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Bridget Moix
Legislative Secretary, Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict
Bridget leads the Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict program, which focuses on building U.S. diplomatic and development capacities to better prevent war and supporting international peacebuilding through the United Nations. The program also addresses specific conflicts, such as the crisis in Darfur, through a prevention lens.
Bridget Moix has worked for over twelve years on peace and conflict issues within the U.S. and international policy arenas. She began her career with FCNL as an intern in 1996 and worked as a Legislative Secretary from 2002-2006. She returned to FCNL in September 2008. Previously she worked with Oxfam America as a policy advisor on Sudan (2005), the Quaker United Nations Office in New York under a New Voices fellowship (2000-2002), the World Policy Institute’s Arms Trade Resource Center (1998-2000), the Quaker Peace Center in Cape Town, South Africa (1999), and as an intern with the American Friends Service Committee during college. She recently returned to Washington, DC after spending over two years in Mexico City where she directed the Casa de los Amigos, a small Quaker peace and hospitality center.
Bridget holds a Masters of International Affairs from Columbia University, where she focused her studies on human security and international conflict resolution. She received her undergraduate degree in Sociology and Nonfiction Writing from Ohio Wesleyan in 1996. Bridget has travelled widely, including visits to South Africa, Kenya, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, the Philippines, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and various countries in Europe.
She is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, and serves on committees of the American Friends Service Committee, the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva, the Friends Peace Teams Latin America Peacebuilding Program, and the Clarence and Lily Pickett Endowment for Quaker Leadership.
Bridget lives in Washington, DC, with her partner Alberto and their son Pablo.
See Bridget in a video explaining How to Abolish War.
Hear Bridget's 2009 presentation to the Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association, as well as the question and answer session.
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Reviewed:
07/16/2009
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