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Reducing the Dangers of Nuclear War
8:45 am. Registration and Coffee
9:15 am. Welcome from City of Cambridge: Mayor Denise Simmons
9:30 am. Program for the Day: Prof. Jonathan King (MIT, Mass. Peace Action)
9:45 am. Session I. The Need for Nuclear Disarmament
Costs and Profits from Nuclear Weapons Manufacture William Hartung (Center for International Policy)
Reasons to Reject the Trillion Dollar Nuclear Weapons Escalation- Joseph Cirincione (Ploughshares Fund)
Nuclear Weapons Undermine Democracy Prof. Elaine Scarry (Harvard University)
10:45 am. II. Destabilizing Factors
Chair: Hon. John Tierney (former US Representative, Council for a Livable World)
Dangers of Hair Trigger Alert Lisbeth Gronlund (Union of Concerned Scientists).
Nuclear Modernization vs. National Security Prof. Aron Bernstein (MIT, Council for a Livable World)
Accidents and Unexpected events Prof. Max Tegmark (MIT, Future of Life Institute)
12:00 pm. Lunch Workshops (Listed below)
2:00 pm. Session III. Economic and Social Consequences of Excessive Weapons Spending
Chair: Prof. Melissa Nobles (MIT):
Build Housing Not Bombs Rev. Paul Robeson Ford (Union Baptist Church)
Education as a National Priority Barbara Madeloni (Mass. Teachers Association)
Invest in Minds Not Missiles Prof. Jonathan King (MIT)
Build Subways Not Submarines Fred Salvucci (former Mass. Secretary of Transportation)
3:00 pm. Session IV. Current Prospects for Progress
Chair: Hon. John Tierney (former US Representative, Council for a Livable World)
Congressional Steps Toward Nuclear Disarmament U. S. Representative Barbara Lee
Maintaining the Iran Nuclear Agreement Ernest Moniz, CEO, Nuclear Threat Initiative; former U.S. Secretary of Energy
4:15 pm. Session V: Organizing to Reduce the Dangers
Chair: Jim Anderson (Peace Action New York State);
Divesting from Nuclear Weapons Investments Susi Snyder (Dont Bank on the Bomb)
Taxpayers Information and Transparency Acts State Reps. Denise Provost/Mike Connolly
Mobilizing the Scientific Community Prof. Max Tegmark (MIT)
A National Nuclear Disarmament Organizing Network 2017 -2018 Program Committee.
5:00 pm. Adjourn.
Conference Workshops (12:00 2:00 pm):
a) Campus Organizing Chair: Kate Alexander (Peace Action, NY State); Caitlin Forbes (Mass. Peace Action); Remy Pontes (Brandeis Peace Action); Haleigh Conway-Cunningham (Peace Action Chapter at Tufts), Lucas Perry (Dont Bank on the Bomb, Future of Life Institute); Luisa Kenausis (MIT Nuclear Weapons Matter).
b) Bringing nuclear weapons into physics and history course curricula Chair: Frank Davis (past President of TERC); Gary Goldstein (Tufts University); Prof. Aron Bernstein (MIT); Prof. Vincent Intondi (Montgomery College); Ray Matsumiya (Oleander/Hiroshima Peace Initiative).
c) Dangerous Conflicts Chair, Erica Fein (WAND); Jim Walsh (MIT); John Tierney (former US Representative, Council for a Livable World); Subrata Ghoshroy (MIT).
d) Municipal and State Initiatives Chair Cole Harrison (Mass. Peace Action): Denise Provost (Mass State Legislature); Councilor Dennis Carlone (Cambridge City Council); Rev. Bob Moore (Coalition for Peace Action, NJ); Jared Hicks (Our Revolution Massachusetts); Prof. Ceasar McDowell (MIT Urban Studies).
e) Peace with Justice: Peoples Budget and Related Campaigns to Shift Federal budget Priorities Chair, Andrea Miller (People Demanding Action); Mike Connolly (Mass State Legislature); Paul Shannon (AFSC); Madelyn Hoffman (NJPA); Richard Krushnic (Mass Peoples Budget Campaign); Arnie Alpert (New Hampshire AFSC).
f) Reducing Nuclear Weapons through Treaties and Negotiation Chair, Nazli Choucri (MIT), Kevin Martin (national Peace Action), Shelagh Foreman (Mass. Peace Action); Michel DeGraff (MIT Haiti Project).
g) Strengthening the Connection between Averting Climate Change and Averting Nuclear War Chair, Frank Von Hippel (Princeton University); Rosalie Anders (Mass. Peace Action); Josué Lopez (Fossil Free MIT).
h) Working with Communities of Faith Chair, Thea Keith-Lucas (MIT Radius); Rev. Herb Taylor (Harvard Epworth Methodist Church); Pat Ferrone (Pax Christi Massachusetts); Rev. Paul Robeson Ford (Union Baptist Church).
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LocationMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 34-101 (View)
50 Vassar St
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States
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