When did the UC Nuclear Free campaign start?
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation launched the UC Nuclear Free Campaign in the spring of 2001. Within months, the campaign joined with pre-existing efforts, particularly Tri-Valley CARES’ Project Exodus and Fiat Pax’s campus organizing efforts at UC Santa Cruz. UC Nuclear Free Stands on the shoulders of the many veteran activists who conducted decades of individual and community organizing efforts toward a world at peace. While UC Nuclear Free serves as the name of an education- and action-oriented campaign, another name has emerged to represent the various organizations working on the campaign and related issues the Coalition to Demilitarize the University of California. This name acknowledges that nuclear weapons are just the tip of the iceberg and the grossest example of a larger trend being an increasing militarization of U.S. schools. Additional Coalition founding members include Western States Legal Foundation in Oakland, California; Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety in Santa
