In anticipation of the 80th anniversaries of the 1945 atomic bombings in the USA and Japan, a number of hybrid educational events will be held next week.

On Thursday, July 10^th from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm Mountain Time, the Arms Control Association and Win Without War will host a hybrid event, “From Trinity to Today: Nuclear Weapons and the Way Forward,” to commemorate the 80^th anniversary of the atomic age.  Three panels will highlight the impacts of the bomb and showcase the role citizen campaigns have had in changing the course of nuclear history.  They are:

• Toxic and Radioactive Legacy of Nuclear Use, Production, Testing


• The Role of Citizens in Reducing the Nuclear Danger


• Today’s Nuclear Dangers/Consequences of Nuclear War

To register, go to https://www.armscontrol.org/From_Trinity_to_Today

On Friday, July 11^th from 6 pm to Saturday, July 12^th at 6 pm Mountain Time, World Beyond War will host the Fourth Annual 24-hour Peace Wave, which addresses the need to abolish nuclear weapons. Peace Wave is a 24-hour long Zoom that moves around the globe with the sun and features live peace actions in the streets and squares of the world, including rallies, concerts, production of artworks, blood drives, installations of peace poles, dances, speeches, and public demonstrations of all variety.

To sign up, visit https://worldbeyondwar.org/wave/

On Saturday, July 12^th from 6:30 to 8 pm Mountain Time, Back from the Brink will host its New Mexico Hub Kickoff at the Congregation Nahalat Shalom, 3606 Rio Grande Blvd. Northwest, in Albuquerque.  This free, hybrid community-wide event marks the official launch of New Mexico’s involvement in the national Back from the Brink campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. Doors open at 6 pm. All are welcome.

Speakers include: Melissa Parke, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons; Dr. Ira Helfand, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility; and Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester.  Together, they will highlight the urgent need for action and the power of communities to create a world free of nuclear threats.

To register, visit https://www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/804539/

On Sunday, July 13^th at 2:30 to 5 pm Mountain Time, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and others host an Interfaith Remembrance of the Trinity Test: 80 Years and Still Waiting, at St. Pius X School, 5301 St. Josephs Drive NW, in Albuquerque.  Doors open at 2 pm.  The event will also be live streamed.  Pre-registration is encouraged at https://www.jotform.com/form/251126623369053.  For more information, visit https://www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/806202/

1. Friday, July 4^th from noon to 1 pm – Join your neighbors and friends at the intersection of East Alameda and Sandoval for the weekly one-hour peaceful protest for nuclear disarmament and against expanded plutonium pit production at LANL. Join with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, New Mexico Peace Fest, Pax Christi and others. Bring your flags, signs and banners in support of nuclear weapons disarmament.

1. Watch the “Television Event” 2:13 minute trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S5RGRsTwjM It is about the television movie of the week during about nuclear war during the Reagan administration.

1. Monday, July 14^th – public comments due to National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) about the scope of the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Plutonium Pit Production at Multiple Locations. https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/english-scoping-presentation-eis-0573-plutonium-pit-production-2025-05.pdf

1. Wednesday, July 16^th – 80^th Anniversary of the first atomic bomb test at the Trinity Test Site in New Mexico. See “80 Years of Struggle” to learn about the three events:

*    Sign dedication at the Stallion Gate Entrance to the Trinity Test at 11 am;

*    Mass and Dinner Reception at St. Francis de Paula Catholic Church in Tularosa at 6 pm; and

*    16^th Annual Candlelight Vigil at the Tularosa Veterans Park at 8:30 pm. 

 For more information at https://www.trinitydownwinders.com/single-post/80-years-of-struggle-1   

1. Wednesday, July 16^th at 5 pm MT – Trinity Day 80^th Anniversary Zoom Event, hosted by the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom US Disarm Committee and the Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee – for a teach-in on Trinity Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the first nuclear test.  Register