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2023 Benjamin V. Cohen Peace Conference: Places & Spaces for Peace
April 7 & 8
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April 7 (Friday) 7pm (EST)
“Community, Economy and Mutual Delight”
De'Amon Harges
Asset Based Community Development Institute
The Learning Tree
Grassroots Grantmakers Association Board
Indianapolis, Indiana
https://bsu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ac-rkSH-TKSmGBawbwbPDQ
April 8 (Saturday) 10am (EST)
“Technology and Conflict”
Martin Gurri
Visiting Research Fellow
Mercatus Center
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
https://bsu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xTgE33byQ6GnhuCYUQAOOg
Bios of Keynote Presenters
De’Amon Harges - Faculty member of the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, Community Organizer, Creator of the Learning Tree, chairperson of the Grassroots Grantmakers Association Board, and featured in the new documentary “The Antidote: On Kindness in America” - is a frequent speaker on ABCD in secular and religious groups around the world, and is a layperson at Broadway UMC, Indianapolis, IN.De’Amon's role is to listen and discover the gifts, passions and dreams of citizens in his community, and to find ways to utilize them in order to build community, economy, and mutual “delight.”
The bulk of De’Amon’s work is based on the principles and practices of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) that brings neighbors and institutions together to discover the power of being a good neighbor. De’Amon builds on what is already present and in place in the neighborhood, using those formally undiscovered assets to connect and empower rather than working only from the community’s needs and deficits.
DeAmon now describes his role on this planet as a social banker. He utilizes the intangible currencies that are cultivated and used by human assets and relationships to build a more abundant community.
Martin Gurri is a former CIA analyst who writes about the relationship between politics and media. He is a visiting fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia. Gurri served at the Director of National Intelligence Open Source Center in various senior positions, including director of research. He is the author of The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium. Gurri writes frequently for Discourse, City Journal, and other publications.