2024-2025 Events

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Monday, October 7, 2024 (Watch)

7:00 - 8:30 PM ET (Webinar):

Just Transition: From a Militarized, Fossil Fuel Economy to a Green Economy

Panelists: Robert Pollin (moderator and panelist), Miriam Pemberton, Norman Rogers

Thursday, October 10, 2024 (Watch)

7:00 - 8:30 PM ET (Webinar):

The Catastrophic Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

Panelists: Cynthia Lazaroff (moderator), Mary Dickson, Ivana Hughes, Togzhan Kassenova, and Mary Olson.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

7:00 - 8:30 PM ET (Public Lecture at UMass, Integrative Learning Center, Room S140):

We’ve Been Here Before: America Must Choose Fascism or Democracy

Lecture from Michael Meeropol

Monday, December 2, 2024 (Watch)

7:00 - 8:30 PM ET (Public Lecture at UMass, Old Chapel):

Back to the Wall, Face to the Sun: Where We Stand in the Climate Fight

Third Annual Ellsberg Lecture with Bill McKibben

Thursday, February 20, 2025 (Watch)

7:00 - 8:30 PM ET (Webinar):

Gaza Whistleblowers: US Officials Who Resigned in Protest

Panelists: Kelley Vlahos (moderator), Annelle Sheline, Harrison Mann, and Alexander Smith

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

7:00 - 8:30 PM ET (Public Lecture at UMass, Old Chapel)

UMass to Sunrise: Building the Youth-Led Movement for Climate Justice

Lecture from Ellsberg Activist-In-Residence Varshini Prakash

Thursday, March 13, 2025 (Register)

7:00 - 8:30 PM ET (Webinar)

Sparing Nothing and No One: Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons

Panelists: Ira Helfand, Jennifer Leaning, Zia Mian, and Molly McGinty