NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRESENTATION

Date: 
Saturday, August 4, 2012 - 2:00pm
Location: 
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7420 4th Ave., Brooklyn (Bay Ridge) [ R train to 77 St. Brooklyn]
Contact: 

Vicki McFadyen, 646-824-5506, vmmcfadyen@aol.com ; venue area map http://ow.ly/c9zNp

Peace Action Bay Ridge presents a Power-Point Presentation on Nuclear Weapons by Alicia Godsberg, Exec. Dir. Peace Action New York State

Alicia Godsberg has been the Executive Director of Peace Action New York State since October 2010. Her background is in nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation policy, and deterrence theory. Prior to joining PANYS, Alicia was the Research Associate for the Strategic Security Program and UN Affairs at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, D.C. Alicia attended and presented at UN conferences and annual meetings, including at the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. From October 2007 - May 2008 Alicia took a leave of absence from FAS to work as the research assistant for Dr. Ellen Williams on the Strategic Posture Review Commission of the United States. Alicia’s brief for the Commission on outer space arms control treaties was published in the U.S. Institute of Peace’s companion publication, In The Eyes Of The Experts.

Prior to working at FAS Alicia worked as a research associate for the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy in New York.

Sponsored by Peace Action Bay Ridge Interfaith Peace Coalition