Archive for June, 2011
Bob Farquhar: An Elephant in the Budget Room – Nuclear Weapons
As Congress debates the 2012 budget that we the people, our children, grandchildren and their children will pay for, ways of cutting expenses seem hard to find even though one stands out like a sore thumb; expenditures on nuclear weapons, relics of the Cold War. The U.S. currently spends roughly $55 billion annually on nuclear [...]
Introducing We Count! Director Carolyn Monden
Georgia WAND is pleased to introduce Carolyn Monden and welcome her to our staff as We Count! Outreach Director. Carolyn will lead Georgia WAND’s efforts to build a grassroots voter empowerment movement to expand the electorate in Georgia by engaging with diverse communities and building alliances across race, class, and gender lines. To welcome her [...]
Atlanta’s WABE 90.1 reports on spent fuel storage in Georgia
WABE journalist Shomial Ahmad interviewed Amanda Hill-Attkisson, Georgia WAND’s Managing Director, concerning the storage of spent nuclear fuel at Georgia power plants Vogtle and Hatch. In the wake of the tragic events at the Fukushima nuclear plants in Japan, Georgians have a renewed interested in the safety of Georgia nuclear power plants and increasing concern [...]
CTBT On the Horizon–Let’s Start Now!
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a global ban on all nuclear weapons explosions on the earth’s surface, underwater and underground. Banning these test explosions drastically reduces any chances of developing new nuclear weapons technologies and programs. With the administration now pursuing a quiet effort to engage and educate on the CTBT to [...]
July 2011 Calendar of Events
July 1 A Day Without Immigrants Georgia WAND invites you to join the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) in their stand to protest HB87 through the event “A Day Without Immigrants.” Show the power of your economic influence in your community–don’t go to work or go shopping on this day to join protestors [...]
We Count!
In 2010, Georgia WAND launched our We Count! campaign, a grassroots voter empowerment movement to expand the electorate in Georgia by engaging with diverse communities and building alliances across race, class, and gender lines. During election years, we focus on voter registration, education and mobilization efforts. These efforts include voter drives and neighborhood canvassing, voter [...]
Nuclear Power Before and After Fukushima: An Evening with Stephanie Cooke
For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Contact: Courtney Hanson Public Outreach Coordinator, Georgia WAND 404.524.5999 Georgia WAND, Nuclear Watch South, and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum present Nuclear Power Before and After Fukushima: An Evening with Stephanie Cooke, Tuesday, June 7, 7:00 pm at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, 441 [...]
Nuclear Power Before and After Fukushima
Around 115 people were present at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum on Tuesday evening for Stephanie Cooke’s talk about nuclear power expansion and book signing for her recently released work In Mortal Hands: A Cautionary History of the Nuclear Age. Her presentation lasted for about 45 minutes, moving the audience to laughter and [...]
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