Published on: Tuesday, August 6, 2024 News Alert
TKPK Nuclear-Free Zone: Calling for a Global Effort to Prevent Nuclear War
On December 12, 1983, the City of Takoma Park City Council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance establishing our city as a Nuclear-Free Zone. In doing so, Takoma Park became one of the first municipalities in the country to prohibit municipal investments in industries and institutions that are knowingly and intentionally engaged in the production of nuclear weapons. Over 40 years later, Takoma Park is still Nuclear-Free and calling for a global effort to prevent nuclear war.
On July 31, 2024, City Council adopted Resolution 2024-32, calling on the United States to lead a global effort to prevent nuclear war by:
- actively pursuing a verifiable agreement among nuclear-armed states to eliminate their nuclear arsenals;
- renouncing the option of using nuclear weapons first;
- ending the sole, unchecked authority of any president to launch a nuclear attack;
- taking U.S. nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert; and
- canceling the plan to replace its entire arsenal with enhanced weapons.
Learn more about the City of Takoma Park’s commitment to maintaining a Nuclear-Free City with some of the following resources:
