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The Minds of the Movement blog is a project of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC). ICNC is an independent, non-profit educational foundation that develops and encourages the study and use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies aimed at establishing and defending human rights, democratic self-rule and justice worldwide. Contact our editors at editor [at] nonviolent-conflict.org.

Amber French

Amber French is Senior Editorial Advisor at ICNC, Managing Editor of the Minds of the Movement blog (est. June 2017) and Project Co-Lead of REACT (Research-in-Action) focusing on the power of activist writing. Currently based in Paris, France, she continues to develop thought leadership on civil resistance in French.

Hardy Merriman

Hardy Merriman is President of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), and led ICNC as President & CEO from 2015 until 2021. He has worked in the field of civil resistance for over 20 years, presenting at workshops for activists and organizers; speaking widely to scholars, journalists, and members of international organizations; and developing educational resources.

Ivan Marovic

Ivan Marovic is Executive Director of ICNC. He was one of the leaders of Otpor, the student resistance movement that played an important role in the downfall of Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia. After the successful democratic transition in Serbia, Marovic began consulting with various prodemocracy groups worldwide and became one of the leading practitioners in the field of strategic nonviolent conflict.

Peter Tindborg

Peter Tindborg is a guest editor for the REACT series powered by ActionAid Denmark. He has been engaged in youth organizing and activism for more than a decade out of Denmark, Bolivia, Kenya, Nepal and El Salvador. He is currently at the Global Centre for Social Movement Support as part of ActionAid Denmark and serves as co-editor of Minds of the Movement’s REACT blog series, powered by ActionAid Denmark.

Araceli Argueta

Araceli Argueta is a guest editor of the REACT series, powered by ActionAid Denmark. She is an organizer and anthropologist from El Salvador. She has organized with women, youth, and indigenous people, protecting human rights, and supporting biocultural defense. Araceli is the Advocacy and Organizing Director at the Immigrants Rights Program with the American Friends Service Committee.

Araceli Argueta es una organizadora y antropóloga de El Salvador. Ha organizado con mujeres, jóvenes y pueblos indígenas, protegiendo los derechos humanos y apoyando la defensa biocultural. Araceli es la Directora de Incidencia y Organización del Programa de Derechos de los Inmigrantes de American Friends Service Committee.

Minds of the Movement

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