Building Peace through Media – Join Us Tomorrow, May 12th!
We’re thrilled to once again be partnering with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to host the third in a series of media and leadership summits, tomorrow May 12th at the Newseum in Washington D.C. So you’re not in D.C.? No worries – we’ll have a live webcast and discussion here on the blog beginning at 9:00 AM EST.
You’ll able to engage panelists through a live chat and Twitter (#magd). We encourage you to take part! Sign up and find full details of the event at www.usip.org.
The summit, Seizing the Moment: Media and Peacebuilding, will be moderated by NPR’s Michel Martin, host of the acclaimed program Tell Me More, and will bring together more than 20 thought leaders, CEOs, media makers, and policy gurus to tackle the tough questions around leveraging today’s global media to facilitate conflict resolution and contribute to the expansion of peace.
The summit will present a series of three discussions (The New News: Media at the Crossroads, Storytelling 2.0: Keeping it Real,Opening Minds, and Changing Hearts, and Next Generation Peacebuilders) alongside select content from new documentaries coming to PBS and other outlets, including the Academy® Award-nominated The Most Dangerous Man in America and Project Kashmir airing on Independent Lens on May 18th.
The day’s panelists include:
- Jared Cohen—Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State
- Patricia Harrison—President and CEO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- Marvin Kalb—Veteran Broadcaster and Visiting Expert, USIP
- Riz Khan—Senior News Anchor, Al Jazeera English
- Gary Knell—President and CEO, Sesame Workshop
- Mir Ibrahim Rahman—CEO, Geo TV Pakistan
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