Description
Join the community at this public event to discuss the international campaign to end the production of nuclear weapons and permanently ban them. The forum will also provide advice to individual investors on how to divest their own savings from weapons production and invest in peaceful alternatives.
2:00 pm — Welcome and Campaign Overview
- Welcome and Background: Councillor Dennis Carlone (Cambridge City Council)
- International Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty: Shelagh Foreman (Massachusetts Peace Action)
- The Nuclear Weapons Industry: Richard Krushnic (People’s Engagement)
- The Immorality of Nuclear Weapons: Rev. Herb Taylor (Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church)
- The South Africa, Tobacco Industry, and Fossil Fuel Precedents: Prof. Jonathan King (Massachusetts Peace Action)
3:00 pm — Divestment initiatives
- Divesting from Individual Portfolios: Lucas Perry (Future of Life Institute)
- Divestment as a General Disarmament Strategy: Sarah Eckel-Dalrymple (CODEPINK)
- Tackling the State Legislature: State Rep Mike Connolly (26th Middlesex District)
- Building Statewide Divestment Campaigns: Cole Harrison (Massachusetts Peace Action)
The forum is free and open to the public. Sponsored by: the Cambridge Peace Commission; Massachusetts Peace Action; Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security; Institute for People's Engagement; and the Future of Life Institute.
For more information about the international effort organized by The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), visit http://www.dontbankonthebomb.com/. ICAN is a coalition of non-governmental organizations in one hundred countries promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty.