The Power to Craft a Safer Future is in Our Hands.
We sent a powerful message about a more peaceful future.
On August 6-9, people around the world joined the world’s most visible demonstration for a future free from nuclear weapons.
Why Now?
A new nuclear arms race is underway, wars are raging in two regions with nuclear weapons, and technology adds complexities to an already-fragile system that hinges on the threat of mass destruction. We are only one mistake, miscalculation, or blunder away from a disaster that could change everything.
In August, #CranesForOurFuture sent a message that there is supermajority support for a world without nuclear weapons.
We’re keeping the momentum going by bringing #CranesForOurFuture posts and messages to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to show our leaders–those in power and those up for election–that we demand they take a different path.
Why the Crane?
The crane is a universal symbol of peace.
A single girl started a movement.
After 11-year-old Sadako Sasaki was diagnosed with radiation-induced leukemia a decade after the bombing in Hiroshima, she attempted to fold 1,000 paper cranes in the hopes that her wish to live would be granted.
While Sadako did not survive, her legacy of paper cranes did, inspiring her classmates, and then the world, with a message of peace, hope, and resilience. Today, people all around the world fold cranes in her honor.
Who We Are
#CranesForOurFuture was established by the Hiroshima Prefecture, Nagasaki Prefecture, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace. We are joined by a broad coalition of institutions and public figures committed to a safer future for all in a world without nuclear weapons.
African Center for Science and International Security
Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School
The Black Church Center for Justice & Equality
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Catholic Peacebuilding Network
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Curious Iguana Bookstore (MD, USA)
The European Leadership Network
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Gender + Radiation Impact Project
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
International Crane Foundation
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
International Student / Young Pugwash
Participants
The Latin America and the Caribbean Leadership Network (LALN)
Liberians United to Expose Hidden Weapons (LUEHW)
Marshallese Educational Initiative
National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA)
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung New York Office
Silver Unicorn Bookstore (MA, USA)
Sri-Lanka Doctors for Peace and Development
Taos Environmental Film Festival
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Association - UK
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Whatcom Peace & Justice Center
Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security (WCAPS)
Women Transforming Our Nuclear Legacy
Campaign Highlights
#CranesForOurFuture has become the world’s largest demonstration for a world without nuclear weapons.It’s a cultural moment that reaches millions and inspires people around the world to demand a safer future.
Click through the links below to see past campaign highlights.
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