About

The Ban All Nukes Generation-USA is a national youth network aiming at advancing the image of a nuclear-weapons-free-world—in our generation.

We believe that 23,000 nuclear weapons in the world—roughly 5,000 in the US and Russia alone on hair-trigger alert—put everyone around the world at risk. We have inherited the relics of the Cold War, but we will not pass them onto another generation.

We assert that the youth of the world are more powerful and conscious than ever before. In this highly interconnected world, we believe that youth around the world can share ideas, projects, goals, and methods for activism. We as young people must work together to spread awareness on this important issue and be the voices of humanity.

We refuse to accept the toxicity of nuclear weapons both to international relations and to the communities in which they are housed as an inevitable part of the world.

We believe that victims of nuclear testing and their children should be recognized and compensated. We believe that our environment is precious, and we should be investing in protecting and reclaiming the environment, instead of destroying it.

We aim to connect youth so that our voices are amplified to our classmates, our friends, our coworkers, our teachers, and our elected representatives. We want to educate, and be educated, on the issue of nuclear weapons and the risk they pose to the world. We encourage the use of creative arts and a variety of mediums to communicate most effectively.

Ban All Nukes Generation is the United States Youth Network for Nuclear Weapons Disarmament. We seek to end the global threat of nuclear weapons through public and Congressional outreach, youth activism, and collaborative research. BANG-USA exists as a network and resource center for domestic and international youth partners interested in taking creative action for a nuclear weapons-free world.


BAN ALL NUKES LEADERS
Kim-Thao Nguyen

Kim-Thao Nguyen is currently the Assistant Director for Programming at the Project for Nuclear Awareness, where she happily fuses her Advertising degree from The University of the Arts with traditional and new media arts. Prior to her work on disarmament, she was the Creative Communications consultant and designer for FAIR Fund (DC), where she worked on campaign development, branding, and copywriting on the issues of anti-human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Kim is enjoys studying WMDs and conventional weapons, as well as creative efforts toward social change. On a normal day, she works on design and illustration collaborations, and spends too much of her time cracking clever puns with her patient coworkers.

Emily Gleason

Emily serves as a research assistant at the Project for Nuclear Awareness where she assists with student outreach and education. She is currently an undergraduate student at Temple University majoring in Environmental Studies with a minor in geology and public health. She is interested in the environmental and public health impacts of uranium mining, nuclear power, nuclear weapons and nuclear waste. In the name of creative activism and inciting public awareness of the nuclear weapons issue, Emily assisted with the construction of life size nuclear weapons costumes and starred in the films "Nukes Gone Wild" and "Two Nukes and Night on the Town".

Emily also serves as a freelance writer for the Temple News and is a volunteer for Planned Parenthood and an ESL tutor for elderly immigrants through Project Shine.

Ian Ramsey-North

Ian Ramsey-North has been engaged in issues of social justice for many years. While a student at Haverford College, he studied political science with a particular focus on matters of peace and conflict resolution. Following a summer spent conducting research in Guatemala, he spent nine months living and working in a rural Guatemalan town helping in relief and reconstruction efforts following a devastating hurricane. Upon completing his coursework at Haverford, he spent the latter half of 2008 in Mexico, working with migrants’ families in community and educational development projects. His work and educational experiences have impressed upon him the grave consequences of violence in all its forms and the urgent need to make the world safe for all people. Ian is currently the Assistant Director for Development, Funding and Youth Outreach at Project for Nuclear Awareness.

Katherine Locke
Katherine is a recent graduate of Allegheny College, and is the New Media Specialist and Research Assistant at the Project for Nuclear Awareness . 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, office duties, and is the Senior Resident Tweeter.