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| Board of Directors Susan Kent Cakars, Secretary, joined the Muste Institute Board in 1986. She is newly retired as a writer and editor of children's books and was formerly a WIN Magazine editor and a War Resisters League executive committee member. James A. Cole is a longtime educator who is currently an assistant principal and founding staff member at a middle school in New York City. His background includes working as an environmental educator, science teacher, and dean of students in a variety of educational settings. He joined the A.J. Muste Institute Board in 2003. Brian Drolet is acting director of Deep Dish TV, the first national satellite network, launched in 1986 as a distribution network linking independent producers, programmers, community-based activists and viewers who support movements for social change and economic justice. Deep Dish TV has been located in the Muste Institute's Peace Pentagon since 1990. Brian joined the Muste Institute Board in 2010. Carol Kalafatic is Associate Director of the American Indian Program at Cornell University. She previously served as coordinator of the International Indian Treaty Council's UN Liaison Office and Right to Food Program; coordinated the Indigenous Peoples' Caucus of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development; and was Latin American Program coordinator for the National Museum of the American Indian's Film and Video Center. She joined the Board in 2000. Bernice Lanning is a founding Board member of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, and served as Board Secretary for many years. She was active with the War Resisters League from 1961 to 2003. She joined the Prison Visitation and Support organization in 1983 and has served on its Board of Directors and Leadership Team. For many years she regularly visited prisoners at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the federal prison in Manhattan. David McReynolds is a pacifist and socialist who helped found the Muste Institute. He was a staff member at the War Resisters League for nearly four decades and served as Chair of War Resisters International from 1986 to 1988. He is the author of A Philosophy of Nonviolence, one of the Muste Institute's Essay Series pamphlets; a 1970 book, We Have Been Invaded by the 21st Century (out of print); and many articles. David was the Socialist Party USA candidate for President in 1980 and 2000. He is also on the board of Cooper Square Mutual Housing Authority. Peter Muste, Chair, is a freelance producer, stage manager, writer, educator, director and community event organizer. Peter is part of Green Hill Production Services, which develops arts-in-education programs, and was a founding director of Chicago's Public Access Theatre, which brought socially relevant plays to parks and other public spaces. A longtime supporter of the Muste Institute, Peter joined the Board in 2004 and has served as Chair since 2006. A.J. Muste was Peter's grandfather; Peter's father was A.J.'s son John Muste, who passed away in 2002. Jill Sternberg works internationally as a consultant in diversity, gender, conflict transformation and nonviolence training, specializing in training for nonviolent action in situations of war or protracted violence. She has been designing and facilitating workshops and trainings worldwide since 1992. Jill has served on the Board since 2004, and previously from 1997 to 2001; she has been on the Advisory Committee of the International Nonviolence Training Fund since 1997. She currently works in Dili, Timor-Leste (East Timor) for the HAK Association, a human rights group dedicated to strengthening this new country's adherence to human rights commitments and justice for serious crimes. Nina Streich has been an activist for over 30 years in disarmament, social justice and environmental movements on a local and national level, and has served on the Board since 2003. She is currently executive director of the Orlando, Florida-based Global Peace Film Festival, which she started in 2003. Nina also volunteers as a public relations expert and fundraiser for activist events. She specializes in film and video work, and has also served on the board of Manhattan Neighborhood Network. Robert T. Taylor is Executive Director of Student Development and Activities at Columbia University. He joined the Board in 1997, bringing a background in youth and community development. Martha Thomases, Vice Chair, is a writer and public relations professional who came to the Muste Institute Board in 2000 after many years as a member and supporter of the Institute and the War Resisters League. She joined the anti-war movement while still in college and worked on the staff of WIN Magazine in the 1970s.
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