Provocate is well-known for attracting the most creative thinkers and most energetic doers in Central Indiana…. and increasingly from around the world. The current Provocate team is no exception. Look for them at events around Indianapolis. Check out their articles. Let us know how they can help connect you to some of the many important initiatives that are transforming neighborhoods and the world. And if you would like to learn about joining Team Provocate, contact us.
John Clark
Primus inter pares
John Clark, the creator of Provocate, is recognized as one of Central Indiana’s leading experts on international affairs. Until 2005 he was a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and Director of the Center for Central European and Eurasian Studies. In 2005 he helped establish the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, a think tank in Indianapolis. He is the author of more than a hundred books, articles and reports about topics such as the collapse of communism, environmental policy, welfare reform in the United Kingdom, economic development in Central Asia and immigration in Indiana. He is currently a visiting professor at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The Indianapolis Star has called him “the foremost public intellectual in Indiana” (which he thinks cannot possibly be true). Clark is the only person to receive NUVO’s Cultural Vision Award and commendations from the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for contributions on counter-terrorism.
Christina Clark
International Law & Culture
Christina Clark is a practicing public interest lawyer in Indianapolis. Christina has volunteered with groups in Romania, South Korea, and Palestine, working on a wide range of social issues including women’s rights, disability advocacy, education, and child services. Christina spent several years volunteering for the Center for Constitutional Democracy in Bloomington, Indiana, which provides strategic planning and legal resources to minority groups in Burma, Liberia, and Vietnam. In addition to her international advocacy work, Christina has made several pro bono trips to the Gulf Coast to assist Hurricane Katrina victims in resolving pressing legal matters. Christina is excited to work with Provocate in promoting humanitarian causes and cultural awareness in Indianapolis.
Amy King
Haiti Liaison
Amy King has been visiting Haiti since March 2007 when she accompanied a medical mission to Belle Riviere with St. Thomas Aquinas Church of Indianapolis. Since then she has worked on medical missions and with orphanages throughout country. For the past eight years, Amy has used her degree in nuclear medical technology from Indiana University to work for the Veterans Administration. Within six days of the earthquake in January 2010, Amy and her husband Rob were in Haiti with a team of surgeons. Her socio-medical photo exhibit at the Athenaeum in May, “A Nod to Haiti,” received critical acclaim and was shown near Chicago in the summer of 2010.
Dan Mundell
Researcher
Dan Mundell grew up in Indianapolis and graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington. He majored in International Studies and Spanish, with minors in Political Science and West European Studies. Dan spent two summers working in Spain and Argentina for the Economy of Communion, a global network of entrepreneurs dedicated to socially responsible business practices. He also worked for IU’s Office of the Vice President for International Affairs. Dan recently arrived home from Washington, D.C., where he spent the last eight months interning for the Council on Foreign Relations and Management Systems International. He is especially interested in US foreign policy, particularly in its relation to global governance institutions and international economic development.