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Jack DuVall
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Acclaimed Producer and Nonviolent Conflict Author Jack DuVall to Speak at Adelphi on October 9, 2003
Garden City, NY
September 17, 2003
Adelphi University's International Initiatives Committee will host a lecture by Jack DuVall, founding director of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and highly regarded television producer and author, on October 9, 2003 at 6:00 PM in the school's Ruth S. Harley University Center, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. The lecture, "To End Violence, Struggle for Justice," is free and open to the public.
Mr. DuVall won critical acclaim for his work as executive producer on the Emmy-nominated, two-part PBS television series, A Force More Powerful, which aired in 2000, and the companion book by the same name, which he co-authored. Both examine successful uses of nonviolent power throughout the world in the 20th century and how nonviolent resistance continues to change the world today. He subsequently founded the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict to develop and encourage the use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies to establish and defend human rights worldwide.
A veteran television executive and writer, Mr. DuVall developed, marketed, executive-produced, and promoted non-fiction television programming for 16 years. His clients included the Turner Broadcasting System, The Learning Channel, KCET/Los Angeles, and more than 30 other commercial television and non-profit organizations. Previously he was vice president for program resources of WETA, Washington, D.C.; director of corporate relations at The University of Chicago; a political speechwriter; and a counterintelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force. His writing has included speeches for presidential candidates in four national campaigns and poetry published in the Southern Poetry Review and other journals.
Adelphi University's Adelphi's International Initiatives Committee seeks to heighten global awareness through courses and co-curricular activities.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,500 students from 41 states and 63 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
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