ICAN Week of Action  August 23, 2024

From September 16 – 22, 2024 activists from around the world will join together in a week of action against nuclear weapons spending. This week will highlight ICAN’s annual report on nuclear weapons spending, Surge: 2023 Global nuclear weapons spending. 

PSR is hosting a national initiative for our members and chapters to join together in imagining one hour without nuclear weapons, and what sorts of things we could spend our money on instead of these tools of destruction. 

Every second, the world spends $2,898 on nuclear weapons. That’s $173,880 per minute, and $10,432,800 per hour. 

How could one hour of spending on nuclear weapons affect your community? Your patients? Your life? 

U.S. nuclear weapons also cost our communities. In 2023, nuclear weapons cost LA county $2,764,941,454, lining the pockets of weapons manufacturers and funding other programs supporting nuclear weapons infrastructure. Every hour, LA county loses over $300,000 on nuclear weapons and their associated costs. Imagine if this money was spent on making the world a better place. 

Let’s prescribe something better for our communities by running the numbers and seeing how we could invest in our future, not doomsday.

As healthcare professionals, we’re joining together writing letters and hosting actions drawing attention to how much we spend on nuclear weapons every hour, and what else we could do with that money.

By signing up below, you join the campaign in committing to organize an event, or write a letter during the week of September 16 – 22, 2024 contributing to a world without nuclear weapons. When you sign up, PSR will be reach out with additional resources and organizing opportunities. 

Sign up to join the One Hour Without Nuclear Weapons initiative with us here