Young Initiative Annual Report, 2020-21

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Young-Sponsored Campus Events Despite the virtual setting of the 2020-21 school year, the Young Initiative continued to foster and facilitate discussions around the global political economy and international relations at large. Young sponsored or co-sponsored six speaker events illuminating global issues such as restorative justice, food insecurity, and state-sanctioned violence. MANAGING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE: FROM DEMONSTRATIONS TO TRANSFORMATION September 30, 2020

Luis Moreno Ocampo is the former first chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Previously, he played a crucial role in Argentina’s transition to democracy, as the deputy prosecutor of the 1985 “Junta trial” and the prosecutor in a trial against the military rebellion in 1991.

Ted Braun is a noted documentarian and the Joseph Campbell Endowed Chair of Cinematic Ethics at USC. His critically acclaimed feature film Darfur Now spearheaded a global social action campaign and won the NAACP Image Award for best documentary of 2007.

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