Join us for an evening with
THOR HALVORSSEN
President, Human Rights Foundation
Reception 6:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Program 7:00 p.m.
Estonian House
243 E. 34th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues), New York, NY
ADMISSION
UNA Members: Free
Non-Members: $25 introductory membership
Thor Halvorssen is a human rights advocate and film producer. He is President of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF), an organization devoted to the liberation of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners and to the promotion of liberal democracy in the Americas.
A lifelong civil liberties and civil rights advocate, Halvorssen was the first Executive Director and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) a free speech group he headed from its founding in 1999 until 2004. He has lectured at universities across the country on matters of liberty and his opinions and views have appeared in numerous venues including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, National Public Radio, TIME, National Journal, as well as television outlets such as Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" and "Hannity & Colmes," MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews," HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel," CNN, and many others.
Halvorssen is the producer of several feature films and documentaries that focus on human freedom including Freedom's Fury, Indoctrinate U, The Sugar Babies, and Hammer & Tickle (2006 winner of the Zurich Film Festival). He is a contributing author to several books about freedom.
Halvorssen graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with concurrent undergraduate and graduate degrees in Political Science and History. He lives in New York and Los Angeles.
Guest Speaker
LT. COL. DAVID T. FAHRENKRUG
Lt. Col. David T. Fahrenkrug is currently the Chief Strategist at Eighth Air Force located at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. He is responsible for developing concepts and strategies for air, space, and cyberspace operations in support of US Strategic Command missions. He is a senior pilot with more than 2000 hours in the T-38 and F-15C. He has flown combat operation in support of Operations Northern and Southern Watch and served as the Detachment Commander for Operation Northern Guardian. He is a graduate of the Air Force’s advanced strategy school, The School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and completed graduate studies at the University of Chicago where he received a Doctorate in Political Science. His dissertation showed how certain political strategies can extend the longevity of empires by overcoming nationalist resistance to imperial control. He was the lead author for the Eighth Air Force’s Concept of Cyber Warfare and his current projects include developing strategies for cyber operations.
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