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So happy to host Zaina Arafat and her students from The School of The New York Times at Grand Street Settlement. We talked about the history of settlement houses and the Lower East Side, which is very much the history of migration, culture, advocacy and progress in New York City. Our future is bright with these worldly journalism students and it’s a true highlight to do this annually! The New York Times
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I’m honored to have been interviewed by John Palfrey at the MacArthur Foundation about "disagreeing better" for his annual essay. This insightful piece is a must-read, addressing our current divisive socio-political climate while also highlighting the hope and potential for progress through partnerships, community building, and solidarity.
One of my favorite points from the essay emphasizes the importance of inclusive dialogue in reforming the criminal justice system. True success comes when all stakeholders—prosecutors, law enforcement, victims/survivors, those arrested and convicted—are brought to the table for meaningful discussions.
"Disagreeing better helps us get to solutions to seemingly intractable problems. We can learn to come together on issues that divide us; and disagreeing better requires embracing diversity."
You can check out the entire essay at the link below.
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We hosted a very special in-person event with the highly-regarded commentator, Alastair Campbell, last week in the Round Room at the Mansion House.
During the session, Alastair shared memorable insights and his unique perspectives into the world of politics and journalism.
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Really quite shocking to see what's happening at University of Southern California, as an International Alum it's particularly confusing to see USC make decisions specifically breaching 'American Values' like Freedom of Speech. When you choose to go overseas for research or study, you choose very particular universities and countries that you think will fit the themes, ideas and principles of your intended study -- seeing USC, and many other US Universities, go against Freedom of Speech, Expression and Assembly I think calls into question the value of Communications learning in those environments.
How can you safely, fully express yourself in a research paper when there are direct, violent parameters around protest at your own university? Not to say that Australia or the UK do things specifically better, but the US university system, University of Southern California, all the big colleges looking for International Students, profess themselves, and particularly market themselves globally, as bastions of full, unrestrained education, and I think this is a shocking insight for International Alum (and hopefully prospective International Students) as to the strength of that marketing, and the reality of the situation.
