Make a difference in the challenge to confront global warming and prevent nuclear war and the development and use of nuclear weapons.
Climate change’s threats to human health and life are growing. Will you join our latest effort to roll back climate change?
Time: 6:30 pm: social and refreshments; 7:00 pm: presentation
Location: The Social Hall of the Asheville Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St
A presentation by Ira Helfand, MD, co-president, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Dr. Ira Helfand will describe the range of dangers posed by nuclear weapons, including world-wide climate disruption that would follow even a limited or regional nuclear war. Come hear concrete steps we can take to lessen the risk.
Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, Western North Carolina Chapter.
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