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==SANE== | ==SANE== | ||
In 1978 [[Homer Jack]] served on the Board of Directors of [[SANE]]-"A Citizens' Organization for a Sane World".<ref>SANE letterhead May, 1978</ref> | In 1978 [[Homer Jack]] served on the Board of Directors of [[SANE]]-"A Citizens' Organization for a Sane World".<ref>SANE letterhead May, 1978</ref> | ||
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| + | As at March, 1982, the following served on the Board of Directors of [[SANE]]:<ref> warcalledpeace</ref> | ||
| + | <div style="column-count:5;-moz-column-count:5;-webkit-column-count:5"> | ||
| + | *[[Tom Harkin]] | ||
| + | *[[Homer Jack]] | ||
| + | *[[Seymour Melman]], co-chairman | ||
| + | *[[William Winpisinger]], co-chairman - president of the [[International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers]] | ||
| + | *[[Ramsey Clark]] | ||
| + | *[[William Davidon]] | ||
| + | *[[Jerome Frank]] | ||
| + | *[[David Livingston]] | ||
| + | *[[Robert Maslow]] | ||
| + | *[[Joseph Miller]] | ||
| + | *[[Michael Moffitt]], [[IPS]] | ||
| + | *[[Robert K. Musil]] | ||
| + | *[[Leon Quat]] | ||
| + | *[[Marcus Raskin]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Fred Richmond]] | ||
| + | *[[Alex Rosenberg]] | ||
| + | *[[Morton Stavis]] | ||
| + | *[[Edith Tiger]] | ||
| + | *Sr. [[Mary Luke Tobin]] | ||
| + | *[[Kosta Tsipis]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Ted Weiss]] | ||
| + | </div> | ||
==Inspired by Spock== | ==Inspired by Spock== | ||
Revision as of 02:34, 6 October 2015
Homer Jack
SANE
In 1978 Homer Jack served on the Board of Directors of SANE-"A Citizens' Organization for a Sane World".[1]
As at March, 1982, the following served on the Board of Directors of SANE:[2]
- Tom Harkin
- Homer Jack
- Seymour Melman, co-chairman
- William Winpisinger, co-chairman - president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
- Ramsey Clark
- William Davidon
- Jerome Frank
- David Livingston
- Robert Maslow
- Joseph Miller
- Michael Moffitt, IPS
- Robert K. Musil
- Leon Quat
- Marcus Raskin
- Rep. Fred Richmond
- Alex Rosenberg
- Morton Stavis
- Edith Tiger
- Sr. Mary Luke Tobin
- Kosta Tsipis
- Rep. Ted Weiss
Inspired by Spock
In the early 1960s SANE "recognized the environmental and health impact brought on by the nuclear age". In 1962, convinced that nuclear testing would have a negative effect on generations of children, Dr. Benjamin Spock made an "inspired move" to unite health care professionals with the nuclear abolition movement.
SANE’s Executive Director, Homer Jack, convinced Spock to go public with his beliefs. The New York Times advertisement declared “Dr. Spock is Worried” and "our nation took to the streets in defense of children and the environment".
- The connection was clear. Nuclear testing left radiated uranium deposits in the soil and water table. Once dispersed, the radiation infected the grass and grazing animals - moving its way through the ecosystem into our food supply and into our bodies.
At a late 2000s Peace Action Congressional book reception, Congressperson Ed Markey commented on this truth and how Dr. Spock inspired him as a teenager to get involved in the nuclear abolition movement.[3]
