U.N. Treaty of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Anniversary Celebration

media release: Sat. Jan. 22, Noon State St. Corner, WI State Capitol. Celebration of the 1^st Anniversary of the Treaty of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons!

The Interfaith Peace Working Group, Peace Action Wisconsin, Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin, the United Nations Association (Dane County Chapter), Veterans for Peace (Chapter 25), and allied groups will be holding a rally to call on the United States to sign the Treaty and to celebrate the one-year anniversary. There will be several speakers and a special bell-tolling in commemoration of the anniversary. 

Speakers will address the long-term health effects of radiation exposure, the importance of educating young people about the dangers of nuclear weapons and Martin Luther King’s view that nuclear war would be catastrophic. Speakers will also address the links between climate change and nuclear weapons and the bed-down of the potentially nuclear capable F35 fighter jets at Truax Air Force Base.

We join anti-nuclear activists across the country and throughout the world on Jan. 22. For more info, visit:

https://psr-wisconsin.org/1st-anniversary-tpnw

https://www.facebook.com/groups/743982149793909/

For more information on the Treaty, go to:https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty