Sep 7, 20232 min read

PSR's Action Alert for Madison - to bring us 'Back from the Brink'

Good News!!!

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Dave Schmiedicke, the City Finance Director, have approved a nuclear weapons free investment and contracts policy!! Alder Figueroa-Cole helped push it through. Alder Cole plans to introduce the investment/contracts policy to the City Council in late September or October. It will be referred to the City Finance Committee for review, then return to the entire City Council for a vote (along with the 5 Back from the Brink recommendations).

Alder Outreach - one more time

Some of you have recently communicated with your Alders. But if it has been more than a year since you contacted your Alder, could you please do it once more?

Remind her/him that the Resolution will soon be coming to a vote. Keep it simple; ask them to support the Back from the Brink Resolution and try to find out if they will vote for it. I would be more than happy to followup with those who have questions/concerns.

Major Points

- Nuclear disarmament is essential for the survival of humans and other complex life on the planet.

- This local Back from the Brink effort is part of a local, grassroots campaign to increase nuclear security on a global scale. It embraces the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and recommends 5 steps the US can take to decrease the chance of a nuclear war.

- This Resolution commits Madison to nuclear weapon free contracts and investments, a major step in withdrawing support from the nuclear weapons industry.

Alder Contact Info

Please phone, email or write your Alder. Personal contact is even better. Find contact info at:

https://www.cityofmadison.com/council/councilmembers/alders.cfm

See the attached documents:

- Background info

- Sample letter to your Alder.

- Proposed Resolution - parts I (BftB) and II (Contracts/Investments)

Thank you all for the time and energy you have devoted to getting the Madison Back from the Brink Resolution to the finish line.