Dr. Ira Helfand will address the current nuclear threat, particularly in the context of the war in Ukraine; the Back from the Brink campaign to prevent nuclear war; and how grassroots activists can most effectively organize and advocate for changes in US nuclear policy in this political moment.

H. Res. 77 is a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives that calls on the United States to embrace the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and to adopt Back from the Brink’s comprehensive policy prescriptions for preventing nuclear war. Learn more & contact Congress here.

Ira Helfand, MD, is a member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon, ICAN, the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, and Immediate Past President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the founding partner of ICAN and itself the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. He’s also co-Founder and Past President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, IPPNW’s US affiliate, and a member of the Steering Committee of the Back from the Brink campaign.