With the loss of funding to many vulnerable communities, multinational organizations will continue to shape humanitarian and development funding. How can we shift to more local and regional models of cross-sector leadership?
On Thursday, December 3rd 10am PST | 12pm COT | 1pm EST, we celebrate the Americas Geography Awareness Event with an opening keynote by Wade Davis. Wade holds degrees in anthropology and biology and received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University. He is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and is currently Professor of Anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. He has authored 22 books, including One River, The Wayfinders and Into the Silence, winner of the 2012 Samuel Johnson prize, the top nonfiction prize in the English language. His work has taken him to East Africa, Borneo, Nepal, Peru, Polynesia, Tibet, Mali, Benin, Togo, New Guinea, Australia, Colombia, Vanuatu, Mongolia and the high Arctic of Nunuvut and Greenland.
Hear the stories of nice people doing good work. Connect with friendly local and regional communities, learn about free training, resources and funding opportunities.This event is free. Talks are 10 minutes each with a Q&A on the Facebook Live stream.
View the Facebook event page https://fb.me/e/1MwlEyx0b
December 3rd
10am-1:15pm PST
12pm-3:15pm COT
1pm-4:15pm EST
Meet our speakers!
10:10am PST
Celina Agaton
10:25am PST
Wade Davis
National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence | BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia
10:45am PST
Rachel Olson
Indigenous Maternal Health & Gender
Firelight Group
11am PST
Inez Cook
Co-Founder and Owner
Salmon n’ Bannock
11:15am PST
Saraswathi Vedam
Birthplace Lab
11:30am PST
Sara Barron
Future Forests
11:45am PST
Melanie Chabot
Canadian Red Cross
12:00pm PST
Rudo Kemper
Digital Democracy
12:15pm PST
Kyle Napier
Native Land Digital
12:30pm PST
Maria Peña Valencia
Youthmappers Colombia
1:00pm
Eli Enns
Indigenous Conservation
Conservation Through Reconciliation See Less