Resisting Authoritarianism & Building Power with Sara Haghdoosti & Harrison Mann

Sara Haghdoosti

Executive Director

Win Without War

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-haghdoosti-433b1913/

Sara Haghdoosti (she/her) is the Executive Director of Win Without War and Win Without War Education Fund, a diverse network of activists and organizations working for a more peaceful, progressive U.S. foreign policy.  A foreign policy expert with a unique background in political organizing and campaigning, Sara has spent more than a decade advocating for diplomatic solutions over failed military responses to crises involving nuclear non-proliferation, climate change, women’s rights, and democracy. At Win Without War, Sara leads day-to-day operations, development, and organizational strategy. She previously worked at the Mozilla Foundation, Change.org, and GetUp Australia. Sara brings a unique voice to foreign policy discourse as a Muslim woman who navigates the halls of power in Washington, works with grassroots organizations around the country, and has personally felt the impacts of harmful foreign policy, including the Trump administration’s Muslim Ban policy. Her debut novel is Sunburnt Veils, the story of a young Muslim woman activist in Australia.

Harrison Mann

Senior Fellow

Win Without War

https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrison-mann-38366a99/

Harrison Mann is a Senior Fellow at Win Without War. A former U.S. Army major and executive officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Middle East/Africa Regional Center, Harrison resigned in protest of his office’s support for Israel during its Gaza campaign. He previously served as a Middle East all-source intelligence analyst and led a crisis cell coordinating intelligence support for Ukraine. Prior to DIA, he worked at the U.S. Embassy Tunis Office of Security Cooperation and led Army Civil Affairs teams combatting regional smuggling under U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) in Bahrain.

Marie Berry

Professor

University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Dr. Marie Berry is Associate Professor at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs at the University of Denver and an expert on gender, violence, and social movements. She is the former director of the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy and current Director of the Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative (IGLI), an effort to elevate the work women activists are doing at the grassroots to advance peace, democracy, and human rights across the world. Her award-winning book, War, Women, and Power: From Violence to Mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina (Cambridge University Press 2018), examined the impact of mass violence on women’s political mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia. Together with Dr. Milli Lake (LSE), she runs the Women’s Rights After War Project. Her writing and research has been published in places like the Boston Review, Foreign Policy, Convergence Magazine, Gender & Society, Signs, New Political Economy, and more. She is a 2021 recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and a 2025 recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest award given by the U.S. government to early career scientists and engineers.