country are doing all they can to use this summer’s release of the Christopher Nolan film, Oppenheimer, to educate and engage their communities about nuclear weapons, the harm they continue to cause, and...
BftB Resolution Adopted by South Portland, Maine!
On Tuesday June 20, 2022, the South Portland City Council unanimously adopted a resolution “Calling Upon the United States Government to Lead a Global Effort to Prevent the Use of Nuclear Weapons" introduced by City Councilor Natalie West and proposed by the Maine...
U.S. Conference of Mayors Adopts New Resolution in Support of H. Res. 77!
For immediate release: June 5, 2023 Contact: Jackie Cabasso, Mayors for Peace North American Coordinator, (510) 306-0119; wslf@earthlink.net U.S. Conference of Mayors Adopts New Resolution “Calling for Urgent Action to Avoid Nuclear War, Resolve the Ukraine Conflict,...
“Growing Support for Nuclear Abolition” featuring Rep. Jim McGovern – Video & Resources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2PkApJH6X4 Back from the Brink's Growing Support for Nuclear Abolition webinar held on May 31 with Congressman Jim McGovern and 140 folks from around the country was truly inspiring. We express our deepest appreciation to the...
Anti-Nuclear Activist Dr. Ira Helfand Awarded Prestigious Gandhi-King-Ikeda Prize
Last week, Dr. Ira Helfand was presented with the 2023 Gandhi-King-Ikeda Community Builders Prize for his history of activism to eliminate nuclear weapons, as well as his current efforts through the Back from the Brink campaign, a grassroots movement he co-founded to...
Join Us for National Call-in Day on April 19, 2023
Folks around the country are getting pretty excited about H. Res. 77—the congressional Back from the Brink (BftB) nuclear disarmament resolution—and we are going full steam ahead supporting it. Will you join us on Wednesday, April 19th and participate in our H. Res....