Democracy

The Harvard Kennedy School's Kokkalis Program was established to train, engage, and connect present and future leaders to effectively serve the public good of Southeast Europe.

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Alan Henrickson is now the Lee E. Dirks Professor of Diplomatic History and the Director of Diplomatic Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy as well as teaches American diplomatic history, contemporary U.S.- European relations, global political geography, and the history, theory, and practice of diplomacy at Tufts University. Henrickson is also currently a member of the National Council of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Boston Committee on Foreign Relations and member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

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A Panel Discussion about Connecting Democracy: Online Consultation and the Flow of Political Communication

Peter Shane, Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law at the Ohio State University and Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School Library (co-editor of the book)

David Lazer, Associate Professor, College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University

Ethan Zuckerman, Director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT

Matthew Baum, Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communications, Professor of Public Policy, Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

John Palfrey, Berkman Faculty Co-Director, Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law, Vice Dean, Library and Information Resources, Harvard Law School

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Join Massachusetts Peace Action for our annual meeting as we review our progress in 2011 and chart the path for our work in 2012. We’ll elect new board members, discuss plans for work towards a nuclear-free world, and learn organizing skills in workshops on the 2012 elections and on passing tow...n resolutions. Neta Crawford, co-director of Brown University’s Cost of War Project, will talk about the continuing tragedy of US militarism and the lives and dollars we are losing in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Judith LeBlanc, National Organizer for Peace Action, will update us on Peace Action’s national campaign to Move the Money from the military to human needs and discuss building coalitions with human service, labor, and community groups.

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Peter M. Shane, Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law at the Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law & Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.