Introducing the Design Democracy Advisory Group on the US Government funded Design Democracy Project to support Occupy Central

The US Government funded Design Democracy Internet Portal, developed by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in partnership with HKU included a website and the use of assorted social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others to share information and help coordinate actions during Occupy Central.

According to the Design Democracy ‘About Us’ page, the Design Democracy Advisory Group made significant contributions to the project.  

Design Democracy Advisory Group members

According to the Design Democracy Hong Kong ‘About Us’ page, the Design Democracy Advisory Group comprised:

Professor Richard Cullen

Professor Albert Chen

Professor Sonny Lo

Professor Eliza Lee

Professor Ming Sing

Professor Michael Degolyer

Assistant Professor Peter Chau

Jenny Eagleton

2011 Legco meeting

(Presenting as Chairman, Civic Party English Language Group) 

2013 LegCo meeting

(Representing the Civic Party)

UNHCR presentation

(Representing the Civic Party)

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrq3r7MGxD4

Paul Serfaty

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In later posts, we will highlight the role of senior Civic Party member Jennifer Anne Eagleton (Jenny Eagleton), who not only allowed the Civic Party to infiltrate HKU during the Occupy Central protests, but also acted as consigliere and bridge between student leaders and the Civic Party during the protests. 

Jennifer Eagleton references and credits

LegCo (2011). Presenting as Chairman, Civic Party English Language Group to the Bills Committee on Chief Executive Election (Amendment) Bill 2010 (Third Reading) on 15 Jan 2011. See link: http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr10-11/english/bc/bc53/minutes/bc5320110115.pdf

LegCo (2013). Representing the Civic Party (Committee Member, Constitution and Governance) at the LegCo Panel on Constitutional Affairs held on 20 May 2013. See link:  http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr12-13/english/panels/ca/minutes/ca20130520.pdf

UNHCR (2013). Representing the Civic Party.  Jennifer Eagleton@Deputation on UNHRC on the Third Report of the HKSAR in the light of the ICCPR. Published on 20 May 2013. See link to YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrq3r7MGxD4

Biography credits

Professor Richard Cullen. HKU Faculty of Law – Academic Staff.  See link: http://www.law.hku.hk/faculty/staff/cullen_richard.php

Professor Albert Chen. HKU Faculty of Law – Academic Staff.  See link:  http://www.law.hku.hk/faculty/staff/chen_albert.php

Professor Sonny LO. Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIED).  See link:  http://www.ied.edu.hk/media/research_experts.php?id=55

Professor Eliza Lee. HKU Department of Politics and Public Administration.  See link:  http://ppa.hku.hk/f/eliza

Professor Ming Sing. University of Science and Technology. Division of Social Sciences. See link:  http://sosc.ust.hk/cgi-bin/people/people_index.php?action=view&type=F&profile_id=240 

Professor Michael Degolyer. Hong Kong Transition Project. Members Photos.   See link:  http://hktp.org/members_photos.html

Assistant Professor Peter Chau. HKU Faculty of Law – Academic Staff.   See link:  http://www.law.hku.hk/faculty/staff/chau_peter.php

Paul Serfaty. HKFP Writers.   See link: https://www.hongkongfp.com/author/paulserfaty/