Chain Reaction

Ploughshares Fund’s annual gala, Chain Reaction, is an invigorating evening of discussion with top policy and political leaders, experts, and activists in the nuclear field. Save the date for Chain Reaction 2022 — June 8, 2022 via Zoom. More information to come soon.

Enjoy these videos and articles from Chain Reaction 2021 and other Chain Reaction events.

A Conversation on Leadership + Democracy at Chain Reaction 2018

This year's Chain Reaction 2018: Leadership + Democracy in San Francisco on June 25, 2018 was a special tribute to William J. Perry, 19th US Secretary of Defense, who has dedicated his life and legacy to reducing and eliminating nuclear weapons and remains one of the most outspoken advocates for...

July 11, 2018 - By Ploughshares Fund
Ben Rhodes on Nuclear Threats During the Obama Administration

This year's Chain Reaction 2018: Leadership + Democracy in San Francisco on June 25, 2018 featured Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, author and producer Eric Schlosser, and Beyond the Bomb's US Field Organizer, Yasmeen Silva, and was a special tribute to William J. Perry, 19th US Secretary...

July 11, 2018 - By Ploughshares Fund
Eric Schlosser on Nuclear Dangers Facing the World

This year's Chain Reaction 2018: Leadership + Democracy in San Francisco on June 25, 2018 featured Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, and Beyond the Bomb's US Field Organizer, Yasmeen Silva, and was a special tribute to William J. Perry,...

July 10, 2018 - By Ploughshares Fund
Chain Reaction 2018

With an unpredictable president and rising tensions around the world, leadership and democracy are more critical than ever. Join us to hear from the leaders who are working tirelessly to keep us out of nuclear war and moving toward a world where nuclear weapons no longer exist. Chain Reaction...

May 4, 2018 - By Ploughshares Fund
Terisa Siagatonu and Janae Johnson

At this year's Chain Reaction event featuring former Secretary of State John Kerry and Global Zero Campaign Director Meredith Horowski, Bay Area artists Terisa Siagatonu and Janae Johnson delivered a powerful poetry recital based on their experiences living under the specter of the two...

August 29, 2017 - By Ploughshares Fund
The New Movement Against Nuclear Weapons

Ploughshares Fund grantee Global Zero is a network of experts, artists, grassroots activists and student leaders working towards the elimination of all nuclear weapons, and Global Campaign Director Meredith Horowski was recently tasked with leading a “new large-scale grassroots campaign—of...

July 21, 2017 - By Ploughshares Fund
WATCH: John Kerry defends Iran nuclear deal

It’s been two years since world leaders finalized the historic Iran nuclear agreement in Vienna. It stopped Iran from developing a nuclear weapon without starting another devastating war in the Middle East. And it is working. In early June, Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a powerful...

July 12, 2017 - By Ploughshares Fund
VIDEO: Barbara Hall, creator of Madam Secretary

On June 5, Barbara Hall, creator of the acclaimed television series, Madam Secretary, spoke at our Chain Reaction 2017 event featuring Secretary of State John Kerry. She spoke about the show's relationship with real world events, and told a remarkable story about a real "Madam Secretary...

July 10, 2017 - By Ploughshares Fund
VIDEO: John Kerry in Defense of Diplomacy

Secretary of State John Kerry spoke in Defense of Diplomacy at our Chain Reaction 2017 event in San Francisco on June 5. Here what he said: "There's really a bigger fight right now that we have to undertake. And I just want to say a word about that. It's a fight on behalf of diplomacy. It's a...

July 6, 2017 - By Ploughshares Fund
John Kerry defends Iran nuclear deal, Paris Accord at Chain Reaction 2017

Former Secretary of State John Kerry last night took to the stage to deliver a passionate defense of the Iran nuclear agreement and the Paris climate accord — and to remind the world of how critical they both are to global security today, and for generations to come. He stressed the importance...

June 6, 2017 - By Ploughshares Fund