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Global Education Motivators and The Project for Nuclear Awareness Present:
"The Atomic Age: Your Life in a World with Nuclear Weapons”
 What: 4 Videoconferences that address various nuclear issues
Who: Students Grades 10-12, University
Cost: $100 per program
When: November 24, December 1, December 9, and December 16; each from 1pm-2pm
Connection: This program is IP only. Space is limited to 4 sites per program.
To Book: To book this program, please contact Sabrina Cusimano at
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November 24 - Nuclear Weapons: The Basics
Speakers: Ian Ramsey-North and Katherine Locke
Details: While much has been accomplished since the Cold War, the goal of a nuclear weapons-free world still faces serious obstacles. From global relations, nuclear terrorism, energy and economic crises, this presentation will break down the state of the nuclear issue throughout history, and open discussion on current events.
December 1 - Nuclear Weapons: Impact on Life, the Environment, and How They Violate Your Human Rights
Speakers: Emily Gleason and Kim-Thao Nguyen
Details: To date, Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been the only targets in a nuclear weapons attack, killing nearly 200,000 civilians. But what about atomic veterans, test site refugees, and second-hand victims? This presentation shows the lasting damage beyond death that nuclear weapons produce on nature, drawing from past, present, and future scenarios.
December 9 - Nuclear Weapons: Zones of Conflict, Zones of Peace
Speaker: Ed Aguilar and Kim-Thao Nguyen
Details: What exactly does it take to make our world nuclear weapons-free? This presentation demystifies the alphabet soup of nuclear policy—CTBT (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty), NPT (Nonproliferation Treaty), START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)— and how they work. Learn what leaders, civilians, and YOU can do to further progress, in Middle East trouble spots, and around the world.
December 16 - Take Action, Share Your Ideas! Build on to the Global Youth Movement for Disarmament
Speakers: Ed Aguilar, Emily Gleason, Kim-Thao Nguyen and Ian Ramsey-North
Details: You know the facts, now it’s up to you to take action! This final presentation will be devoted to ideas-sharing toward the current global youth movement for nuclear weapons disarmament. This is a continuation of the October 2009 International Youth Conference which began with a dialogue between nearly 150 students in Russia, Mexico, and the U.S. Notes on this conference can found at www.bang-usa.org.
Speakers' Biographies:
Edward A. Aguilar, Esquire Executive Director, Project for Nuclear Awareness (PNA)
Edward A. Aguilar is a graduate of Temple University Law School. A winner of the Bancroft Whitney prize, Ed worked as a lawyer and Court official in Philadelphia for 21 years. Active in peace and disarmament, Ed has served on the LAWS national board since 1988, participated in drafting the model UN Convention on Nuclear Weapons that has been endorsed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and is the Executive Director of the Project for Nuclear Awareness, which he has represented at Geneva conferences on nuclear policy and international human rights law.
Kim-Thao Nguyen, Assistant Director for Programs, PNA
Kim-Thao Nguyen graduated from The University of the Arts, where she studied Advertising and Professional Writing, while intensively pursuing independent studies in illustration, graphic design, and social marketing. Before joining the PNA team, she was the Creative Communications consultant for FAIR Fund (DC), where she worked on campaigns, branding, and copywriting anti-human trafficking and sexual exploitation issues. Her creative work has been published and performed for numerous national corporate businesses and nonprofit organizations. At PNA, Kim offers innovation, insight and style in the supervision of programs development and execution, event planning, and artistic and cultural outreach. Kim is also the co-founder of PNA's youth disarmament network, Ban All Nukes Generation- USA (http://www.bang-usa.org/).
Ian Ramsey-North, Assistant Director for Development, Funding, and Youth Outreach, PNA
Ian Ramsey-North graduated from Haverford College, where he earned a degree in Political Science and was awarded the Stephen Miller Prize for political science. In 2005, after conducting research in Guatemala, he spent nine months living and working in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, helping in relief and reconstruction efforts following Hurricane Stan. Upon completing his coursework at Haverford, he worked with the Corner Project of Malinalco in Malinalco, Mexico, assisting migrants’ families in community and educational development projects. Ian’s responsibilities at PNA include youth outreach, project development, grant-writing, fundraising, and Congressional education.
Emily Gleason Research Assistant, PNA
Emily is a sophomore at Temple University, where she is studying Environmental Studies/Geography and Urban Studies. At PNA, she is working on student and youth organization through the Ban All Nukes Generation network. Recently Emily acted as the coordinator and lead moderator of an International Youth Conference for Nuclear Disarmament, a dialogue between youth in the US, Russia, and Mexico.
Katherine Locke, Research Intern, PNA
Katherine Locke is a recent graduate of Allegheny College. Her travels in Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe have made her keenly aware of international security concerns, and the role of youth in seizing opportunities and creating change. She assists with writing, event organization, and specializes in new and social media methods. Follow our “TweetIntern” on Twitter at www.twitter.com/BanAllNukes.
About Project for Nuclear Awareness (PNA): Project for Nuclear Awareness (PNA) works to educate the public and lawmakers about the real dangers of nuclear weapons, the need for further nuclear disarmament, and the urgent necessity of nuclear non-proliferation. We focus on de-alerting existing arsenals; stopping the creation of new nuclear weapons; respecting our treaties; banning weapons in outer space; and eliminating arsenals of existing weapons to create a nuclear weapons-free world. Our long-term vision is to focus public opinion to support the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons by the US and, through international negotiations, the other nuclear powers, and to increase the multilateral aspects of our control of nuclear terrorism. We also seek a bipartisan consensus in Congress on these issues.
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