Here is the list of fabulous musicians and storytellers who performed at the International Peace & Music Festival on Sunday, May 2 at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, the culmination of the rally and march that began at Times Square.  We also heard from Sakue Shimora, a survivor of the bombing of Nagasaki. Shimohira-san was 10 years old, when Nagasaki was bombed. She survived the atomic bombing in the air-raid cave-like shelter, with her father, younger sister and nephew about 800 meters from the hypocenter. She lost …

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Address
International Conference at Riverside Church
On the eve of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will address the “For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World” International Conference at the Riverside Church. The Secretary-General will participate in the closing plenary on Saturday evening at 7:00 PM.  Both the Friday and Saturday evening plenaries will be available for live streaming.  Please come back to this site on Friday at 6:00 …

Conference schedule, including a list of workshops and speakers.

Conference registration is now closed.
A limited number of overflow seats will be available for the overflow room for plenaries and for participation in workshops on  Friday April 30 at 4 PM and reopens at 9 AM May 2 at Riverside Church Riverside Church, New York City 490 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027-5788.
You can still become part of the rally, march, peace & music festival on May 2nd!
Also, please consider volunteering for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
If you have questions about your registration status, please email:  conference [at] peaceandjusticenow [dot] org.  …

Flier for the Sunday May 2nd Interfaith Convocation in PDF and Word Doc.

Walking to New York in April 2010
for Peace Now and Nuclear Abolition – In Our Lifetime!
Several peace walks are happening right now. Please support and join these dedicated advocates.

(1) from Oak Ridge, Tennessee
International Peace Walk Towards a Nuclear Free Future — Y12 to the UN
February 11th – May 1st
Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey & New York USA
This is an opportunity for all people to come together in a non-violent, spiritually motivated action to end the nuclear industry and reclaim the future.

(2) from Philadelphia
NPTwalk2010
Beginning in Philadelphia on …

A list of plenary speakers and biographies of speakers & panelists.

List of participating and endorsing organizations

There will be an Interfaith Convocation on Sunday, May 2 from 12:00 -1:00 pm as part of the weekend activities For Peace and Human Needs as a prelude to the NPT activities at the UN beginning May 4. Read more

On April 19, Monday 7 – 8:30 PM join Jonathan Schell and organizers of a massive May 2 NYC rally and march to discuss the strategy for organizing the 21st century nuclear abolition movement. Read more for details.