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Launch of new national campaign to abolish nuclear weapons
Launch of new national campaign to abolish nuclear weapons
24 June 2011
A reminder that ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) Aotearoa New Zealand will be launched tomorrow, Saturday 25 June, in Auckland - details below. Don't worry if you are not in Auckland or are unable to get to the launch, the ICAN Aotearoa New Zealand (ICAN-ANZ) website will be online from tomorrow afternoon at http://www.icanw.org.nz with the new ICAN-ANZ campaign resources, which include ideas about what you can do to progress the abolition of nuclear weapons wherever you are.
On the Global Day of Action for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Saturday, 25 June 2011
You are invited to the launch of ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) Aotearoa New Zealand, followed by afternoon tea and a screening of 'Beating the Bomb'
'Beating the Bomb' is an award winning documentary produced and directed by Meera Patel and Wolfgang Matt. It is about the biggest weapons of mass destruction ever created, the people who use them and, more importantly, the people who oppose them. 'Beating the Bomb' charts the history of the British peace movement against the backdrop of the atomic age. The film frames nuclear weapons within the wider context of global justice, and the narrative follows the so called 'nuclear deterrent', starting at the dawn of the nuclear age in WWII to present.
Plus the opportunity to have your say about the abolition of nuclear weapons on ICAN-ANZ's first video!
ICAN Aotearoa New
Zealand launch at 2.30pm, 25 June
Friends Meeting House,
113 Mt Eden Road, Auckland
Hosted by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and ICAN-ANZ. For more information contact ICAN-ANZ, go to http://www.icanw.org.nz The flyer for the ICAN-ANZ launch is available at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/icanzlaunch.pdf
ICAN-ANZ supporting organisations: Peace Movement Aotearoa (national coordination), Abolition 2000 Auckland, Aotearoa Lawyers for Peace, Disarmament and Security Centre, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Pax Christi, Peace Foundation, Quaker Peace & Service, United Nations Association, Visual Artists Against Nuclear Arms, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
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