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"Hey, World! Let's Create a Nuclear-Free Future " (2 minutes)

Nuclear abolition connects deeply with struggles to end and prevent wars, increase peace, and achieve economic and environmental justice in our local communities and around the world. Learn more and get involved!

This short video promotes upcoming activities in New York City and around the world, which will include:

* An international peace, justice and environmental conference – April 24 & 25

* A major international rally, march to the United Nations and peace festival – April 26

* A ‘Global Wave’ of symbolic public actions in cities around the world to ‘Wave Goodbye to Nuclear Weapons’

* Nonviolent demonstrations, protest actions and numerous side events to press demands for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons, and for economic justice and environmental sustainability

* The presentation of millions of signatures on petitions calling for nuclear weapons abolition

* Youth and student organizing

* An Interfaith Service for Nuclear Weapons Abolition

More details at: http://www.peaceandplanet.org

"Peak Moment" (44 minutes)

In the two-part episode, Leila Darwish, author of Earth Repair, provides a grassroots guide to healing toxic and damaged landscapes. She talks about involving the local community, getting the soil and/or water tested periodically, and approaching the work with humility rather than "humans know best." Healers can use plants, microbes and fungi like mushrooms to extract, bind or break down contaminants. She is excited by the experimentation done by grassroots remediators, who are openly sharing their successes and failures. "It shouldn't be on the [local] people to do the cleanup work, but if you have healing work that needs to be done, it should be with people who have the heart to do it."

"Second Chance Citizens" (7 minutes)

What if you committed an offense and served your time in prison - now what? Unfortunately, there are enormous challenges to re-entry. One of the hardest is finding a job. The vast majority of employers won’t even let a a person with a criminal record apply. Parole requires a steady residence, but affordable housing requires background checks. There's a catch-22 at every turn. It’s no wonder that approximately two thirds of prisoners are projected to be rearrested within the first three years of release. This vicious cycle makes our community less safe, greatly affects children of incarcerated parents, and gives a life sentence to men and women who’s sentence is already over. "Second Chance Citizens" illustrates that this doesn’t have to be the case. It’s a success story of a man who re-enters society and supports his family due to an employer giving him a chance. This story can be re-created. This can happen all over America. Do you believe in second chances?

"Catching Fire" (54 minutes)

Catching Fire tells a compelling story of how a small but committed group of local, tribal, state and federal land managers are bringing back the use of prescribed fire as a tool to protect communities and ecosystems across Northern California. It examines the use of fire by the Karuk Tribe of California, and the connection between the rise of megafires across the West and the last century of fire suppression. Drawing on interviews with fire scientists, tribal and federal land managers, and fire savvy residents from across the North State, this film provides insight on how our relationship to fire can be restored through strategic use of fire as a powerful management tool.