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NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION

Annual ReportVolume 18 – 2008

www.wagingpeace.org

US LEADERSHIP FOR A NUCLEAR WEAPONS-FREE WORLD

An Appeal to the Next President of the United States

DEDICATED TO ETHEL WELLS, 1916-2007

A friend, a guide, and our inspiration

“The One-Hearted” – a poem by David Krieger ............................................1

President’s Message ..........................................................................................2

How We Make A Difference:Voice of Conscience ..................................................................................3

US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World — An Appeal to the Next President of the United States....................4-5

New DVD: Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future ..............................6

Presidential Candidates’ Quotes ..............................................................7

Walter Cronkite Projects ..........................................................................8

Grassroots Advocacy..................................................................................9

Washington, DC Office............................................................................10

Middle Powers Initiative..........................................................................11

Youth Empowerment Initiative ........................................................12-13

Foundation Websites ..............................................................................14

24th Annual Evening for Peace – Peter, Paul & Mary............................15

6th Annual Frank Kelly Lecture – Jakob von Uexküll ..........................16

2007 Youth Peace Leadership Award – Kimmie Weeks ........................17

13th Annual Sadako Peace Day & Peace Messages ..........................18-19

2007 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards..........................20-21

2007 Financial Report ....................................................................................22

Legacy Circle/Peace Leadership Council ......................................................23

2007 Contributors ....................................................................................24-25

Ethel Wells – A Tribute ..................................................................................26

Join the Appeal – Sign-up Page................................................................27-28

DirectorsRichard Falk, Chair · Mark Hamilton, Vice Chair · David Krieger, J.D., Ph.D., President Frank K. Kelly, Senior Vice President · Robert Laney, Vice President Lessie Nixon Schontzler, Secretary · Peter R. MacDougall, Ed.D., Treasurer · Jill Dexter Diandra de Morrell Douglas · Léni Fé Bland · Anna Grotenhuis, J.D. · Peter O. Haslund, Ph.D. Sue Hawes, J.D. · Marc Kielburger, J.D. · John Randolph Parten, J.D. · Chris Pizzinat Selma Rubin · Imaging Spence

Advisory Council Hafsat Abiola · Tadatoshi Akiba · Hon. Lloyd Axworthy, Ph.D., PC · Harry Belafonte Blase Bonpane · Helen Caldicott, M.D. · Hon. Rodrigo Carazo · Jean-Michel Cousteau Walter Cronkite · Michael Douglas · Anne H. Ehrlich, Ph.D. · Paul R. Ehrlich, Ph.D. Daniel Ellsberg, Ph.D. · Benjamin B. Ferencz, J.D. · Harrison Ford · Johan Galtung, Dr. hc multJane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE · Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. · Bianca Jagger Major General Jack Kidd (Ret.) · The XIVth Dalai Lama* · Admiral Gene R. La Rocque (Ret.)Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. · Bernard Lown, M.D. · Mairead Corrigan Maguire* · Hon. Robert MullerQueen Noor of Jordan · John Polanyi · Admiral L. Ramdas (Ret.) · Hon. Arthur N.R. RobinsonHon. Douglas Roche, O.C. · Jonathan Schell · Paul (Noel) Stookey · Stanley K. SheinbaumGerry Spence, J.D. · Ted Turner · Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu* · Peter Yarrow

AssociatesRobert C. Aldridge · Richard Appelbaum, Ph.D. · Eric H. Boehm, Ph.D. · Selma BrackmanM. M. Eskandari-Qajar, Ph.D. · Dietrich Fischer, Ph.D. · Jonathan Granoff, J.D. Gene Knudsen Hoffman · Fred H. Knelman, Ph.D. · Peter Kuznick, Ph.D. · Ved P. Nanda, L.L.M.Farzeen Nasri, Ph.D. · Jan Øberg, Ph.D. · Melvin Oliver, Ph.D. · Jennifer Allen Simons, Ph.D.Michael Wallace, Ph.D. · Lawrence Wittner, Ph.D.

StaffSteven Crandell · Nick Robinson · Sharon Rossol · Nickolas Roth · Vicki Stevenson Steve Stormoen · Rick Wayman

InternsAngela Fitzgerald · Adrienne Garcia · Katie Murray · Nicholas Robinson

*Nobel Peace Laureate

CONTENTS

Waging Peace is published

annually by the Nuclear Age

Peace Foundation, a non-profit,

non-partisan, international

education and advocacy organi-

zation that provides leadership

toward a nuclear weapons-free

world under international law.

Waging Peace is distributed

internationally.

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THE ONE-HEARTEDThe one-hearted walk a lonely trail.They hold the dream of peace betweenthe moon’s eclipse and the rising sun.

They set down their weapons, carrying instead the spirits of their ancestors,a collection of smooth stones.

At night, they make fires, and watch the smoke rise into the starlit sky.

They are warriors of hope, navigating oceans and crossing continents.

Their message is simple: Nowis the time for peace. It always has been.

David Krieger

US LEADERSHIPFOR A NUCLEARWEAPONS-FREEWORLD

An Appeal to theNext President ofthe United States

Please see Page 27 for your own pull-out version of the Appeal.Use it to collect signa-tures for a world freeof nuclear weapons.

Join the XIVth DalaiLama, Walter Cronkiteand Archbishop DesmondTutu and many, manyothers in sending a mes-sage to the next occu-pant of the White House.

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A MESSAGEFROM THEPRESIDENT

DEAR FRIEND OF THE FOUNDATION,

The year 2007 was a year of nuclear danger throughout the globe. At the beginningof the year, four former Cold Warriors (George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissingerand Sam Nunn) endorsed “the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons and workingenergetically on the actions required to achieve that goal….” We couldn’t agreemore. It is a goal we have been diligently pursuing for the past 25 years.

In this Annual Report you will find out much more about the Foundation’s manyactivities. Among our activities during the year, we developed a new DVD onNuclear Weapons and the Human Future, to educate people on nuclear dangers and how they can make a difference in ending these dangers. The DVD has hadshowings in more than 100 countries and all 50 states in the US. We also created an Appeal to the Next President of the United States for US leadership for a nuclearweapons-free world. It calls for seven steps to secure a world free of nuclearweapons. You can sign the Appeal at www.wagingpeace.org/appeal or simplydetach the form on page 27, sign it and return it to us.

Another of our activities in 2007 that continues this year is the tracking of the USpresidential candidates’ positions on issues of nuclear policy. We sent out a question-naire to the presidential candidates, and posted their responses, supplemented bytheir statements and votes on nuclear issues, on our www.wagingpeace.org website.As a purely non-partisan service, we’ve tried to educate Americans on where thecandidates stand on US nuclear policy issues.

As Albert Camus said immediately after the bombing of Hiroshima, “Before the terrifying prospects now available to humanity, we see even more clearly that peaceis the only battle worth waging.” More than 60 years later, achieving peace is noless important for humanity’s future.

At the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, we wage the battle of peace daily, and yoursupport makes this possible. Thank you for caring,

President

Foundation President David Krieger confers with former Danish Minister ofForeign Affairs Moges Lykketoft in Copenhagen in 2007. Dr. Krieger spoke at asymposium in the Danish Parliament. He spoke on the topic of “US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World,” addressing an audience made up of parliamentarians, their staff and representatives of civil society organizations.

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HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Voice of Conscience,Resource for a World

Free of Nuclear Weapons

Without accurate information, people can feel disenfranchised and disheartened about theprospects for peace. With it, people can join thedebate and make a difference. By publishingbooks, articles and op-ed pieces, through our web-sites and in our speaking engagements around theworld, the Foundation seeks the widest dissemina-tion of the truth about nuclear weapons.

Knowledge has a multiplier effect because people

naturally want to pass it on. For example, did you

know there are about 26,000 nuclear weapons in

the world, and that 3,500 of them can be fired in

minutes? Well, now you do. And because you do,

you can share that information with a friend. It is

one thing to talk about the most immediate cata-

strophic threat to humankind; it is quite another

to imagine all those thousands of death devices

ready to destroy the lives of millions of ordinary

people. It’s a good reason to speak out for nuclear

disarmament, don’t you think?

For 25 years, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has been a voice of conscience to our

community, nation and world. Our message is that nuclear weapons threaten the future

of all life on our planet, and it is the responsibility of all of us, working together, to end

this threat forever. Nuclear weapons were created by humans, and they must be abolished by us –

by all of us. Peace in a world free of nuclear weapons is everyone’s birthright. It is the greatest

challenge of our time to restore that birthright to our children and all future generations.

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US Leadership for a NuclearWeapons-FreeWorld

AN APPEAL TO THENEXT PRESIDENT OFTHE UNITED STATES

Our US Leadership Appeal, which we launched late in 2007, aims to collect one million signatures and present them to the newPresident on Inauguration Day in January 2009. It’s one thing to

talk about the threat from nuclear weapons, and quite another toexplain how we can eliminate the threat. This national Appeal edu-cates as it motivates – showing seven steps, each of which would makethe world a safer place. The key is the United States taking the lead towork with other nations towards the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Achieving a world free of nuclear weapons is not something that will happen overnight. International negotiations take time, and thesensitive work to undo over six decades of apocalyptic nuclear policymust be completed with great attention to detail.

We believe that a nuclear weapons-free world will not come to bewithout the leadership of the United States. As the world’s most militarily powerful nation, the US is in a unique position to initiate the Appeal’s seven steps toward the abolition of nuclear weapons:

• De-alert all nuclear weapons;

• Commit to No First Use;

• No new nuclear weapons;

• Ban nuclear testing forever;

• Control nuclear material worldwide;

• Nuclear Weapons Convention;

• Reallocate resources for peace.


Join these people of integrity and peace in sending a message to the next occupant of the White House:

The XIVth Dalai Lama

Walter Cronkite

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Daniel Ellsberg

Douglas Roche, O.C.

Jackson Browne

Bonnie Raitt

Jeff Bridges

Francis Moore Lappé (Diet for a Small Planet)

Professors Paul & Anne Ehrlich (The Population Bomb)

Noel (Paul) Stookey and Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary)

The Appeal, which anyone can sign on-line atwww.wagingpeace.org/appeal, will be sent tothe next President of the United States whenhe or she takes office on January 20, 2009.The Appeal is also reprinted on page 27 ofthis Annual Report. If you prefer, you cansign a paper copy and mail it in to us. Eitherway, the next President will know that youand many others like you are tired of livingunder the shadow of nuclear weapons.

We encourage you, and everyone you know,to sign this Appeal for a nuclear weapons-free world.

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A New DVD – Nuclear Weapons andthe Human Future

The Cold War ended in 1991, but our country’sthinking about nuclear weapons has not pro-gressed. The United States currently maintains a

huge number of nuclear weapons as a deterrent eventhough there is no longer any nation to deter. In fact,current plans to build new nuclear weapons only feedproliferation urges among the “have-not” countries.A change in thinking is definitely needed.

That’s why, in October 2007, the Foundation releasedNuclear Weapons and the Human Future. Written andnarrated by Foundation President David Krieger, thevideo presents the Foundation’s case against nuclearweapons in a clear, easy-to-follow format.

Free copies of the DVD have been ordered by individ-uals and groups in 109 countries and all 50 US states.In addition to thousands of Internet viewers, thevideo has been seen on public television stations incities across the United States.

In 2008, the Foundation plans to produce and distrib-ute thousands of copies of Nuclear Weapons and theHuman Future. Educational, social and religiousgroups will play a large part in spreading the call fora nuclear weapons-free world by showing the DVD atmeetings and public events.

The video was produced and edited by RyanRoberson, a film student at the University ofCalifornia Santa Barbara, and Ivan Van Wingerden, astudent at California Polytechnic State University.

“The video is excellent and a very informativetool, especially for those that don’t think nuclearwar is a threat.” – Lorraine, California, USA.

“The video was an incredible hit. I think manywere taken aback by the information they learned.I’m encouraging community film groups aroundthe region to screen this DVD.”– Rick, Washington, USA.

“I wish you could send a copy of your materials toevery world leader so that they could think twicebefore spending such huge capital for destructioninstead of saving it for construction.” – Reza, Iran.

“I could hardly believe that this video was pro-duced by an organization in the US, for the US isthe biggest manufacturer of nuclear bombs in theworld – big up for your work!”– Laurent, Tanzania.

“The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has done awonderful job on an issue that has too long beenon the back burner of our national life.”– Lea, Vermont, USA.


TrackingPresidentialCandidates’Quotes onNuclearWeaponsPolicy

US Presidential candidates dominated the headlinesfor much of 2007 – what they ate at an Iowa diner;which celebrity offered an endorsement; who got a

haircut; who dropped out of the race.

One issue that many people care about, which is onlysuperficially addressed in many of the candidate debates,is that of US nuclear weapons policy.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has compiled quotesand voting records for each of the major candidates in the Democratic and Republican parties, focusing on thesefive categories:

• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

• Disarmament

• Missile Defense

• New Nuclear Weapons / Reliable Replacement Warhead

• Use of Nuclear Weapons

This project, featured prominently on the Foundation’swww.wagingpeace.org website, has been a valuableresource for potential voters interested in these key issues.

As a 501(c)3 organization, the Nuclear Age PeaceFoundation does not endorse specific candidates or politi-cal parties. The project is for educational purposes only.

We seek a world free of nuclear

weapons. We also seek the

development and application

of international law to ensure

that happens. One event in

2008 is likely to have more

bearing on our goals than any

other. It is the election of the

next President of the United

States. His, or her, policy deci-

sions could create a dramatic

change in United States

nuclear policy. As a 501(c)3

charity, we do not endorse

candidates. However, we do

believe the public deserves to

be informed. To this end, we

will be tracking the candi-

dates’ positions on nuclear

issues and posting their

quotes on our website,

www.wagingpeace.org, for

all to see.

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Waging Peace withWalter Cronkite


WalterCronkite,probably

America’s best-known televisionjournalist of the 20th century, topped off anextraordinary year for the Nuclear AgePeace Foundation by putting his pen to work for peace.

He wrote an op-edpiece with FoundationPresident David Kriegercalled “Our Troops Must Leave Iraq.” It ran in newspapersaround the world inDecember and drew agreat deal of attention onpopular Internet sites liketruthout.org and commondreams.org.

Then Mr. Cronkite showed how passionatelyhe believes in peace and the abolition of nuclearweapons by authoring the Foundation’s year-endappeal letter. We reprint ithere with deep respect andappreciation for the insightand wisdom he has broughtto our organization and our cause.

WALTER CRONKITE

December 2007

Dear Friends,

I have spent a lifetime chronicling world events: The Invasion of Normandy, the

Nuremberg Trials, the Korean Conflict, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam and Watergate

to name a few. As a journalist for more than 70 years, I have tried to get to the essence

of things – observing closely, trying to report fairly and always asking the hard questions.

Now, I have a few hard questions for you:

• Do you want to leave a legacy of never-ending war to future generations?

• Do you want to leave Americans vulnerable to the anger of other nations (and ter-

rorists) because we have a policy of threatening and launching pre-emptive attacks?

• What kind of world do you want our children, grandchildren and great-

grandchildren to inherit?

If you are like me, you want them to inherit a peaceful planet earth. Imagine a world

free of nuclear weapons. Imagine a world where the United States led a Coalition of the

Willing not to invade another country, but to respond to pressing concerns like climate

change, poverty and sustainable development. Imagine a President who worked hard to

resolve conflicts, rather than start them, and an administration that used international

understanding and diplomacy to get at the root of terrorism, rather than pursue war

without end. Imagine a US government with a cabinet-level Department of Peace. Imagine

an educational system where peace studies were part of the curriculum for every student.

For almost 25 years, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has been focused on goals such

as these. I heartily support their work, and I ask you to consider doing the same. Peace

is a difficult goal, but we cannot sit idly when faced with the prospect of perpetual war.

The future depends upon what we do now.

Sincerely,

Walter Cronkite


Grassroots Advocacy

A nuclear explosion would be a disaster – most people agree. Most people would also agreethat preventing such a disaster is desirable. So what we’re talking about is really publicsafety. Not radical. Not partisan. Just common sense. Nuclear weapons are a grassrootsissue because nuclear weapons cast a shadow over everyone.

Through our “Turn the Tide” project,people can easily contact their electedrepresentatives and tell them where

they stand on specific issues. We send out regular e-mail “action alerts” inviting people to make their own voices heard. This project facilitated more than 10,000 letters to members of Congress in 2007 on issues of critical importance like fundingfor the Reliable Replacement Warhead project, which sought to replace every thermonuclear weapon in the US arsenal.

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805-965-3443 • www.wagingpeace.org

In 2007, we laid the groundwork to launch acommunity-based peace leader campaign.We are creating a model program that canbe duplicated in other communities. In 2008,we will recruit, train and support peace lead-ers who will then use the new DVD and theUS Leadership Appeal to inform at least 100people each over the course of the year. Theidea is to create a face-to-face educationalcampaign.

Our experience is that most people don’tknow important facts about nuclear weapons– facts that could affect their future. Thisinformation gap puts us all at risk. How canwe decide if we want to do anything aboutnuclear weapons if we don’t know the extentof the threat, nor the ways to eliminate thatthreat? That’s where education is an essentialstep. We believe such education is particular-ly potent when offered on personal and community levels. Our hope is that success inSanta Barbara during 2008 can be duplicatedelsewhere in future years.

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Washington, DC Office – Influencing New Legislation

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Washington, DC Office Director Nick Roth, left,confers with Indiana Congressman Pete Visclosky – after the Congressional victory zeroing out funding for new nuclear warheads.

PRIORITIES FOR2008 INCLUDE:

• Continuing our work tostop the US-India nucleartrade deal.

• Working to stop the production of new nuclearweapons by permanentlyending funding for theReliable ReplacementWarhead.

• Promoting ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

• Opposing reprocessing ofnuclear material in theUnited States by buildingopposition to the GlobalNuclear Energy Partnership.

• Opposing the Departmentof Energy’s Nuclear ComplexTransformation.

Funding for a new generation of nuclear weapons was eliminat-ed by Congress in 2007, and our Washington, DC office was atthe forefront of the campaign to achieve this goal. In the FY08

Omnibus Appropriations bill, Congress refused to allocate anymoney for the Bush administration’s Reliable ReplacementWarhead plan to build 125 new nuclear warhead cores per year.

Throughout the year, the Foundation’s DC staff also worked on the following issues:

• Stopping the US-India nuclear trade deal by joining theCampaign for Responsibility in Nuclear Trade.

• Promoting the need for a change in US nuclear policy by supporting Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Nuclear Policy and PostureReview Act (S. 1914), which calls for new nuclear policy and posture reviews that incorporate international obligations whileeliminating funding for the Reliable Replacement Warhead.

• Helping to organize a national lobby called DC Days as a memberof the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. In three days, 80 con-gressional offices were visited by activists from across the country.

• Staging a Think Outside the Bomb Conference promoting peaceleadership and activism in Washington, DC.



Middle Powers Initiative –International Advocacy

The Middle Powers Initiative (MPI) is a coalitionof seven international non-governmentalorganizations working for the elimination of

nuclear weapons. MPI works with “middle power”governments to encourage them to press thenuclear weapons states to fulfill their obligationsfor nuclear disarmament and take immediate stepsto reduce risks.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a foundingmember of this coalition, and Foundation PresidentDavid Krieger is a member of the MPI InternationalSteering Committee.

Here are the highlights for MPI during 2007:

• High-level delegations sent to the foreign ministries of key middle power countries such as Germany, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands,Italy, Belgium and Norway.

• Former President Jimmy Carter has invited MPI to organize another strategy consultation at theCarter Center prior to the 2010 Non-ProliferationTreaty Review Conference.

• “Towards 2010,” MPI’s NPT strategy document,detailing seven priorities, was presented to theleadership of the 2007 Preparatory Committeefor the 2010 NPT Review and distributed widelyto governments. Governments are using MPImaterial in debates and policy formulation.

ANALYZING THE ISSUES

Strengthening international lawmight sound like a dry subject,but it is an essential part of thestrategy for peace. Withoutstrong international agreements,a world free of nuclear weaponswill remain a dream. In order tofully understand these issues andthe issues that bear directly onnuclear matters, the Foundationholds and participates in a number of conferences everyyear. Engaging in this expert discussion allows us to stay well-informed. But more impor-tantly, it allows us to influencethe debate.

In 2008, these events feature prominently:

• The fifth Article VI Forum consultation, “NPT:Pathfinder to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World,”in Dublin with the support of the Governmentof Ireland. The consultation will focus onstrengthening the NPT and push further in promoting the abolition of nuclear weapons.

• Another Article VI Forum will take place inBerlin in November 2008. The consultation willlook at the opportunities and challenges inlight of changes of government in key nations.

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Youth Empowerment Initiative


Young people often get the message that it’s theirresponsibility to change the world, but it’s rare thatanyone gives them any idea of how.

That’s where the Youth Empowerment Initiative has a crucialrole. We give youth the tools and skills they need to expressthemselves effectively. We help them build the structuresand communities they can use to seek change. Beyond sim-ply teaching youth and students about nuclear weaponsabolition, the Youth Empowerment Initiative seeks to bringyoung people into positions of self-leadership. Our mainprograms are:

UC NUCLEAR FREE Since its founding in 2001, the UC Nuclear Free campaignhas accompanied and helped guide the campaign to endUniversity of California management of the Los Alamos andLawrence Livermore National Laboratories. Contributing to acoalition featuring active students from most UC campuses,UC Nuclear Free has seen this coalition, known as theCoalition to Demilitarize the UC, become the most powerfuland effective grassroots student movement against nuclearweapons in the country. Los Alamos National Laboratory andLawrence Livermore National Laboratory are responsible forthe research and development of every nuclear weapon inthe US arsenal. We believe students can guide their universi-ty towards sending a stunning vote of “no confidence” inthe US nuclear weapons complex. We believe the UC shouldstop lending their good name to weapons of mass destruc-tion. Our goal is straight-forward: to delegitimize nuclearweapons at their source.

MAKE BOOKS, NOT BOMBS

The Nuclear Age PeaceFoundation believes theUniversity of California is oneof the most valuable assets inour state. However, we do notbelieve the University ofCalifornia should be managingthe national laboratories thatdesign and develop nuclearweapons. Through our UCNuclear Free program, we workwith UC students, staff andalumni to urge the Universityof California to stop providinglegitimacy to such destructivetechnology and research.

May 2007 -- Students at UC Santa Barbara rallyagainst their university’s management of thenation’s two major nuclear weapon research anddesign laboratories.

Think Outside the Bomb conference


THE YOUNG AND THE PEACEFUL More than 100 young people from allaround the country came to SantaBarbara in August 2007 to take partin our sixth Think Outside the BombConference. The goal: to empowerthese young people with informationabout the issues, guidance frominspiring speakers and practical helpon how to start peace groups andbecome leaders in their own areas.

UC AND THE BOMB CLASS The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation provides resourcesand advice for student-directed classes on the nuclearweapons, waste, and fuel complexes, and above all,the UC’s involvement in them. The class has grown inpopularity since it began in 2005. Now it has beentaught on five UC campuses.

STUDENT OVERSIGHTCOMMITTEE On April 25th, the UC Santa Barbara AssociatedStudents Legislative Council unanimously approved aresolution to create a Student Department of EnergyLabs Oversight Committee (DOELOC). The Committeeis an official body of UCSB Associated StudentGovernment, and is charged with monitoring andinvestigating the work of the Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Laboratories, especially in regard to Article VI of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and educating the studentcommunity on their findings. Foundation YouthEmpowerment Initiative Coordinator Steve Stormoenserves as an advisor to DOELOC. Additionally, studentsat UC Santa Cruz passed a resolution through theirStudent Union Assembly government decrying theUC’s management of the labs, and calling for lab sev-erance and the creation of a DOELOC at UCSC, as well.

UC REGENTS’ACCOUNTABILITY In May 2007, almost 150 UC students gathered at the Regents’ meeting at UC San Francisco to bring a resolution to the Regents to cut ties with thenuclear weapons labs.

PEACE LEADERSHIP CLUBS This program cultivates organizing and leadershipskills among high school-aged youth. In 2007, thePeace Leadership Clubs program took off with its first major event – the Santa Barbara County PeaceLeadership Training on March 23-25. The trainingbrought high school students from throughout SantaBarbara County together for a weekend of informa-tional workshops and skills training on how to be aneffective peace activist.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation initiated the firstThink Outside the Bomb student leadership conferencein the summer of 2005 at the University of Californiaat Santa Barbara. Since then, with Foundation sponsor-ship, Think Outside the Bomb has grown into a vibrant national network of youth actively engaged in nuclear abolition, with six conferences in three cities over three years. These conferences empoweredhundreds of participants, providing a unique space for youth and students to meet and learn from eachothers’ struggles.

In 2007, Think Outside the Bomb started a new tradi-tion in April by holding a regional conference, hostedby the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s DC office, atAmerican University in Washington, DC.

Think Outside the Bomb’s national conference in 2007 was more ambitious than any previous gathering.The event, held at UCSB, featured many innovativeelements, such as an open community screening ofTrespassing, a documentary chronicling the nuclearindustry’s exploitation of American Indian lands.Participants hailed from 17 states and representedover 30 schools, colleges and communities.

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Foundation Websites – Resources for All People

WWW.WAGINGPEACE.ORG

The Foundation’s main website, www.wagingpeace.org, keeps people up to date on the latest news relating to nuclear weapons and peace.

Through timely articles by Foundation staffmembers and others around the world, visitorsto this site can read perspectives on a wide variety of issues, including nuclear weapons,war, peace, nuclear energy and internationallaw. Some of these articles are translated into Spanish.

We also created new features on the 2008Presidential candidates, our new DVD NuclearWeapons and the Human Future and theAppeal to the Next President of the UnitedStates, which are described elsewhere in thisreport.

In total, nearly 435,000 unique visitors looked at content on our www.wagingpeace.org site in 2007. Our most popular page is “PeaceQuotes,” which contains several dozen inspira-tional quotes for peace from people and organizations around the world. This tells us that while people are looking for the facts to make strong arguments for a nuclear-free world today, they are also looking for hope and inspiration for a peaceful future.


WWW.NUCLEARFILES.ORG

The Foundation’s other main website iswww.nuclearfiles.org, which chronicles in detail the history of the Nuclear Age.

Supported in part by a grant from the NationalScience Foundation, this site contains extensive historical and background information, as well aseducational resources related to the Nuclear Age.

In 2007, we implemented a new and improved“searchable” timeline. This allows visitors to lookfor key events that happened on a particular day,or all events with a particular keyword. We alsomade great progress in establishing an educators’community through Nuclear Files; over one hundred syllabi for courses on nuclear issues arenow posted on the site, and the community of educators networking through the site continues to grow.

The Library section contains a media gallery withboth audio and video clips of current and historicalevents. It also houses a list of treaties, a term andacronym glossary, and a collection of opinion polls.

Over 283,000 unique visitors consultedwww.nuclearfiles.org in 2007, making it one of the most important sites on the Internet forinformation related to the Nuclear Age.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation believes making accurate informationaccessible is a first step toward ending complacency and galvanizing publicopinion. That’s why we maintain our websites to such a high standard.

Our two primary websites, www.wagingpeace.org and www.nuclearfiles.org,drew a total of 718,000 visitors in 2007.


24th Annual Evening for Peace – Voices for Peace Honoring Peter, Paul & Mary

PROVIDING GOOD EXEMPLARSWe create events so outstanding people can share their visionof a peaceful world and how to achieve it. We publish anddistribute transcripts of significant papers by these peaceleaders and distribute DVDs of these inspiring events. Webelieve nothing teaches peace as well as a good exemplar.

The audience was on their feet singing along withPeter and Paul during a memorable evening of inspiration and integrity, September 17, 2007 at

the Victoria Hall Theater in Santa Barbara.

Mary Travers couldn’t attend due to her recovery fromback surgery, but all three of the singer-activists were honored with the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’sDistinguished Peace Leadership Award. They were praisedfor their courage and persistence in reaching millions ofpeople with songs of conscience while lending their talentsover more than four decades to numerous projects promot-ing peace and justice.

“They’ve worked with great heart and determination,”said David Krieger, President of the Foundation, “showingus, through their songs and their actions, that there can beno peace without justice and no justice without peace.”

The trio joins prior honorees, including the Dalai Lama,Walter Cronkite, Jody Williams and Jacques Cousteau.The mood was buoyant and positive among the audience,which included 112 students from area schools and colleges. All the students were sponsored by generousdonors so they could attend the Evening for Peace for free.From the stage, Peter Yarrow and Noel (Paul) Stookeyspoke about the need for personal and community-widecommitment to the cause of peace. They also inspired theaudience with songs like “If I had a Hammer” and “HaveYou Been to Jail for Justice.”

In a video message, Archbishop DesmondTutu, the recipient of the Foundation’s 1990Distinguished Peace Leadership Award, captured the feeling of the night – as well asthe need for positive action – when he said:“I want to pay a very warm tribute to Peter,Paul & Mary for all that they have done tomake God’s world the kind of place it was created to be: a world of sharing, caring, compassion and love, where conflict andweapons are no more, and love and compas-sion take their place. This is the world all of us want. Let’s make it happen.”

Mary Travers responded to the honor in astatement read by Noel (Paul) Stookey:“…I’ve been concerned with nuclear issuessince the birth of my first child 48 years ago.The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s effortsare such an important part of the worktoward building a more peaceful world.Thank you for all you do and thank you again for honoring the three of us.”

The Foundation wishes to thank all those people and organizations who made thisEvening for Peace possible through their vol-unteer work, their gifts and their dedicationto creating a world free of nuclear weapons.

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6th Annual Frank K. Kelly Lecture on Humanity’s Future

JACOB VON UEXKÜLL


Jakob von Uexküll delivered the Kelly Lectureon February 21, 2007. His theme was global-ization. His message focused on values,

responsibility and how we achieve global justice.

As Foundation President David Krieger pointedout in his introduction, Jakob von Uexküll is “a man who has envisioned a more decent futurefor humanity and acted upon his vision to createinstitutions for a better world.”

He is the founder of the Right Livelihood Awards,also known as the Alternative Nobel Prizes. These awards have been presented in theSwedish Parliament since 1980 to individualsmeeting the challenges of environmental pollu-tion, the danger of nuclear war, the abuse ofhuman rights and the plight of the impoverished.

He is also a founder of the World Future Council,a body of 50 globally-recognized wise elders, pioneers and youth leaders, that was formed togive voice to the interests of future generationson issues related to the environment, peace, justice, human development and human rights.Von Uexküll is a former member of the EuropeanParliament and the UNESCO Commission onHuman Duties and Responsibilities.

The Kelly lecture series honors Nuclear Age PeaceFoundation senior vice president and co-founder,Frank K. Kelly.

“Climate chaos is – next to nuclear war –the greatest imaginable threat to the health,security and freedom of our children and all future generations. It is the greatest crisishumanity has ever encountered, an awesome and unprecedented responsibility.”— Jakob von Uexküll


2007 Youth Peace Leadership Award

KIMMIE WEEKS

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Director of Programs Rick Waymanpresents the Youth Peace Leadership Award to Kimmie Weeks.

One of Africa’s most compelling cam-paigners for peace and children’s rightsreceived the Nuclear Age Peace

Foundation’s Youth Peace Leadership AwardNovember 10, 2007 during the UN DayProgram at the Garvin Theater at SantaBarbara City College.

Kimmie Weeks was only 9 years old when civil war in Liberia left him gathering rootsand leaves to eat because his family had nofood. At one point, he was almost buriedalive after his emaciated body had beenweakened by disease.

After this nightmarish experience of hunger,suffering and violence, he pledged to spendhis life helping children. By the time he was14, his work had helped to disarm 20,000child soldiers in his home country. TheLiberian government under Charles Taylorthreatened to assassinate him. He fled to theUnited States, but he did not stop workingfor children.

Now a graduate of Amherst College, Weeksleads Youth Action International, a nonprofitdedicated to rebuilding communities in war-torn Africa – focusing on the construction ofschools and playgrounds, and creating busi-ness opportunities for women and children. In July, Liberian President Ellen JohnsonSirleaf (elected 2005) bestowed Liberia’s highest honor on Weeks, decorating him asKnight Grand Commander in the HumaneOrder of African Redemption.

On November 10, Santa Barbarans got a chance to see this young leader who combines passion with compassion and is a truly inspiring speaker.

UN Day was organized by the Santa BarbaraCoalition for Global Dialogue.

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13th Annual Sadako Peace Day& International Peace Messages

It took a 9-year-old Santa Barbara girl to capturethe true meaning of the Foundation’s 2007 SadakoPeace Day, commemorating the 62nd Anniversary

of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Abigail Pacheco, a third-grader from McKinleySchool, told the audience that she believes thatSadako’s lesson is that everyone can be a leader.

“By sharing your voice,” said Abigail, “you can make a difference.”

The crowd at the Sadako Peace Garden in the tran-quil setting of La Casa de Maria offered passionateagreement with a sustained ovation.

Having such a young speaker at the event was a first for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, saidSteven Crandell, Director of Public Affairs.

“We are working to create a world free of nuclearweapons. We believe one of the keys to achievingthis goal is to motivate the next generation —developing peace leadership in our young people.The fact that Abigail wants to work for peace at her young age is more than exceptional. We find itinspiring. I think Sadako would be smiling to thinkthat her wish more than 50 years ago has touchedAbigail’s heart and spirit.”

Sadako Sasaki was a two-year-old girl when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.Ten years later she developed leukemia. Japanese legend holds that one’s wish will be grant-ed upon folding 1,000 paper (origami) cranes. Sadako set out to fold these 1,000 cranes.There are differing accounts of how successful she was. One book says that she folded 644before dying. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum says she folded 1,000 and beganwork on another set of 1,000. However many cranes Sadako folded, students in Japan weremoved by her story and began to fold cranes, too. Sadako wrote, “I will write peace on yourwings, and you will fly all over the world.” The paper crane has become a global symbol ofpeace, and a statue of Sadako now stands in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

In 1995, on the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the Nuclear AgePeace Foundation and La Casa de Maria dedicated the Sadako Peace Garden in SantaBarbara, California.



SPREAD PEACE IN 60 SECONDS

We also started our Internet campaign to “Spread Peacein 60 Seconds.”

More than 200 people from around the world sent usoriginal messages and prayers for Sadako Peace Day 2007.We posted the messages on our website, read a selectionat our ceremony on August 9 and forwarded every singlemessage to the President of the United States of America.

Here is one of the messages, a poem from our keynotespeaker, Abigail Pacheco.

Sadako Spells Leader of PeaceBy Abigail Pacheco

S - Share the celebration of peace that is here today; be grateful.

A - Attend to all who you respect and care for; appreciate self and others.

D - Demonstrate strength and courage by practicing principles with integrity.

A - Allow many opportunities to transform, create new choices and perspectives.

K - Kindness is the key to celebrate the process of listening, learning, and sharing.

O - Open minds and open hearts are fulfilled with possibilities shared with open spirit.

EMPOWERING PEOPLE

Opportunity is sometimes all that’s

required to get people working for

peace. In 2007, we created an

Internet-based project allowing

people from around the world to

post peace messages as part of our

Sadako Peace Day activities. The

messages we received were inspiring

and have been sent to the President.

The August 9th SadakoPeace Day ceremony alsofeatured a chorus of childrensingers called the Skylarks,under the direction of BrettMutinelli, as well as poetryfrom several local poets,including Santa Barbara’spoet laureate Perie Longo.

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2007 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award Winners

The Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace PoetryAwards. In 1995, the Foundation established the annual series of awards to encourage poets toexplore and illuminate positive visions of peace and the human spirit. The poetry awards are offeredin three categories: Adults, Youth 13-18, and Youth 12 & Under. The contest is open to people world-wide. For more information, please visits www.wagingpeace.org .

ADULT CATEGORY

Cletis PrattAnd Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines.- Judges 16:30

BY JOSEPH BATHANTIFirst Place

First man I ever saw in irons, wearing nothingbut a pair of filthy white long john britches,was Cletis Pratt, two guards, casually grippinghis upper arms, escorting him back to the populationafter two weeks in single cell – same as the hole,officially termed Administrative Segregation.They had shaved his head.He looked like Karl Marx.He looked the wrath of Nazareth.His big black beautiful beard was nappy and clottedwith what looked like lint, but he had gone grey in the hole,and fat with outrage, eating thorazine and salt peter.He’d never fooled around with weights,had had a chiseled impossibly perfect onyx body,where now pounded a gut and two silver dugs.Hobbled by a short span of chain and two shackles,another chain circling his waist to which his handswere buckled, he couldn’t quite keep up, though the guards weren’t hurrying him.Sweating and winded, he bobbed and mincedlike a dazed fighter – too exhausted to lift his heavy handsto protect himself, to ask for mercy, to just go down –his first day back in the gym, starting to trainagain after a jolt in the penitentiary;needles in North Charlotte;needles on Hay Street in Fayetteville,82nd Airborne, all the medals and insignia,the Purple Hearts, his stunning beret.Two tours in Vietnam.Ten fucking lifetimes ago.

YOUTH (13-18) CATEGORY

My Brother,the Soldier

BY MEGAN ELLIOTTFirst Place (Tie)

Bombs go off in brainsNeurons fire imaginary explosionsTo pounding eardrumsMom slumps in the wooden kitchen chairElbows on the tableA glass of wine or two or threeAnd tears and tears and tearsHe’ll be gone for Christmas againWe open presents silentlyAvoiding each other’s eyesAnd his nameMom gets drunkAnd says “Fuck the war”Dad and I do the dishesI walk outside in the chilling airTiny Christmas lights twinkle secrets at each otherThey are grenades exploding in the desertI write a letter in my headI tell him a joke about momI ask him to come homeI wish him Merry ChristmasMaybe he’ll be home this time next yearHopefully he’ll come home next yearHe has to come home



YOUTH (13-18) CATEGORY

Love’s Lullaby

BY HANNA HURRFirst Place (Tie)

A mother cradles her child against her thin breastAnd gazes sadly into deep shining eyes, a mirror of her ownThe infant cries, wanting milkBut there is none to giveThe woman has not eaten in daysAnd her breasts are dry as the bone-cracked land that surrounds themShe whispers into his earA single wordPeaceSuddenly the stars rearrangePainting perfect patterns in the inky skyAll around the world, cities fall silentApologizing for their constant pandemoniumMothers look at the sky, listen to the stars, and whisperVredeHetepRauhaIriniHeiwaSoksangRongoAmaniSantiphapUkuthulaThe word flows from mother to childCracked lips to soft earsThe newborns remember without understandingYears later, as the world writhes in warThe word ricochets in the grown children’s minds, and they drop their weaponsSilent, thoughtful. They turn their heads to the sky, and again, the stars sing.

YOUTH (12- UNDER) CATEGORY

In the Form of RainBY CELESTE FOX KUMPFirst Place

War is a fire,anger,fear.It crackles,burns,sputters,kills.

Its eyesred,angered,wild.

Its teeth,black,jagged,sharp.

They rip,tear,hack,threaten.

And yet, with all the power and menace,peace comes,in the form of rain.

First it sprinkles,rains,pours,and slowly but surely the fires of war areput out,and there is peace,in the form of rain.

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2007 FINANCIAL REPORT*

ASSETSCash $10,426Inventories $110,484Deposits $190Investments $3,349,516

Property & Equipment:Building & Improvements $358,727Land $143,836Furniture & Office Equipment $73,975Less: Accumulated Depreciation ($248,007)

Total Assets $3,799,146

Revenue by Source Amount Percentage of TotalIndividual Contributors* $956,145 70%Foundations and Grants $143,245 10%Investment Revenue $264,997 19%Other $9,502 **Total Revenues $1,373,889 100%

* includes private family foundations

** less than 1%

EXPENSES BY FUNCTIONExpenses by Function Amount Percentage of TotalPrograms $1,090,444 89%General Administration $56,928 5%Fundraising $70,853 6%Total Expenses $1,218,225 100%

LIABILITIES AND EQUITYLiabilities:Accounts Payable $9,988

Total Liabilities $9,988

Equity:Unrestricted $674,980Unrestricted – Board Designated $940,352Temporarily Restricted $555,229Permanently Restricted $1,618,597

Total Net Equity $3,789,158

Total Liabilities and Net Equity $3,799,146

REVENUE BY SOURCE

*Unaudited. 2006 audited financial statements are available at our office.

IndividualContributors

70%

Foundationsand Grants

10%

InvestmentRevenue

19%

GeneralAdministration

5%

Programs89%

Fundraising6%


The Legacy Circle and the Peace Leadership Council are the majorvehicles that have been created for interested individuals whochoose to substantially aid the work of the Nuclear Age PeaceFoundation. For more information, please contact FoundationPresident David Krieger or Director of Development, StevenCrandell, at (805) 965-3443.

THE LEGACY CIRCLEThe Legacy Circle was established in 1994 with the help of indi-viduals committed to the future of the Foundation and its workfor a more peaceful world. Since then, many others have joinedthis special group of supporters, at varying levels of commitment.There are now more than fifty members of the Legacy Circle.

The Legacy Circle recognizes various levels of commitment in the following categories:

Regents $500,000 and upGuardians $250,000 to $499,999Benefactors $100,000 to $249,999Patrons $25,000 to $99,999Stewards $10,000 to $24,999

A permanent recognition wall is displayed in the WellsConference Room at the Foundation office to highlight LegacyCircle members in each of these categories.

Each member of the Legacy Circle is helping to secure the futureof our world through the work of the Foundation, by ensuringthat the necessary work to realize peace continues well into the21st century. The legacy of peace that we are helping to createis arguably the greatest gift we can give to our children andgrandchildren. Gifts to the Legacy Circle are most often made bybequest through one’s will or trust. These gifts can also be madethrough means that allow the donor to receive current tax bene-fits and income for life, such as a charitable remainder trust orpooled income fund.

PEACE LEADERSHIP COUNCILThe Nuclear Age Peace Foundation established the PeaceLeadership Council in order to help meet the many challenges toa peaceful and nuclear weapons-free world. The Council is madeup of committed Foundation members who provide significantannual financial support, as well as advice to the Foundation’sleadership team. The Council was created to honor the vision and generosity of those individuals whose annual financial partnership makes it possible to substantially further theFoundation’s goals.

HELP SECURE OUR COMMON FUTURE

You can help ensure that your desire for a secure and peaceful future is realized through your charitable support of our programs. We have expert professional advisors who can assist you in structuring your individual gift plan to help us to continue our important mission. Please consider gifts of stock, real estate,or other tangible assets. In partnership with the Foundation, your gift will significantly impact the future success of our shared goals of a world at peace for generations to come.

LEVELS OF SUPPORTThe Council is comprised of various giving categories:

Visionaries $25,000 and upAmbassadors $10,000 - $24,999Peacebuilders $5,000 - $9,999Guarantors $2,500 - $4,999Sustainers $1,000 - $2,499

BENEFITSPeace Leadership Council members share a unique rela-tionship with the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.Members at the designated levels receive the followingbenefits:

Visionaries – One-on-one dialogue with the President,invitation to accompany the President to a national orinternational conference as a representative of theNuclear Age Peace Foundation, invitation to attendFoundation-sponsored forums and symposia, e-mailupdates from the President, and an autographedFoundation book of your choice.

Ambassadors – One-on-one dialogue with the President,invitation to attend Foundation-sponsored forums andsymposia, e-mail updates from the President, and anautographed Foundation book of your choice.

Peacebuilders – Invitation to attend Foundation-spon-sored forums and symposia, e-mail updates from thePresident, and an autographed Foundation book ofyour choice.

Guarantors – E-mail updates from the President, and anautographed Foundation book of your choice.

Sustainers – E-mail updates from the President and afree DVD of our Evening for Peace.

We invite you to join the Legacy Circle,Peace Leadership Council, or both, andbecome part of the solution to the issuesthat impact the destiny of life on our planet.

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2007 CONTRIBUTIONS

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is grateful to all of its supporters for their generosity and commit-ment to a more secure and nuclear weapons-free world. The following is a partial list of contributorsfor 2007. Those individuals who give $1,000 or more annually are recognized as members of theFoundation’s Peace Leadership Council.

$50,000 & UP Mrs. L.H. Gamble Mrs. Ethel R. Wells Westcliff Foundation

$25,000-$49,999 Mr. and Mrs. Jon Lovelace Ms. Diane Meyer Simon

$10,000-$24,999 Community Foundation Sonoma Co Baroness Léni Fé Bland Foundation for Global Community GG Monks Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Terence Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kendall Ms. Sara Miller McCune Wallis Foundation Washington & Lee University

$5,000-$9,999 Dr. Joan S. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dexter Mr. John Randolph Parten Mr. and Mrs. David Grotenhuis Ms. Sue Hawes Luner's Pro Sound & Lighting Mr. and Mrs. Steven Parry SBCC Foundation Ms. Lessie Nixon Schontzler Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Schall Mr. and Mrs. Hal Thornton Mr. and Mrs. Stan Tomchin Mr. and Mrs. Michael Towbes UCSB Associated Students Ms. Marion Rose Wells

$1,000-5,000 Adams State College Mrs. Janet Aiches Mr. and Mrs. Gary Becker Bouchon Santa Barbara, Inc. Ms. Christie Brinkley Ms. Cecelie Alexandra Brumder Dr. and Mrs. Earl Budin CFC 1998-2008 Ms. Nancy E.W. Colton Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Davis Ms. Diandra de Morrell Douglas Ms. La-Vera Garcia Ms. Sophia Haimovitz Drs. Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks Hutton Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Dick Jensen Mr. Frank King Kelly Mr. Steven Kirsch Laguna Blanca School Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Laney Ms. Diantha Lebenzon Maricopa Co. Community College Ms. Estelle Meadoff Mr. and Mrs. William Palladini Ploughshares Fund Pugwash-Denmark Ms. Michelle Rhea The Riordan Foundation The Hon. Arthur N.R. Robinson, T.C., O.C.C.Mr. Fred Segal Mr. and Mrs. Stanley K. Sheinbaum Dr. Jennifer Allen SimonsThe Simons Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Spence Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stapelmann Ahn Byoung Sun Mr. and Mrs. Brian Tevenan Tides Foundation Mr. Gebb Turpin Turner Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Eduard Van Wingerden Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Vapnek Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wolf

$500-$999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. William Allaway Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bottelsen Mr. and Mrs. Roland F. Bryan Mr. Bert Chapman Mr. Andrew Davis Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Edebo Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Rob Egenolf Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Fox Dr. Richard F. Handin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Heck Ms. Susan Keller Kiel Projects, Inc. Mr. Robert Kositchek, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. David Krieger Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lyons Dr. and Mrs. Peter MacDougall Mr. and Mrs. Sean McGrath Mrs. Helen L. Pedotti Mrs. Miles Robinson Victoria Hall Theater Ms. Dorothy Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wylie

Peter Yarrow cheek-to-cheek withBoard member and Event Co-ChairJill Dexter.


$100-$499 Dr. and Mrs. Ichak Adizes Mr. and Mrs. Larry Agran Mr. and Mrs. David Allison Dr. Richard P. Appelbaum Mrs. Nancy Andon Dr. and Mrs. William Arnett Ms. Karen Atkins Mr. Abdo N.F. Ballester Mrs. George Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Rod Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bason Mr. Larry Baza Rabbi Leonard Beerman Mr. Jerry Bellamy Mr. Robert Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Martin Blakeway Ms. Judith Bogdanove Dr. J. Kirk Boyd Mr. Roger Clark Bradley Mrs. Elena R. Brenna Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Bridges Ms. Heather Brodhead Ms. Pamela J. Bury Ms. Doris Campbell Dr. Pannell Carr Mrs. Ethel Cassel Church Council of Greater Seattle Ms. Carnzu A. Clark Community Environmental Council Mr. Donald H. Craig Mr. Steven Crandell Mr. James F. Cote Mr. Wayne Culp The Daily Sound Mrs. Amelia L. Dallenbach Dr. Steve Daniels, M.D. Ms. Victoria Danzig Ms. Joan Dewberry Mr. Silvio DiLoreto Mrs. Mercedes H. Eichholz Mr. Terry Fernandez Ms. Carol Ferre Mrs. Frederick Franck Mrs. Judi Friedman Ms. Elaine Friedrich Ms. Tova FullerMr. and Mrs. Dennis Furuike Mr. John S. GerigMrs. Marilyn Gevirtz Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Ghersen Ms. Ghita Ginberg Mr. and Mrs. Marlowe Goldsby Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey S. Goodrich Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Gould Ms. Renee Hamaty Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hapke Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hatch Dr. Bruce Hawkins

Dr. and Mrs. Alan Heeger Ms. Beverly Herbert Ms. Barbara Herjanic Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hess Ms. Juliane Heyman Mr. Eric Isaacson Isla Vista Food Co-Operative Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kelley Dr. Kathryn Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Krieger-Carlisle Judith L. Kuipers, Ph.D. Lazy Acres Mr. William Lindberg Ms. Betty Little Mr. Jacob Locker Mr. Jacques O. Manset Ms. Judith McDermott Dr. C.G. Mendelson Prof. Saul H. Mendlovitz Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Messow Mr. Steve Milam Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Moran Maryanne Mott Ms. Valerie Mullen Dr. Robert Muller Dr. and Mrs. Farzeen Nasri Rev. and Mrs. Vernon C. Nichols Dr. David Nipper, D.D.S. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Noone Ms. Christine Olson Osherenko Foundation Ms. Alethea Paradis Peru State College Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peterson Ms. Julienne Peyralans Mr. and Mrs. A. Christopher PizzinatMs. Lise Poirier Mr. Robert Potter Prima Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Alice French Primrose Ms. Ilene Pritikin Qualcomm M.G.P. Ms. Suzanne E. Rapley Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Rapoport Ms. Marsha L. Roberson Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson Ms. Selma Rubin Mr. Masaaki Sakai Dr. and Mrs. Richard Saxon Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schuchman Dr. and Mrs. Arent Schuyler, Jr. Miss Muriel V. Self Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd G. Shore Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Smith Ms. Joanne M. Snyder Mr. Reed Spangler, CPA Ms. Frances H. Steen Mr. and Mrs. Bart Stevens Mr. Jim Stoffels Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stone Dr. and Mrs. Scott A. Storrie Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stull Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sulock Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sweeney Ms. Sharon Tremble UNA-USA San Fernando Valley United Nations Association-SB United Way Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Van WingerdenMs. Rhonda Vann Mr. Paul Veblen Veterans for Peace Dr. and Mrs. Dean Vogel Mr. Paul Walker Professor Ernst Von Weizsacker Prof. and Mrs. Jack C. Westman Ms. Lucinda Young Mr. Michael J. Zirolli

Philanthropist Herb Kendall donated the use of the Victoria Hall Theater for the 2007Evening for Peace. Here he brings a smile to the face of Noel (Paul) Stookey.

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Ethel Wells 1916-2007

David Krieger wrote the following piece published in the Santa Barbara Independent on October 4, 2007.He paid tribute to one the Foundation’s most loyal and most impactful supporters.

The world has lost a remarkable woman. Ethel Wells wasstrong, determined, far-sighted, and persistent. She took on tough causes with unwavering commitment, including anti-smoking, peace, nuclear disarmament, strengthening international law, ending genocide, and social responsibility for scientists. She believed it is possible to change the worldwith dynamic strategies and unflinching honesty. Ethel wasalways a strategic thinker. She looked for points of leverage.

Let me give one example of her strategic thinking in action,one that gave her great satisfaction. In the mid 1980s, theNuclear Age Peace Foundation coordinated an InternationalWeek for Science and Peace. Ethel reasoned that scientists wereat the heart of creating constructive or destructive technolo-gies, so she decided the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation shouldoffer a prize for the best proposal using science for constructiverather than destructive purposes. We received proposals fromthroughout the world competing for the $50,000 prize Ethelcontributed.

The winning proposal came from the Hungarian Engineers forPeace. It was a proposal to create an International Network ofEngineers for Peace that would link engineers working forpeace globally. A short time later, the Hungarian Engineersjoined with a group of like-minded scientists and establishedthe International Network of Engineers and Scientists forGlobal Responsibility. Due to Ethel’s continued support andstewardship, that organization continues to thrive, workinginternationally for disarmament, sustainability, and high ethicalstandards in science.

Ethel often wrote short and pointed letters to the editor, whichshe sent to major newspapers throughout the country. Her let-ters offered solid perspectives on critical issues related to peace,international law, and other areas. Here are a few excerpts:

February 26, 2004: “The rule of international law must be the basis for the settling of differences between the sovereignties of the world in order to have global stability and world peace.”

September 7, 2004: “The existence of weapons of massdestruction has outlawed war forever, because global genocide is not an option.”

April 26, 2006: “We need to have an International LawEnforcement Corps under the UN to promptly stop the act of genocide on an emergency basis.”

In a letter to me, dated May 13, 2004, Ethel wrote:“Nuclear weapons are weapons of continual annihila-tion and total insanity.” Ethel believed that peacewas the result of turning the negatives of despair,hate, prejudice, vengeance, and destructive thoughtinto hope, love, understanding, forgiveness, and constructive thought.

Ethel played a very important role in the work of theNuclear Age Peace Foundation and in my life. Whendifficult issues arose, she was a person I went to foradvice. Her support has been at the heart of any success we have had in speaking and acting for peaceand a world free of nuclear arms.

Ethel made a difference in the world because shechose to make a difference. In addition to her workwith us, she was deeply and passionately involved in the work of an organization called Action onSmoking and Health (ASH) to protect nonsmokers’rights. Her choices inspire me. I know they haveinspired many others. In the daily work of ASH, theNuclear Age Peace Foundation, and the InternationalNetwork of Engineers and Scientists for GlobalResponsibility, her spirit will live on. It is a great spirit, as she was a great woman.

Ethel Wells, far right, chats with Walter Cronkite, recipientof the 2004 Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s DistinguishedPeace Leadership Award. Foundation President DavidKrieger and Ethel’s daughter Marion Wells look on.

In 2000, Queen Noor of Jordan accepted the DistinguishedPeace Leadership Award given posthumously to His MajestyKing Hussein of Jordan. Ethel Wells was there to welcomeMiddle East royalty.

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Nuclear weapons could destroy civilization and end intelligent life on the planet.

The only sure way to prevent nuclear proliferation, nuclear terrorism and nuclear war – before the next blinding flash – is to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

The era of nuclear weapons must be brought to an end. This can be done. It will require leadership and commitment. Nuclear weapons were created by humans, and it is our responsibility to eliminate them before they eliminate us.

The United States, as the world’s most militarily powerful nation, must take the initiative in convening and leading the nations of the world to urgently take the following steps:

We call upon the next President of the United States to make a world free of nuclear weapons an urgent priority and to assure US leadership to realize this goal.

• De-alert. Remove all nuclear weapons from high-alert status, separating warheads from delivery vehicles;

• No First Use. Make legally binding commitments to No First Use of nuclearweapons and establish nuclear policies consistent with this commitment;

• No New Nuclear Weapons. Initiate a moratorium on the research and develop-ment of new nuclear weapons, such as the Reliable Replacement Warhead;

• Ban Nuclear Testing Forever. Ratify and bring into force the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty;

• Control Nuclear Material. Create a verifiable Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty with provisions to bring all weapons-grade nuclear material and the technologiesto create such material under strict and effective international control;

• Nuclear Weapons Convention. Commence good faith negotiations, as required by the Non-Proliferation Treaty, to achieve a Nuclear Weapons Convention for thephased, verifiable and irreversible elimination of nuclear weapons;

• Resources for Peace. Reallocate resources from the tens of billions currently spenton nuclear arms to alleviating poverty, preventing and curing disease, eliminatinghunger and expanding educational opportunities throughout the world.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation will send this signed appeal to the White House when the 44th President of the United States takes office on January 20, 2009.

Please return to: NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION PMB121 • 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1 • Santa Barbara, CA 93108-2794

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Daniel Ellsberg in supportingUS leadership for a world free of nuclear weapons.

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We call upon the next President of the United States to make a world free of nuclear weapons an urgent priority and to assure US leadership to realize this goal.

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The FoundationThe Nuclear Age Peace Foundation initiates and supportsworldwide efforts to abolish nuclear weapons, to strengthen international law and institutions, and to inspire and empower a new generation of peace leaders.Founded in 1982, the Foundation is comprised of individuals and organizations worldwide who realize the imperative for peace in the Nuclear Age.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan, international education and advocacy organization. It has consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is recognized by the UN as a Peace Messenger Organization.

MissionTo advance initiatives to eliminate the nuclear weapons threatto all life, to foster the global rule of law, and to build anenduring legacy of peace through education and advocacy.

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VisionOur vision is a world at peace, free of the threat of war and free of weapons of mass destruction.

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Passion for Its Vision, Mission and Goals• Open Communications• Honest and Caring Dialogue• Listening with Patience and Attentiveness• Gratitude and Appreciation in All Endeavors• Shameless Idealism• Striving for Excellence• Honoring Every Stakeholder• Dedication to Seeing the Job Through• Consistency of Word and Deed• Teamwork and Cooperation

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