Mary Dickson, Togzhan Kassenova, Ivana Hughes and Mary Olson discuss the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons in this conversation hosted by Christian G. Appy, Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy and moderated by Cynthia Lazaroff.

Dr. Grigory Yavlinksy is featured in a conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel and Richard Falk, hosted by Ivana N. Hughes, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and moderated by Cynthia Lazaroff. 

Cynthia Lazaroff gives a presentation on American & Russian Women As Citizen Diplomats: Making A Difference from the Cold War to Today to students in the American Studies Club at the Russian State University of the Humanities, and joins them and Dr. Victoria Zhuravleva, Professor of American History & International Relations for a lively discussion afterwards.

Christian G. Appy, Director of The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy, moderates this conversation with Ira Helfand, Cynthia Lazaroff and Susi Snyder on Nuclear Truth Telling in memory of Daniel Ellsberg.

Movement Rights Co-Founder Pennie Opal Plant moderates this conversation with Tzeporah Berman, Tom Goldtooth, Cynthia Lazaroff, Bill McKibben and Susi Snyder about "Banking on a Safe World - Divesting from Nuclear Weapons and Fossil Fuels,” where they also explore what nuclear weapons and fossil fuels have in common.

Youth Hotline Campaign Coordinator Ivan Siluianov hosts Cynthia Lazaroff in the Youth Hotline Expert Series for a talk with participants in the campaign from around the world who are dedicated to advancing dialogue and disarmament between the United States and Russia. 

Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg are featured with commentary by Richard Falk in this conversation hosted by Ivana N. Hughes, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and moderated by Cynthia Lazaroff.

On the Morning You Wake Impact Campaign Fellows Ray Acheson, Lovely Umayam, and Cynthia Lazaroff join moderator and Games for Change Impact Campaign Producer Michaela Ternasky-Holland for this conversation. Hosted by Games for Change Digital Content Strategist Tunisha Singleton.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation celebrates 2022 honorees Cynthia Lazaroff and Senator Monique Limón, "Women working for peace, justice, and a nuclear free world."

Masako Toki hosts a conversation with Erinn Budd, Cynthia Lazaroff and Michaela Ternasky-Holland moderated by Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress.

Maya Davis moderates a conversation with Jennifer Knox, Cynthia Lazaroff and Rodrigo Reyes.

On the Morning You Wake Impact Campaign Fellows Ray Acheson and Cynthia Lazaroff join moderator Games for Change Campaign Producer Michaela Ternasky-Holland for this conversation.

Cynthia Lazaroff leads a roundtable discussion titled “How Can Track II Citizen Diplomacy Initiatives Help Build Peace and Address the Existential Threats of Climate Change and Nuclear War?”

"The Nuclear Threat: Awakening to Action: Interactive Discussion with Cynthia Lazaroff."

Cynthia Lazaroff moderates a conversation with former California Governor Jerry Brown and Richard A. Falk.

Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez and Dr. Paula Garb are featured in this conversation moderated by Cynthia Lazaroff. 

Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg are featured with commentary by Richard Falk in this conversation hosted by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, moderated by Cynthia Lazaroff.

Just World Educational President & CEO Helena Cobban moderates this conversation with Richard Falk, Dr. David Barash, Medea Benjamin, Cynthia Lazaroff, Ray McGovern, Gar Smith, Rick Sterling, David Swanson & Katrina vanden Heuvel.

Green Hope Foundation founder Kehkashan Basu moderates this conversation with Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Bruce Knotts, Cynthia Lazaroff, Marilyn Turkovich, and Pragna Vasupal.

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Policy and Advocacy Coordinator Christian Ciobanu moderates this conversation with Richard Falk and Cynthia Lazaroff

Just World Educational President & CEO Helena Cobban & Princeton University Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law & Practice Richard Falk co-host this conversation with Dr. David Barash & Cynthia Lazaroff on the war in Ukraine, nuclear dangers & the abolition of nuclear weapons. 

Committee for the Republic Chairman John Henry moderates this panel discussion with Joe Cirincione, Cynthia Lazaroff and Ted Postol.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists President & CEO Rachel Bronson moderates this panel discussion with “On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)” Impact Campaign Fellows Ray Acheson, Cynthia Lazaroff and Lovely Umayam.

World BEYOND War Organizing Director Greta Zarro moderates a conversation with Dr. Ira Helfand and Cynthia Lazaroff about the war in Ukraine, nuclear dangers and the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Covid, Climate & Nuclear Weapons - Disproportionate Impacts on Women and Girls and What We Can Do  - Russian and American Women’s Dialogue Four

Join Shannon Biggs, Marian Naranjo, Susi Snyder, and Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez – all extraordinary women dedicated to transforming our nuclear legacy – for this mentoring session convened by Cynthia Lazaroff

Join Rachel Bronson, Elena Chernenko, Lovely Umayam, and Katrina vanden Heuvel – all extraordinary women dedicated to transforming our nuclear legacy – for this mentoring session convened by Cynthia Lazaroff

Cynthia Lazaroff speaks about Awakening to Action at CODE RED PLANET: The 23rd Kateri Tekakwitha Peace Conference.

Pathways to Improving U.S.-Russia Relations and Reducing the Nuclear Threat Series - Russian and American Women’s Dialogue Three.

Join Lilly Adams, Tina Cordova, Selina N. Leem, and Sylvia Mishra – all extraordinary women dedicated to transforming our nuclear legacy – for this mentoring session convened by Cynthia Lazaroff. Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner Kumu Hula Puna Dawson offers a blessing for peace.

Join Christine Ahn, Jessica Lee and Dr. Kalamaoka’aina Niheu – all extraordinary women dedicated to transforming our nuclear legacy – for this mentoring session convened by Cynthia Lazaroff. Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner Kumu Hula Puna Dawson offers a blessing for peace.

Experts Christine Ahn, Joe Cirincione and Katrina vanden Heuvel join moderator Cynthia Lazaroff for a conversation on Biden’s foreign policy, highlighting the high stakes in relations with nuclear adversaries Russia, China and North Korea and the dangerous decline in dialogue and diplomacy.

Pathways to Improving U.S.-Russia Relations and Reducing the Nuclear Threat Series - Russian and American Women’s Dialogue Two.

This Russia salon was led by Katrina vanden Heuvel and featured ACURA Board Members on a range of topics: Nicolai Petro on Ukraine; Cynthia Lazaroff on the Nuclear Peril; Krishen Mehta on our Sanctions Addiction;  David Speedie on Russia and China; with thoughtful closing remarks by Ambassador Jack Matlock. The event also featured questions & comments from the Committee’s John Henry, Chas Freeman & Bruce Fein.

Cynthia Lazaroff joins a panel of speakers and presents on "US-Russia Relations: Quest for Stability Film, My Awakening to Today’s Nuclear Threat and the Hawaii False Alarm, & the Role of Women."

Inaugural Belarusian, Russian and American Women’s Dialogue: Pathways to Improving U.S.-Russia Relations, Reducing the Nuclear Threat & the Role of Women.

Cynthia Lazaroff joins Governor Jerry Brown, Joe Cirincione and Anatol Lieven in a panel discussion moderated by Katrina vanden Heuvel at this event for congressional staff hosted by Just Foreign Policy and the American Committee for U.S.-Russia Accord.

Cynthia Lazaroff joins Press the Button to discuss her experiences in Hawaii during the 2018 Hawaii false missile alert, and how the incident underscores the need to ultimately eliminate nuclear weapons. 

Dialogue between women leaders and youth in the peace, nuclear disarmament and security fields in a celebration of  International Women’s Day. Green Hope Foundation Founder Kehkashan Basu joins Cynthia Lazaroff for an intergenerational dialogue on Disarmament and Sustainability.

Green Hope Foundation Founder Kehkashan Basu convenes this webinar in celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day with Cynthia Lazaroff and a panel of women dedicated to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and disarmament.

Join an extraordinary group of women dedicated to transforming our nuclear legacy for this mentoring session convened by Cynthia Lazaroff.

A Valentine’s Day event organized by Grannies for Peace, a project of the Albany, NY based network, Women Against War, and hosted by World Beyond War, with filmmaker Cynthia Lazaroff.

Join Humanity Rising and an extraordinary group of women dedicated to transforming our nuclear legacy as we celebrate Entry into Force Day for the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty in a session convened by Cynthia Lazaroff.

On the Winter Solstice, in preparation for our Gathering for Peace with Indigenous Peoples in the Bering Strait, we will hold an Earth Treasure Vase Ceremony for Peace with gratitude, Aloha, blessings and prayers for peace with Russia, and all peoples and countries on Earth.

For this episode of China Is Not Our Enemy, Jodie Evans will be in conversation with Cynthia Lazaroff. Part of the work in ending aggression towards China is also deescalating the threat of nuclear war, which would be catastrophic for the entire world.

Virtual visit by Cynthia Lazaroff, documentary filmmaker and founder of nuclearwakeupcall.earth. A Mary Choncoff endowed lecture, co-sponsored with Tempe Sister Cities (TSC).

Citizen-diplomat Cynthia Lazaroff talks about the need to restore Russian-American dialogue about nuclear weapons and her own experience of living through 38 minutes of the Hawaii missile scare on January 13, 2018.

Daniel Ellsberg on Dismantling the Doomsday Machine, Whistleblowing & the Future of our Democracy in a Conversation with Cynthia Lazaroff.

Join an extraordinary group of women dedicated to Storytelling to Transform Our Nuclear Legacy for this mentoring session convened by Cynthia Lazaroff.

Veteran Journalist and Bestselling Author Vladimir Pozner on the Stakes in U.S.-Russia Relations, the Role of the Media, and Citizen Diplomacy in a Conversation with Old Friends and Fellow Citizen Diplomats Jim Garrison, Jim Hickman and Cynthia Lazaroff.

Join an extraordinary group of women dedicated to transforming our nuclear legacy for "Why Nuclear Weapons Matter Now More Than Ever" convened by Cynthia Lazaroff.

Join an extraordinary group of women dedicated to transforming our nuclear legacy for “Awakening to Action: Claiming Our Seat at the Table to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons" convened by Cynthia Lazaroff.

Join Humanity Rising and an extraordinary group of women dedicated to transforming our nuclear legacy as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in a session convened by Cynthia Lazaroff.

Join Humanity Rising and an extraordinary group of people dedicated to transforming our nuclear legacy as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in a session convened by Cynthia Lazaroff.

Join Vladimir Pozner, Members of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Youth Group and Cynthia Lazaroff for "Building Bridges," a critical dialogue on the 75th Anniversary of Trinity, the detonation of the first atomic bomb.

Cynthia Lazaroff tells the tale of her 40 minutes of terror during the Hawaii nuclear missile false alarm in 2018. Then Bill Perry talks about the infinitely more dangerous nuclear false alarm he experienced while in the Pentagon in 1979, and historian Taylor Downing tells the story of an equally dangerous one in the Soviet Union in 1983.

On the Summer Solstice, in preparation for our Gathering for Peace with Indigenous Peoples in the Bering Strait, we held an Earth Treasure Vase Ceremony for Peace with gratitude, Aloha, blessings and prayers for peace with Russia, and all peoples and countries on Earth. 

Come join our Kaua'i community to welcome the first light of the Solstice Sun with gratitude, Aloha, blessings and prayers for peace with Russia, and all peoples and countries on Earth.

Cynthia Lazaroff is the Senior Creative Producer for this seven-part digital documentary - a deep dive into U.S.-Russian Relations made possible by the generous support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Against the backdrop of escalating tension with North Korea and unraveling U.S.-Russia nuclear treaties, the January 2018 Hawaii false missile alert came as a shocking reminder of the reality of a nuclear threat.

Mourning Armageddon: A Music Video by Makana, Recorded in Russian Nuclear Bomb Shelter, Released for Anniversary of the Hawaii False Nuclear Missile Alert.

Anniversary of  Hawaii False Ballistic Missile Alert.

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