Rethinking the Nuclear Weapons Issue Sunday, April 15 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Jewett Auditorium

Rethinking the Nuclear Weapons Issue

Sunday, April 15 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Jewett Auditorium

Curious about why our Missions and Social Justice Committee is promoting a resolution on nuclear disarmament?  Do you want more information on the issues surrounding nuclear weapons?  There is a 12:30 social justice forum after church this coming Sunday (the 15th).  It will be in Margaret Jewett Hall.  A light lunch will be provided. Child care is also available.

 

Dr. Elaine Scarry, a Harvard professor well versed in nuclear issues will talk about the current nuclear threat and how it would affect the planet. She is an American essayist and professor of English and American Literature and Language. She is the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University.  In 2014, she published a book about nuclear weapons, Thermonuclear Monarchy, in which she ‘explores the baleful political consequences of limiting the control of nuclear weapons to a select few, and the authority to launch them to even fewer – in the case of the United States, to the president alone in what amounts to his monarchical power.’

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From: Alice Kidder <flintkiddr@aol.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:07 PM
Subject: Attached please find the Resolution on Nuclear Weapons approved by the Missions and Social Justice Committee

Friends,

 

I am pleased to share with you a copy of the December 14th, 2017 Resolution on nuclear weapons, passed by the Missions and Social Justice Committee of First Church, Cambridge. 

 

I hope you will attend the informational session about these nuclear issues to be held this Sunday at First Church in Margaret Jewett Hall from 12:30 to 2 PM.  We will hear a presentation from Prof. Elaine Scarry of Harvard University, and answer questions from the congregation about the resolution. Renate Rose will also speak briefly about the resolution. A light lunch will be served, and child care is provided.  I hope to see you there.

 

Peace Action will have a display table at the event.

 

Should you have any questions, please call me at (617) 276-6227.

 

Peace,

 

Alice Kidder

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Cole Harrison

Executive Director

Massachusetts Peace Action

11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138

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