Rhetoric vs. Reality: The Future of Nuclear Weapons and What You Can Do About It
Jacqueline Cabasso
Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation
Ms. Cabasso will examine some of the “inconvenient truths” that lie between the currently fashionable rhetoric about creating a “vision of a nuclear weapon free world” and the reality required to achieve it. Having recently returned from the “No to NATO – No to War International Conference” in Strasbourg, France and the 3rd Preparatory Committee meeting for the 2010 Review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in New York, she will place nuclear weapons in a broader context, share her sources of hope, and offer some ideas about what you can do to ensure that there is no future for nuclear weapons.
Jacqueline Cabasso has served as executive Director of Western States Legal Foundation since 1984. A leading voice for nuclear weapons abolition and peace, she has spoken at events across the country and around the world. She has written and co-authored articles and op-ed pieces for publications including the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the journal Social Justice, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Since August 2007, she has served as North American Coordinator for Mayors for Peace. She was awarded the prestigious Sean McBride Peace Prize by the International Peace Bureau in November 2008.
Sunday, May 24
5:00 PM - Free Potluck Dinner
6:00 PM - Speaker Program
Unitarian Universalist Church
505 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto
Sponsored by Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom - Peninsula Branch
Co-Sponsored by: Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, WILPF San Jose Branch, and the Midpeninsula Chapter of the United Nations Association.
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