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Wednesday
May262010

Save the Date! Nuclear-Free Future Awards

The 2010 Nuclear-Free Future Awards will be presented to heroes and heroines of the Nuclear Age on the evening of Thursday, September 30. The event, to be held at the Great Hall of Cooper Union, New York City, is free and open to the public but tax-deductible donations are welcome. The Nuclear-Free Future Award is the world's most prestigious anti-nuclear award with a strong focus on the first victims of the uranium cycle: indigenous peoples on all continents poisoned by uranium mining. Honorees will be announced at the end of June. Please feel free to distribute the flier.The evening will be co-moderated by Amy Goodman of DemocracyNow! and Claus Biegert, founder of the Nuclear-Free Future Award. Joanne Shenandoah, Peter Gordon and Liam O'maonlai will bless the evening with their music.