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What Can You Do?

• The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has a campaign on nuclear issues for U.S. citizens called Turn the Tide. The site gives American citizens the power to chart a new course for U.S. nuclear policy by taking action to encourage elected officials to establish policies that will reduce and eliminate the nuclear threat.

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• Are you a teacher or student looking for resources? The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has produced a student handbook called A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste: A Guide to the Demilitarization of America’s Youth & Students. The guide includes information on how students can oppose a culture of militarism and offers organizing tools and success stories. The main youth page offers a series of exercises that aim to draw the next generation into the discussion about nuclear weapons.

• A coalition of arms control groups has established the “Abolition Now!” campaign; their web site includes a list of 10 things that you can do to support the call for nuclear abolition.

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• Looking for something different to do on the weekend? Join a Citizens Weapons Inspection Team! The Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) has a project devoted to nuclear abolition, including how you can get involved in opposing nuclear waste, nuclear power, and nuclear weapons.

• The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are organizing a “Mayors for Peace Emergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons” and are enrolling Mayors all over the world to join the call for the total elimination of nuclear weapons by the year 2020. Find out how you can enroll your Mayor in this campaign.

• August 6 and 9, 2005 mark the 60th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. Get information on August rallies in California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Tennessee. Or, organize a candlelight vigil at your own city hall!

• The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that seeks the reduction and eventual elimination of nuclear weapons as a significant tool of U.S. national security policy. Besides in-depth research on legislation related to nuclear weapons, the Center provides concise and usable material to Members of Congress and their staff, and provides them with access to policy experts. Find out how you can donate to this work.

• The lobbying arm of the Center for Arms Control is a group called the Council for a Livable World, a political lobby that endorses political candidates. Halting the spread of weapons of mass destruction is one of their key goals. Find out more.

• Greenpeace is an international OneWorld partner that works to abolish nuclear weapons and advocates against nuclear power, reprocessing, and waste dumping. Check out the “Get Involved” part of their web site to become a Cyberactivist, or join their Action Forum.

• Support Greenpeace and get a complimentary set of “Whose Got Nukes” playing cards—an educational resource on the number of nuclear weapons globally.

• The American Friends Service Committee has programs in Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, California, Pennsylvania, and Vermont that address nuclear weapons. Among others, activities include peace education and conflict resolution programs.