Council for a Livable World

Council for a Livable World is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to eliminating the U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons.

In February 2016, John F. Tierney was appointed the executive director of the Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

[3] For more than 50 years, the Council for a Livable World has been advocating for a more principled approach to U.S. national security and foreign policy.

The Council endorsed Presidents Barack Obama[5] and Joe Biden[6] in their respective first runs for U.S. Senate seats.

The Council has influenced U.S. arms control and national security policies for over fifty years by working on or supporting several issues including: Since 2006, Council for a Livable World and its research center and sister organization, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, present the Father Robert F. Drinan National Peace and Human Rights Award to individuals who exemplify the late Father Drinan's commitment to peace and human justice.

In 1970, Father Robert Drinan became the first Roman Catholic priest to be elected to the United States Congress. He served five terms as a congressman before an edict by Pope John Paul II instructed all Catholic priests to withdraw from electoral politics.