She is also a founding member of the Syrian Women’s Political Network, a member of the Board of Directors of The Day After, and President of the Board of Directors of Baytna. She is the co-founder and director of the Foundation to Restore Equality and Education in Syria (FREE Syria), and the principal architect of the Syrian Freedom Charter project, which surveyed more than 50,000 Syrians on democratic aspirations and political transition. Rafif Jouejati is a board member of Nonviolence International and a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute. Ackerman was also executive producer of Bringing Down a Dictator which in 2003 won the Peabody Award and International Documentary Association award for best film.
The latter volume was a companion book for the Emmy-nominated documentary of the same title which appeared nationally on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in September 2000, for which he was the series editor and principal content advisor. Ackerman co-authored Strategic Nonviolent Conflict published in 1994, and A Force More Powerful: a Century of Nonviolent Conflict. Ackerman is the founding chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, an organization that works to develop the understanding and encourage the use of civilian-based, non-military strategies that will be the catalyst for a transition from authoritarian to democratic rule.ĭr. Ackerman is a co-chair of USIP’s International Advisory Council and is a member of the Atlantic Council’s Executive Committee.ĭr. He has also served on the Board of the Council on Foreign Relations and was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Freedom House. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy where he served 15 years as the Chairman of the Board of Overseers. Previously, he was Director of International Capital Markets at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Peter Ackerman is the Managing Director of Rockport Capital Incorporated, a private investment firm. Rafif Jouejati hosted and speakers included Peter Ackerman, Maria Stephan, Bayingana Simon Peter, and Mubarak Awad.Ĭosponsored by the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict This book is the culmination of 20 years of experience and research generated by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and provides a guide for activists facing severe repression, tyrants, and occupation.
In the book, Peter gathers and arranges the best and most cutting-edge research on civil resistance and combines it with a checklist procedure which draws on his experience on Wall Street. Nonviolence International hosted a book launch event for The Checklist to End Tyranny by Peter Ackerman. We Are All Part of One Another - Webinar Series The Checklist to End Tyranny Book Event