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In this webinar, panelists drew upon lessons from around the world about how civil society groups can protect and promote democracy and the rule of law during episodes of democratic backsliding.
Cornell Brooks is the Hauser Professor of the Practice of Nonprofit Organizations and Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Director of The William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice at the School’s Center for Public Leadership.
Erica Chenoweth is the Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Nonviolent Action Lab.
Marshall Ganz is the Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing and Civil Society at the Kennedy School of Government.
Steve Levitsky is the David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government and Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.
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