Two weeks ago, I began my remote work as an Oslo Scholar with the Albert Einstein Institution (AEI). AEI is a nonprofit that specializes in the study of strategic nonviolent action and communicates nonviolent methodology to movements and activists around the world.
I began my work with an understanding that my tasks would change rapidly, and my main job would be supporting the work of AEI’s Executive Director, Jamila Raqib. I created briefings on the political context of countries with which Ms. Raqib was in contact. Ms. Raqib uses the briefings compiled by her interns to advise activists that have contacted her on the safest actions, guided by the teachings of the late Dr. Gene Sharp, the Institution’s founder.
