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Stay up-to-date on health mandates for Alaskans at: https://covid19.alaska.gov/ https://www.akhopecongress.org/webinar-series daily 0.75 2020-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6afe64aadd34031f346008/1588117651756-36C5B50ETR49E5U0RB8M/image-asset.jpeg April Webinar Series https://www.akhopecongress.org/global-nuclear-testing daily 0.75 2021-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6afe64aadd34031f346008/1589905836238-NQB6CB9P8XR9XXH8XTUS/Amel+El+Mejri Global Impacts of Nuclear Testing - Amel El Mejri Tunisia | Amel is a PhD candidate in international nuclear law and a part-time professor at the University of Carthage Tunisia. She is actively engaged in nuclear disarmament with ICAN France. In this webinar, she’ll discuss French nuclear tests in Algerian Sahara and their effects on local population. Between 1960 and 1996, France conducted 210 nuclear tests. Of these 210 tests, 17 took place in the Algerian Sahara before being moved to Polynesia. In a declassified top-secret document, the French Ministry of Defense revealed the details of these tests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6afe64aadd34031f346008/1589573441998-1UW53QRSQN4ALVEZ3A45/2048px-Operation_Crossroads_Baker_%28wide%29.jpg Global Impacts of Nuclear Testing Image: Operation Crossroads Baker (1946) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6afe64aadd34031f346008/1589905157313-WJWOJUYVCZCTQZNLSYEV/021C94E25D394E0BBC4314419CB3BF01.jpg Global Impacts of Nuclear Testing - Melaika Andrike Marshall Islands | Melaika attends the University of Washington, studying Medical Anthropology and Global Health. She is also currently completing an internship with the Republic of the Marshall Islands National Nuclear Commission. During the webinar, Melaika will discuss the history of the US Nuclear Testing Program in the Marshall Islands (1946-1958), and explore the implications of the popular cartoon show Spongebob Squarepants on the very real story of the people of Bikini who are not able to go back to their home atoll due to the high levels of radiation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6afe64aadd34031f346008/1589906763644-316JBGZJTIDANI62PKWZ/Taylor+Dunne Global Impacts of Nuclear Testing - Taylor Dunne United States | Taylor Dunne is a filmmaker, curator and educator. Her practice explores the intersection of place, history and landscape. She and her partner, film-maker Eric Stewart, are currently producing the feature length documentary Off-Country about the impact of nuclear testing on down-winder communities in the Southwestern United States. Their film recontextualizes the nuclear legacy of the Southwest from a grassroots perspective. 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