Please join the Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, Pastor Michael McBride, Judith LeBlanc, Dan Ellsberg, Khury Petersen-Smith, David Swanson, Norman Solomon and Hanieh Jodat on Thursday, January 12 at 8 pm (ET) / 5 pm (PT) for a livestream as we celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. 

Register Here.

A keynote focus will be this statement by Dr. King during his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize speech: “I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction.” 

• Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis of the Poor People's Campaign 
• Pastor Michael McBride of Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft 
• Judith LeBlanc of Native Organizers Alliance
• Daniel Ellsberg
• Khury Petersen-Smith of Institute for Policy Studies 
• David Swanson of World BEYOND War 
• Norman Solomon
• Hanieh Jodat - Moderator 

This livestream will encourage participation in Defuse Nuclear War’s upcoming action with the theme: 

 Diplomacy Is the Path to Peace

• Stop the Killing
• Avert Nuclear War

Our call to action will focus on reaching the public and pressuring key elected officials – by offering people online tools for sending photos of loved ones and others, whose futures are at stake, to the White House as well as to constituents’ senators and representatives.

DefuseNuclearWar.org will provide:

• Easy-to-use digital tools.
• Online links to facilitate the process of making it easy for people to send photos and accompanying messages – for genuine diplomacy and measures to prevent nuclear war – directed at President Biden and members of Congress.
• Boilerplate news-release materials that you can adapt for reaching out to local, regional and national media.

For any questions, please feel free to reach out to me at Hanieh@rootsaction.org.

Hanieh Jodat