The following announcement was provided by Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice, and the Environment:
Please join us on Saturday, May 17 to hear Maria Udalova from Students for Nuclear Disarmament speak about why she is passionate about nuclear disarmament, why young people understand the necessity for disarmament, and how they take action to achieve a world without nuclear weapons.
The program will take place at 3:00 PM in the Lower Meeting Hall at the Church of the Good Shepherd at 9 Russell Ave., Watertown. Ms. Udalova is a senior at Brookline High School and leads her school’s Students for Nuclear Disarmament (SND) Chapter. She is also a member of the SND.
Locally, Ms. Udalova has organized student lobbying efforts at the State House on climate and disarmament legislation, led educational initiatives on nuclear disarmament, and spearheaded disarmament policy efforts in Brookline. She has spoken to students and civil society groups, emphasizing the critical role of student engagement in nuclear disarmament.
Students for Nuclear Disarmament is a national, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to raising awareness among Gen-Z about the threat that nuclear weapons pose to humanity. We unite young people to urge the U.S. government to pursue common-sense nuclear weapons policy. You can learn more at students4disarmament.org.
The program on May 17 is sponsored by the Peace and Common Security of Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice, and the Environment. The Working Group has collected 450 signatures to put a back from the Brink (https://preventnuclearwar.org/) nuclear disarmament resolution in front of the City Council via a Citizen Petition which will be submitted to the City Clerk at sometime this summer. If passed by the City Council, Watertown would join 21 Massachusetts cities and towns who have passed similar resolutions.
The working group has developed education resources, organized a number of public programs on the existential threat of nuclear weapons and the need for nuclear disarmament, and taped a program on WCATV titled “Ending Nuclear Weapons” focused on the contradictions of nuclear deterrence. (http://vodwcatv.org/CablecastPublicSite/show/3821?site=1)
If you are interested in becoming involved in this effort, reaching out to members of the City Council, or speaking at the Council meeting following the submission of the Citizen Petition, please contact watertowncitizens@gmail.com. Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice, and the Environment is celebrating its 46th year anniversary at our Annual Meeting on June 8.