{"id":37,"date":"2007-06-01T20:32:35","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T20:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/?p=37"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:39:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:39:30","slug":"2006-2007-pcs-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/2007\/06\/01\/2006-2007-pcs-news\/","title":{"rendered":"2006-2007 PCS News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 2006-2007 Academic Year<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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<\/small> Amy Kapit ’06 writes for Israel Policy Forum<\/big><\/p>\n
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Amy Kapit ’06, a recent Honors Peace and Conflict Studies graduate is completing an internship at the  Israel Policy Forum<\/a> where she has contributed to the organization’s weekly analysis with a piece on the  tenuous ceasefire in Lebanon<\/a> .<\/span><\/small><\/p>\n
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 Camillus joins Peace and Justice Studies Association Board<\/strong><\/span><\/small><\/small>Katie Camillus ’08, a new student in the PCS program, will be joining the board of the Peace and Justice Studies Association<\/small><\/a> <\/big> as its student liaison.<\/span><\/small><\/small> Lang Opportunity Grant winner <\/a>  Katie Camillus ’08<\/strong><\/a> and Swarthmore’s tradition of student activism are featured on a recent broadcast of Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Here on Earth.”  Listen here.<\/a> <\/span><\/small> Find Swarthmore references at min. 15, 21, and 47 (Katie’s interview). <\/span><\/small><\/span><\/div>\n
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George Lakey named 2006-2007 <\/strong><\/span><\/small> Eugene M. Lang Professor for Issues of Social Change<\/span><\/small><\/strong> During the 2006-2007 academic year, George Lakey, author, activist, and, founder of Training for Change will join the Peace and Conflict Studies program at Swarthmore.<\/em>Read the College’s  press release.<\/a> Professor Lakey will teach a course on “Humanitarian Intervention: Nonviolent Options” during the Fall 2006 semester, and he will teach “Nonviolent Responses to Terrorism” during the Spring 2007 semester.<\/span><\/em><\/small> The Lang Center is pleased to announce the appointment of George Lakey as the Eugene M. Lang Professor for Issues of Social Change in 2006-2007.? George Lakey is the founder and Executive Director of Training for Change<\/a> , a Philadelphia-based organization that is nationally and internationally known for its leadership in creating and teaching strategies for nonviolent social change.? Lakey has been a leader in the field of nonviolent social change since the 1960s and has published extensively for both activist and academic readers.?? He has worked with US mineworkers, steelworkers,? civil rights leaders,? South African anti-apartheid activists, Cambodian human rights organizers, and many others.<\/span><\/small>George also contributes to our knowledge of nonviolent social change through his writing.? He has contributed many book chapters, pamphlets, and articles, and his work has been translated into at least six languages.? His books include A Manual for Direct Action, Powerful Peacemaking:? a Strategy for a Living Revolution, and Grassroots and Nonprofit Leadership:? a Guide for Organizations in Changing Times.George has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, Temple University, and at Swarthmore.? During his term as Lang Professor, his academic home will be in the Peace and Conflict Studies Program and his teaching will include the development, with Lee Smithey, of a new course entitled “Peace Studies and Action.”George brings a depth of experience and expertise in peace studies and social change activism that will benefit the Peace and Conflict Studies program, the Lang Center, and the College.?? We hope you will join us in welcoming him when he arrives on campus next fall.<\/small>Ellen Magenheim<\/p>\n
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Nonviolent Response to Terrorism<\/big><\/p>\n
 marking the fifth anniversary of 9-11 and one hundred years of nonviolent action<\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/small>Five years after the horrific attacks by Al Qaeda on the World Trade Center in New York, we will take time to reflect on how the United States as a nation has chosen to respond. The government has adopted a foreign policy of ‘war on terror’ that emphasizes invasive intelligence gathering and military action. At the initial cost of over three-thousand civilian lives, Operation Enduring Freedom continues to struggle with Pushtun and Tajik Resistance in Afghanistan, while Operation Iraqi Freedom has failed to bring stability to Iraq, which may be sliding toward a sectarian civil war. We are left to ask whether violent responses such as these have successfully undermined non-state terrorist organizations.?  George Lakey<\/strong> , nonviolent action trainer and 2006-07 Lang Professor for Issues of Social Change, will join Tom Hastings<\/strong> , author of Nonviolent Response to Terrorism, to consider feasible nonviolent alternatives and their historical precedents and to discuss whether nonviolent direct action can challenge non-state terrorism as effectively as it has challenged state terror. This event has added significance as September 11 also marks the centenary of Gandhi’s first major, public nonviolent campaign against race prejudice in South Africa.<\/small><\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/strong> Director of Peace & Nonviolence Studies at Portland State University.  Author <\/a> of Nonviolent Response to Terrorism<\/em> and  Meek Ain??t Weak: Nonviolent Power and People of Color<\/em><\/span><\/small> Special Guests: Our Voices Together<\/strong><\/a> , represented by Co-founder Lynne Steuerle Schofield ??99<\/span><\/small>Refreshments will be provided. Directions to Swarthmore College<\/a> <\/small> <\/span> Sponsors: The President??s Office, Peace and Conflict Studies; Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, War News Radio, Our Voices Together, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology<\/small><\/span><\/small><\/p>\n
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<\/a> Foreign Service Veteran, Kiesling ’79, to Speak Here Sept. 12<\/span><\/small><\/strong><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 John Brady Kiesling ??79<\/strong>, foreign service veteran and author of the recently released Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower<\/em><\/span><\/small><\/small>A 20-year veteran of the State Department, serving in Israel, Morocco, Armenia, Washington, and Greece, Kiesling publicly resigned his position as political counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Athens in February 2003 to protest the Bush administration??s impending invasion of Iraq.Kiesling will discuss his book, in which he reminds readers that U.S. power does not rest on military might alone and that anger at America has real consequences for U.S. national interests. Kiesling calls for a return to realist policy-making that recognized the limits of U.S. power and uses thoughtful diplomacy to legitimize our security requirements in the eyes of our international partners.This book is, at heart, an argument for how to best achieve America’s goals abroad. ?Kiesling’s passionate critique of current U.S. foreign policy and his prescription for restoring American influence and legitimacy will interest anyone concerned about the future of U.S. and world affairs.Sponsored by the Department of Political Science. (Potomac Books, 2006), will speak on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Lang Performing Arts Center. <\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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But What Can I Do?<\/p>\n
Non Violent Responses to Terrorism<\/strong><\/p>\n
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RSVP to drobins2<\/span><\/small><\/small>Lynne Steurle, Swarthmore ’99, lost her mother on September 11, 2001, on the plane that was crashed into the Pentagon. As co-founder of  Our Voices Together<\/a> she seeks to re-engage the spirit of goodwill and widespread solidarity against terrorist tactics that prevailed across the globe in the early days after September 11, 2001.<\/p>\n
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<\/a> <\/strong><\/span> National Foreign Affairs and Counterterrorism Advisers to Discuss ??National Security and the Way Forward??<\/strong><\/span><\/small><\/small>Monday, Sep 18, 2006? 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
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 Directions to Swarthmore College<\/a>A distinguished group of foreign affairs and counterterrorism advisers will speak on Monday, Sept. 18, at 3 p.m. about U.S. foreign and defense policy in a panel discussion titled ??National Security and the Way Forward.??The panelists are former National Security Council members Rand Beers and Richard Clarke, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Anthony Lake, and former Director for Defense Policy and Congressional candidate (D. Pa.) Joe Sestak. Assistant professor of Political Science Dominic Tierney will moderate the discussion. The panel, in the Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema, is free and open to the public.Rand Beers<\/strong><\/span> is a former American counterterrorism adviser who served on the National Security Council (N.S.C.) under Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. He also served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs under both Clinton and George W. Bush. Beers resigned in protest from the N.S.C. in March 2003, five days before commencement of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.After leaving his N.S.C. position, Beers joined the presidential campaign of John Kerry, serving as the National Security Advisor to the Kerry-Edwards 2004 campaign. He teaches a seminar in collaboration with Richard Clarke on national security issues at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and serves as president of the National Security Network. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan.Richard Clarke<\/strong><\/span> provided national security advice to four U.S. presidents: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, consulting on issues of intelligence and terrorism from 1973 to 2003. Until his retirement in 2003, Clarke was a member of the Senior Executive Service. Clarke??s specialties are computer security, counterterrorism, and homeland security. He was the counterterrorism adviser on the U.S. National Security Council when the September 11, 2001, attacks occurred.He resigned in January 2003 to work on his book, Against All Enemies: Inside America??s War on Terror?What Really Happened (Free Press, 2004). He was a member of the National Security Council from 1992 to 2003 and the Department of State from 1985 to 1992 as Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence.Anthony Lake<\/strong><\/span> is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Lake most recently served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs during the Clinton administration. He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1962 and his State Department career included assignments as U.S. Vice Consul in Saigon and Hue, Special Assistant to the National Security Advisor, and Director of Policy Planning. He is the author of several books, including Somoza Falling and The ??Tar Baby?? Option: American Policy Toward Southern Rhodesia, and co-author of Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmasking of American Foreign Policy. Lake received his Ph.D. from Princeton University.Joseph ??Joe?? Sestak Jr.<\/strong><\/span> of Springfield, a retired U. S. Navy vice admiral, is running for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in Pennsylvania??s 7th congressional district. Most recently in his Naval career, (November 1994 to March 1997) Sestak was the Director for Defense Policy on the National Security Council staff at the White House, where he was responsible for national security and defense strategy, policies, programs, inter-agency and congressional coordination, and regional political-military advice. Sestak then directed the Chief of Naval Operation??s Strategy and Policy Division. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, he became the first director of the Navy Operations Group, which sought to redefine strategic, operational, and budgetary policies in the Global War on Terrorism. Sestak??s decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legion of Merit awards, two Meritorious Service Medals, Joint Service Commendation Medal, three Navy Commendation Medals, and the Navy Achievement Medal.Sestak graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in American Political Systems. Between tours at sea, Sestak earned a master??s degree in Public Administration and a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University.<\/p>\n
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SALT (Social Action Leadership Training)<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/span><\/small> Working for Social Change: Some hard and Easy Lessons <\/span><\/small><\/p>\n
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Kohlberg Coffee Bar<\/span><\/small><\/small>Stories and Discussion with George Lakey. This is the second of a series of bi-weekly leadership workshops. The theme of this evening is Story Telling, where George Lakey, the Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change, will share stories and discussion on the hard and easy lessons from working for social change. Professor Lakey has led social change campaigns on local, regional, and national and international levels. First arrested for a civil rights sit-in in Chester, he??s fought for LGBT rights, environment, peace self determination. He??s led 1500 activist workshops on five continents. Light dinner fare will be served.To register, email Delores Robinson at drobins2<\/p>\n
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 Recent Trends in the American Environmental Movement<\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n
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 Speak for Peace Panel on Arab-Israeli Conflict<\/strong><\/span><\/small><\/small>Thursday, November 2, 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n
Scheuer Room, Swarthmore CollegeThree Swarthmore College professors and a rabbi of different perspectives and backgrounds will discuss what they see as the way forward in the Arab-Israeli conflict.The panelists:<\/p>\n
<\/small>Mr. Weir, author of  Star of Hope: The Life and Times of John McConnell Founder of Earth Day<\/em><\/a> , will also address McConnell’s vision of “peace, justice and the care of Earth.” <\/small><\/span><\/p>\n