Join us for the Salem Peace Lecture on Wednesday, October 26 2022 at 7:30 pm. Our speaker is Dr. Ira Helfand, whose topic will be: “Back from the Nuclear Brink: Prescription for Survival.” The lecture has been moved from Hudson Hall to Smith Auditorium on the Willamette University campus in Salem.

Interested people can attend from anywhere that has Internet access. Tune in at https://youtu.be/a4YvlcIAbX0.

About Our Speaker
Dr. Helfand is a perfect fit for this topic. He is co-chair of national Physicians for Social Responsibility’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee, as well as serving as Immediate Past President of PSR’s global parent organization, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). He is one of the originators of the international Back from the Brink campaign to address the global threat of annihilation by nuclear weapons. Few people can equal Dr. Helfand’s mastery of the nuclear weapons issue.

Peacemakers of the Year Announced
Each year, the Salem Peace Lecture Committee confers the Salem Peacemaker of the Year award on an individual or organization that has served the cause of peace consistently and diligently. This year’s award will be given to the Oregon farmworkers’ union Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) for its decades of work to empower farmworkers and working Latinx families in Oregon.