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Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Is Shameless Idealism 2012 ANNUAL REPORT VOLUME 23 NUCLEAR ZERO 7 BILLION REASONS WHY NUCLEAR ZERO is not a distant dream One of our core values at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is shameless idealism. We live this value every day in our efforts to reach Nuclear Zero: a world without nuclear weapons. But President Barack Obama earlier this year spoke of nuclear disarmament as if it were a far off goal: “Peace with justice means pursuing the security of a world without nuclear weapons—no matter how distant that dream may be.” We at NAPF must disagree. There are still over 17,000 nuclear weapons worldwide and we cannot waste time merely imagining a distant future without them. We must continue to wage all-out peace, in one unified voice, and in innumerable ways. The only way to keep our world and our loved ones safe is to relentlessly strive for the total elimination of nuclear weapons. We must remain steadfast in our goal to educate, engage, and mobilize the public in organized advocacy, working until nuclear weapons no longer threaten the sanctity of our world. Nuclear Zero must not be a distant dream. Nuclear Zero must be now. For the seven billion people with whom we share this Earth, we must let our shameless idealism lead us to a nuclear weapons-free today. STAFF REPRESENTATIVES Paul Chappell, Peace Leadership Director Ruben Arvizu, Latin American Representative Sandy Jones, Director of Communications Christian N. Ciobanu, Geneva Representative David Krieger, President Vernon Nichols, UN Representative Debra Roets, Director of Development Alice Slater, New York Representative Sharon Rossol, Office Manager Carol Warner, Executive Assistant IN MEMORY OF Rick Wayman, Director of Programs FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS and Operations Jean Fenton Hal Thornton PAGE 1 2012 NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT • VOLUME 23 CONTENTS Nuclear Zero Is Not a Distant Dream President’s Message .....................................2 With Purpose ................................................3 Vision Mission Board of Directors Advisory Council Steve Parry, Chair Hafsat Abiola The Strength of Many Speaking as One ......4 Robert Laney, J.D., Vice Chair Tadatoshi Akiba Consortium Building David Krieger, J.D., Ph.D., Harry Belafonte 60,000 and Growing Strong President Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. Richard Falk, J.S.D., Sr. Helen Caldicott, M.D. On the Frontlines ..........................................5 Vice President Jean-Michel Cousteau Action Alerts George Haynes, Ph.D., Hon. Tony de Brum Highlights in 2012 Included Vice President Michael Douglas DC Days Mark Hamilton, Treasurer Shirin Ebadi, J.D.* NPT Prep-Conference Sherry Melchiorre, Ph.D., Anne H. Ehrlich, Ph.D. Wage All-Out Peace .....................................6 Secretary Paul R. Ehrlich, Ph.D. Peace Leadership Program Laurie Ashton, J.D. Riane Eisler, J.D. NAPF – SV Robert E. Bason Daniel Ellsberg, Ph.D. Mary Becker Benjamin B. Ferencz, J.D. Interns Learn to Lead the Way .....................7 Jill Dexter Harrison Ford Robert Dodge, M.D. Johan Galtung, Dr. h.c. mult Furthering Our Common Cause ..................8 Diandra de Morell Douglas Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE Sadako Peace Day Jamal Hamdani Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, Frank K. Kelly Lecture Jimmy H. Hara, M.D. C.S.C. Evening for Peace Sue Hawes, J.D. Bianca Jagger Dr. Helen Caldicott Lecture Peter MacDougall, Ed. D. Marc Kielburger, J.D. Connecting 24/7 .........................................10 John Randolph Parten, J.D. H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama* Website Refresh Rev. James Lawson Nuclearfiles.org Associates Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. The Sunflower Keeps Growing Robert C. Aldridge Bernard Lown, M.D. Facebook/Twitter Richard Appelbaum, Ph.D. Mairead Corrigan Maguire* YouTube Eric H. Boehm, Ph.D. Judith Mayotte, Ph.D. Dietrich Fischer, Ph. D. Prof. Glenn Paige The Power of Verse and Video ...................11 Jonathan Granoff, J.D. John Polanyi* Barbara Mandigo Kelly CMDR Robert Green (Ret.) Queen Noor of Jordan Peace Poetry Awards Martin Hellman, Ph. D. Admiral L. Ramdas (Ret.) Swackhamer Disarmament Video Contest Peter Kuznick, Ph.D. Rev. George Regas Ved. P. Nanda, L.L.M. Hon. Arthur N.R. Robinson With Gratitude ............................................12 Farzeen Nasri, Ph.D. Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. Donor Support Jan Øberg, Ph.D. Jonathan Schell Legacy Circle Jennifer Allen Simons, Ph.D. Stanley K. Sheinbaum Alice Slater, J.D. Gerry Spence, J.D. Financial Report ..........................................16 Steven Starr Noel (Paul) Stookey Bill Wickersham, Ed. D. Ted Turner Nuclear Zero Lawrence Wittner, Ph.D. Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu* 7 Billion Reasons Why Judge C.G. Weeramantry Peter Yarrow *Nobel Laureate PAGE 2 NUCLEAR ZERO • SEVEN BILLION REASONS WHY NUCLEAR ZERO. THE NECESSARY NUMBER In 1945 the first nuclear weapon was Zero is the only safe number of nuclear tested and, within weeks, the next two weapons on the planet. It is what the nuclear weapons were used by the human future requires of us. For the sake United States on the cities of Hiroshima of the seven billion inhabitants of our and Nagasaki. planet, for everyone who matters to each of us, for everything that matters to each By 1986 there were over 70,000 nuclear of us, we must strive for and achieve weapons in the world, nearly all in the Nuclear Zero. arsenals of the US and USSR. Another necessary number is One, Today there are just over 17,000 nuclear because each one of us has the power weapons in the world, which means that, to make a difference with our voice, since the mid-1980s, the world has shed our actions and our support. When a some 53,000 nuclear weapons. That’s dedicated portion of the seven billion a message progress, but it’s far from sufficient. Ones on the planet are joined together and motivated, they can achieve any FROM THE There are still some 2,000 nuclear great and necessary goal, including weapons on hair-trigger alert in the US Nuclear Zero. PRESIDENT and Russian arsenals. These weapons are accidents waiting to happen. At the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, we are committed to providing Peace Atmospheric scientists tell us that, in a Leadership that emphasizes the Power regional nuclear war between India and of One in achieving Nuclear Zero. Pakistan in which 50 nuclear weapons from each side were exploded on the other side’s cities, enough soot would be put into the stratosphere to block warming sunlight, shorten growing David Krieger, seasons, and cause crop failures leading President to a billion deaths by starvation globally. Nuclear famine is only part of the havoc that a “small” nuclear war would cause. Copies of The Path To Zero: Dialogues on Nuclear Dangers and Zero: The Case for Nuclear Weapons Abolition can be ordered online at www.wagingpeace.org or www.amazon.com. PAGE 13 2012 NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT • VOLUME 23 with PURPOSE Our vision is a just and peaceful world, free of nuclear weapons. Our mission is to educate and advocate for peace and a world free of nuclear weapons and MANY THANKS peace leaders. We appreciate each and every volunteer and intern to empower who gave his or her time, energy, enthusiasm and talents to help further our mission. We especially recognize the following individuals who went above and beyond in 2012. Chuck and Janna Abraham, Third Stone Diana Basehart Lori Bell Rick Carter, Richard A. Carter Photography Ben Cziller, Image Driven Design Adrianne Davis “ When you walk with Jo Ann Deck purpose, you collide Leslee Goodman, Alchemy PR and Development with destiny.” Perie Longo, Chair, and the distinguished poets ~ Bertice Berry on the Peace Poetry Committee Griselda Mariscal Lailan McGrath Hugh Michaels Vickie Patik, Simpatiko Film Works, LLC Bob Nyosui Sedivy Tammy Scully 2012 INTERNS FOR PEACE Jack Amend (SBCC) Raphaele Auberty (UCSB/The Institute of Political Science/Paris) Tonya Currey (New England College of Law) Tony Guidotti (St. Thomas University) Cristina Medina (UCSB) Mona Saghri (UCSB) Yuki Zaitsu (Soka University) PAGE 4 NUCLEAR ZERO • SEVEN BILLION REASONS WHY THE STRENGTH of many speaking as one CONSORTIUM BUILDING This directive seeks to amplify our impact by bringing Lawrence Wittner, a NAPF Associate and well-known together organizations that will act collectively to deliver historian of the peace movement, wrote recently: “Today’s a strong, unified message to governments and the public, multiplicity of peace and disarmament groups has its benefits, building the political will needed for the global abolition most notably the ability to appeal to a variety of constituencies. of nuclear weapons. But this organizational fragmentation, common among groups composed of independent-minded dissenters, makes united NAPF actively collaborates with, among others, Middle action around programs and activities difficult. As a result, Powers Initiative, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, Roots the movement is sometimes less than the sum of its parts.” Action, Abolition 2000 and International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). In 2012 the NAPF Board took Wittner’s message to heart and developed a strategic plan that focuses on working From organizing joint action alerts to co-sponsoring briefing with a consortium of top NGOs around shared campaign papers to developing awareness campaigns, our collective agendas. The plan states: “NAPF will work with other civil actions create influence and power as we move ever closer society organizations – nationally and internationally, within to Nuclear Zero: a world without nuclear weapons. and outside the nuclear abolition field – to achieve a
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