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Elizabeth Mandelman and Project Ploughshares (IANSA)
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Elizabeth Mandelman will be working in Waterloo, Canada with the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and their local members, Project Ploughshares and Peacebuild. IANSA, with over 800 members in 120 countries, works to stop the proliferation and use of small arms and light weapons. This summer, IANSA is embarking upon a global campaign focused on stopping the proliferation of small arms and their use in domestic violence.
As legislation already exists in Canada that works to harmonize gun control and domestic violence laws, the Canadian campaign will focus on the enforcement of this legislation and the prevention of legislation that would work to weaken gun control in Canada. It will also focus on illustrating the positive impact that tighter gun control has had on reducing domestic violence in the country, and on what needs to be done to increase this impact and in order to protect more women and youth.
Elizabeth, originally from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, moved to Minneapolis in 2000 to attend the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. As an undergraduate, she majored in political science, focusing on political philosophy as well as civil liberties and specific historical events like the Civil Rights Movement and the Holocaust. She minored in German, having been an exchange student while in high school. In addition, she interned with the Minnesota Senate, for the chair of the Taxes Committee. During her entire time as an undergraduate, she worked for the Center for German and European Studies, helping to plan international and domestic events and workshops and programs, among other things.
Currently, Elizabeth is working towards her Master’s in Public Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She is concentrating in social policy, and minoring in human rights. Elizabeth has worked for the Minnesota House of Representatives for four years, beginning as a Legislative Assistant for three legislators. Currently, she is the Committee Legislative Assistant for the K-12 Education Finance Committee, and for the chair of that committee. In addition, she has spent hundreds of hours volunteering for political campaigns, and in 2005 took a leave from her job at the House to work as a Campaign Coordinator for a Minnesota special election campaign.
Elizabeth looks forward to traveling to Canada this summer to be part of such an exciting and worthy cause, and hopes that she will be able to help make an impact in the fight against small arms.
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