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Jackie Cabasso

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First Name
Jackie
Last Name
Cabasso
Title
North American Coordinator
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Mayors for Peace
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Jacqueline Cabasso has been involved in nuclear disarmament, peace and environmental advocacy at the local, national and international levels for over 30 years. Since 1984 she has served as Executive Director of the Western States Legal Foundation (WSLF) in Oakland, California (www.wslfweb.org). Grounded in commitments to nonviolence and international law, working with WSLF she has provided legal support for nonviolent protesters; engaged in environmental review proceedings and litigation to challenge nuclear facilities, transportation of nuclear waste, and proposals to base nuclear-armed warships; and organized grassroots multi-issue coalitions. Jackie currently serves on the Steering Committee of United for Peace and Justice and convenes its Nuclear Disarmament/ Redefining Security working group (www.unitedforpeace.org). Internationally, she is a leading voice for the abolition of nuclear weapons, speaking at conferences and events in Europe, Asia and Latin America. In 1995 she was a “founding mother” of the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons (www.abolition2000.org). Since August 2007, she has served as North American Coordinator for Mayors for Peace (www.mayorsforpeace.org). Jackie is a co-author of Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative Security? U.S. Weapons of Terror, the Global Proliferation Crisis and Paths to Peace (2007) (www.wmdreport.org) and the co-author of Risking Peace: Why We Sat in the Road (1985), an account of the huge 1983 nonviolent protest at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory and the subsequent mass trial conducted by WSLF. Her writings have appeared in publications including The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the journal Social Justice, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Jackie is the recipient of the International Peace Bureau’s 2008 Sean MacBride Peace Award (www.ipb.org/i/about-ipb/II-F-01-mac-bride-peace-prize-Jackie-Cabasso.html), and the Agape Foundation’s 2009 Enduring Visionary Peace Prize (www.agapefdn.org/PeacePrize2009/awardeeinfo.html).

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Convened by Liberty Tree, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Western States Legal Foundation, Global Action to Prevent War, and Mayors for Peace in cooperation with Cities for Progress, Nukewatch, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Wisconsin Carbon Free/Nuclear Free, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice.

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