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September 22, 2014
Experts on Climate Change, Turkey, fall TV shows, feminism and same sex marriage
This week we feature experts to comment on climate change as the UN hosts a climate summit in New York, ISIS raids forcing 130,000 refugess into Turkey, the fall season's TV shows, feminism following Emma Watson's speech at the UN, and same sex marriage.
Expert Spotlight
Mindy S Lubber
CEO andPresident
Ceres
For interviews on climate change.
As the UN meets in New York to discuss climate change, we SPOTLIGHT Mindy Lubber, President of Ceres, the leading U.S. coalition of investors and environmental leaders working to improve corporate environmental, social and governance practices. She also directs Ceres' Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), an alliance of more than 100 institutional investors representing over $10 trillion in assets. Extensive media experience.
Areas of Expertise:
Business and the Economy, Environment
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Featured Expert
Belinda Cooper
Adjunct professor
NYU Center for Global Affairs and Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights
For interviews on Turkey.
With over 130,00 people fleeing ISIS in Syria for Turkey we FEATURE Belinda Cooper. Cooper is a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute, where she directs the program on Turkey: Democratization, Human Rights and Security, and an adjunct professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs. Cooper is an expert on human rights and international and transitional justice. Media experience includes: New York Times, World Policy Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Deutsche Welle Radio, Forward.
Featured Expert
Jannette Dates
Dean, School of Communications
Howard University
For interviews on TV's fall schedule.
This week marks the new season for many TV shows, and the launch of others. We FEATURE Jannette Dates to give a gender and race analysis of their content. Dates is dean emerita of the School of Communications at Howard University, having served for nearly 19 years there as the dean. She is a nationally recognized authority on the issues of mass media and the depiction of African-Americans in popular culture.
A former media host, Dates has extensive media experience including: CSPAN, ABC News, NPR, BET.
Featured Expert
Aimee Allison
President of Democracy in Color
Founder of She the People
For interviews on feminism.
Following actress Emma Watson's speech to the UN on feminism, we FEATURE Aimee Allison, the Director of Media and Community Outreach for the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women. As the host of specials for Pacifica Radio, Link TV, and Clear Channel’s Green 960 she has extensive media experience including KPFA, Independent, Peace Work Magazine, Alternet.
Featured Expert
Kate Kendell, Esq.
Interim Chief Legal Officer
Southern Poverty Law Center
For interviews on same sex marriage.
On September 29, at their first private conference of the new term, the Supreme Court could decide that they will hear a same sex marriage case in the coming months. To discuss the implications of such a hearing, we FEATURE Kate Kendall, who leads the National Center for Lesbian Rights, a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education. Media includes: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Advocate, NPR, CNN.
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Educator/CoFounder
South Asian American Policy & Research Institute; House of Jaya
Areas of Expertise: Activism and advocacy, Education, Fashion, Feminism, Higher education, Intersectionality, Philanthropy, Social justice, Women, Women in business, Women's empowerment, Women's issues, Women's leadership, Youth
Dr. Rebecca J Clendenen, PhD
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Dr Carla Ionescu, PhD
Founder and Director
Artemis Research Centre
Areas of Expertise: Activism and advocacy, Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Feminism, Higher education, History, Human rights, Humanitarian, Intersectionality, Relationships, Religion, Social justice, Spirituality, Travel, Women, Women in business, Women's empowerment, Women's issues, Women's leadership, Work-life balance, Youth, Girls
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sociologist, criminologist, professor, researcher, and community advocate
Health-Education-Economics
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