We welcome Hardy Merriman to the Board of The Meta-Activism Project (MAP).  I had the pleasure of working with Hardy over the two-day strategy session we held as part of the formation of MAP back in January, and am very pleased that he’s joined us.  He’ll prove to have really great input and impact on the organization.

Hardy is a leading scholar and trainer in the field of nonviolent civic action.  He has edited or co-authored some of the seminal works in the field, such as Waging Nonviolent Struggle (2005) and CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle (2007).  Hardy is currently a Senior Advisor at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, a nonprofit foundation that develops the study and use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies to establish and defend human rights, democracy and justice worldwide.

The Meta-Activism Project (MAP) seeks to build new knowledge about the effects of digital technology on activism and political power.  We not want to reinvent the wheel, but rather to build on existing knowledge.  Hardy is a link to these stores of existing knowledge, as he said in a recent email…..[Read More]