NEWS & UPDATES
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...
“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...
154 Organizations Call on Congress to Take Leadership on Nuclear Disarmament & Risk Reduction Policies
On March 8, 2023 Back from the Brink sent a letter signed by 154 local, state and national organizations to all members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging Congress to take more leadership in advancing policies to reduce nuclear risks and achieve a world free...
Back from the Brink’s Dec. 2022 Open House – Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzxjtNIKysA
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...
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...
Johnson County, Iowa Board of Supervisors Announces BftB Proclamation
On February 16, Johnson County, Iowa's Board of Supervisors voted to approve a Back from the Brink proclamation. Supporters of the proclamation made their case both in-person (weathering blizzard conditions, no less!) as well as via Zoom. Congratulations to all who...
It’s Go Time for Nuclear Disarmament. Join BftB’s Dec. 1 Open House!
The 2022 elections are (almost) over and we can look ahead to 2023—a year that with your help and support will be pivotal for Back from the Brink: Bringing Communities Together to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and global efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons....
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,...
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....
We Need Leaders in Congress! Urge Your U.S. House Representative to Cosponsor H. Res. 77
It’s go time for nuclear disarmament. This past January, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved their iconic Doomsday Clock ahead to 90 seconds before midnight, the closest it’s ever come to symbolic global apocalypse. Vladimir Putin has threatened to use nuclear...
Two New Resolutions Pass in Massachusetts!
This week, thanks to the dedicated leadership of advocates across the state, two new Back from the Brink resolutions passed in the state of Massachusetts, in the town of Marshfield and the city of Holyoke, bringing the MA statewide total to 20 resolutions! On Monday...
