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DESCRIPTION:Transnational NGO Inititative Presents: New Trends in Mobilizin
 g Citizzen Activists by Dr. Uygar ÖzesmiJoin Dr. Özesmi for a discussion o
 n online tools available for citizen activism\, how these tools are transf
 orming advocacy as we understand it today\, and how they permeate into dec
 ision making and social systems to transform and change how society operat
 es. There will be a special focus on how citizen activism is transforming 
 decision-making in local governments and the state.Dr. Özesmi serves on th
 e global management team of Change.org\, the largest global citizen petiti
 on platform -- an exciting new form of digitally facilitated citizen activ
 ism. He is a scientist and activist in the areas of civil society and the 
 environment. He received a MSc degree in Environmental Science at Ohio Sta
 te University as a Fulbright Scholar and a PhD as a MacArthur Scholar in C
 onservation Biology and Development and Social Change at the University of
  Minnesota. He has worked as Assistant Professor and Chair of Environmenta
 l Science at Erciyes University (2000-2004)\; Environmental Specialist at 
 the United Nations Development Program (2004-2006)\; Executive Director of
  the TEMA Foundation (2006-2008)\, and Greenpeace Mediterranean (2008-2012
 ). Dr. Özesmi is currently on the board of CIVICUS – World Alliance for Ci
 tizen Participation.
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SUMMARY:Transnational NGO Inititative presents: Dr. Uygar Özesmi
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Transnational NGO Inititative Presents: New Tr
 ends in Mobilizing Citizzen Activists by Dr. Uygar Özesmi<br><br>Join Dr. 
 Özesmi for a discussion on online tools available for citizen activism\, h
 ow these tools are transforming advocacy as we understand it today\, and h
 ow they permeate into decision making and social systems to transform and 
 change how society operates. There will be a special focus on how citizen 
 activism is transforming decision-making in local governments and the stat
 e.<br><br>Dr. Özesmi serves on the global management team of Change.org\, 
 the largest global citizen petition platform -- an exciting new form of di
 gitally facilitated citizen activism. He is a scientist and activist in th
 e areas of civil society and the environment. He received a MSc degree in 
 Environmental Science at Ohio State University as a Fulbright Scholar and 
 a PhD as a MacArthur Scholar in Conservation Biology and Development and S
 ocial Change at the University of Minnesota. He has worked as Assistant Pr
 ofessor and Chair of Environmental Science at Erciyes University (2000-200
 4)\; Environmental Specialist at the United Nations Development Program (2
 004-2006)\; Executive Director of the TEMA Foundation (2006-2008)\, and Gr
 eenpeace Mediterranean (2008-2012). Dr. Özesmi is currently on the board o
 f CIVICUS – World Alliance for Citizen Participation.<br><br>
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