by Scott Yundt | Oct 1, 2023 | Blog, Environmental Justice, Nuclear Weapons
After years of advocacy from affected communities and advocacy groups, legislative action to strengthen the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) is closer than ever to victory. RECA provides partial compensation to communities across the country harmed by...
by Scott Yundt | Aug 11, 2023 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons
On the morning of Friday, August 4th, as thousands of employees drove past on their way into Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, scores of peace activists from throughout the Bay Area gathered at the Lab’s Westgate. This special event, marking the U.S. atomic...
by Marylia Kelley | Jun 29, 2023 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons, Past Event
You’re invited to a private pre-screening of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, Oppenheimer, on Wednesday, July 19, in San Francisco at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (2550 Mission St.). This Bay Area event, which is scheduled just in advance of the film’s pubic release,...
by Marylia Kelley | May 25, 2023 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons
As the United States debates paying its prior year bills (the debt) and some members of Congress want draconian cuts to social programs that make up less than 15% of the federal budget, military spending continues to spiral out of control. The President’s Fiscal Year...
by Raiza Marciscano-Bettis | Apr 13, 2023 | Blog, Nuclear Weapons, TVC in the News
By MARILYN BECHTEL LIVERMORE, Calif.—On this Good Friday, as nuclear disarmament, peace, and justice advocates gathered in person and virtually at the gates of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for their annual Interfaith Service of Worship and Witness, the...
by Marylia Kelley | Aug 3, 2021 | Nuclear Weapons, Press Releases
Media Advisory; For Immediate Release: August 3, 2021 Hybrid Live/Virtual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Rally and March at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab Fri., Aug. 6, 9:00 am PDT (live/pre-recorded); Mon., Aug. 9, 9:00 am PDT (rebroadcast) Contacts: Marylia Kelley,...