RIT Community for Nuclear Awareness t-shirt , 1982

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RIT Community for Nuclear Awareness t-shirt , 1982

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T-shirt from the Nuclear Weapons Convocation held at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Student Union on November 11, 1982. The RIT Community for Nuclear Awareness t-shirt was from the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) Nuclear Weapons Convocation, which was held on November 11, 1982. The event was held on campus to promote awareness of the global nuclear weapons situation. The t-shirt is accompanied by a notecard from Dr. Jean A. Douthwright, a professor in RIT's Biology Department. This card presumably accompanied the t-shirt when it was donated.

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester Institute of Technology. Community for Nuclear Awareness,

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According to the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) 1988 Yearbook, Techmila, the RIT Community for Nuclear Awareness was "an association of students, focus[ed] on issues dealing with the arms race, nuclear power and U.S. domestic and foreign policy." During the 1987-1988 school year, the group participated in various rallies for nuclear disarmament and sponsored several lectures on related topics. The group also appears to have been involved in a Nuclear Weapons Convocation held on RIT's ...

Rochester institute of technology

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