Jack DuVall
Jack DuVall is the president of International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), an organization that distributes educational resources about how to conduct civil resistance, by campaigns and movements attempting to obtain or defend human rights or to overturn injustice. DuVall was also the founding Director of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, which was established in 2002. He was the Executive Producer of the two-part Emmy-nominated PBS television series, A Force More Powerful and co-author of the companion book of the same name. The series has been translated into ten languages and broadcast or viewed in over 80 countries. Earlier in his career, Mr. DuVall developed, marketed and executive-produced non-fiction television programming, with clients including the Turner Broadcasting System, The Learning Channel, KCET/Los Angeles, The Christian Science Monitor, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the British Consulate General/Los Angeles, the Vision Interfaith Satellite Network, and over 30 other television and non-profit organizations. Mr. DuVall was also Vice President for Program Resources of WETA, Washington, D.C. and previously was Director of Corporate Relations of The University of Chicago; Director of Industry Compliance, Cost of Living Council, Executive Office of the President; and an officer in the U.S. Air Force. His writing has included speeches for presidential candidates in four national campaigns and poetry published in the Southern Poetry Review and other journals. He is a native of San Diego, California, holds a B.A. degree (cum laude) from Colgate University, and he presently serves as a member of the board of sponsors of Morehouse College and an associate of the Centre for Justice and Peace Development at Massey University (Auckland, New Zealand).
Book
- Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall, "A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict, St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Affiliations
- International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
- Morehouse College – board of sponsors
