Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR) and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) cordially invite you to join and support our presentation of this year's Global Health and Peace Awards, honoring Dr. Elaine Scarry and Dr. Richard Clapp for the extraordinary work they have done as longtime leaders for climate action and nuclear disarmament. We will also be giving our first Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Robert Jay Lifton.
Our special event will be in-person this year at the Ikeda Center in Harvard Square from 5:00-8:00pm on Saturday, September 21st, 2024 (396 Harvard Street, Cambridge, MA). We are thrilled to gather for some beautiful music, food and drink, and socializing with friends and colleagues who share our concern about the twin existential threats of nuclear war and climate change. A quartet from the Longwood Symphony Orchestra will provide the evening's musical entertainment.
Our event planning is taking place as two tragic wars involving nuclear-armed nations continue in Ukraine and Gaza, underscoring the reality that nuclear weapons do not keep the peace. Indeed, these humanitarian disasters have dramatically increased the risks of nuclear proliferation and the use of nuclear weapons. At the same time, the scientific community has made it clear that global warming is rapidly approaching a climate tipping point that jeopardizes life on earth as we know it.
But this isn’t the future that must be. Together, we can control what humanity has created. Please join us in this urgent work to end the threat of nuclear war and to advance local and global initiatives for a sustainable planet.
We would be thrilled to count you as a sponsor of this special event. Click on the sponsorship menu above for details. TICKETS TO THIS EVENT ARE NOW SOLD OUT. Please note that a "ticket" to the event is included with a sponsorship of $100 or more. We welcome online donations or, if you prefer to send a check, you may mail your contribution to IPPNW (please note "2024 Annual Event" in the memo line) to:
IPPNW
339 Pleasant Street, 3rd Floor
Malden, MA 02148
All proceeds will be shared equally between GBPSR and IPPNW. Your support truly makes a world of difference. Thank you!
Questions? Contact Diane Chambers-Stewart at (617)440-1733 or dchambers@ippnw.org
2024 Sponsorships
Global Healer — $10,000 (minimum)
Ira Helfand, MD and Deborah Smith, MD
Susan and Lachlan Forrow
Sommer Family Foundation ($20,000)
Nuclear Abolition Clinician — $7,500 (minimum)
available
Clean Energy Provider — $5,000 (minimum)
The Wertheimer Family
Environmental Caregiver — $2,500 (minimum)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston University School of Public Health
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School
Lundberg Health Advocates
Dr. Joe McCabe and Susan Anderson
Drs. Carl and Susan Racine
Community Practitioner — $1,000 (minimum)
Wynne Armand, MD and Philippe Armand, MD, PhD
Rita Patnode and John Belge ($1,500)
Amy and Michael Thornton
Dr. Cornelia van der Ziel
Additional Sponsorships
Visionary — $500 and up
Anna Linakis and Jonathan Baker
Vijai Bhola, MD
Phillip J. Landrigan, MD and Mary M. Landrigan
Michael and Raina McManus
Peter Metz
Drs. Caren and Scott Solomon
Advocate — $250 and up
Joshua Cohen
Michael Christ
Steve Gallant
Bertrand and Helena Halperin
Thomas Kelly
John Loretz & Anne Sandstrom
Gretchen and Barry Mazur
Jim Whitlock, MD
Changemaker — $100 and up
Steven Biel, Frank Bove, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, George Cani, Deborah Chasman, Hillary Chute, Amanda Claybaugh, Mardge Cohen and Gordon Schiff, Michael Dingley, Ann-Christine Duhaime and Stanley Pelli, Susan Entin, Adrienne Epstein, Philip Fisher, Melissa Franklin, , Diane Gold and Dominic Hodgkin, Timothy Havel, Anna Henchman, Joseph G. Hodgkin, MD, Lynne Karsten, Rebecca and Zachary Kano, David Kriebel and Margaret Quinn, Matt Lord, Regina LaRocque, MD, MPH, Diana Morse, Gregory Nagy & Holly Davidson, Laura Orlando, Panagiotis Roilos, Peter Sacks, Joe Scarry, Robert Sinrod, Theodore Schettler, Dr. Donna Staton, Rev. Bruce N. Teague, Larry Jay Tish, William Todd, Diane Turco, Charlie Tyson and George Knaysi, Tom Webster, DSc, Jo-Anne Wilson-Keenan, Anne Wheelock, Margaret Woodruff, Barbara Zeller, Anonymous