Katie
Katie Mounts is a Policy Associate and Office Manager at the Council for a Livable World where she researches and tracks security issues, legislation, and political campaigns and drafts and edits legislative action e-alerts and related policy analyses.
Prior to joining the Council, Mounts interned for the Education for Justice Project at the Center of Concern in Washington, D.C. and served as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Uganda Conflict Action Network, a transnational peace movement for Northern Uganda. While in college, Mounts worked as an editorial assistant for the Review of Politics, co-chaired the Kroc Institute's annual Student Peace Conference, worked with issues relating to gender relations, and spent a semester of foreign study in Rome.
Mounts holds a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame.
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See All: Comments | Blog Posts Showing 5 of 66- New START Community Call Summary
05/20/2010 01:41:06 PM EST
On May 13th, Council for a Livable World members participated in a conference call with Council Executive Director John Isaacs, and chairman of the Council’s sister organization, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, Jr. Isaacs is one of the leaders of the nation’s arms control community and has long been an expert on the workings of Congress. He has represented the Council on Capitol Hill since 1978. Gard’s current work focuses on nuclear non-proliferation, missile defense, Afghanistan, Iran, and other national security issues. Among other accomplishments, during his 31-year military career, Gen. Gard saw combat in both the Korean and Vietnam wars, and also served as Executive Assistant to two secretaries of defense. The conversation with Gard and Isaacs covered this year’s “Nuclear Spring” and what is to come for New START in Congress. Click here for a summary of the call or to listen to the full audio. Click here to find out more about our membership program and how to join future Council for a Livable World Community Calls.
- Global Zero
05/20/2010 09:37:32 AM EST
attached to New START Treaty Pivots Forward - Alan Khazei Speaks to Council Supporters in MA
04/16/2010 03:28:26 PM EST
On April 1, 2010 Alan Khazei spoke to a gathering of Council for a Livable World and Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation supporters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA. Khazei is a citizen activist with a long history of public advocacy for progressive causes. Khazei is the founder of City Year, a organization dedicated to fostering public service among young people, and Be The Change, Inc, a group the creates national public awareness campaigns to build momentum for citizen service. He is a founding member of Global Zero, an international membership organization dedicated to building momentum and providing a pragmatic blueprint for the eventual and total elimination of nuclear weapons. In 2009, Khazei was a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat left open by the passing of progressive icon Sen. Edward Kennedy and received the enthusiastic endorsement of Council for a Livable World. Although Khazei was defeated in the Democratic primary, the grassroots enthusiasm and support generated by his dark-horse candidacy earned him widespread recognition as an emerging figure in progressive politics. Addressing Council and Center activists at MIT, Khazei noted that the current political and policy environments present us with unprecedented opportunities in our effort to rid the world of the scourge of nuclear weapons. In President Barack Obama we have a genuine advocate of a nuclear weapons free world in the oval office. At the same time, in the past several years a clear bipartisan consensus in support of this vision has also arisen, crystallized most clearly in the statements of the “Four Horsemen” – former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, George Schultz, Secretary of Defense William Perry and Senator Sam Nunn – and their unambiguous call for nuclear disarmament. - The Next Generation Speaks: Briefing on Critical U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy Initiatives
04/14/2010 01:47:26 PM EST
Invitation: Nuclear Weapons Policy Conference Call for Youth/Student Leaders
4/20/10 Are you a member of your school’s debate team that has focused on U.S. nuclear weapons policy this year? Or a member of a campus-based group working on peace and security issues? Or simply a young person concerned about the future and wanting to be more involved? You are cordially invited to participate in a national conference call,- The Next Generation Speaks – A Briefing and Discussion on Critical U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy Initiatives
- Fantastic Opportunity for Students/Young Professionals
03/18/2010 11:36:41 AM EST
Fantastic opportunity for fellow young professionals to get involved in nuclear security work and travel the country, from our friends at Global Zero. ___________ GLOBAL ZERO: A WORLD WITHOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS Now through May, we have an opportunity to dramatically expand the Global Zero movement - by bringing a critically acclaimed new film, COUNTDOWN TO ZERO, to campuses, churches, conferences, and camps around the United States. To do this, we need your help. Actually, we need you. APPLY TO BE A GLOBAL ZERO ROADIE NOW We have filled several of these positions, but are still seeking Roadies! Applications are now being accepted on a rolling basis until all 12 positions are filled. WHAT WE'RE DOING Bringing celebrities, young people, world leaders, and community members to watch a critically acclaimed new film called COUNTDOWN TO ZERO - and join the Global Zero movement. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR 12 highly motivated, intelligent volunteers who are willing to be at the forefront of a growing global movement. You must be at least 18 years of age and have attained your high school diploma. Possession of a valid driver's license and clean record is preferred. Read the details here. Go to the application..