Why Does Chicago Need a "Nuclear Injury Action Group"?

Burns on victim of U.S. nuclear bombing
of Japan in August, 1945, show the way
the print on her kimono was seared into
her flesh. (Image: Wikipedia)

Chicago Nuclear Injury Action Group is an organization formed in 2015. We have identified four needs:

* raise to visibility the abundant facts concerning the harms of nuclear use for weapons and energy production

* reverse the de-sensitization of the public to the reality of nuclear violence

* re-direct the discourse from "nuclear protects us" to "nuclear hurts us"

* from the standpoint of "risk psychology," help the public accurately assess, and appropriately
mitigate, the true risk inherent in nuclear weapons and nuclear power

CNIAG seeks to emphasize the power of multiple disciplines and fields to address these needs. The group sees important opportunities for engagement in the months ahead, including:

* Peace and Planet conference in New York City, April 24-26, 2015, in New York City (in conjunction with the every-five-years Review Conference of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at the UN);

* August commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States;

* a projected spring 2016 symposium on nuclear issues to take place at DePaul University; and

* the possibility that Chicago will be the site of the Nuclear Security Summit slated for 2016.

We welcome participants! Please contact:

Joe Scarry
jtscarry [at] yahoo.com
chicagonuclearinjury.blogspot.com


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