To promote understanding of the public health dangers of nuclear weapons, and to encourage public support for nuclear disarmament and for closing and cleaning up the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons production complex.
To support the Death by Degrees Program in New England, which seeks to raise public awareness about the local impacts of climate change, particularly its potential effects on human health. In its second year, the program will expand into Massachusetts…
To strengthen the assistance provided to local groups and activists confronted with toxic contamination in their communities; and to establish a new program to help residents fight local pesticide use.
To develop and improve three web sites used to distribute information, including the Risk Report, Iraq Watch, and the Wisconsin Project’s institutional web site.
To support three internships for MBA students with community development organizations in the Northeast.
To produce a videotape, citizen’s handbook and brochure for the Stop the Bombs Campaign, an innovative, grassroots organizing effort to halt nuclear weapons production at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Nuclear Reservation.
To train and provide direct assistance to local organizations in states where attempts have been made to limit access to emergency contraceptives. Projects are already underway in Alaska, Kentucky and Oregon; Maine, New Jersey and South Dakota are being considered…
To provide general support for the network, which serves as an information resource to environmental and health activists and organizations at the local, national and international levels, particularly in regard to toxic environmental exposures and the precautionary principle.
To coordinate a campaign to raise public awareness and understanding of the importance of US participation in the International Criminal Court.
To assist government officials in Asia and the former Soviet Union in implementing export controls on sensitive nuclear technologies.