93rd Annual Meeting and Talk by Dr. Katherine Brown, President & CEO, Global Ties US.

A talk given by Dr. Katherine Brown, President and CEO of Global Ties US at our Annual Meeting. Dr. Brown talked about her new book, 'Your Country, Our War: The Press and Diplomacy in Afghanistan' (Oxford University Press, 2019).

'Your Country, Our War' is the first book to review news media dynamics of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, America’s longest continuous combat engagement in history.

We also presented our second Sue C. Root Citizen Diplomacy Award to a local organization that had done outstanding work with the Council for the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program and other exchange programs.

This Video is quite long (1 hour and 29 minutes). Here are some time markers to help you find the various elements quickly:

• Beginning - President John Morse: Introduction
• 12 minute mark - Stephanie Maher and Cyd Melcher: Election of new board members and noting the leaving of long time board member, John Young.
• 16 minute mark - Cyd Melcher: Presentation of the Sue C Root Citizen Diplomacy Award to New England Public Radio's Media Lab.
• 20:30 minute mark - John Voci, Executive Director of Programming and Content for NEPR: Accepting the award on behalf of the NEPR.
• 25:24 minute mark - Jeff Welch: Introducing Dr. Katherine Brown
• 27:45 minute mark - Dr. Katherine Brown