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The Media, the Narrative, the People & their Leaders
10 August 2021 @ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Free
Dear friends,
On behalf of the Baha’i International Community, please consider yourselves invited to a panel discussion on the role of the media in summoning the consensus and political will needed to turn the aspirations and policies of our societies into actions and results.
Four journalists – from Ghana, Malaysia and the United States – will discus this theme at our event titled “The Media, the Narrative, the People & their Leaders.”
The event will be live on Zoom on Tuesday, 10 August, at 11am EDT / 3pm GMT at this link: https://bic-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIucemvpzosG9bPRSGBnhPQmS74fK9WuVm9
Panelists:
- Amanda Ripley, investigative reporter for The Atlantic, author of High Conflict
- Janet Abena Quainoo, development journalist, founder of Save a Street Child Foundation
- Nwandi Lawson, former political reporter, Chief Cultivation Officer for The Virtues Collective
- Temily Tianmay, former television journalist, postdoctoral anthropology researcher
We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.
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