Jack DuVall
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Jack DuVall has a background in universities, television, federal United States
United States
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administration and politics, and the United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
. He was Executive Producer of Steve York
Steve York
Steven H. York is a documentary filmmaker who has worked in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America on subjects ranging from religious fundamentalism to American history to nonviolent conflict.- Life and career :...
's 1999 film A Force More Powerful
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 non-violent resistance movements around the world. Executive producers were Dalton Delan and Jack DuVall...
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
International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict is an independent, nonprofit educational foundation, founded by Jack DuVall and Peter Ackerman in 2002...
, together with founding chair Peter Ackerman
Peter Ackerman
Peter Ackerman is the founding chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and the managing director of Rockport Capital Incorporated. He chaired the board of trustees of Freedom House from September 2005 until January 2009. He is a member of the Board of the Council on Foreign...
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Education, business, political, military career
DuVall holds a B.A. degree (cum laude) from Colgate UniversityColgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...
. He spent 16 years as a television executive and author, he was Director of Corporate Relations at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, Director of Industry Compliance, Cost of Living Council, Executive Office of the President of the United States
Executive Office of the President of the United States
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, and wrote speeches for candidates for the Presidency of the United States
President of the United States
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in four election campaigns. DuVall is an officer of the United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
. In 2003, DuVall was a member of the Board of Directors of the Arlington Institute
The Arlington Institute
The Arlington Institute is a 501 non-profit think tank specializing in predictive modeling of future events, that is, futures studies. Founded in 1989 by former naval officer and military expert John L...
, a non-profit futures studies 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 nonviolenceNonviolence
Nonviolence has two meanings. It can refer, first, to a general philosophy of abstention from violence because of moral or religious principle It can refer to the behaviour of people using nonviolent action Nonviolence has two (closely related) meanings. (1) It can refer, first, to a general...
used as a tool against governments perceived to be authoritarian. Together with Dalton Delan, Jack DuVall
Jack DuVall
Jack DuVall has a background in universities, television, federal United States administration and politics, and the United States Air Force. He was Executive Producer of Steve York's 1999 film A Force More Powerful together with Dalton Delan, and developed it into a television series and a book...
was one of the Executive Producers of Steve York
Steve York
Steven H. York is a documentary filmmaker who has worked in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America on subjects ranging from religious fundamentalism to American history to nonviolent conflict.- Life and career :...
's 1999 film A Force More Powerful
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 non-violent resistance movements around the world. Executive producers were Dalton Delan and Jack DuVall...
about the theory and practice of nonviolence
Nonviolence
Nonviolence has two meanings. It can refer, first, to a general philosophy of abstention from violence because of moral or religious principle It can refer to the behaviour of people using nonviolent action Nonviolence has two (closely related) meanings. (1) It can refer, first, to a general...
as a sociopolitical strategy, which was developed into a television series for the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television network Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
the following year, and then into a book that DuVall co-authored with Peter Ackerman
Peter Ackerman
Peter Ackerman is the founding chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and the managing director of Rockport Capital Incorporated. He chaired the board of trustees of Freedom House from September 2005 until January 2009. He is a member of the Board of the Council on Foreign...
. In 2001, together with Peter Ackerman
Peter Ackerman
Peter Ackerman is the founding chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and the managing director of Rockport Capital Incorporated. He chaired the board of trustees of Freedom House from September 2005 until January 2009. He is a member of the Board of the Council on Foreign...
, DuVall created a non-profit institute called the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict is an independent, nonprofit educational foundation, founded by Jack DuVall and Peter Ackerman in 2002...
(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 Montreal, Canada.