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Preliminary Schedule

Monday, May 25

 

Noon – 4 p.m.       Arrival in DC and settling in at hotel

7:00 – 8:30 p.m.   Dinner: welcome and orientation

8:30 – 9:45 p.m.   Film

 

Tuesday, May 26: The History of Nuclear Weapons Development, Arms Control, and Growth of Ethical Concerns

 

7-8:30 a.m.             Breakfast

9-10:30 a.m.           Session 1: History of Nuclear Development, 1930s – 1991

10:30-11 a.m.         Break

11:00-12:30 p.m.    Session 2: Weapons and Controls from the end of the Cold War to 2018

12:30-1:45 p.m.      Lunch

2-3:30 p.m.             Session 3: Ethical Perspectives on the Nuclear Age – From Hiroshima to Pope Francis’ Declaration

3:30-4 p.m.             Break

4-5:30 p.m.             Session 4: Listening to the Rest of the World: From Arms Control to Disarmament and the Politics of Arms Control in the U.S. since End of the Cold War

5:30                        Free time and dinner on your own

 

 

Wednesday, May 27: From the end of the Cold War to Present + ‘Rogue’ Nuclear States/Actors + Anti-Nuke Groups

                                      

7-8:30 a.m.             Breakfast

9-10:30 a.m.           Session 5: The 21st Century Development of ‘Rogue’ Nuclear States/Actors, How have controls like sanctions or other actions worked?

10:30-11 a.m.         Break

11:00 - 12:30 p.m.  Session 6: The Future Present: Nuclear Modernization & Reactions of Civil Society

12:30.-1:45 p.m.     Lunch

2-3:30 p.m.             Session 7: Can Churches Actually Make a Difference in this New Nuclear Moment?

3:30-4 p.m.             Break

4-6:30 p.m.             Session 8:  Assessing What We Know Up to Now

7:00 p.m.                 Free time and dinner on your own

 

Thursday, May 28: Nuclear & Security Challenges – Now and Future

 

7-8:30 a.m.            Breakfast

9-10:30 a.m.          Session 9: Hands-on exercise

10:30-11 a.m.        Break

11 a.m.                  Session 10: Panel Assessment –Lessons of the Week

12:30-1:45 p.m.     Lunch

2-3:30 p.m.            Session 11: Advocacy Visits in D.C.

3:30-6:30 p.m.       Session 12:  Reception with Arms Control Organization

7:00 p.m.               Free time and dinner on your own          

 

Friday, May 29: Drawing Conclusions from the Exercise and the Week + Charting the Way Forward

 

7-8:30 a.m.             Breakfast

9.-10:30 a.m.          Session 13: Toward Newly Competent Citizens & Careers in Arms Control & Disarmament

10:30 – 10 45 a.m. Break

10:45 – Noon         Session 14: Call to Action

Noon - 1:30 p.m.    Session 15: Meet Recent Grads that are Current Arms Control Activists, Career Opportunities and Guidance

1:30 p.m.               Departures