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Thinking Outside the Bomb Conference Highlights

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About the Conference

On May 10, 2008, PNA presented a one-day, multidisciplinary conference, with 25 conference partners-- linked below--, to “connect the dots” on the environment, nuclear weapons, and global action on health and peace.  We brought together experts, activists, advocates, and interested citizens for a critically-important discussion for Earth’s future. We also honored Jonathan Schell at dinner, and had a beautiful dance performance.


Click HERE for a complete listing of the agenda and the speakers.

Click HERE for bios of speakers and performers.

PERFORMANCE
6 pm Ballroom, Jodi Netzer's dance, "Got Bomb?"


AWARD DINNER
At 6pm, Jonathan Schell, of the Nation Institute, received the 2008 John and Chara Haas Award for International Peace and Social Justice
The Award was presented by Dr. Michael McCally, PSR national director.  Jonathan Schell then gave a keynote speech at the dinner.


FEATURED BOOKS  AND MATERIALS
War in Heaven: Stopping the Arms Race in Outer Space Before Its Too Late (Helen Caldicott & Craig Eisendrath)
The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger (Jonathan Schell)
Us vs. Them: How a Half Century of Conservatism Has Undermined America's Security (J. Peter Scoblic)
Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change
  (Dr. Steven Starr)

CONFERENCE PARTNERS:  Americans for Informed Democracy, Beyond NuclearBigPictureSmallWorld.com, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World, Center for American Progress, Coalition for Peace Action, Common Cause, Council for a Livable World, Faithful Security, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Global Security Institute,  Lawyers Alliance for World Security, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, MediaGlobal, Peace Action Philadelphia, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Students for Environmental ActionStudent Peace Alliance (Temple University & Cabrini College), Students Project for Nuclear Awareness, Union of Concerned Scientists, and United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia.

 


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