The Nuclear Truth Project benefits from the expertise of people across the world, particularly those with direct or intergenerational experience of nuclear harms.
We welcome new members to join our regular online meetings. Please inquire about upcoming meetings here.
We have a Steering Committee which is comprised of at least sixty percent First Nations Peoples, people of colour, affected community members, LGBTQ, and women. In December 2022 the Steering Committee elected Bedi Racule and Kathleen Sullivan to Co-Chair the Nuclear Truth Project.
We have two co-Coordinators, Pam Kingfisher (based in the United States) and Dimity Hawkins (based in Australia). Contact Pam here and Dimity here with any inquiries about our work.
We also have active working groups that design and implement our project activities. Contact the Protocols working group here.
We welcome new members to join our regular online meetings. Please inquire about upcoming meetings here.
We have a Steering Committee which is comprised of at least sixty percent First Nations Peoples, people of colour, affected community members, LGBTQ, and women. In December 2022 the Steering Committee elected Bedi Racule and Kathleen Sullivan to Co-Chair the Nuclear Truth Project.
We have two co-Coordinators, Pam Kingfisher (based in the United States) and Dimity Hawkins (based in Australia). Contact Pam here and Dimity here with any inquiries about our work.
We also have active working groups that design and implement our project activities. Contact the Protocols working group here.
Introducing BEDI RACULE
Bedi Racule hails from the Marshall Islands and Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, with roots in Hawaii and Fiji. She has just completed her postgraduate degree in Development Studies at the University of the South Pacific where she was serving as the former president of MISA4thePacific - a grassroots youth organization raising awareness for nuclear justice in the Pacific. Bedi is now engaged as an Interning Ecumenical Enabler for Climate Justice at the Pacific Conference of Churches, where she aims to link the climate crisis to nuclear issues. She attended the First Meeting of State Parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna, Austria where she met nuclear bomb and tests survivors from many parts of the world and shared truths about the ongoing impacts of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE NUCLEAR TRUTH PROJECT: "The nuclear truth project is about bringing together people from all over the world with different backgrounds, different cultures, and different interests - who are all so incredibly passionate about seeking justice through truth telling and through the collective collaboration of indigenous peoples. This space is very valuable to me because of the way it is centered on indigenous experiences and values which often get lost in conversations about nuclear issues which mainly focus on the unemotional language of laws or science. It is also very valuable to me because of the network and connections that I have been able to make with people from all around the globe. I am here and look forward to working with the nuclear truth project because the truth about nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands is still being censored or even worse, erased, which prevents my people from seeing the long-awaited justice they so rightfully deserve."
Bedi Racule hails from the Marshall Islands and Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, with roots in Hawaii and Fiji. She has just completed her postgraduate degree in Development Studies at the University of the South Pacific where she was serving as the former president of MISA4thePacific - a grassroots youth organization raising awareness for nuclear justice in the Pacific. Bedi is now engaged as an Interning Ecumenical Enabler for Climate Justice at the Pacific Conference of Churches, where she aims to link the climate crisis to nuclear issues. She attended the First Meeting of State Parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna, Austria where she met nuclear bomb and tests survivors from many parts of the world and shared truths about the ongoing impacts of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE NUCLEAR TRUTH PROJECT: "The nuclear truth project is about bringing together people from all over the world with different backgrounds, different cultures, and different interests - who are all so incredibly passionate about seeking justice through truth telling and through the collective collaboration of indigenous peoples. This space is very valuable to me because of the way it is centered on indigenous experiences and values which often get lost in conversations about nuclear issues which mainly focus on the unemotional language of laws or science. It is also very valuable to me because of the network and connections that I have been able to make with people from all around the globe. I am here and look forward to working with the nuclear truth project because the truth about nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands is still being censored or even worse, erased, which prevents my people from seeing the long-awaited justice they so rightfully deserve."
DNA Repair. 2017. 16 x 20 in. Acrylic on Watercolor Paper. Mallery Quetawki (Zuni Pueblo). artist site | instagram
DNA has the ability to repair itself through complex mechanisms and pathways when damage occurs. Its intricacy of repair can be compared to the creation of beaded items in Native Culture. Designs are thought out ahead and require skill and patience to be able to bead such intricate pieces. When a beaded necklace comes undone, the stones/beads are restrung by using what is already there. The design used is from the Crow Nation. The use of the flower design symbolizes the idea of regrowth.
We would like to acknowledge the support of Ms. Quetawki’s images by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, the University of New Mexico NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy.
DNA has the ability to repair itself through complex mechanisms and pathways when damage occurs. Its intricacy of repair can be compared to the creation of beaded items in Native Culture. Designs are thought out ahead and require skill and patience to be able to bead such intricate pieces. When a beaded necklace comes undone, the stones/beads are restrung by using what is already there. The design used is from the Crow Nation. The use of the flower design symbolizes the idea of regrowth.
We would like to acknowledge the support of Ms. Quetawki’s images by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, the University of New Mexico NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy.
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