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SUMMARY:Standing Against Authoritarianism: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya\, Belarus’ Opposition Leader on Fighting the Lukashenko Regime from Exile
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by World Affairs Council of Orange County \nConversation moderated by: \nMelinda Haring\, Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center \n— \nHosted in Partnership with UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies \n— \nA Zoom webinar event \nThursday\, March 3\, 2022\, at 9:00 AM PST \nSpeaker Bio: \nSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the leader of the Belarusian democratic forces who independent observers agree won the presidential election on August 9\, 2020\, against the autocratic President Aliaksandr Lukashenka. \nAs the leader of the Belarusian democratic movement\, she has visited 26 countries\, gathering support and advocating for the release of almost a 1000 of political prisoners and a peaceful transition of power through free and fair elections. In meetings with President Biden\, Chancellor Merkel\, President Macron\, President von der Leyen\, President Charles Michel\, and other world leaders\, Tsikhanouskaya emphasized the need for a braver response to the actions of the Belarusian dictatorship. \nTsikhanouskaya’s story began when she entered the race after her husband Siarhei Tsikhanousky was arrested for voicing his presidential aspirations. Lukashenka publicly dismissed her as a “housewife\,” saying that a woman cannot become president. Nonetheless\, Tsikhanouskaya united and successfully led the democratic coalition along with two other leaders\, Maria Kalesnikava and Veranika Tsapkala. Following her forced exile\, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya inspired unprecedented peaceful protests in Belarus\, with some rallies numbering at least 200\,000 people. \nIn 2020–2022\, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya became a symbol of the peaceful struggle for democracy and strong female leadership. Among dozens of distinctions\, she is a recipient of the Sakharov Prize awarded by the European Parliament\, 2022 International Four Freedoms Award\, and Charlemagne Prize. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Members of the Norwegian Parliament. Tsikhanouskaya has been recognized in Bloomberg’s Top 50 Most Influential People\, Financial Times’ Top 12 Most Influential Women\, and Politico’s Top 28 Most Influential Europeans. \nModerator Bio: \nMelinda Haring is the deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. Previously\, she was the editor of the Atlantic Council’s popular publication\, the UkraineAlert blog. She is the author of the report Reforming the democracy bureaucracy (FPRI\, 2013) coauthor of Biden and Ukraine: a strategy for the next administration (Atlantic Council\, 2021)\, Biden and Belarus: a strategy for the next administration (Atlantic Council\, 2021)\, Ukraine’s internally displaced persons hold a key to peace (Atlantic Council\, 2017)\, and a contributor to Does democracy matter? (Rowman & Littlefield\, 2017). \nHaring has worked for Eurasia Foundation\, Freedom House\, and the National Democratic Institute\, where she managed democracy assistance programs in Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, and Russia. A graduate of Georgetown University\, she holds an MA in Government with a certificate in Russian\, Eurasian\, and East European Studies. \nHaring is the vice-chair of the board of East Europe Foundation in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, a member of the supervisory board of Right to Protection in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/standing-against-authoritarianism-sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya-belarus-opposition-leader-on-fighting-the-lukashenko-regime-from-exile/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual Seminar
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SUMMARY:DEMOCRACY & THE PRESS
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US FOR DEMOCRACY & THE PRESS \nwith AP photojournalists in conversation about how the free press plays an essential role in sustaining an informed democracy \n\nMarch 3\, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.\nNKU’s Griffin Hall\, admission is free – or attend virtually\nRSVP by CLICKING HERE\nPresented with support from Kentucky Humanities\n\nCommunity friends\, \nEven as democracy is threatened in the world\, it has been under fire\, too\, in our own nation. On May 25\, 2020\, George Floyd was killed in police custody – awakening national protests. On Jan. 6\, 2021\, the nation’s Capitol was stormed by a mob that wanted to overturn a presidential election. \nCovering both was the Associated Press\, the stalwart news service that provides coverage of events in our home communities\, in the nation and around the world. As I write this\, AP reporters and photographers are in Ukraine\, covering the outbreak of a war. \nNext week\, on Thursday\, March 3\, at 6 p.m.\, three AP photojournalists who have been in the thick of the events of the past few years\, will visit Northern Kentucky University to talk about their work. The powerful images have helped to tell the story of America in our times. \nThe three are: \n\nKim Johnson Flodin\, a deputy news directors based in Chicago\, and one of AP’s photo editors who direct coverage.\nJulio Cortez\, staff photographer\, and part of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize winning team of AP photographers – his widely published photo taken on the night of May 28 in riot-torn Minneapolis shows a lone\, silhouetted protester running with an upside-down American flag past a burning liquor store.\nAndrew Harnik\, staff photographer\, is based in Washington\, DC\, and was among the AP team who covered the storming of the Capitol. His work has taken him around the world with top U.S. diplomats and all over the country with presidents and candidates for president.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/democracy-the-press/
LOCATION:NKU Griffin Hall
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Local
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220308T160000
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SUMMARY:“Challenges of Leadership in Our Democracy”  With Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta
DESCRIPTION:“Challenges of Leadership in Our Democracy” \nWith Sec. Leon Panetta \n(Secretary of Defense\, 2011-2013 \nDirector of the CIA\, 2009-2011) \nA Zoom Webinar event \nTuesday\, March 8th\, 2021 at 1:00 PM PST \nConversation moderated by Dr. Richard Downie \n— \nSpeaker Bio: \nThe son of Italian immigrants\, born and raised in Monterey and graduate of Santa Clara University and Santa Clara University School of Law\, Secretary Panetta began his long and distinguished public service career in 1964 as a First Lieutenant in the United States Army\, and upon discharge went to work in Washington as a legislative assistant to United States Senate Minority Whip Tom Kuchel of California. In 1969\, he was appointed director of the Department of Health\, Education and Welfare’s Office for Civil Rights\, where he was responsible for enforcing equal education laws. Later\, he served as executive assistant to the mayor of New York City. He then returned to Monterey\, where he practiced law until his election to the United States House of Representatives in 1976. \nServing in Congress for sixteen years\, Secretary Panetta was a key participant in agriculture\, healthcare\, ocean and federal budget issues. From 1989 to 1993\, he chaired the House Budget Committee. He authored a wide range of legislation\, including the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988\, Medicare and Medicaid coverage for hospice care for the terminally ill\, and numerous measures to protect the California coast\, including creation of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. \nIn 1993\, Secretary Panetta left Congress to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget for the Clinton administration. There\, he was instrumental in developing the policies that led to a balanced federal budget and eventual surpluses. In 1994\, he accepted appointment as the president’s chief of staff\, and immediately brought order and focus to White House operations. \nUpon leaving the Clinton administration in 1997\, Secretary Panetta joined with his wife Sylvia to establish and co-direct The Panetta Institute for Public Policy\, based at California State University\, Monterey Bay. Reflecting Secretary Panetta’s own ideals and personal example\, the nonpartisan\, not-for-profit study center seeks to attract thoughtful men and women to lives of public service and prepare them for the policy challenges of the future. \nReturning to public service in the Obama administration as director of the CIA\, he ran the operation that brought Osama bin Laden to justice\, and\, as Secretary of Defense\, led the effort to develop a new defense strategy\, helped bring two wars to an end\, and opened up opportunities for everyone to serve in the military. \nSecretary Panetta returned to the Panetta Institute as chairman on February 27\, 2013 and resumed his role as moderator of the renowned Leon Panetta Lecture Series. He chronicles his life in public service in his best-selling memoir Worthy Fights\, which was published in 2014.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/challenges-of-leadership-in-our-democracy-with-secretary-of-defense-leon-panetta/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220314T130000
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SUMMARY:Small World Cafe: Contextualizing the Crisis in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 14\, 1pm EST \nAfter the February 24 Russian invasion of Ukraine the world watched in horror as the situation rapidly escalated into a full-on war and refugee crisis. As Americans struggle to follow this crisis\, we cannot begin to understand a possible outcome without a full picture view of the historical events and motivations that have shaped Russia’s actions. To contextualize this crisis\, Dr. Steven Miner of Ohio University will share with us a history of Russia’s foreign policy aims since the end of the Cold War\, Ukraine’s priorities and challenges as a young democracy\, and Putin’s nationalistic rhetoric and motivations for pursuing Ukraine. \nSpeakers:  \nDr. Steven Miner\, Professor\, Department of History\, Ohio University \nSteven M. Miner is Professor in the Department of History. He is a specialist in recent Russian/Soviet and East European history. He is currently at work on a history of the Soviet Union during the Second World War\, tentatively titled The Furies Unleashed: The Soviet People at War\, 1941-1945\, to be published in the United States by Simon and Schuster and in Great Britain by Bloomsbury. \n**This program takes place via Zoom from 1-2 PM EST as part of the 2022 Small World Cafe series with the World Affairs Council of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky and Gulf Coast Diplomacy of Pensacola\, Florida.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/small-world-cafe-contextualizing-the-crisis-in-ukraine/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual
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SUMMARY:NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS (NFTS) AND THE GLOBAL ART MARKET
DESCRIPTION:Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are best described as “bitcoin for art.” NFTs allow pictures\, videos\, music\, or anything other form of visual or digital culture to be to be traded\, stored or authenticate. NFTs allow artits to see and protect their digitial creations as the block-chain technology means NFTs cannot be duplicated without permission. However\, because there is no real oversight or regulation\, NFTs are easy to exploit.  Louise Carron\, an associate at Klaris law\, will be helping us understand this new frontier in the global art trade. \nLouise Carron is an Associate at Klaris Law who is passionate about advising entrepreneurs\, start-ups\, and nonprofits across creative industries. Primarily focusing on contract matters\, copyright use\, and new technologies\, Louise particularly enjoys helping artists protect their creations\, rights\, and legacies. \nPrior to joining Klaris Law\, Louise spent three years as the Executive Director of the Center for Art Law\, where she ran daily operations\, taught workshops on legal basics for artists\, and mentored interns. She also worked on various transactional and litigation matters with J. Greenberger PLLC. \nLouise has written on numerous topics at the junction of art and law\, including street art and NFTs\, and she is a regular contributor to the Entertainment\, Arts and Sports Law (EASL) Journal published by the New York State Bar Association. She appeared on various panels and podcasts\, co-chairs the EASL Pro-Bono Steering Committee\, and is a member of the Art Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association. She also serves as secretary of the Center for Art Law’s board of directors. \nLouise grew up Paris\, France\, where she pursued a double Bachelor’s in French Law and Common Law and a Master’s in Comparative Business Law. She also earned an LL.M from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (NY) with a concentration in Fashion\, Art\, Media and Entertainment Law. She lives in Brooklyn and is admitted to practice in New York State.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/non-fungible-tokens-nfts-and-the-global-art-market/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual
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SUMMARY:The View of Ukraine from Capitol Hill - A Town Hall Discussion with Senator Portman
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this World Affairs Council town hall event featuring Senator Robert Portman (OH) Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus! Senator Portman will share his perspective on the rapidly unfolding war in Ukraine and the current efforts the Senate Ukraine Caucus followed by an open Q&A session with the community moderated by the World Affairs Council.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/the-view-of-ukraine-from-capitol-hill-a-town-hall-discussion-with-senator-portman/
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