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Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War: Invest in Minds not Missiles

Room 6-120
9:00 am; Registration and Coffee.
9:15 am: Welcome and Introduction.
10:00 am: Current Dangers:
Destabilization from Nuclear Weapons Upgrades-Lisbeth Gronlund (Union of Concerned Scientists).
First Strike Risks - Prof. Elaine Scarry (Harvard University).
Dangers of an Inadvertent Launch Prof. Max Tegmark (MIT, Future of Life Institute).
The Pervasive influence of the Nuclear Weapons/industrial complex - William Hartung (Center for International Policy).

11:00 am: Economic and Social Costs -Chair, Rosemary Kean (Mass Peace Action)
The Pentagon Budget - Subrata Goshroy (MIT).
Cuts in Federal Domestic Programs -Lindsay Koshgarian (Institute for Policy Studies).
Costs to Massachusetts Residents- Rep. Nika Elugardo (Mass. State Legislature).
Middles Eastern Devastation - Prof. Val Moghadan (Northeastern University).
Undermining of Civilian R&D - Prof. Jonathan King (MIT & Mass Peace Action).

!2:00: Pick up Box Lunch and procewed to
12:15-1:45 Workshops (panelists details below);
(A) The Military/Industrial Complex: (B) Back from the Brink/No First Use: (C) 2020 Elections: (D) NYC/UN Conference and the International Arena:(E) Campus Organizing: (F) Moral Budget for Massachusetts: (G) Climate and War/Green New Deal;

Stata Center Room 32-123
2:00 pm: U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (invited);
Chair, Savina Martin (Poor Peoples Campaign).

2:45 pm: Paths Forward Chair, Jim Anderson (Peace Action of New York State).
Diplomatic Options with Iran and North Korea - Jim Walsh (MIT).
A Moral Budget for America - Savina Martin (Mass Poor Peoples Campaign).
Better State and Federal Budgets -State Rep. Mike Connolly (Mass State Legislature).
The 2020 Elections Andrea Burns (Our Revolution).

3:45pm:: Senator Edward J. Markey (Invited)
Chair, Cole Harrison (Mass Peace Action).

4:30: Next Steps:
-Workshop Proposals:
-Back from the Brink;
-No First Use Summit;
-Presidential election initiatives.
5:00 pm: Adjourn.

Lunch Workshops:

A.The Military/Industrial Complex: Paul Shannon (AFSC); Dorothy Phillips (Coalition for PA, NJ); Peter X. Casey (MAPA Nuclear Disarmament Working Group); Subrata Ghoshroy (MIT).

B.Back from the Brink/No First Use: Kea Van der Ziel (Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility);; Jeff Hoey (NJ Peace Action); Jean Athey (MD Peace Action); Susan Mirsky (MAPA Nuclear Disarmament Working Group); Dennis Carlone (Cambridge City Councilor).

C.2020 Elections: Tony Palomba (Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety); Arnie Alpert (NH AFSC); Judy Elliott (NH Peace Action); Steve Powell (Elephant in the Room Project); Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler (Cambridge City Counciior/ORMA).

D.NYC/UN Conference and the International Arena: Joseph Gerson (Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security)); Sally Jones (PANYS); Jerald Ross (CPDCS); Jim Walsh (MIT).

E.Campus Organizing: Prof. Caesar McDowell (MIT); Brian Garvey (Mass Peace Action); Matthew Ricci (Brown Students Against War); MIT Students Against War; Harvard for Bernie.

F.Moral Budget: for Massachusetts: Maryellen Kurkelos (Fall Fiver PA); Dan Luker (Veterans for Peace); Michael Kane (Mass HUD Tenants Union); John Ratliff (Mass Senior Action); Savina Martin (PPC).

G.Climate and War/Green New Deal; John MacDougall (350.org); Quinton Zondervan (Cambridge City Council and Green New Deal); Nick Rabb (Sunrise Movement); Timmon Wallis (Windmills not Warheads); Rosalie Anders (Peace Action Education Fund).
Co-Sponsors: Mass Poor Peoples Campaign; MIT Radius; Institute for Peoples Engagement; Mass Peace Action; Union of Concerned Scientists.
Special thanks to the Peter Norris fund for additional support.

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MIT Room 6-120 (View)
77 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02142
United States

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