Lessons the of Citizen Diplomacy during the Cold War | Humanity Rising Ukraine Summit
Channel: CODEPINK
Date: 2023-05-19

https://www.peaceinukraine.org

What Lessons can be learned from the Success of Citizen Diplomacy during the Cold War that might help us bring peace in Ukraine today?

US and NATO troops and weaponry are now on the ground in Ukraine fighting against the Russians. The Russians have deployed tactical nukes in Belarus to counter US tactical nukes in Belgium, Germany, Holland, Italy and Turkey and an escalating troop and weapon strength throughout eastern Europe. This puts the two superpowers in direct military conflict with the possibility of nuclear weapons escalating day by day. Never before in our lifetimes has the world situation been more dangerous.  During this five day program, we will be exploring what lessons can be learned from previous attempts to get the US and Russia to negotiate their differences, what the current status of the war is, the nature of US imperialism, the pathway to negotiation, and what the peace movement can do to bring about a ceasefire and diplomacy.


This Summit is being co-sponsored with Code Pink, a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. warfare and imperialism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect resources into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs. 


Moderators: 

Jim Garrison, Convener of Humanity Rising, with Jodie Evans, Co-Founder of Code Pink.
Presenters:

Jim Hickman, MA, served on the Wisdom University Board from 2005-2012 and is the founding Chairperson of the board for Ubiquity University as well as the CFO. He spent 30 years (1972-2002) developing economic, professional and cultural relations between the United States and the countries within the former Soviet bloc. He was a telecommunications executive during the 1990’s, co-founding the Russian long-distance company Rustel in 1992, serving as its president from 1992-1997. From 1989-1992, Hickman was CEO of AJ Ventures, Inc., a U.S. company that established commercial enterprises in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia in 1993, as vice-president of the State of the World Forum, he worked with President Gorbachev and Jim Garrison on the foundation’s international programs. He co-founded, with Jim Garrison, Mosaic Networks in 2003 as a business consulting firm focused on international telecommunications projects. Jim received his M.A. in psychology from Sonoma State College and teaches a course on neuroscience and personal practice at the Wisdom School of graduate studies.

Harriett Crosby was a mountaineering instructor at the Colorado Outward Bound School. She taught at the Aspen Community School, Putney School in Vermont and Colorado Rocky Mountain School. She graduated from Putney School in 1964, graduated from Pitzer College in 1968 and received their distinguished alumni award. Harriett has a Master’s degree in Psychology from Temple University and trained as a Jungian psychoanalyst at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1982, she started working with the Esalen Soviet American Exchange Program and she co-founded ISAR, the Institute for Soviet American Relations which helped build civil society in the Soviet Union by supporting grassroots environmental groups in the Soviet Union for 25 years until Putin came to power. During the Clinton Administration, she worked in the White House Office of Environmental Policy. She helped start the Threshold Foundation and the Environmental Grantmakers Association. She owns and manages Fox Haven Organic Farm, Learning Center, Ecological Retreat and Wildlife Sanctuary in Jefferson, Maryland. She currently serves on the boards of Friends of the Earth, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Second Chance Wildlife Center, Maryland Votes for Animals and Fox Haven Center.

Anya Kucharev has dedicated much of her life to help facilitate U.S.‑Soviet citizen diplomacy. She has served as a translator and interpreter in numerous ways during multiple trips to the former Soviet Union and Russia and in many roles: as a translator of language, culture, world views, and social systems. In addition, Anya has been an organizer, author, friend, mentor, educator, publisher, editor, archivist, adviser, and more. Anya’s work has affected our lives and work in various ways:  connecting people in Russia and America, introducing citizen diplomats to each other, and generously providing rich archival material which she has kept in storage for many years. 

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