Irwin Redlener speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative
I was honored to speak at the opening session of the 2023 Clinton Global Initiative on the importance of addressing children's needs as part of Ukraine's long-term recovery.
Fighting the Good and Seemingly Endless Fight
Hurricane Idalia Makes Landfall as a CAT 3, Now a CAT 1
Joan Baez in Ukraine: A New Voice of Hope
It was our 5th trip to Ukraine. But this time, we traveled with legendary singer/ social activist Joan Baez. This was no coincidence. Fast forward to our most recent trip to a country at war, where there is fierce combat in the east and, for the most part, in western Ukraine, people living in some of the most beautiful cities in Europe.
Use Diplomacy to End the Nuclear Arms Race
China’s decision to grow its nuclear weapons arsenal to be on a par with or potentially more advanced than that of the U.S. could not be worse news. I fear that the danger of an intentional or inadvertent launch of global nuclear war will soon be greater than it was when the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 put us on the brink of a nuclear apocalypse.
Remembering Harry Belafonte’s Commitment to Social Activism: ‘This Is a Pure Legacy’
Russia is intentionally targeting Ukrainian children as an act of war
It is increasingly difficult to determine how many Ukrainian children have been killed, injured, or severely traumatized by Russia’s brutality since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. The latest formal reports from United Nations agencies suggest that some 500 children have been killed and more than 800 severely injured as collateral casualties of the war.
Delivery of school buses to the devastated region of Chernihiv
The War is Having a Devastating Impact on Ukraine’s Children - Survey
A survey released today by the Ukraine Children’s Action Project (UCAP), conducted in collaboration with Kyiv-based Ratings Group, details the extreme toll of the Ukrainian war on the mental health and educational performance of the nation’s children.