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Tri-Valley CAREs Summer Interns 2024
Meet our Tri-Valley CAREs 2024 Summer Interns! “I am currently a student at Las Positas College (LPC) pursuing a degree in Political Science with honors. Over the past two years, I have discovered my passion for local government and policy…”
Join Us for Daniel Ellsberg Week: Take Action Against a Nuclear World
Daniel Ellsberg was the whistleblower who had spread the Pentagon Papers to the public. He was initially sentenced to 115 years in prison for this leak (dismissed in 1973 on grounds of governmental misconduct). Eventually, the contents of the Pentagon Papers led to the...
Safeguard Our Families’ Health
| Written by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis After a nearly two-year delay, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced that it will release a new Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) in October. The plans that will...
Ukraine war and climate crisis set backdrop for atomic bomb commemoration
| Written by: Marilyn-Bechtel By Marilyn Bechtel LIVERMORE, Calif.—For decades, peace activists have gathered outside the West Gate of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of two locations designing and developing every weapon in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, to...
Making the Unthinkable Impossible
| Interviewee: Marylia Kelley KPFA Radio An interview with Tri-Valley CAREs' Executive Director Marylia Kelley on current nuclear threats and the August 6 release of the film, "Making the Unthinkable Impossible". LISTEN AT https://kpfa.org/player/?audio=384097....
Program Updates for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration
We invite you to mark the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with Tri-Valley CAREs and other peace and justice groups that are part of the Livermore Conversion Project. The link is https://enlightenedfilms.com/august-rally/ Our theme this year is “Making...
Actualizaciones del programa para la conmemoración de Hiroshima y Nagasaki
| Translated by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Lo invitamos a conmemorar los bombardeos atómicos estadounidenses de Hiroshima y Nagasaki con Tri-Valley CAREs y otros grupos de paz y justicia que forman parte del Proyecto de Conversión Livermore. El enlace es...
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
| Written by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb used in war over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, the U.S. dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Estimates are that these two atomic...
Marking an Anniversary
| Written by: Mary Perner 77 years ago, this week (1945), the United States detonated two atomic bombs over Japan, executing unthinkable devastation on the people of Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9). Each bomb held the rough equivalent of 20 kilotons of...
Hiroshima-Nagasaki virtual rally from the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab; additional speakers filmed in CA, NY and Russia
For Immediate Release, August 3, 2022 Sat., Aug. 6, 9:00 am PDT and rebroadcast Tues., Aug. 9, 9:00 am PDT https://enlightenedfilms.com/august-rally/ “MAKING THE UNTHINKABLE IMPOSSIBLE” Contacts: Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, Livermore; cell, 925-255-3585,...
Do we need tactical nukes on US submarines?
| Written by: Tony Green A former sailor wants Congress to deny the comeback of the ‘low-yield’ cruise missiles because they are redundant, and dangerous. By Tri-Valley CAREs’ board member, Tony Green When I walked across the bow of the U.S.S. Topeka for the last time...
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Make a Difference with Tri-Valley CAREs
From the desk of Marylia Kelley Your generous support this summer will enable our programs to change nuclear policy, challenge federal budget priorities and assert our human right to air, land and water that is free of nuclear contamination. Your tax-deductible...
Virtual Rally to Commemorate Hiroshima & Nagasaki; Focus on Nuclear Abolition
We invite you to mark the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with Tri-Valley CAREs and other peace and justice groups that are part of the Livermore Conversion Project. We will provide updates on Livermore Lab and rededicate ourselves to the global...
Peace Fresno’s Stir It Up with Marylia Kelley
| Interviewee: Marylia Kelley Listen to a 30-minute interview with executive director Marylia Kelley and host Gerry Bill. Marylia offers updates on Tri-Valley CAREs, U.S. nuclear weapons, and current global nuclear dangers, including in Ukraine. LISTEN AT...
Passing the torch…
Passing the torch… It has been the honor of my lifetime to help establish Tri-Valley CAREs in 1983, and, then, in the years that followed, to serve as its Executive Director. Over the decades, Tri-Valley CAREs has blossomed from an informal affinity group into an...
U.S. should embrace nuclear weapons treaty
| Written by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis I’m increasingly concerned about the possibility of nuclear war. That risk is heightened by Russian nuclear saber-rattling and its war on Ukraine. But, in actuality, the possibility that a nuclear weapon could be launched...
Invisible No More
| Written by: Mary Perner On June 7, I joined a group of friends at the gates of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to raise our banners and our voices against the mounting threat of nuclear weapons. But that is only half the story. Equally, I was at...
Nuclear War
| Written by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis I am increasingly concerned about the possibility of nuclear war. That risk is heightened by Russian nuclear saber rattling and its war on Ukraine. But, in actuality, the possibility that a nuclear weapon could be launched...
Let’s eliminate nuclear weapons
| Written by: Judy Reynolds For those who share my concern about the dangers to humanity that nuclear weapons pose that was highlighted by Russian President Vladimir Putin when he used the threat of nuclear war in his attack on Ukraine, there is a statement being...
TRI-VALLEY CAREs JOINS NATIONWIDE CALL IN SUPPORT OF TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: “THE ONLY PATH TO TRUE SAFETY AND SECURITY”
immediate release: June 7, 2022 contact: Marylia Kelley, Executive Director, 925.255.3589 (c) In the face of widespread concern about the threat of nuclear weapons, Tri-Valley CAREs’ members will join with organizations and leaders across the country to release a...
Promote the Nuclear Ban Treaty at this Historic Time
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and nuclear saber rattling continue to bring the threat of nuclear war into the foreground of public attention. Nuclear hawks inside and outside of government are scheming to use the invasion as an excuse to further accelerate U.S. nuclear...
Site 300 education
| Written by: Raiza Bettis Editor, On Saturday, April 23, Tri-Valley CAREs had the honor to celebrate with Tracy residents Earth Day. This event was designed to empower, inspire and inform individuals on becoming active, responsible guardians and caretakers of our...
Tracy Earth Day 2022
On Saturday, April 23, Tracy residents celebrated Earth Day by planting trees and learning about our natural resources during a celebration held on Ninth Street in downtown Tracy. This event was designed to empower, inspire and inform individuals on becoming active,...
Good Friday vigil: No nuclear weapons, diplomacy, not war, in Ukraine
| Written by: Marilyn Bechtel By Marilyn Bechtel LIVERMORE, Calif. – As nuclear disarmament, peace and justice advocates gathered virtually April 15 for the annual Good Friday Worship and Witness focusing on Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, they posed a...
Calling for Change
| Written by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis As the sun rose on Friday April 15, 2022, I commemorated Good Friday with Tri-Valley CAREs and the Ecumenical Peace Institute. As they have for decades, local peace advocates and interfaith organizations gathered to...
U.S. Nuclear Weapons “Top Line” Budget, Nuclear Posture Review, and News re: Nuclear Aspects of the War in Ukraine
Source: KZFR Radio FM Interview with Tri-Valley CAREs’ executive director Marylia Kelley on the just-released “top line” numbers for nuclear weapons and military spending for the coming fiscal year. Also covered: Pre-release details of President Biden’s Nuclear...
Ukraine: No to Nuclear War. Sign the Petition!
Help Nobel Peace Prize winners International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Tri-Valley CAREs is an ICAN partner), International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and 14 other Nobel Peace Prize laureates by signing this petition: "We reject war and...
Ucrania: No a la Guerra Nuclear. Firma la Petición!
| Translated by: Raiza Marciscano-Bettis Ayude a los ganadores del Premio Nobel de la Paz a la Campaña Internacional para Abolir las Armas Nucleares (Tri-Valley CARES es un socio de ICAN), a Médicos Internacionales para la Prevención de la Guerra Nuclear y a otros 14...
Good Friday Virtual Service and Protest Focuses on Livermore Lab
On “Good Friday,” April 15, 2022, our colleagues at the Ecumenical Peace Institute are planning a virtual service and annual nuclear weapons protest. This year, the event will be virtual, with a few of the speakers recorded live at the Livermore Lab. The event will...
Biden’s Upcoming Nuclear Posture Review, the Ukraine, and Livermore
| Written by: Mary Perner President Biden's Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is pending, in fact, overdue. Given Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to raise Russia's nuclear alert status, what will the NPR contain? Will it tamp down nuclear rhetoric and...
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Nuclear Dimensions Amid the Search for Accountability and Peace
Interview with Tri-Valley CAREs’ Marylia Kelley on peace, justice and the potential nuclear consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 30-minute interview conducted by Chris Nelson, KZFR Click here to listen: http://www.kzfr.org/broadcasts/28795. Marylia Kelley's...