BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:215@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160921T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160921T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084649Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/wm-community-connection s/ SUMMARY:WorldMatters - "Community Connections & Solutions: From Zimbabwe & East Timor to Alaska" a panel discussion moderated by YWCA Alaska's Hilary Morgan DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nThe speakers have shared their PowerPoint presentations from the evening with us for your viewing\, they can be found below:\n\n Eugenia on Timor Leste - Presentation\n Margaret on Zimbabwe - Presentat ion\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nEugenia Urania Da Costa Correia\nEugenia Urania Da Costa Correia is a passionate and well-rounded professional who special izes in grant writing and conflict mediation. As the Small Grant Manager f or Belun NGO\, Correia is currently collaborating with managers\, consulta nts\, and research groups to prepare grant proposals and conduct research on resolution strategies. After her fellowship in the US\, Eugenia plans t o apply skills she has learned to develop new strategies for conflict reso lution to reduce domestic violence in her home of Timor-Leste. One of the most important strategies Correia plans to employ is education\, improving local knowledge of domestic violence laws.\n\nCorreia has previously gain ed experience in a variety of fields. As a Peace Building Project Coordina tor\, she supervised staff and facilitated educational programs for youth\ ; especially those involved in martial arts gangs. As a National Gender Co nsultant\, Correia gained valuable experience in research: she led the sur vey team\, reported the findings\, and finally conducted the final evaluat ion for the Development Agriculture Community Project.\n\nCorreia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Educational Sciences: Mathematics from the National Un iversity of Timore-Lorosa’e and a Master of Arts in Social and Political Sciences: Peace and Conflict Studies from the Meio University (Japan).\n\ nMargaret Mutsamvi\nMargaret Mutsamvi\, currently a Program Officer at Sav anna Trust\, focuses on the issue of gender discrimination and actively wo rks to promote gender equality and empower women. A dedicated human rights activist\, Mutsamvi is involved in the Community Solutions Program to imp lement change in the marginalized communities of Zimbabwe. By learning how to mainstream projects\, Mutsamvi plans to increase access to information and form opportunities for personal development for women upon her return to Zimbabwe.\n\nMargaret has worked with many different groups to increas e her participation and understanding in coalitions working toward change. For example\, Margaret has extensive experience in managing projects with the “Do You Care Foundation” and the Savanna Trust. Margaret has also diversified her skills with training volunteers with the African Women’ s Initiatives in Developing Economies and representing the interests of lo cal women as a board member with the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Develo pment.\n\nMargaret is highly educated\, with a Bachelor of Science in Econ omics from the University of Zimbabwe\, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Sustain able Community Development\, and a Higher National Diploma in Labour Relat ions.\n\nModerator - Hilary A. Morgan\n Hilary is the CEO of the YWCA Alas ka. She is nationally recognized as a leader in the fields of homelessness \, housing\, diversity and women’s issues. No stranger to the for-profit world Morgan spent her younger years on Wall Street and founded Resourcef ul Results\, LLC\, a program and systems architecture company specializing in transformational solutions to persistent social justice challenges wit h clients in New York\, Washington\, DC and Alaska. Among her numerous awa rds and achievements are a Rockefeller Next Generation Leadership Fellowsh ip\, the Mayor’s Award for Public Service (Anchorage\, AK)\, the Citizen of the Year Award by the National Social Workers Association and the YWCA /BP Alaska Woman of Achievement award. Morgan is also the author of Nuts a nd Bolts of Effective Task Force Development: An Analysis of a Community T ask Force on Homelessness and producer of Homeward Bound\, A Way to a Bett er Life.\n\n\n\nThe IREX Community Solutions Program is a professional dev elopment program for the best and brightest global community leaders worki ng in transparency and accountability\, tolerance and conflict resolution\ , environmental issues\, and women and gender issues. Leaders participate in a four month US fellowship with a local nonprofit organization or gover nment agency\, structured virtual learning and networking via the Online C ommunity Leadership Institute\, and the design and implementation of follo w-on projects in their home countries.\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatters series is m ade possible thanks to the support of BP.\n\n\n\nThis WorldMatters program is presented in partnership with:\n\n\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatters program ser ies is made possible thanks to the support of our community partners. Visi t the WorldMatters page to learn more about the partner organizations and contact Deputy Director Alyssa Bish to get involved! 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