Join us for a conversation with Lex Paulson on successful civil society strategies including leadership tips, techniques for community organizing, and effective partnerships among elected officials, civil society and individual citizens.
Lex Paulson served as a mobilization strategist for the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and Emmanuel Macron in 2017. He currently directs international projects for D21, a consultancy based in Prague, is advising the French National Assembly on political and civic innovation, and teaches public advocacy at Sciences Po-Paris.
A native of Washington DC, Lex has worked as an attorney, professor, writer, and political organizer, including projects for UNICEF, the U.S. State Department, and the National Democratic Institute. Trained in political theory at Yale, Cambridge, and the Sorbonne, he worked as legislative counsel in the 111th U.S. Congress; organized on four U.S. presidential campaigns; and has worked to advance democratic innovation in countries such as India, Tunisia, Egypt, Uganda, Senegal, and Côte d'Ivoire.
This event is made possible in partnership with American Center for a European Ukraine. The event will be in English without translation.
Remember to bring your passport or driver’s license.