Author: Bob Elmendorf

Please join Back from the Brink, Nuclear Free World Committee of the Syracuse Peace Council, Peace Action of New York State, Students for Nuclear Disarmament, and Upper Hudson Peace Action present a free Zoom webinar: Resisting Nuclear Annihilation: Dangers and Actions on Wednesday, January 22nd at 7pm EST. We are pleased to feature four knowledgeable speakers who…

March in Hudson on January 18th starting at noon. Assembly location: 7th Street Park – Hudson, NY 701 Warren Street Hudson, NY More details: https://map.peoplesmarch.com/events/the-people-s-march-city-of-hudson  

Join us for Upper Hudson Peace Action’s Annual Gathering! Sunday, November 10, 20244pm to 6pm at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church,10 N. Main Avenue, Albany [map] Featuring • A panel presentation on the topic “Which way forward for the peace movement?” withMaureen Aumand, Susan DuBois, Tom Ellis, Charlie Mandracchia & Larry Wittner • Presentation of the…

Reading of John Hersey’s Hiroshima  Tuesday, August 6, 11:00AMTownsend Park, Albany, NY(Henry Johnson Blvd. & Central Ave.)   The event is free and open to the public and the public is encouraged to join in the reading.  Those interested in reading can sign up to participate when they arrive.  Please bring folding chairs. Rain site: Social…

Upper Hudson Peace Action and the RPI chapter of Sunrise Movement invite you to a one-on-one policy debate on the proposition: “Nuclear Energy plays an essential role in addressing global warming.” The debate, happening in RPI Nason Hall (1965 Burdett Ave, Troy, NY) begins at 6:30pm on April 11th and will conclude at 7:35. Pizza…

Upper Hudson Peace Action Alert       Exploring Kurdistan: Yassin Aref’s Albany Friends Visit and Report Event has taken place. Link to YouTube video of presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_jo7YoN8o Tuesday, February 20, 2024 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Albany Public Library (161 Washington Ave., Albany, NY)  Upper Hudson Peace Action presents a program offering a rare glimpse…

You are warmly invited to a community gathering at 7pm on Saturday, November 11, 2023 featuring scholar and activist David Cortright speaking on “Why Nuclear Disarmament is More Urgent than Ever“ Upper Hudson Peace Action is sponsoring Professor David Cortright who will speak on “Why Nuclear Disarmament is More Urgent than Ever” Saturday, November 11, 7:00 PM…

By Not Investing in Fossil Fuels & Weapons Free Online Interactive Talk With Michael Richardson, Co-founder of Rivers & Mountains Greenfaith Date:  June 14, 2023      The recording of the session can be found here: Links mentioned in the talk:https://www.rivers-mountains-greenfaith.org/https://www.rivers-mountains-greenfaith.org/divest-invest-workshophttps://fossilfreefunds.org/https://weaponfreefunds.org/ Details: This talk contains some useful green investment and banking strategies for all of…

Non-Violent Solutions to World Conflcit1. https://www.brandeis.edu/peace-conflict/pdfs/198-methods-non-violent-action.pdf Gene Sharp 198 non-violent methods of non-violent action a. https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/nv_tactics_book This monograph updates Gene Sharp’s 1973 seminal work Methods of Nonviolent Action, reworking Sharp’s classifications to include 148 additional tactics. Brief yet comprehensive, this overview of nonviolence explains the mechanisms by which nonviolent actions succeed. added 10/3/222. http://nonviolence.rutgers.edu/ Digital…

Upper Hudson Peace Action presents Hyun Lee speaking on “Understanding Peace Prospects with Korea: A Korean Peace Treaty Is Key to a Nuclear Free Northeast Asia” on January 12, 2022, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM (EST) on Zoom.  The event is co-sponsored by Women Against War. Join us for an informative hour about the history…