This July in Washington, DC, Global Zero will invite 20 college students area to join an elite corps of youth activists working towards the elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide.
The Global Zero Student Leadership Summer will join students selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants with high profile policy leaders and Global Zero signatories for private policy briefings in DC, and offer student activists media and organizing training from top practitioners in their field.
Who Should Apply
Current college students, recently graduated high school students starting college in fall 2009, and students taking a gap year. Applicants should be in the Washington, DC area for the summer.
Global Zero is looking for applicants who are ready to commit to the mission of global zero - this means starting and leading chapters on your campus and coordinating closely with Global Zero staff online and offline to grow a global grassroots movement for zero.
How to Apply
Applications are due before 9AM Tuesday, July 6 and must be submitted through the online web form. Acceptances will be distributed on a rolling basis, so interested individuals are encouraged to complete and submit their applications asap.
Program Schedule
The Global Zero Student Leadership Summer will consist of four lunchtime policy briefings. The briefings will be with Ambassador Thomas Pickering on national perspectives and strategies for Zero, former DOE Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, on nuclear terrorism, Global Zero US Chair, Ambassador Richard Burt, on the Global Zero Action Plan for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons, and Global Zero Co-Coordinators, Dr. Bruce Blair and Matt Brown. These briefings will take place between July 19 and July 30. Program participants will also be required to participate in a weekend training retreat on Saturday, July 24 and Sunday July 25.