2 0 1 4 ANNUAL REPORT NUCLEAR ZERO VOLUME 25 for the human race. not the arms race. NUCLEAR AGE HUMANIZE NOT MODERNIZE A Message from the President In the Nuclear Age, our technological capacity for destruction has outpaced our spiritual and moral capacity to control these destructive technologies. The Foundation is a voice for those committed to exercising conscience and choosing a decent future for all humanity. Wake Up!, a collection of peace poetry, can be ordered online at the NAPF Peace There is no way to humanize weapons that are Store at wagingpeace.org/shop/. inhumane, immoral and illegal. These weapons must be abolished, not modernized. And yet, all nine nuclear-armed countries are engaged in modernizing their nuclear arsenals. The US is leading the way, planning to spend more than $1 trillion on upgrading STAFF Paul K. Chappell, Peace Leadership Director its nuclear arsenal over the next three decades. Jo Ann Deck, Peace Leadership Assistant Sandy Jones, Director of Communications David Krieger, President In doing so, it is making the world more dangerous and less secure. Debra Roets, Director of Development The US could lead in humanizing rather than modernizing by Sharon Rossol, Office Manager reallocating its vast resources to feeding the hungry, sheltering the Judy Trejos, Development Officer Carol Warner, Assistant to the President homeless, providing safe drinking water, educating the poor, as well Rick Wayman, Director of Programs & as cleaning up the environment, shifting to renewable energy sources Operations and repairing deteriorating infrastructure. REPRESENTATIVES Ruben Arvizu, Latin American Representative Join us in making the shift from modernizing nuclear arsenals to Christian N. Ciobanu, Geneva Representative humanizing the planet. Vernon Nichols, UN Representative Alice Slater, J.D., UN Representative IN MEMORY OF David Krieger FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS President Rabbi Leonard Beerman Dr. and Mrs. Earl Budin Louis L. Colen Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Marilyn Narcowich Table of Contents BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COUNCIL George Haynes, Ph.D., Co-Chair Hafsat Abiola Many Thanks...............................................................................................................2 Peter MacDougall, Ed.D., Co-Chair Tadatoshi Akiba Interns Learning to Lead Robert Laney, J.D., Vice Chair Harry Belafonte Peace Leadership................................................................................................3 David Krieger, J.D., Ph.D., President Medea Benjamin Peace In Store Richard Falk, J.S.D., Sr. Vice President Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. Sherry Melchiorre, Ph.D., Secretary Helen Caldicott, M.D. The Case for Nuclear Zero..................................................................4 Mary Becker, Treasurer Noam Chomsky, Ph.D. Connect with Peace Laurie Ashton, J.D. Jean-Michel Cousteau Join the Conversation Jill Dexter The XIVth Dalai Lama* Snapshot 2014.........................................................................................................6 Robert Dodge, M.D. Hon. Tony de Brum PrepCom Diandra de Morell Douglas Michael Douglas Sadako Peace Day Jamal Hamdani Shirin Ebadi, J.D.* Frank K. Kelly Lecture Mark Hamilton Anne H. Ehrlich, Ph.D. Evening for Peace Jimmy H. Hara, M.D. Paul R. Ehrlich, Ph.D. Humanitarian Impact Talks Sue Hawes, J.D. Riane Eisler, J.D. Video Contest Steve Parry Daniel Ellsberg, Ph.D. Poetry Contest John Randolph Parten, J.D. Benjamin B. Ferencz, J.D. Katrina Suzanne Rogers, Ph.D. Harrison Ford Creating a Safer World...............................................................................8 Johan Galtung, Dr. hc mult Doner Support Jane Goodall Ph.D, DBE Legacy Circle ASSOCIATES Robert C. Aldridge Bianca Jagger Financial Report.................................................................................................13 Richard Appelbaum, Ph.D. Marc Kielburger, J.D. Eric H. Boehm, Ph.D. Rev. James Lawson M.M. Eskandari-Qajar, Ph.D. Robert Jay Lifton Dietrich Fischer, Ph.D. Bernard Lown, M.D. Jonathan Granoff, J.D. Mairead Corrigan Maguire* The Nuclear Age Peace Cmdr. Robert Green, (Ret.) Judith Mayotte, Ph.D. Martin Hellman, Ph.D. Glenn Paige, Ph.D. Foundation works to mobilize Peter Kuznick, Ph.D. John Polanyi* the public in organized Ved. P. Nanda, L.L.M. Queen Noor of Jordan advocacy to impact policy at Farzeen Nasri, Ph.D. Admiral L Ramdas (Ret.) Jan Øberg, Ph.D Rev. George Regas the national and international Jennifer Allen Simons, Ph.D. Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. levels. We are a nonpartisan Steven Starr Stanley K. Sheinbaum Bill Wickersham, Ed.D. Gerry Spence, J.D. nonprofit organization with Lawrence Wittner, Ph.D. Noel (Paul) Stookey consultative status to the Ted Turner Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu* United Nations Economic Judge C.G. Weeramantry and Social Council. Peter Yarrow *Nobel Laureate 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 to empower peace leaders. PAGE 1 2014 NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT • VOLUME 25 MANY THANKS We deeply appreciate every volunteer and intern who gave his or her time, energy, enthusiasm and talents to help further our mission. We especially recognize the following people who went above and beyond in 2014. Chuck and Janna Abraham, Third Stone Interns Learning to Lead Rick Carter, Richard A. Carter Photography Adrianne Davis Josie Parkhouse Lenka and Christopher Davis How did you get involved with NAPF? Leslee Goodman, Alchemy PR and Development Josie: I started a campus club for nuclear abolition at Perie Longo and the distinguished poets Soka University of America, and we invited David, Rick and on the Peace Poetry Committee Paul to speak. I’ve always admired NAPF’s work and when Hal Maynard, Tacklebox Creative Lailan McGrath I saw an opportunity for a paid full-time internship on their Vickie Patik, Simpatiko Film Works, LLC website, I applied straight away and was lucky enough to secure the position. Anne Schowe What was the most important thing you learned at NAPF? Tammy Scully Bob Nyosui Sedivy Josie: That working for peace requires maintaining hope, which can be a challenge in today’s world! INTERNS FOR PEACE What work are you most proud of from your time at NAPF? Neil Fasching (UCSB) - Capps Center Intern Lucia Gorostiza (UCSB) Josie: I’m proud of the work I continue to do for NAPF’s Facebook page. It allows Christian Hatchett (Westmont) me to think of creative ways to communicate NAPF’s message. Social media is Rose Mertens (UCSB) critical because it reaches a wide audience – especially youth who can feel so Josie Parkhouse (Soka University) Monte Richardson (UCSB) detached from this topic. Elliot Serbin (Stanford) Grant Stanton (UCSB) What have you been up to since your time at NAPF? Wakana Suzuki (UCSB) Josie: I’ve been involved in peace efforts with Soka Gakkai International (SGI) in Audrey Westerlund (UCSB) the UK. I went to the ICAN conference for NGOs in Vienna in October 2014. And at the 2015 NPT Review Conference, I represented Ban All Nukes Generation (BANG) and was chosen to address the UN. (Hear Josie’s speech at youtube. com/watch?v=sG6ZKzmVNIY.) Interns: R Mertens, J Parkhouse, M Richardson, E Serbin PAGE 2 NUCLEAR ZERO • FOR THE HUMAN RACE. NOT THE ARMS RACE. Paul K. Chappell “The most important work in the sharing a fun world! He teaches us how to both moment with his students. understand and strengthen that which already lies within us for change to occur…” —Tilla Durr, Civil Rights Activist, daughter of famed civil rights activists Clifford and Virginia Durr “… the learning evolves into subtle ripple effects that go beyond the classroom.” —Cindy Cordova, Master’s Candidate in Peace Leadership: Higher Education Leadership, Leading the Way to a Shared Humanity University of San Diego With lectures, trainings, and Peace, Pax Christi, Soka Gakkai “When I heard Paul speak, I realized workshops inspiring a new generation International, and the Peace and why his message could literally feed of peace activists, the Peace Justice Studies Association. the masses with that controversial Leadership Program continues to thing called hope.” emphasize our common humanity, Among those empowered have been providing young leaders with the tools war-weary social workers in Uganda, —Kate Towle, Educational Consultant to wage peace. NAPF Peace members of indigenous communities to Minneapolis Public Schools Leadership Director Paul K. Chappell in the United States and Canada, shares transformative insights on inner-city American youth, and a new nuclear weapons, war, and how to generation of politically engaged effect positive social change with German high school students. We look global audiences. forward to the continued growth of this program as it guides the hearts Chappell’s background as a West Point and minds of global citizens toward Nukes graduate, Iraq War veteran, and shaping a better future. are Nuts bracelet former army captain has shaped his perspective on the need to train the next generation in the art of waging peace, just as soldiers are trained in waging war. Reaching more than 5,000 Peace In Store college students, high school students, Our online store is stocked with veterans, and activists directly in 2014, lots of NAPF merchandise. Peace and countless more through videos, books, shirts, tote bags, and other radio interviews, and writings, Paul products make fantastic gifts for your has also given keynote speeches to friends and family and support