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Hi Friend
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It is my great joy to invite you to be part of a once-in-history celebration
of the moment we ban nuclear weapons—a 90 minute live streamed event
on 22 January 2021,
9pm CET.
Like the work we have done throughout
the world, the big and small victories we have achieved, we will do
this together, and we hope you will join our global live event
on 22.21 from wherever you are.
This is the day the Treaty on the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will enter into force. It is a date
that should be imprinted in our minds and will be noted in history
books — the day we took back the power from those who have chosen
terror and the threat of mass murder as the means to
security.
Click
here to learn how to join and RSVP.
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22.21—Entry into Force Day
will be a full-packed live streamed event from Geneva, Switzerland,
with guests connecting digitally from all over the world. The event
will track the global entry into force of the historic treaty banning
nuclear weapons throughout the world’s different time zones, mixing
performances, interviews, in-depth analysis and reportages from
artists, politicians, academics and activists around the
world.
What we achieved
together, across generations and nations, is a great victory of the
people over those who grip power in all of human history. We have
faced down the richest governments, the most destructive militaries
the world has ever known. But they are no match for the power of the
people united.
Of
course this does not mark the end of our 75 year struggle to rid the
world of nuclear weapons, but we must mark this historic moment as a
springboard. This is a celebration to invigorate our efforts and
prepare to take the next steps that will close out this dark chapter
in human history.
Beyond celebrating, this event is about
stories. It is vital that campaigns like ours share the stories of
action and change. Nuclear weapons are not the only or last
existential threat humankind faces, and when we jointly build the
narrative of our shared movement history we educate current and future
generations about how change happens. Telling our stories is giving
others tools to mobilize for change.
But if I’m being
completely honest — mostly, I want to be with you to celebrate this
moment. We cannot all be together in person with the pandemic, but on
this historic day we certainly will not be kept apart. Over the past
decade I have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with powerful, incredible
people from all corners of the world who fill me with hope and joy.
Let’s give each other strength at this moment and come together to
celebrate this enormous achievement.
We’ve earned it. You
have.
Please
RSVP and join myself, the ICAN team and our friends and allies
across time zones, across history, who made this
possible.
Onward, together.
Beatrice
It’s time to end nuclear
weapons.
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