Think Outside the Bomb

Stories honor both the diversity and commonality of human experience and the need for connection.  The voices and stories of communities directly affected by nuclear activities (hibakusha, downwinders, mining communities, nuclear plant workers, atomic veterans, and many more) are omitted from the mainstream narrative.  The path to a nuclear-free future can only be forged by addressing the legacy of racism, violence, and silencing.  These communities have powerful narratives that hold deep truths about the nuclear complex and ways to overcome it. Our workshop will explore ways directly affected communities are speaking out and organizing against nuclear injustice and ways to work in solidarity for nuclear abolition.   The presenting organizations are all currently involved in campaigns directly opposing stages of the nuclear cycle. These campaigns include: Resisting Uranium mine permitting in NM, expansion of the Pantex facility in Kansas City, MO, a Plutonium Pit production facility at Los Alamos, working to expand healthcare coverage to former mine workers, RECA and working to reignite a youth antinuclear movement. Our workshop will be interactive and assume that every participant brings something to the table.  It will be fun and participants will walk away with concrete skills and ideas on how they can add their own energy to these on-going campaigns and how to get involved in solidarity work with people in direct opposition to the nuclear cycle.

Stories honor both the diversity and commonality of human experience and the need for connection.  The voices and stories of communities directly affected by nuclear activities (hibakusha, downwinders, mining communities, nuclear plant workers, atomic veterans, and many more) are omitted from the mainstream narrative.  The path to a nuclear-free future can only be forged by addressing the legacy of racism, violence, and silencing.  These communities have powerful narratives that hold deep truths about the nuclear complex and ways to overcome it. Our workshop will explore ways directly affected communities are speaking out and organizing against nuclear injustice and ways to work in solidarity for nuclear abolition.   The presenting organizations are all currently involved in campaigns directly opposing stages of the nuclear cycle. These campaigns include: Resisting Uranium mine permitting in NM, expansion of the Pantex facility in Kansas City, MO, a Plutonium Pit production facility at Los Alamos, working to expand healthcare coverage to former mine workers, RECA and working to reignite a youth antinuclear movement. Our workshop will be interactive and assume that every participant brings something to the table.  It will be fun and participants will walk away with concrete skills and ideas on how they can add their own energy to these on-going campaigns and how to get involved in solidarity work with people in direct opposition to the nuclear cycle.