 This is a reminder to please join the Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, Pastor Michael McBride, Judith LeBlanc, Dan Ellsberg, Khury Petersen-Smith, David Swanson, Norman Solomon, former Ohio Senator Nina Turner, and India Walton 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
- Senator Nina Turner, Senior Fellow at the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at the New School
- Daniel Ellsberg
- India Walton, Strategic Director at RACE Buffalo
- Khury Petersen-Smith of the Institute for Policy Studies
- David Swanson of World BEYOND War
- Norman Solomon of RootsAction
 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: - The online link below 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. https://defusenuclearwar.org/whats-at-stake
- News-release materials that you can adapt for reaching out to local, regional, and national media.
Please share the invitation link with your friends and for any questions, please feel free to reach out to me. Hanieh Jodat |
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