Jack DuVall has a background in universities, television, federal

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administration and politics, and the

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. He was Executive Producer of

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's 1999 film ''

A Force More Powerful ''A Force More Powerful'' is a 1999 feature-length documentary film and a 2000 PBS series written and directed by Steve York about nonviolent resistance movements around the world. Executive producers were Dalton Delan and Jack DuVall. Peter ...

'' together with Dalton Delan, and developed it into a television series and a book. He is the founding director of the

International Center on Nonviolent Conflict The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) is a nonprofit educational foundation, founded by Jack DuVall and Peter Ackerman in 2002."Peter Ackerman - Founding Chair". International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. 2009. Archived from t ...

, together with founding chair Peter Ackerman.

Education, business, political, military career

DuVall holds a B.A. degree (cum laude) from

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. He spent 16 years as a television executive and author, he was Director of Corporate Relations at the

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, Director of Industry Compliance, Cost of Living Council,

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, and wrote speeches for candidates for the

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in four election campaigns. DuVall is an officer of the

. In 2003, DuVall was a member of the board of directors of the Arlington Institute, a non-profit

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think tank founded by former naval officer and military expert John L. Petersen.

Nonviolence activities

DuVall is best known for his role in media production and institutional actions related to strategic

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used as a tool against governments perceived to be authoritarian. Together with Dalton Delan, Jack DuVall was one of the Executive Producers of

's 1999 film ''

'' about the theory and practice of

as a sociopolitical strategy, which was developed into a television series for the

television network

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the following year, and then into a book that DuVall co-authored with Peter Ackerman. In 2001, together with Peter Ackerman, DuVall created a non-profit institute called the

(ICNC). DuVall is founding director of the ICNC and Ackerman is its founding chairman. In 2007, DuVall was a facilitator at the Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide, held in

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, Canada.

References

External links

A Force More Powerful
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