US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World:
An Appeal to the Next U.S. President

Click here to join the XIVth Dalai Lama, Walter Cronkite, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Frances Moore Lappé, Daniel Ellsberg, Bonnie Raitt, Douglas Roche O.C., Jackson Browne, Jeff Bridges and many others in sending a message to the next occupant of the White House. Our goal is to collect the support of one million people for a world free of nuclear weapons.

President's Message

leadership and social change: making a difference in the world
by David Krieger

The three most important qualities in achieving success for an individual leader are vision, commitment and persistence.  A leader must have a vision – a goal or set of goals to be obtained.  A leader must be committed to achieving this vision.  And a leader must be prepared, if necessary, for a long-term struggle.  Think of the Dalai Lama, who repeatedly advises, “Never give up!”  That is the spirit of every strong leader.

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US leadership for a nuclear weapons-free world: an appeal to the next president


Sign the Appeal to the Next President *NEW* Appeal to the Next President Goes Global
*NUEVO* La Apelación para el próximo Presidente se hará a nivel mundial

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has launched an Appeal to the next President of the United States calling for US leadership for a nuclear weapons-free world. The Appeal will be delivered to the White House on January 20, 2009 when a new President is inaugurated.

 


The Appeal reads in part, “I call upon the next President of the United States to make a world free of nuclear weapons an urgent priority and to assure US leadership to realize this goal.”

You can also download the Appeal to collect printed signatures.

English: Color version. Black and white version.

Español La petición también está disponible en español Versión en color. Versión en blanco y negro.


nuclear weapons and the human future

Our FREE DVD, Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future
Our new DVD, Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future, outlines the Foundation's case against nuclear weapons. Click the image to the right to preview it.

Click here to order your FREE* copy of the DVD today.

Click here to download supporting materials to stimulate discussion after watching the video.


think outside the bomb:
washington, dc - april 12, 2008

 Think Outside the Bomb

"Unlike those who came before, my 'post-Cold War Generation' was not exposed to a strong public outcry for the abolition of nuclear weapons. We also did not experience the nuclear arms race first hand. We did not live with the fear of duck and cover drills, nuclear testing, the Cuban missile crisis, and an unprecedented nuclear arms build up."

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