BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal: Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.16.12// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Ical BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.1227034.field_date.0@carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu DTSTAMP:20210301T011003Z DESCRIPTION:\n The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs welcome Samantha Power for a discus sion of her new memoir\, The Education of an Idealist.  \;Power\, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017\, is the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Poli cy at Harvard Kennedy School and the William D. Zabel Professor of the Pra ctice of Human Rights at Harvard Law School. Power will be joined in conve rsation with Director of the Belfer Center and former United States Secret ary of Defense\, Ash Carter. \n\n\n\n The event will be followed by a book signing. Please note that while books will not be available for purchase a t the event\, attendees are encouraged to bring a copy for Amb. Power to s ign. \n\n\n\n The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir \n\n\n\n What can one p erson do? At a time of upheaval and division\, Samantha Power offers an ur gent response to this question—and a call for a clearer eye\, a kinder hea rt\, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives.\n\n\n \n  \;\n\n\n\n The Education of an Idealist brings a unique blend of sus penseful storytelling\, vivid character portraits\, and shrewd political i nsight. It traces Power’s distinctly American journey from immigrant to wa r correspondent to presidential Cabinet official. In 2005\, while teaching at the Kennedy School\, her critiques of US foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama\, who invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign.\n\n\n\n  \;\n\n \n\n After Obama was elected president\, Power went from being an activist outsider to a government insider\, navigating the halls of power while try ing to put her ideals into practice. She served for four years as Obama’s human rights adviser\, and in 2013\, he named her US Ambassador to the Uni ted Nations\, the youngest American to assume the role.\n\n\n\n  \;\n\n \n\n A Pulitzer Prize–winning writer\, Power transports us from her childho od in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situatio n Room and the world of high-stakes diplomacy. Lively and deeply honest\, The Education of an Idealist lays bare the searing battles and defining mo ments of her life and shows how she juggled the demands of a 24/7 national security job with the challenge of raising two young children. Along the way\, she illuminates the intricacies of politics and geopolitics\, remind ing us how the United States can lead in the world\, and why we each have the opportunity to advance the cause of human dignity.\n\n\n\n  \;\n\n \n\n Power’s memoir is an unforgettable account of the power of idealism—an d of one person’s fierce determination to make a difference.\n\n\n\n  \ ;\n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191017T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20200211T173214Z LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse SUMMARY:The Education of an Idealist: A Conversation with Samantha Power URL;TYPE=URI:https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/education-idealist-co nversation-samantha-power END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR