Chain Reaction

Ploughshares’ annual gala, Chain Reaction, is an invigorating evening of discussion with top policy and political leaders, experts, and activists in the nuclear field.

Enjoy these videos and articles from Chain Reaction 2023.

Action Now Panel

Watch the Action Now panel from Chain Reaction: Action Now! Share it with your friends, and stay engaged in the fight to reduce and eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons. The current war in Ukraine underscores anew the dangerous reemergence of nuclear threats that leave the world vulnerable to...

June 10, 2022 - By hsingj
Special Closing Remarks from Chain Reaction: Action Now

Watch the Special Closing Remarks by Ploughshares Fund Board Chair Terry Gamble Boyer from Chain Reaction: Action Now! Share it with your friends, and stay engaged in the fight to reduce and eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons. The current war in Ukraine underscores anew the dangerous...

June 10, 2022 - By hsingj
VIDEO: Chain Reaction: Action Now

Watch the full video of Chain Reaction: Action Now! Share it with your friends, and stay engaged in the fight to reduce and eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons.

June 10, 2022 - By hsingj
Chain Reaction: Action Now

What does it take to build a movement? People and resources.

The current war in Ukraine underscores anew the dangerous reemergence of nuclear threats that leave the world vulnerable to nuclear escalation, and even nuclear war. Now is the time for action. We need to build a movement...

April 19, 2022 - By hsingj
VIDEO: Momentum: Chain Reaction 2021

Watch the full video of Momentum: Chain Reaction! Share it with your friends, and stay engaged in the fight to reduce and eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons. This year, we commemorated 40 years of bold action by Ploughshares Fund to promote peace and security around the world and to...

June 9, 2021 - By Ploughshares Fund
Momentum: Chain Reaction 2021

Join us to commemorate 40 years of bold action by Ploughshares Fund to promote peace and security around the world and to celebrate the momentum we carry forward to position people—not nuclear weapons—at the forefront of our national security and budget priorities.

April 14, 2021 - By Ploughshares Fund
Beyond the Bomb: A Grassroots Campaign to Stop Nuclear War

Watch an introduction to the BombSquad, fellows from Beyond the Bomb, led by Tristan Guyette and Molly Hurley, live-streamed via Zoom on June 8, 2020. The BombSquad is Beyond the Bomb's group of young activists working to stop nuclear war and build grassroots support for nuclear policy reform....

June 11, 2020 - By Ploughshares Fund
Welcome by Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Watch Speaker Nancy Pelosi welcome people via video to Chain Reaction: Securing Our Future, live-streamed via Zoom on June 8, 2020, by Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The global COVID-19 pandemic has made clear the need to reprioritize the policies that keep...

June 11, 2020 - By Ploughshares Fund
Messages from Michael Douglas, Joe Cirincione and Emma Belcher

Watch the final part of Chain Reaction: Securing Our Future, live-streamed via Zoom on June 8, 2020, featuring a special tribute to outgoing Ploughshares Fund president Joe Cirincione from Michael Douglas, actor, producer, and UN Messenger of Peace. Joe Cirincione gives his last public address...

June 11, 2020 - By Ploughshares Fund
Keynote Panel with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Members of the Science & Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists joined Chain Reaction: Securing Our Future, live-streamed via Zoom on June 8, 2020, for a discussion on the nuclear, environmental, and public health threats facing the world today. The panel guests are as...

June 11, 2020 - By Ploughshares Fund