Texans Ending Nuclear Dangers
About Us:
Texans Ending Nuclear Dangers or TEND is a coalition of Texas citizens of diverse backgrounds. We work together toward a world free of nuclear weapons and advocating for common sense nuclear weapons policies to secure a safer, more just future. These truths are the reasons for our work. Nuclear weapons are the most destructive and inhumane ever created. Even their limited use would cause the immediate death of many millions and worldwide changes that would completely disrupt our civilization. Without ever being used, their continued production and modernization cause damage to the environment, divert money and resources away from meeting human need, violate international law, and maintain the threat of global destruction by accident, miscalculation, or war. Immediate reduction of nuclear dangers and eventual elimination of these weapons must be achieved.
TEND uses the five solutions of Back from the Brink:
Actively pursuing a verifiable agreement among nuclear-armed states to eliminate their nuclear arsenals.
Renouncing the option of using nuclear weapons first.
Ending the sole, unchecked authority of any U.S. President to launch a nuclear attack.
Taking U.S. nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert.
Cancelling the plan to replace the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal with enhanced weapons.