WASHINGTON - June 23 - The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is releasing a new DVD that aims to grow public awareness and involvement in the movement to eliminate nuclear weapons.

Watch it here:   http://www.wagingpeace.org/

Called "U.S. Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World," the 8-minute educational video shows how the US and the world will benefit by moving beyond nuclear weapons. It follows "Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future," the Foundation's first DVD. More than 5,000 copies have been distributed of this first DVD with another 5,000 plus views on the Internet

The release, which features President Obama, comes at a time of great opportunity for progress toward nuclear disarmament.  In April, speaking in Prague, President Obama laid out the goal in direct language:

"Today, I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons."

Key points about the new DVD, "U.S. Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World"

• The DVD can be pre-ordered now, with a projected release date of July 20, 2009.
• On the DVD, people will also be able to view a Spanish-language version as well as the first video "Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future"
• The free DVD will be one of the key tools used by the Foundation's volunteer peace leaders around the United States and the world - with these peace leaders showing the DVD in their own communities to inform and motivate their family, friends, neighbors and work colleagues.
• "U.S. Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World" was edited entirely by a volunteer peace leader, Ivan VanWingerden, a university student at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo

"Political will and US leadership have been the most significant missing elements for achieving a world free of nuclear weapons," writes Dr. David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and a campaigner for nuclear weapons abolition for 27 years.  "Now that these elements are in place, we may be surprised by how quickly the planning and implementation process can proceed toward the total global elimination of these unconscionable weapons."

Earlier this year, Dr. Krieger led a delegation to Washington, DC to present a petition to the White House seeking new leadership for a world free of nuclear weapons. The special appeal was signed by 70,000 people and 100 organizations.

"[President Obama] has taken us a third of the way to the goal by articulating this vision.  Now a more detailed plan must be formulated and the plan must be implemented," writes Dr. Krieger.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation wants to help bring such a plan, based on this new U.S. policy, to fruition. The Foundation wants to use its extensive educational resources  (www.wagingpeace.org and www.nuclearfiles.org ) to create strong grassroots support for the goal we share with President Obama. See our Action Plan 2009-2010.

The Foundation believes that sensible nuclear disarmament -- multilateral, phased, irreversible, verifiable and transparent -- is an essential part of ensuring the future viability of our precious planet Earth.

Anyone who supports the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons can join the Foundation at  http://www.wagingpeace.org/  Membership is free.