Valentine’s Day reminds us not only of romantic love but also of our love for peace, justice, our neighbors, and our beautiful earth. This is an abiding love we know you share.
Here at Tri-Valley CAREs, we want to offer you our deepest appreciation for all you do – and to extend that love to all of our members and supporters.
You are our valentine every day. Please accept our virtual, heartfelt Valentine’s Day hug for all you do!
We also have news to share about our collective work toward a nuclear weapons free world:
In January, we brought our huge Nuclear Weapons are Illegal banners to the gates of the Livermore Lab to mark the 5th “banniversary” of the entry into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The Ban Treaty is truly a bright mark of international progress toward nuclear disarmament in an otherwise bleak landscape. Click here for Tri-Valley CAREs’ action photos and more info.
This month, on February 1st, we launched a Youth Environmental Photo Contest to engage young people in our community, and beyond, in environmental thinking and activism. Expanding our outreach to college students and other youth, including Spanish speakers, remains an integral part of our work in 2026. Click here for contest prizes and details.
At Tri-Valley CAREs, on this Valentine’s Day, we are gearing up to meet new challenges. You may have read about the lawsuit Tri-Valley CAREs and colleague organizations won to compel the government to produce a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on its plans to ramp up production of new plutonium bomb cores, called pits, for new warhead designs. Our lawsuit forces public transparency and gives people a voice in stopping this dangerous, proliferation provocative plan.
Later this spring, there will be a draft environmental review and then public hearings – both virtual and in-person – across the country, including here in Livermore. We are getting ready. We will have legal and technical analyses as well as common-language talking points to share with you!
And, now, let us share perhaps the most delicious Valentine’s Day treat of all: We are putting together our Tri-Valley CAREs team, including youth, to attend the annual “DC Days” in our nation’s capital in June.
Your Tri-Valley CAREs team will bring its on-the-ground knowledge of nuclear weapons and pollution directly to lawmakers during 80+ planned meetings. We will speak truth to power about the many ways that the trillions of taxpayer dollars President Trump and Congress lavish on weapons of nuclear mass destruction harm us in the present and the future.
We will lay out a very different vision, one we know you also hold dear, wherein peace is nurtured, justice is achieved, environmental wisdom reigns and human needs are met. It’s a tall order, but in these dark days it is all-the-more important to ensure that real community voices are heard in the halls of power. This is what democracy looks like!
In closing, we want to ask you to also send Tri-Valley CAREs some extra love in the form of a tax-deductible gift on this Valentine’s Day. We will put your gift, in any amount, to immediate good use.
Send your valentine gift by check to: Tri-Valley CAREs, 4049 1st Street, Suite 243, Livermore, CA 94551.
Or click here to use your credit card. You may choose to offer a one-time donation or become a monthly sustainer in any amount. And, if you want help making a credit card donation, you can call Scott at 925.443.7148 or Marylia at 925.255.3589.
Sending you love and valentine hugs,
Scott Yundt, executive director;
Marylia Kelley, senior advisor;
Raiza Marciscano-Bettis, bilingual community organizer;
Anoushka Raj, environmental programs director;
Tanvi Kardile; nuclear policy director;
and our fabulous thirteen-member 2026 board of directors. That’s a lot of hugs. We hope you cherish each of them!
P.S. And, in all ways large and small, we invite you to continue working with us to grow more peace, justice and environmental sanity as we make progress toward a nuclear weapons free world.
Happy Valentine’s Day!