Sierra Club and a coalition of national environmental, peace, and public health groups celebrate the entry into force of the TPNW. We congratulate the United Nations, our affiliate theInternational Campaign…
Category: Peace and Social Concerns
Nuclear Weapons Illegal
The path to a nuclear free United States could begin with a practical reordering of the nuclear budget as proposed by Global Zero in the report summarized below: The U.S. can reduce…
Plowshare 7
The program featured talks from Jeannine Hill-Fletcher, a professor of religion at Fordham University who testified at the Religious Freedom Restoration Act hearing and Paul Magno, a fellow plowsharesactivist with…
Constitutional Convention Resolutions
December 10, 2020Constitutional Convention Resolutions: Why You Should CareResolutions to amend the U. S. Constitution through a “Balanced Budget Article V Convention” resolution or a “Convention of States” resolution made…
Allyship and Environmental Justice
This is the December meeting of theMidlands Group of the South Carolina Sierra Club Monday, December 28, 20207:00 – 8:30 PM via Zoom The Past Calendar Year has challenged our communities,…
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
THE ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY TOP TEN LIST PRIORITIES FOR THE BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMMUNITIES. Nuclear weapons will demand the immediate attention of the next Administration and Congress.…
Climate X Covid
We are living in rapidly changing times, facing challenges of monumental proportion: a global pandemic, climate change and related ecological disasters, and institutional racism and violence.These challenges are connected and…
Friends at City Council
Lori and Tayyaba’s presentation begins at about 3:16. Mayor Benjamin’s comments start about 3:23. Good afternoon, my name is Lori Donath and I represent the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance Committee of Columbia Friends Meeting. Thank…
Hiroshima August 8th Event
Standing in solidarity for peace and social concerns at the Hiroshima vigil on August 8th. Maintaining social distancing and wearing mask Quakers wanted to speak up and be heard in…
New Bombs Headed to old bomb plant?
By Suzanne Rhodes, special to Statehouse Report | An arm of the U.S. Department ofEnergy (DOE) is proposing to build plutonium pits for bombs at its Aiken Savannah RiverSite (SRS).…