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12:35 Welcome, Tasks for the Conference – Steve Gallant (MAPA, CPDCS)
12:45 Dangers, Constitutional Issues, and Nuclear Weapons Policy, Part 1. (eight min. talks); Chair – Susan Mirsky (MAPA); Reporter – Dave Pack
- Ira Helfand (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War)
- Elaine Scarry (Harvard; MAPA; CPDCS)
- Wm Perry (Secretary of Defense in Clinton administration)
- Tom Collina (Ploughshares Fund)
1:50: 5 minute break
1:55 Dangers, Constitutional Issues, and Nuclear Weapons Policy, Part 2. (eight min. talks);Chair – David Borris (CAPA) ; Reporter – Dave Pack
- Tong Zhao (Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy)
- Zia Mian (Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University)
- Joseph Gerson (CPDCS)
- Kennette Benedict (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists)
2:45 Poetic Invocation and Music
Joshua Bennett (poet, Dartmouth)
3:00 Call for a national campaign: Elaine Scarry, Jonathan King (MIT/MAPA)
3:15 Jillian Hanesworth (Buffalo Poet Laureate)
3:20: 5 minute break
3:25 Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA) (recorded)
3:35 Amar Ahmad (MAPA), Susan Mirsky – Contributions and Breakout instructions
3:40 Breakouts
Why No First Use Will Keep Us Safer: – Chair-Steve Gallant (CPDCS/MAPA); Kennette Benedict (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists); Max Tegmark (MIT); Tom Unterrainer (Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation); Tara Drozdenko (Outrider Foundation). Reporter – Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Communications & Messaging: Chair-Jerry Ross (CPDCS); David Swanson (World Beyond War); Anna Schumann (CLW); Emily Dorrel (CodePINK); Reporter – Maryellen Kurkulos (MAPA)
Social Media / Street Theater / Artivism: Chair – Anna Baker (GBPSR); Carley Towne (CODEPINK); Valerie Juang (Western New York Youth Climate Council); Zach Stone (Public Citizen); Joshua Krugman (Bread and Puppet Theater); Dawn Kramer (Boston-based choreographer); Reporter/Organizer -Susan Mirsky)
Congressional Strategy: Chair – Erica Fein (Win Without War); John Isaacs (CLW); David Borris (CAPA); Cecili Thompson Williams (Beyond the Bomb); Reporter-Kathie Malley-Morrison
Recruiting/Organization building: Chair – Jean Athey (Maryland Peace Action); Jim Anderson (PANYS) ; Yasmeen Silva (Beyond the Bomb); Victoria Whalen (Our Climate, NYRenews Fellow); Reporter-Lynne Hall (MAPA)
Back From the Brink — A grassroots campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons and prevent nuclear war: Chair – Ira Helfand (IPPNW); Denise Duffield (PSR); Reporter- Frances Jeffries (MAPA)
Stopping the ICBM Money Pit Missile and Reducing Nuclear Weapons Budgets: Chair – Jonathan King (MIT/MAPA); Gwen DuBois (PSR Chesapeake); William Hartung (Center for International Policy); Reporter- Mike VanElzakker (MAPA)
4:20: 5 minute break
4:25 Closing Panel: Next Steps: Chair- Cole Harrison (MAPA)
– Rep Ted Lieu (CA)
– Sen Ed Markey (MA) (recorded)
4:50 Call to Action: Medea Benjamin (CodePINK)
Program Committee: Steve Gallant, Jonathan King, David Borris, Joseph Gerson, Susan Mirsky, Elaine Scarry, Jerry Ross, John Isaacs, Carley Towne, Jim Anderson, Ira Helfand, Cole Harrison, David Combs, Amar Ahmad, David Pack