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PAID US POSTAGE THE NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION PERMIT NO. 800 PERMIT NON-PROFIT ORG. NON-PROFIT SANTA BARBARA, CA SANTA 14TH ANNUAL FRANK K. KELLY LECTURE ON HUMANITY’S “ Just as I was about to enter medical school, FUTURE THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015 • 7:30 PM I read a novel by Nevil Shute called On the Beach, which described a nuclear war that “PRESERVING THE FUTURE” killed everyone in the northern hemisphere. Eventually the radioactive cloud engulfed Melbourne, where I lived, signaling the end of human existence. That image branded my soul and remained with me throughout medical school, indeed throughout my life.” —Dr. Helen Caldicott eapons For more information, visit HELEN CALDICOTT www.wagingpeace.org/2015-kelly-lecture One of the world’s most ardent and influential speakers on nuclear weapons NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION and the fate of the Earth. PMB 121 Road Coast Village 1187 Suite 1 Santa Barbara, California 93108-2794 REQUESTED CHANGE SERVICE Committed to a World Free of Nuclear Weapons W of Nuclear Free World Committed to a wagingpeace.org • nuclearzero.org FOUNDATION PEACE AGE NUCLEAR THE NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION PRESENTS When Helen Caldicott was nineteen, she read a book that would change her life. It was entitled On the Beach. Since then, Dr. Caldicott has devoted her life HELEN CALDICOTT to educating the public about the medical One of the world’s most ardent and influential speakers on nuclear weapons and the fate of the Earth. hazards of the nuclear age and the changes in behavior necessary to prevent human and environmental devastation. “PRESERVING THE FUTURE” Frank K. Kelly She has awakened people of all ages, in The Frank K. Kelly Lecture every corner of the globe, to the importance Thursday, March 5, 2015 on Humanity’s Future was of reaching nuclear zero and to the need for established by the Nuclear Age organized action if we are to ensure a safe 7:30 p.m. Peace Foundation in 2002. future for our children and grandchildren. The lecture series honors the vision and compassion of the late Frank K. Dr. Caldicott, a physician and former Harvard Lobero Theatre Kelly, a founder and senior vice president of University professor of pediatrics, has written 33 East Canon Perdido Street NAPF. Each year, a lecture is presented by a seven books, co-founded Physicians for distinguished individual to explore humanity’s Social Responsibility, founded Women’s Santa Barbara, California present circumstances and ways by which we Action for Nuclear Disarmament, and is can shape a more promising future for our currently President of the Helen Caldicott planet and its inhabitants. Foundation for a Nuclear Free Future. Tickets starting at $10 She was nominated for the Nobel Peace are available online at lobero.com 14TH ANNUAL Prize by Linus Pauling – himself a two-time Nobel Laureate. The Smithsonian has named FRANK K. KELLY her one of the most influential women of the 20th Century. Special thanks to Santa Barbara Foundation LECTURE ON We’re proud to welcome Dr. Caldicott as our HUMANITY’S speaker at this year’s Frank K. Kelly Lecture NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION on Humanity’s Future. Committed to a World Free of Nuclear Weapons FUTURE.