Dear Supporter of the UrgentCall to End the Nuclear Danger,
As you may know the Bush Administration has recently taken new steps that increase the danger of nuclear war. In addition too blocking progress on nearly all arms control efforts, the administration has persisted in trying to develop a nuclear bunker buster. Equally horrifying, administration officials have been talking again about plans to use such weapons in third world countries.
Against this backdrop, more than 30 leaders of national antinuclear efforts from the founders of the Nuclear Weapon Freeze Campaign in 1980 to today's most effective advocates are gathering on the MIT campus in Cambridge MA for a major event on Friday-Saturday, 21-22 October: NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT: THE WAY FORWARD.
The flier below gives details on speakers and location. If you are not too far away, I hope that you will join us. Please go to http://idds.org to register. In addition, we would be grateful if you would forward this email, or the attached poster version, to your friends and acquaintances. For those who cannot attend, please check back at http://idds.org later in October for information on a post-event web cast and/or video recording.
In conjunction with this large gathering, on Sunday, 23 October, Rev William Sloan Coffin, David Cortright, Harvey Cox and several dozen religious leaders from across the country will be meeting at the Harvard Divinity School to launch a new Interreligious Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons. This network will build on a revised version of our original UrgentCall. Please visit UrgentCall.org after 1 November to learn about a completely new and expanded UrgentCall campaign, and for information on how to participate actively in the new Interreligious Network.
With best wishes,
Randy Forsberg, Director, UrgentCall.org
(Ms.) Randall Caroline Forsberg, Ph.D., Director
Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
675 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02139
Tel: 617-354-IDDS (4337), Fax: 617-354-1450
Web: www.urgentcall.org, www.idds.org
Email: forsberg@urgentcall.org, or forsberg@idds.org
On the 25th Anniversary of the Nuclear Weapon Freeze Campaign
and the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS)
NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT?THE WAY FORWARD
Celebration, Education, Inspiration
A symposium, reception, and luncheons at MIT, Cambridge MA
Friday-Sunday, 21-23 October 2005
Please join us for any or all parts of extraordinary weekend with more than 30 nationally-known speakers. All events except lunches are free. Registration is required: to avoid a delay at the door register on line or call 617-354-IDDS (4337). Please forward this invitation widely. Check back at IDDS for a web cast or video version after the event.
Summary
For details and maps, see below.
* Friday (21 Oct) Symposium with Nuclear Freeze co-founder Randall Forsberg, Harvard professor Graham Allison, UCS scientist David Wright, and others, 4 pm?7 pm: New Threats and Responses. Co-sponsor MIT Center for International Studies. MIT Green Bldg, Room 54-100
* Saturday (22 Oct) Symposium with Keynote Speaker Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) and many others, 8 am?6 pm: Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament?The Way Forward. Co-sponsor MIT Technology & Culture Forum. MIT Compton Labs Bldg, Room 26-100
* Saturday (22 Oct) Morrison Luncheon, 12?1:45 pm: Remarks: Ed Markey, John Pike, James Carroll*, Noam Chomsky*, Patricia McMillan, and others. Fundraiser for Disarmament Fellowship in memory of IDDS and Technology & Culture Forum Board member Philip Morrison. MIT Faculty Club, Sloan Bldg E52
* Saturday(22 Oct) Reception with Helen Caldicott, William Sloane Coffin, and Nick Carter, 6 pm?8 pm: The Nuclear Freeze at 25 ? Celebration, Education, Inspiration. Co-sponsor MIT Technology & Culture Forum. MIT Vannevar Bush Bldg Lobby (Bldg 13, cash bar)
* Sunday (23 Oct) Luncheon, 12?2 pm: IDDS 25th Anniversary Fête. Celebrate with IDDS alums, friends, and family during a buffet lunch at the India Castle Restaurant.
Detailed Description of Events and Speakers
Friday, 21 Oct, 4?7 pm, MIT Green Bldg, Room 54-100 (map)
Symposium Co-sponsored by the MIT Center for International Studies
New Threats and Responses
4 pm. Long-term Goals for Security Regimes
Security Communities, Hayward Alker, IDDS Board, U of Southern California
Global Action to Prevent War, Amb. Jonathan Dean, IDDS Board, Union of Concerned Scientists
UN Constabulary Force, Saul Mendlovitz (former IDDS Board), Rutgers Law School
Confidence-building Defenses, Randall Forsberg, Founder and Director, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
5 pm. Post-9/11 Approaches to Security
Planning and Paying for America's Global Role, Cindy Williams, MIT
Counter-Proliferation and Preventive War, Neta Crawford (former IDDS staff), BU
Post-Soviet States, Steve Miller*, Editor-in-Chief, International Security, Harvard
Keeping WMD Ouf of Terrorists' Hands, Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center, Harvard
6 pm. Responding to Unconventional Threats and Dangers
Radiological Weapons: Threats and Responses, Courtney Stewart, IDDS
Preventing or Limiting Pandemics, Clark Abt, Abt Associates
Weapons in Space, David Wright, Union of Concerned Scientists
Responses to BW Attacks, Judith Reppy, IDDS Board Chair, Cornell University
Saturday, 22 Oct, 8 am?5:30 pm, MIT Compton Labs Bldg, Room 26-100 (map) Symposium co-sponsored by the MIT Technology and Culture Forum
Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament: The Way Forward
8 am. Check-in, Tables
9:15 am. Welcome, Rev. Amy McCreath, MIT Technology and Culture Forum, Dr Randall Forsberg, Nuclear Freeze co-founder and Director, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
9:30 am. The Nuclear Freeze at 25: Lessons for Grassroots Outreach
Nuclear Freeze Campaign Co-founder Pam Solo, Director, Institute for Civil Society
Massachusetts Peace Action Director Shelagh Foreman
"Struggle against the Bomb" (3 vol history) Author Lawrence Wittner, SUNY-Albany
Nuclear Freeze Campaign Co-founder Randy Kehler*
10:45 am. Coffee Break
11:00 am. College Teaching on Security and Nonproliferation Issues
Views from Political Science or International Relations: Natalie Goldring, IDDS Board member, Georgetown; Laura Reed (former IDDS Staff and Officer), Harvard
11:40 am. Missile Defense and the Weaponization of Space
Matthew Hoey, IDDS
12 noon. Lunch Break
Saturday, 22 Oct, 12?1:45 pm, MIT Faculty Club, Sloane Bldg (E52) (map)
Luncheon co-sponsored by the MIT Technology and Culture Forum
Honoring Philip Morrison, a Morrison Disarmament Fellowship
Remarks: Congressman Ed Markey, John Pike, Randall Forsberg, Paul Walker, James Carroll*, Kosta Tsipis*, Pricilla McMillan and others (Donation, Advance Registration)
Saturday, 22 Oct, 8 am?5:30 pm, MIT Compton Labs Bldg, Room 26-100 (map)
Symposium co-sponsored by the MIT Technology and Culture Forum
Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament: The Way Forward (continued)
2 pm. Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Racing: What Lies Ahead?
Russia, USA, Robert Legvold, IDDS Board member, Columbia University
Iran, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea, John Pike, Founder and Director, globalsecurity.org
Reductions and Nonproliferation, Jonathan Schell, Columnist, The Nation, Author, "The Fate of the Earth"
3 pm. Keynote Speaker: Congressman Ed Markey(D-MA), introduction by Randall Forsberg, Director, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
3:30 pm. Cultural, Psychological and Religious Responses to the Nuclear Threat
Harvey Cox (former IDDS Board member), Professor, Harvard Theological Seminary
Robert Jay Lifton, Harvard Medical School, Author
Alan Kay (former IDDS President), Founder and President, Public-Interest Polling
4:15 pm. Turning the Tide: Routes toward a Safer World
Bldg on Our Successes, David Cortright, Director, Fourth Freedom Forum
Reaching Voters and Congress, Susan Shaer, Director, Women?s Action for New Directions
Goals for 2006-2008, Joseph Cirincione, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Awakening America, David Krieger, Founder, Director, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Saturday, 22 Oct, 6?8 pm, MIT Vannevar Bush Bldg Lobby (Bldg 13) (map)
Panel and Reception co-sponsored by the MIT Technology and Culture Forum
Nuclear Freeze at 25?Celebration, Education, Inspiration
6 pm. Reception
Nick Carter, former National Freeze Director, Dr Helen Caldicott, Remarks; Rev William Sloane Coffin, Introducing the Interreligious Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons (cash bar, registration required, please register on line)
Sunday, 23 Oct, 12-2 pm, India Castle, 928 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
Luncheon hosted by the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
IDDS 25th Anniversary Fête
Join current and former IDDS Board, staff, interns, volunteers, supporters, with friends and family; celebrate, reminisce, and catch up during an Indian buffet lunch ($15 per person, $5 for children 5-12). Advance registration and payment are required. (map)
All events are sponsored by the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies, a UN-registered NGO and 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt center for research and education on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize military spending, and foster democratic institutions. Address (Central Square): IDDS, 675 Massachusetts Ave, 9th fl, Cambridge MA 02139. Tel: 617-354-IDDS (4337), Fax: 617-354-1450, Web: idds.org, Email: info@idds.org. We need and welcome tax-deductible donations to support our work, and we offer internships to grad and undergrad students. Please see idds.org for more information.
Posted by Hannah at October 7, 2005 09:19 AM