Half Life: Celebrating 30 Years of Working for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament with Special Guests Dennis Kucinich, Daniel Ellsberg, Representative Barbara Lee, and Rose Aguilar

Western States Legal Foundation

WSLF, an Oakland-based non-profit, public interest organization founded in 1982, seeks to abolish nuclear weapons as an essential step in making possible a more secure, just, and environmentally sustainable word. Originally founded to provide legal assistance to peaceful protesters at California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant (hence, our name), WSLF’s program has evolved to encompass a broad range of research, advocacy and organizing. Grounded in commitments to nonviolence and international law, WSLF provides information, analysis and advocacy that is professional in quality and rooted in the values of the social movements we serve. In our work with local, national and international networks and coalitions, WSLF has increasingly sought to link nuclear disarmament with global and domestic issues of peace, justice and sustainability.  Jackie Cabasso, our Executive Director, a recipient of the International Peace Bureau’s Sean MacBride Peace Prize, and Andy Lichterman, our Senior Research Analyst, have been working tirelessly for half their lives organizing and speaking out for nuclear disarmament and peace