About

We are the youth who have banded together as the Ban All Nukes Generation. Our mission is clear and consistent: to Ban all nuclear weapons, and do it in this generation. All aspects of our work are based on this core mission.

There are approximately 23,000 nuclear warheads in the world-- 5,000 of which the United States and Russia have pointed at each other on high-trigger alert. This dangerous reality has been seen as merely a Cold War Legacy, but the truth is that we in this generation have inherited an unfair and deadly burden.

This legacy cannot continue. As influential world leaders convene and create a safer and stable world, we as young people must work together to spread awareness on this important issue and be the voices of humanity. History has shown us and continues to reveal biological, economic, and even psychological devastation of nuclear weapons, and there is no room or reason to continue these effects. No more. Not now. Not ever.

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 Project for Nuclear Awareness, where she happily fuses her Advertising degree from The University of the Arts with traditional and new media arts in the name of nuclear weapons abolition. Prior to her work on disarmament issues, she was the Creative Communications consultant and designer for FAIR Fund (DC), where she worked on campaign-development, branding, and copywriting in the areas of anti-human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Kim is extremely interested the long-term biological effects and human rights violations of WMDs and conventional weapons, and creative efforts toward social change. On a normal day, she works on design and illustration collaborations, and spends a lot of her time cracking clever puns with her awesome 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.