July 16, 2025 will mark 80 years since the start of the nuclear weapons era, with the detonation about 200 miles south of Albuquerque at the Trinity Test Site, an event which is still affecting many New Mexicans. Now the whole world is closer than ever to a nuclear war, accidents, or other disaster being triggered. On July 12, Nahalat Shalom will host a kickoff event for Back from the Brink NM, to bring action and awareness to our current dangers and how we can prevent nuclear war and abolish nuclear weapons.
The evening will feature compelling speakers dedicated to nuclear disarmament and justice, including:
Eddie Laiche, steering committee member of Students for Nuclear Disarmament, a national, non-partisan, student-led organization seeking to develop the grassroots nuclear abolition movement through high school and college students
Dr. Ira Helfand, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Immediate Past President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
Dr. Myrriah Gomez, UNM professor and author of Nuclear Nuevo Mexico: Colonialism and the Effects of the Nuclear Industrial Complex on Nuevomexicanos
Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium and tireless advocate working to secure healthcare coverage and partial restitution for the people of New Mexico who have suffered from the negative health effects of overexposure to radiation since 1945.
Together they will highlight the urgent need for action and the power of communities to create a world free from nuclear threats.
Be there Saturday, July 12, beginning at 6:30 pm in Nahalat Shalom’s sanctuary,, to learn what’s happening now and what we can do about it (doors open at 6).
We need volunteers! Sign up here to volunteer for the event! (We will be adding more jobs so check back for more opportunities soon)
Back from the Brink NM hub kickoff details and registration
