UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty- Entry Into Force w/ Pat Marida & Mary Olson

Carolyn Harding with Pat Marida and Mary Olson, advocates for the United Nations Treaty banning Nuclear Weapons, Enters into Force Today, Friday, January 22, 2021. Pat Marida has worked to stop the threats posed by nuclear weapons since the 1980s, as a volunteer with the Ohio Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign and the Sierra Club. She served as an Executive Committee Member of the Ohio Sierra Club and is currently a Core Team Member of the national Sierra Club’s Nuclear Free Campaign. As a pharmacist, she well understands the deadly effects of ionizing radiation on people and other life forms. Pat lives in Columbus. Mary Olson is Acting Director of the Gender and Radiation Impact Project. She served as Staff Biologist and Senior Radioactive Waste Policy Analyst at US-based Nuclear Information and Resource Service. Her work on radiation education lead her to the question of whether biological sex is a factor in radiation harm. Her paper, ‘Atomic Radiation is More Harmful to Women’ was featured at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons; the UN Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review; the International Committee of the Red Cross Asia meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia and many other conferences. She is currently raising funds to support a 2021 project to define a new, gender-inclusive basis for radiation protection standards to help prevent unnecessary radiation exposure and reduce radiation harm. https://www.genderandradiation.org icanw.org https://www.hiroshimanagasaki75.org/partners We just witnessed the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to take the leadership and unify the United States of America. And today, January 22, 2021 The United Nations Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, a landmark Treaty, Enters into Force. GrassRoot Ohio, Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio. Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org, Sundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and Sundays at 4:00