Nuclear-free NYC: How New Yorkers are disarming the legacies of the Manhattan Project, by Kathleen Sullivan and Matthew Breay Bolton Matthew Breay Bolton

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Today's article in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Matthew Breay Bolton and Dr. Kathleen Sullivan traces NYCAN - New York City ICAN Partners's work to map NYC's nuclear legacy and to fulfill the promise of the powerful NYC legislation that #NYCAN helped realize: thebulletin.org/premium/2024-0…

Yesterday it was time for civil society to deliver statements at #UNGA #FirstCommittee . They were not streamed online but you'll find these 16 powerful statements on various thematic issues at the Reaching Critical Will website: bit.ly/3ZRN7vA

So impressed by these powerful #PaceU student advocates, especially our Andrew Goodman FDN Ambassador Jasmine - from advocating for student voting rights to cyber peace, she is tackling so many important justice issues through her Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Peace and Justice Studies education!!

I could not be prouder of these three students! Listen up, world, we’ve got some fierce and brilliant peacemakers who are ready to lead the way to a more just future.

“The Internet is being weaponized in ways that negatively impact on human rights, such as through surveillance, hacking, censorship, and intentional disruption of internet services and access” #PaceU student Jasmine Cintron tells @ UN #FirstCommittee 15/15

It is “imperative to use cyberspace for peaceful purposes” rather than war says Pace University student Jasmine Cintron in ICT4Peace Foundation statement to UN #FirstCommittee 14/15

Pace University student Antje Hipkins of Reaching Critical Will tells UN #FirstCommittee “The patterns of harm caused by weapons and war, the diversity of people participating in disarmament processes, and the norms, discourse, and analysis of militarism” all have gendered implications 12/15

Pace University student Antje Hipkins of Reaching Critical Will tells UN #FirstCommittee “The patterns of harm caused by weapons and war, the diversity of people participating in disarmament processes, and the norms, discourse, and analysis of militarism” all have gendered implications 12/15

Pace University student Ellis Clay to UN #FirstCommittee : “In envisioning youth and disarmament education we thus challenge you to think beyond weapons and war to actively create and sustain human solidarity” 11/15

Ellis Clay in youth statement to UN #FirstCommittee : “Military forces are responsible for pumping tremendous amounts of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. We urge States to report & curb their #militaryemissions .” #ClimateCatastrophe Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) 10/15

Ellis Clay in youth statement: “We also long for an end to lower-tech methods of killing. We’re alarmed at rising casualties of #landmines & #clusterbombs & the threats explosive weapons pose to schools & hospitals in populated areas” #EWIPA #minefreeworld 9/15

Ellis Clay in youth statement to UN #FirstCommittee : “We are alarmed at the escalating nuclear rhetoric that threatens to irradiate our future. We call on all states – including nuclear-armed states and their allies – to join the #NuclearBan treaty” #TPNW ICAN 8/15

“As a technological generation, we have a unique perspective on how emerging technologies change warfare. We fear young people are more likely to be exposed to automated harm. States must negotiate treaty on #KillerRobots ” says Ellis Clay in #FirstCommittee youth statement 7/15

“We implore you to include diverse youth in the decision-making processes at all levels to change the policies, educational processes and narratives for disarmament and non-proliferation,” says Ellis Clay of #PaceU Dyson College of Arts and Sciences in youth statement to UN #FirstCommittee 6/15

Pace University Ellis Clay ODA UN’s #Youth4Disarmament program helps create space for youth inclusion in disarmament, says Ellis Clay of #PaceU in youth statement to UN #FirstCommittee . He calls on states to fund UN and civil society disarmament education efforts 5/15

Pace University Ellis Clay “As we prepare for the #SummitOfTheFuture , we can celebrate increasing attention to youth in disarmament processes, as well as advances in disarmament education policy” says Ellis Clay of #PaceU in youth statement to UN #FirstCommittee 4/15

Pace University Ellis Clay “Rather than repeating clichés that ‘youth are the future’, please see that we are here now,” says Pace University student Ellis Clay in joint civil society statement to #UNGA #FirstCommitee 3/15

Pace University student Ellis Clay delivers statement on youth & disarmament education to UN General Assembly #FirstCommittee , describes 2024 #SummitOfTheFuture as “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to ensure “meaningful inclusion of young people” in global decision-making 2/15

This was so great! Very proud of #PaceU students this evening! Pace University Dyson College of Arts and Sciences has trained them well in representing issues of peace, justice, human rights and disarmament in global forums like the UN General Assembly #FirstCommittee