rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/nonviolent-journalism-a-book-debut-and-dinner?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-nonviolent-journalism-a-book-debut-and-dinner' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> World BEYOND War https://actionnetwork.org/groups/world-beyond-war https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/events/photos/001/402/762/normal/Pressenza_C.jpg Debuting a new book called Nonviolent Journalism: A Humanist Approach to Communication. Speakers include: Pía Figueroa Edwards, co-author of the book, is Chilean and has a degree in Art History and is an expert in ecology. She entered politics in the 1980s, participating in the founding of the Humanist Party. After the return to democracy, she became Undersecretary of State in the cabinet of President Patricio Aylwin, representing Chile in various international negotiations related to climate change, the Montreal Protocol and the Antarctic Treaty, as well as running twice for parliament. She was president of the Laura Rodriguez Foundation, dedicated to gender, educational, communication, environmental and health issues, and to the realisa- tion of numerous social projects. She worked as environmental advisor to the Minister of Agriculture, Director of Extension of the Educares University. Since 1994 she has directed the International Environmental Fair, EcoFeria. She is vice- president of the Pangea Foundation and director of TempoConsul- tores. She collaborates with various academic bodies and institutions, the media, private companies and non-governmental organisations. She advises national and foreign companies in the areas of commu- nication, training, event organisation and the environment. From 2008 to date, she has been co-director of Pressenza, international press agency. She writes regularly, is an executive producer of television documen- taries and has produced several research monographs. She has published three books, translated and edited in different languages, which form part of the current of thought known as Universalist Humanism. David Andersson: Citizen journalist, photograph and publisher, starting back in the 80’s with the Humanist Movement by publishing a neighborhood newspaper in Paris. Today, David is the coordinator of the NYC bureau for Pressenza and is hosting a talk-show called Face 2 Face. The show is broadcast on Youtube and Facebook. Fernando Garcia: University professor in Political Communication and International Relations. Chilean Culture and Press Attaché in the United States. He was Director of the Master's Degree in Politics and Government at the Diego Portales University. As an academic, he has specialized in international relations and political communication. He completed his PhD in Information and Communication Sciences at the University of Paris VIII, and his Master's in Political Science at the University of Paris I. As a diplomat, he worked at the Chilean embassies in France and the Russian Federation. He was a political analyst and columnist for the Chilean newspapers La Tercera and Las Últimas Noticias, and an international analyst for CNN Chile and Chilevisión. He was the Director in Chile of the Association of Political Communication (ACOMPOL) and Director of the ACCP (Chilean Association of Political Science). Author of the book "The Political Fiction of Social Networks" among other publications. ***************************** Admission is free. Please plan to order dinner and purchase copies of the book. https://actionnetwork.org/events/nonviolent-journalism-a-book-debut-and-dinner