GBPSR and IPPNW are honored to have been selected as Community Partners for the 2018 season of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra’s (LSO’s) Healing Art of Music™ program. As Community Partners, we will be featured during an evening LSO concert on Saturday, October 13th, at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston, with proceeds benefiting our organizations’ efforts to prevent nuclear war. The concert, as well as a dinner beforehand, will be dedicated to the memory of Dr. Victor Sidel, who was a pioneer and leader of our two organizations.
Art, Peace, and Health: Celebrating the Boston medical community’s leading role in understanding and preventing the disastrous consequences of nuclear war
On Friday, October 26, 2018, from 4:00 – 6:00 pm, the International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR), founded by Harvard affiliated and other Boston area medical professionals, are featured at an event celebrating the two Nobel Peace Prizes received by IPPNW in 1985 and in 2017, as the founding partner of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
The reception and program will be sponsored by the Countway Library of Medicine, at Harvard Medical School highlights the Nobel Peace Prizes, and follows the Harvard Medical School’s October 4 symposium on “The History, Uses, and Future of the Nobel Prize.” The October 26 event also opens an exhibit of original poster art by Corita Kent that was presented to GBPSR in the 1980s in recognition of its work for a world without war. The event will be open to Boston’s medical community and the public, will feature some of the founders and current, active board members of IPPNW and GBPSR.
To acknowledge a new generation in the continuing international effort to abolish nuclear weapons, young physicians and medical students from Central America, Africa, Europe, and the U.S. will address the recently approved United Nations Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and renewed efforts in the US to reduce and eliminate the danger of nuclear war through the “Back from the Brink” campaign.
Official replica medals of the 1985 and 2017 Nobel Peace Prizes will be on display at the Library event, and refreshments will be served. International music will be performed by musicians from around the world, as well as chamber music from members of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra, which is partnering with IPPNW and GBPSR this fall. All guests are invited to learn more about this important work at this critical time in world history.
Keynote speaker: Tilman Ruff, Australia, co-president of IPPNW and founding chair of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, with a panel of local speakers: David Wright of UCS, Jonathan King of Mass Peace Action, Aron Bernstein of Nuclear Weapons Education Project, Kea van der Ziel of GBPSR.
Open to all.
Worried about the ongoing threat of nuclear war? Join us for an afternoon of open dialogue and brainstorming. We have a particularly creative and engaging agenda for the day. Martin Fleck, Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program from National PSR and Lilly Adams, Security Program Organizer from Washington PSR, will be joining us. RSVP to abaker@gbpsr.org helpful but not mandatory.
Everyone and anyone welcome — no prior experience necessary!
This is a free event.
Monday, March 4, 2019
7:00 pm
Boston University School of Medicine, Wilkins Board Room
72 E Concord St, Boston, MA.
Greater Boston PSR’s monthly meeting – open to all.
Is global development at odds with environmental justice and health equity? The industries that have historically fueled economic growth have also accelerated climate change and exacerbated issues of global health. How might those interested in both economics and justice reconcile such a tension?
In pursuit of an answer, one thing is clear: the actions of individual people are insufficient to address this collective, global challenge. Only strong, coordinated efforts will ensure lasting change.
The College of Professional Studies M.S. in Global Studies and International Relations program at Northeastern University, alongside the Boston Network for International Development (BNID), will host a symposium at 7:00 PM on Thursday, March 7, 2019 to address these very questions: “International Development, Health and Environmental Justice: Where do we stand? Where are we heading?”
Via a panel discussion, symposium participants will glean knowledge of ongoing initiatives that strive to halt existing environmental and global health dangers. Speakers will describe tangible ways in which students and professionals in the Greater Boston Area can begin to tackle local challenges collectively, which will ultimately contribute to the realization of international economic and justice goals.
Location: Room RI 236, Richards Hall, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave.
Event will be Livestreamed via https://www.facebook.com/NortheasternAlumni/
Check it out on:
https://alumni.northeastern.edu/events/
And register at:
Monday, April 1, 2019
7:00 pm
Boston University School of Medicine, Wilkins Board Room
72 E Concord St, Boston, MA.
Greater Boston PSR’s monthly meeting – open to all.
Monday, May 6, 2019
7:00 pm
Boston University School of Medicine, Wilkins Board Room
72 E Concord St, Boston, MA.
Greater Boston PSR’s monthly meeting – open to all.
Monday, June 3, 2019
7:00 pm
Boston University School of Medicine, Wilkins Board Room
72 E Concord St, Boston, MA.
Greater Boston PSR’s monthly meeting – open to all.