John G. Shulman is a filmmaker, writer, activist, human rights lawyer, teacher and citizen of the world. He has lived in India, the United States and Africa, and has traveled to over forty countries around the world. He has played professional soccer in Asia.

Along with his wife, Jeanne-Marie Almonor, John wrote and directed the critically acclaimed, award winning human rights movie JUSTICE. He is currently in pre-production for the film, HOMELAND, with principal photography scheduled for early 2011.

Mr. Shulman received his undergraduate degree in English Literature from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is currently Visiting Professor of Law at the National Law University, Delhi, India and is President of the training and consulting firm Alignor, specializing in negotiation strategy and conflict resolution. He has written a children’s fantasy novel, published by Hachette, entitled, The Lama, the Snow Leopard and the Thunder Dragon. He has written three books on negotiation and has written a human rights manifesto, On African Liberation. He is currently writing a book about the collision of capitalism and democracy in India, The Satanic Machine.

Mr. Shulman can be reached for information about his filmmaking and writing, or to schedule a speaking engagement, at connect@john-shulman.com.

Published by Hachette (www.hachetteindia.com), The Lama, the Snow Leopard and the Thunder Dragon is a children’s fantasy adventure set in a boarding school in India’s Himalayan Mountains. Written for pre-teens, their parents and grandparents alike, The Lama touches on contemporary and timeless issues as its three child heroes encounter tricky teachers, cheating bullies, talking animals, and two villainous brothers bent on destroying the natural beauty of the Himalayas in their quest for progress and development!

The Lama, the Snow Leopard and the Thunder Dragon is available at all major book sellers throughout the Indian subcontinent.

For more information about The Lama, the Snow Leopard and the Thunder Dragon, go to www.hachetteindia.com.

What would Gandhiji say today about the entry of Western capitalism into post-independence, democratic India?

Here is what he said nearly 100 years ago:

“It is not my intention to suggest that every Englishman or English officer is a devil. Every officer, however, works as part of a Satanic machine and therefore, whether intentionally or unintentionally, becomes an instrument of injustice, deception and repression.”

– Mahatma Gandhi

Activist and human rights lawyer John G. Shulman updates the story about how unbridled capitalism promises social, economic and environmental devastation for India and shows what you must do to stop it before it’s too late.

A plain-speaking book about oppression, identity and liberation, On African Liberation examines the systemic causes of exploitation and oppression from colonial times through the present and proposes a radical new paradigm for personal empowerment and freedom.

Did you know?

The United States military operates in more than two dozen countries across Africa and the Caribbean.

The United States incarcerates more than 1 million African-American men.

The child protection system in the United States removes more than 100,000 African-American children per year from their parents.

US military personnel, African-American children in segregated inner cities, and children in Iraq and Afghanistan all suffer disproportionately from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Written by human rights lawyers and acclaimed filmmakers Jeanne-Marie Almonor and John Shulman, HOMELAND tells the story of an African-American army veteran and his wife who must overcome a corrupt bureaucracy in a fight to save themselves and their children from the ravages of war and the child protection system.

Writer-producer Jeanne-Marie Almonor grew up in inner-city Brooklyn, graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991, and joined a corporate law firm. After a few years, she left the firm to start a civil rights law practice with her husband and fellow Harvard Law grad, John Shulman. For nearly two decades, the couple has fought on the front lines in the battle for social and economic justice in the United States and abroad. The filmmakers’ first movie JUSTICE (starring Roger Guenveur Smith, Monica Calhoun, and Anna Maria Horsford) was a critical and popular hit. JUSTICE was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in 1995 and won numerous awards after a brief theatrical run. JUSTICE is currently available on home video through Image Entertainment. HOMELAND is scheduled for principal photography in May 2011. Post-production is expected to be completed by November 2011.

Alignor is the world leader in performance improvement solutions utilising the interest-based approach to negotiation, conflict resolution and leadership. Alignor was founded by Harvard graduates and expert negotiators who developed a streamlined, effective process for managing key negotiations, handling business challenges and resolving high stakes disputes. Alignor helps its clients achieve their objectives through a wide array of products and services, including customized training, expert coaching and consulting, evaluation tools, blended learning, e-learning, and customized job aids and tools.

The Alignor approach to negotiation, conflict resolution and leadership development has been embraced by clients in numerous industries as a best practice for such core activities as account management, sales, contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, strategic decisions, supply chain management, conflict resolution, and improving organizational alignment.

Alignor has partnered with the National Law University, Delhi, India, to set up a Centre for Leadership and Justice. Alignor has also set up a Center for Negotiation and Justice at William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN USA.

Alignor’s public interest work includes partnering with the Harvard Program on Negotiation to facilitate dialogue among leaders over withdrawal of settlements from Gaza and the West Bank. Alignor has also partnered with the United Nations to train UN personnel at the International War Crimes Tribunal for Rwanda in negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

For more information about Alignor, go to www.alignor.com