ENACT: The Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation

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• From the Director: "LDB's Democratic Vistas" — Daniel Terris, Director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, discusses the legacy of Louis D. Brandeis and the influence his spirit has on the Ethics Center's current work.

• The website of the Ad Hoc Tribunals Oral History Project is now live, featuring full transcripts of interviews, video clips and the ability to conduct a keyword search across the entire collection.

• Germaine Ingram, this year's 'DEIS Impact keynote speaker, uses her work to advance fairness, respect, and inclusion. Her keynote address, "The Law and the Stage, Platforms for Pursuing Social Justice," included excerpts from her performance, "Freedom Underfoot," also presented on campus.

• Announcing the first cohort of ENACT Faculty Fellows, who hail from colleges and universities in or near state capitals across the United States, and will lead the national expansion of ENACT: The Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation.

• Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke to more than 2,500 gathered at Brandeis about Louis D. Brandeis' legacy and continued impact in the kickoff event for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Brandeis' appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• The fifth annual 'DEIS Impact Festival of Social Justice featured 47 events attended by more than 1,400 people.

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• From the Director: "Engaging and Reflecting" — Daniel Terris, Director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, discusses how social justice and its relationship with Brandeis students has developed over time.

• Announcing ENACT: The Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation, a new national program to engage young people in state-level legislative change, made possible by Ethics Center Board member Norbert Weissberg and his wife, former Board member Judith Schneider.

• The 18th cohort of Sorensen Fellows went back their home countries or to new places for their summer internships.

• Speakers at “The Responsibility to Protect at 10: The Challenge of Protecting the World’s Most Vulnerable Population” examined the Responsibility to Protect or “R2P” principle, which recognizes that the international community has a role to play when sovereign states fail to protect their own populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

• Julian Bond, who passed away in August at age 75, visited Brandeis in March as the 2014-15 Fred and Rita Richman Distinguished Fellow in Public Life. His lecture was titled "How I Got in the Movement: A Civil Rights 'Living Legend' Tells His Story."

• The new Creativity, the Arts, and Social Transformation (CAST) minor awarded grant funding last spring to LaShawn Simmons ’18, Sarah McCarty ’15 and Brontë Velez ’16.

• Paul Smith, Director of the British Council USA and Cultural Counsellor at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., spoke at a CAST reception at Brandeis. He discussed culture and conflict to argue for the centrality of culture to resolving rises around the world.

• The spring and fall 2015 Ethics Center Leadership Council, aka the Center's "social justice street team," have been finding new ways to engage the Brandeis community with the Ethics Center’s resources.

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• From the Director: "Each of Us and All of Us" — Guest columnist Cynthia Cohen, Director of the Peacebuilding and the Arts program, discusses building trust, compassion and collaborative practices among future leaders, as a means of returning peace to a chaotic world.

• Announcing the Summer Earnings Replacement Grant. This new need-based grant, made possible with the support of Gillian Sorensen, for Sorensen Fellows acts a replacement for summer job earnings, providing an opportunity to take an unpaid internship when it otherwise would not have been an option.

• During his visit to Brandeis, Professor Benjamin B. Ferencz, former Prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials, shared his thoughts on what the world needs now.

• The 2014 Sorensen Fellows reflect on their internship experiences in Ghana, Guinea, India, Kenya, Poland, and Washington, D.C., in "From Looking to Bearing Witness."

• The faculty committee of the minor in Creativity, the Arts and Social Transformation (CAST) has just awarded grants of $2,000 each to four members of the Brandeis faculty for research and creative projects.

• Fourteen judges from 11 international courts and tribunals around the world gathered at the University of Malta for the 2015 Brandeis Institute for International Judges to discuss the theme "International Courts, Local Actors," focusing on the importance of local actors in global justice.

• Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez was awarded the sixth annual Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize and delivered a lecture discussing "Liberation Theology and Social Activism."

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• From the Director: "The Evolution of International Justice" — Daniel Terris, Director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, discusses the development of international justice, geopolitics and maintenance of peaceful relationships.

• Announcing the Minor in Creativity, the Arts and Social Transformation. Recent graduate Jacklyn Gil ’14 reflects on the impact of the CAST minor.

• Putting Social Justice into Action: The 17th cohort of Sorensen Fellows Reflect on a “Sorensen Summer” of Connection and Reconnections.

• Nelson Mandela’s grandsons Kweku Mandela-Amuah and Ndaba Mandela speak about "Africa Rising: The Mandela Legacy and the Next Generation of African Leadership" at the third annual ’DEIS Impact Festival of Social Justice.

• At “Exploring Global Justice: Perspectives from Young Scholars and Practitioners” Brandeis students learned about ways that they might shape and pursue careers in international justice.

• Angela Glover Blackwell, founder of PolicyLink, was appointed the inaugural Fred and Rita Richman Distinguished Fellow in Public Life at Brandeis University. Blackwell delivered a lecture on advancing economic and social equality in America.

• Four students from the spring 2014 “Advocacy for Policy Change” course (LGLS 161b) received Advocacy for Policy Change Award grants to support their continued work on issues they focused on in the course.

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• From the Director: "Expression and Engagement" — Daniel Terris, Director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, discusses Brandeis University's suspension of its partnership with Al-Quds University.

• Brandeis celebrates 15 years of Sorensen Fellowships.

• "Portraits of Purpose," a collection of life-sized portraits by Don West, preeminent Boston photojournalist, will be featured at Brandeis as part of the 'DEIS Impact "festival of social justice."

• The Ethics Center convened a group of Congolese civilian and military judges in the Netherlands to discuss how sexual violence can be effectively addressed through the courts.

• Dr. Patricia Hill Collins ’69, PhD’84, received the 2013 Gittler Prize for her work regarding black feminism, intersectionality, and social justice.

• A new independent study/internship opportunity is offered this spring, in cultural work and social transformation, with Cynthia Cohen and Jane Wilburn Sapp.

• The 2013 Sorensen Fellows wrote about their international summer internship experiences in "Parallel Paths: Journeys, Explorations and Reflections."

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• From the Director: "Privacy and Dissent" — Daniel Terris, Director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, discusses the significance of the Maryland v. King decision in the context of the recent revelations of Edward Snowden.

• Brandeis celebrates 'DEIS Impact, the second annual festival of social justice.

• The International Advisory Board welcomes three new members: Zia Mody (India), John Shattuck (Hungary), and Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein.

• Musician, activist, folklorist, and educator Jane Wilburn Sapp brings musical tradition, spirituality, and the struggle for justice together in her anthology "A Way Out of No Way."

• Artists, scholars, and students celebrated "Art on the Front Line," a festival making the culmination of a seven-year initiative honoring the 300th anniversary of the Peace Treaty of Utrecht and the end of the War of Spanish Succession.

• The Ethics Center convened the ninth Brandeis Institute for International Judges in Lund, Sweden, to discuss "The International Rule of Law in a Human Rights Era."

• Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein spoke on "Beyond Nuremberg: The Future of International Criminal Justice."

• "Brazil's Balancing Act: Reconciling the Demands of Economic Development, Environmental Protection, and Indigenous Rights" was organized by the Ethics Center and the Brandeis International Business School's Perlmutter Institute for Global Business Leadership - full video of the symposium and links to resources are available online.

• Anthony Lewis, author of Gideon's Trumpet, participated in a panel discussion on Gideon v. Wainwright and its progress.

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• From the Director: "On Conviction and Compromise" — Daniel Terris, Director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, discusses the necessity and limits of compromise in politics.

• Rose Art Museum exhibit "Dor Guez: 100 Steps to the Mediterranean" catalyzes peacebuilding explorations across campus.

• "Acting Together" documentary now available in seven languages.

• "Advocacy for Policy Change: Brandeis Students Work to Reform Massachusetts Law" 2012 publication now available.

• Ten young visual artists from Bahrain will visit Brandeis in April 2013 as part of the Ulafa'a reconciliation art project, participating in a series of public events and intensive workshops.

• Ethical Inquiry: should peacebuilders encourage oppressed people to empathize with their oppressors?

• "National Cohesion in Insecure States: Experiences from Africa" — Michel Noureddine Kassa's keynote speech.

• "Learning from the Past: The Judicial Philosophy of Louis Brandeis" — Brandeis Legal Studies Program director Richard Gaskins reflects on the university's namesake and his relevance to national and international law today.

• The legacy of Louis Brandeis can be very visibly seen through the myriad law and justice programs offered at Brandeis University.

• The Ethics Center launched a new YouTube channel this fall, featuring short videos created by Ethics Center Leadership Council members as well as full videos of Ethics Center events.

• 2012 Sorensen Fellows presented their experiences with internships that spanned the globe in their presentation "Tracing Roots: Uncovering Realities Beneath the Surface."

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• From the Director: "Linking the Arts With Justice" — Cynthia Cohen, Director of the Peacebuilding and the Arts, discusses on the visceral nature of theatrical expressions of justice during the symposium "Just Performance: Enacting Justice in the Wake of Violence."

• 'DEIS Impact! kicks off its first weeklong "festival of social justice" at Brandeis, with talks, performances, exhibits and more.

• The Ethics Center welcomes two new members to its International Advisory Board: Jules Bernstein ’57 and Gillian Sorensen.

• The undergraduate Sorensen Fellows engage in a Africa, Europe and the Middle East — also see their post-summer reflections.

• The Global Judicial Colloquium was convened by the Ethics Center in July in Haifa, Israel.

• "The International Rule of Law: Coordination and Collaboration in Global Justice" — The new report from the 2012 gathering of the Brandeis Institute for International Judges was released.

• One core committee of Brandeis students planned, publicized, and facilitated 'DEIS Impact, now known as the "DEIS Impacters."

• "Local Is Global: Bridging Domestic Action and Global Impact" — Ruth Messinger's keynote address can be found in full at the bottom of the official 'DEIS Impact page.

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• From the Director — "Iraq Reconsidered," considering the upcoming transition from war to stability in terms of the Ethics Center's guiding principles.

• Just Performance symposium explores approaches to justice in the wake of violence and the role of public ritual, theater, truth commissions and criminal trials in seeking justice.

• Welcoming the Faculty Committee.

• The 2011 Sorensen Fellows published narratives about their summer experiences in Voices in Solidarity: Six Friends Reaching for Healing Across the World.

• The Acting Together Project launches a global conversation from Phnom Penh to Los Angeles.

• Singer-songwriter, storyteller, and educator Jane Sapp led a group of participants during a weekend "intensive" of workshops focused on community cultural development.

• Acting Together: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict, Volume II: Building Just and Inclusive Communities (New Village Press) is now in print.

• Delivering the keynote address for the symposium Just Performance: Enacting Justice in the Wake of Violence, Dr. Salomon Lerner Febres spoke on the power of art to restore capacities for meaning-making in the aftermath of violence.

• The eighth Brandeis Institute for International Judges convened in Carmona, Spain, bringing together seventeen judges from across the globe to discuss "The International Rule of Law: Coordination and Collaboration in Global Justice."

• Judges from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the U.S. came together in October at the Ethics Center's Judges Colloquium on Women and Justice in New Delhi, India.

• Dr. Rosa Elena Bello — "rebel activist and doctor" — came to Brandeis in September to speak about battling social ills in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.

• Highlights of recent events and upcoming events.

• Center resource highlight — monthly online "Ethical Inquiry" series.

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• From the Director - "Emblem," reflecting on a visit with Center Fellowship alum Forsan Hussein ’00, as the Center moves into the middle of its second decade.

• New Center Books Highlight the Vital Work of Artist/Peacebuilders in Zones of Violence.

• "Journeys to War and Peace: A Congressional Memoir," by late Center Board Member Stephen J. Solarz ’62, published by Brandeis University Press.

• The undergraduate Sorensen Fellows grapple with reality "in the field" — see also their end-of-summer reflections.

• "Brandeis Students Work to Reform Massachusetts Law," an anthology of the work of students in the course "Advocacy for Policy Change."

• "Is Violence the Problem the Bible Is Addressing?" — an excerpt from an exchange between James Carroll and Kanan Makiya at the "Religion and the Quest to Contain Violence" symposium.

• Iranian theater artist, poet and educator Mahmood Karimi-Hakak visits Brandeis.

• Judicial Dialogue in Action: International Judges Reflect — some highlights of online resources from the Brandeis Institute for International Judges.

• Making a Career in International Justice and Human Rights: alumni speak of their experiences.

• New for spring 2012: Study Abroad in The Hague.

• Building Community at Brandeis: The Ethics Center Leadership Council.

• An Ethics Center Leadership Council event: Consequences of Blogging.

• Highlights of recent events and how to apply for cosponsorship.

• New Center resources and upcoming events.

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