It's almost time for ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover to touch down on #Mars! ORNL has helped outfit the rover with critical tech to help it explore the Red Planet. 🔴 🌟 Plutonium-238 🌟 A unique iridium alloy 🌟 Carbon-bonded carbon fiber #CountdownToMars

“DOE is thrilled to be powering the next frontier of scientific discovery on Mars. Our Labs and NASA built the Perseverance Rover’s power supply and designed its SuperCam laser, part of our work to enable space exploration.” - David Huizenga, Acting Secretary of Energy.

"Policymaking without moral imagination ensures that when crises arrive, there will be little consideration for the vulnerable and the marginalized. Fiction continues to remind us what too many others forget."

We are proud to welcome our nation’s 16th Secretary of Energy, Secretary Jennifer Granholm!

Excellent summary from our intern, Marina. If you have a few minutes, you can read it. If you have longer, watch the event for yourself!

MUST WATCH: Brandon Boulware, the father of a transgender daughter, testifies during a hearing asking Missouri lawmakers to stop discriminating against trans youth.

URGENT: #SOSKolkata If you have any leads or contacts for oxygen cylinders in Kolkata please send. It's for my mother. DMs open.

We are so proud to announce our 2021 National Security Out Leaders and New Voices lists, in partnership with Political Reform New America, especially as we celebrate #Pride2021.  #ONSOutLeadershipList2021 (1/4)

Still, we also know that the extra work required to change institutional cultures so often becomes the responsibility of entry-level professionals.  So we also are excited to celebrate 15 Out New Voices. Check out our inaugural list here: outinnationalsecurity.org/2021-new-voice…  (3/4)

Join us in honoring our New Voices and Out Leaders 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 at noon on July 17th, with @RepSlotkin and Political Reform. RSVP here: newamerica.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Father’s Day can be tough for many of us in the LGBTQIA+ community. Here’s to our chosen families and support squads who help us get through days like today.

And VCDNP is thrilled to have you as part of our team!

Very pleased to welcome Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins back to Department of State as the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security. She is exceptionally well prepared to lead our efforts on nonproliferation and advance U.S. foreign policy.

We are all looking forward to working with Jill Hruby, the next Administrator of NNSA. Congratulations! x.com/SecGranholm/st…

Our President, Luke_F_Schleusener, was proud to join @johnsonrc01 and Morgan Luckey on an INMM Tweets panel hosted by Leon Ratz on "Breaking the Stigma: LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Nuclear Materials Management" and share his d experiences and policy recommendations.

Check out my bf’s @jonahbklyn superb piece in the WaPo on the historical parallels of the debate surrounding regulation of digital currency

Friends, colleagues - join VCDNP for an important virtual event on LGBT+ identity in the nuclear weapons space on Tuesday, 6 December. Bonus: the panel will feature @johnsonrc01 and Laura Holgate🌻!! Can’t wait.

This event has resulted in online hate, and even a death threat to one of the excellent speakers. A reminder of how important it is. I am very excited to hear @johnsonrc01 Anuradha Damale-Day Laura Holgate🌻 & @achesonray, and thank them for their visibility. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🚀

I just want to make a few things clear: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure. And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides. Silence is complicity.

🗓️ Happening tomorrow! Join us for a discussion with senior representatives from the Biden admin to learn about their new strategy to prevent non-state actors from acquiring WMDs, including efforts to secure & reduce weapons usable materials. RSVP👇 bit.ly/3KRllKh