21-22 October 2006

Atomic Mirror “Thinks Outside the Bomb”
Pamela Meidell and Janet Bloomfield join students at the
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOMB CONFERENCE
UC Santa Barbara

A report on the conference and photos are now online here

From October 20-22, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation will team up with various partner NGOs, including the Atomic Mirror, to host the second “Think Outside the Bomb” conference at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The conference will bring together high school students, college students, recent college alumni, and young non-profit professionals from throughout the western United States for a series of participatory discussion panels, workshops, and skills trainings on building a nuclear-free world. Pamela Meidell and Janet Bloomfield will be participating as speakers and facilitators.

Travel vouchers are available to out-of-town attendees. Lodging will be provided free of charge for most participants. Free food will be provided for all, throughout the course of the weekend.

The threat of a nuclear holocaust is one of the most urgent challenges facing our generation. In recent years, the crises in Iran, Iraq, and North Korea have underscored the ongoing centrality of nuclear weapons in the global political order. Yet, the greatest power to lead the world toward nuclear disarmament rests right here, at home, where the United States maintains a stockpile of over 10,000 nuclear weapons and currently spends more money to develop new weapons of mass destruction than any other nation.

Stopping the construction of new nuclear power plants, ending the exploitation of the nuclear fuel cycle, and achieving the demilitarization of our schools and communities are all intimately connected with the cause of nuclear disarmament. Nuclear weapons are not created in a vacuum. Nor will they be abolished in one.

The “Think Outside the Bomb” conference will provide a backdrop for a rich exchange of ideas between participants regarding nuclear issues. Attendees will leave the conference buzzing with new insights, knowledge, and inspiration, as well as an array of organizing resources and practical hands-on skills to empower them to do the day-to-day work of creating a more peaceful and secure planet.

For more information on the Think Outside the Bomb conference at UCSB, please visit http://www.thinkoutsidethebomb.org/.

Now available to download: resource sheet on 'Organizing 101' - WORD (31kb)