Last week, South Africa presented its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. To discuss, we SPOTLIGHT Akila Radhakrishnan, strategic legal advisor at the Atlantic Council. Radhakrishnan is the former president of the Global Justice Center, where she directed GJC’s strategies and efforts to establish legal precedents protecting human rights and ensuring gender equality. Radhakrishnan led GJC’s Gender and Genocide project, including to ensure justice and accountability for the Yazidi genocide and was a key member of GJC’s Burma project team. In her role, Radhakrishnan authored numerous shadow reports, legal briefs and advocacy documents and provided legal expertise to domestic and international stakeholders and policymakers, including the International Criminal Court, the United Nations, the European Union and state governments. Media includes: The New York Times, Time, The Atlantic, Women Under Siege, Ms. Magazine, Rewire.
The European Union is expected to place new sanctions on Hamas after placing sanctions on the leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, in Gaza earlier this week. To discuss, we FEATURE Tara Maller. Maller is associate director of Client Service Risk Public & Social Sectors, U.S. at McKinsey & Company. She previously served as spokesperson and senior policy advisor for the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). CEP is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, international policy organization formed to combat the growing threat from extremist ideology. Her expertise lies in sanctions, diplomacy, intelligence, cybersecurity, terrorism, Iraq, Syria, homeland security, nuclear proliferation. Media includes: Bloomberg, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News.
With Trump's victory in the Iowa caucuses, all eyes are on the first primary being held in New Hampshire on January 23rd. To discuss, we FEATURE Lorelai Kelly. Kelly is founder of GeoDES:Georgetown Democracy, Education+Service. GeoDES intends to be Congress' go-to academic ally to build on technology and data modernization in the House & Senate. Previously, Kelly served as the Senior Fellow and Director of the Resilient Democracy Coalition at Georgetown University's Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation. In 1998, she founded and led "Security for a New Century,” a bipartisan study group that continues today–supporting cutting-edge knowledge on foreign policy and defense issues for Congressional Members and staff in both the House and Senate. More recently, she worked with women candidates– Democrats and Republicans- as the Real Security Initiative Director at the White House Project in NYC. Media includes: Huffington Post, Mainsteam Media Project, ABC.
Two female journalists, , who have been released after spending seventeen months in prison for reporting on the death of Mahsa Amini, have been charged after photos of them celebrating without their hijabs on were released. To discuss, we FEATURE Nina Ansary. Ansary is an award-winning Iranian American author, historian and women’s rights activist. She is auther of Anonymous Is a Woman: A Global Chronicle of Gender Inequality and Jewels of Allah: The Untold Story of Women in Iran. She is the director of the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA) Global Women’s Lecture Series and the director of the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum Women’s Leadership Initiative at the University of Cambridge. Media includes: Time, Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times, CNN.com, Teen Vogue, CNN, Fox News, BBC.
Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates is launching a new fund to combat sexual violence through prevention and healing programs, predominately for Black women and girls. To discuss, we FEATURE Treva Lindsey, author and professor at The Ohio State University. Lindsey is a Black feminist cultural critic, historian, and commentator. Her work covers topics ranging from violence against women to fashion at the Met Gala. Many of her pieces focus on representations and experiences of Black women, although her work on race, gender, sexuality, culture and politics encompasses the far-reaching and often untold effects of current events and pop culture moments. Her 2015 three-part series for Cosmopolitan.com on an ex-cop, serial rapist who targeted Black women has been shared over 225,000 times. As one of the first writers to chronicle this harrowing story about Black women, sexual violence, and police brutality, Lindsey became a highly sought-after commentator, with editors from numerous outlets reaching out to her for new pieces on a wide range of topics. Media includes: Al Jazeera, BET, Complex, Vox, The Root, Huffington Post, Popsugar, Teen Vogue, Grazia UK, The Grio, Cosmopolitan.
The Supreme Court will be hearing arguments in a case involving fisherman who have filed a lawsuit opposing a government fee that is meant to prevent overfishing. The lawsuit is backed by petrochemicals billionaire Charles Koch and threatens to overturn the Chevron deference, a foundational doctrine of administrative law. To discuss, we FEATURE Tamara Toles O'Laughlin. O’Laughlin is an internationally recognized environmental advocate and climate strategist focused on people and planet. In June 2021, O'Laughlin was appointed President and CEO of the Environmental Grantmakers Association. Previously, O'Laughlin served as the North America Director at 350.org and 350 Action, where she drove regional strategy in the United States and Canada. As the leader of 350’s programming she led mission critical work and organizational investments to build a multiracial, multi-generational climate movement capable of holding leaders accountable to science and justice. Media includes: Rolling Stone, Grist, Truthout, Vox, The Young Turks, The Hill, Politico.
The Washington state attorney general has sued to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger. The two companies are the biggest supermarket chains in the U.S. and Attorney General Bob Ferguson has argued that it will eliminate rivalry that keeps store prices in check. To discuss, we FEATURE Angelique Kaounis. Kaounis is partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where she practices in the firm’s litigation department, with a focus on intellectual property and technology-related issues. Kaounis is a member of the firm’s antitrust and trade regulation, media and entertainment, and intellectual property practice groups. Kaounis has successfully represented clients in a broad range of litigation matters, including trade secret misappropriation cases, antitrust and unfair competition matters, business tort cases, and contractual disputes in a number of areas, including the high-tech and entertainment industries. Extensive media experience.
January is Stalking Awareness Month. To discuss, we FEATURE Michelle Garcia. Garcia is acting principal deputy director at the OJP Bureau of Justice Assistance. Previously, Michelle was director at the Stalking Resource Center at the National Center for Victims of Crime in April 2006 and served as the Director of the Stalking Resource Center until 2016. The mission of the Stalking Resource Center is to enhance the ability of professionals, organizations, and systems to effectively respond to stalking. The Stalking Resource Center envisions a future in which the criminal justice system and its many allied community partners will effectively collaborate and respond to stalking, improve victim safety and well-being, and hold offenders accountable. Media includes: The Washington Post, USA Today, Voice of America.
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