Nuclear Testing Article Amp Request. Youth peace, climate and disarmament leaders to launch nuclear games on July 23
On July 23, youth leaders from these movements will be launching Nuclear Games, an interactive web-documentary featuring five, people-centered stories of the nuclear age – the soviet submarine commander who averted a nuclear war, the people of Bikini who have suffered from nuclear tests, uranium mine workers in Niger, the first responders in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the North Korean nuclear issue.
Youth speaking at the launch event include:
- Kehkashan Basu (Canada): Founder-President, Green Hope Foundation. UN Human Rights Champion. Winner, 2016 International Children’s Peace Prize. Winner of the inaugural Voices Youth Gorbachev-Shultz Legacy Award;
- Divina Maloum (Cameroon): Founder, Children for Peace. Co-winner (with Greta Thunberg) of the 2019 International Children's Peace Prize;
- Disha Ravi (India): Founder of Fridays for Future India.
- Kasha Sequoia Slavner (Canada). The 'Sunrise Stroyteller'. Multi-award-winning young documentary filmmaker;
- Tatsuro Debroux (Japan). Doctor in Law Pompeu Fabra University. Program Officer, Peace Depot. Japan Coordinator, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament.
- Michaela Sorensen (Denmark): Board Member UN Youth Network.
- Vanda Proskova (Czech Republic). Co-convenor of Youth Fusion, the Abolition 2000 Youth Network. Vice-Chair of the PragueVision Institute for Sustainable Security.
For more information and to register see Invitation to July 23 launch of Nuclear Games.
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