The history of nuclear weapons is wrought with heedless warnings and failed safeguards. Norms against nuclear proliferation and use that have defined global security for decades are now at risk, and we face the most challenging and complex geopolitical environment since the founding of Ploughshares over 40 years ago.
Ploughshares is uniquely positioned to guide the nuclear field through these crises using the lessons learned from our decades of experience and applying strategies to uncover new, longer-lasting solutions to the world’s greatest problem. Together, through innovative thinking, we can envision a bold future in which nuclear weapons can never be used again.
A series of events so related that each one initiates the next is known as a chain reaction. Every year we gather leaders in our field, devoted partners, and new advocates to generate bold ideas and strategies to advance policies to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons. You—and every new ally you introduce to Ploughshares Fund—represent critical innovators of change.
Program
Annie Jacobsen, author of Nuclear War: A Scenario
She is a New York Times Best-Seller, has written seven other books on sensitive national security issues; was a 2016 Pulitzer Prize Finalist; and writes and produces TV shows such as Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan series. Legendary Entertainment LLC has optioned her latest book for a new project under the direction of Dune director Denis Villeneuve.
Preview of the award-winning documentary, First We Bombed New Mexico
Remarks by Lois Lipman, Director
Music by Paul Pino
The documentary tells the story of thousands of New Mexicans, primarily Hispanic and Native Americans, who were exposed to radioactive fallout without being warned, acknowledged, or helped afterward. The documentary has been screened at film festivals nationwide and won over a dozen awards including The Best of Fest Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, The Activist Award at the Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival, and The Best New Mexico Documentary Feature at the Santa Fe International Film Festival.
Additional program details to be announced.
