ConferenceAgenda
9:00-9:50
Continental breakfast and registration
generously provided by The Corp
10:00-11:15
Welcoming and Open Remarks
- Amanda Gant, Conference Organizer
- Introduction of Carol Bellamy - Tom Bullock, Washingtonian of the Year 2004
- Keynote Speaker - Carol Bellamy, President and CEO of World Learning, Former Executive Director of UNICEF
11:25-12:40
Workshop session I
- Campus Group Leadership
Moderator -- Jane Li, GU senior, of GU-STAND and GU-AIDS Coalition
Paige Fern, GU sophomore, Founder of Education Without Boundaries
Christine Anthony, GU Office of Residence Life - Global Partnership (Millennium Development Goal #8)
Moderators -- Monica Price, AU graduate student, and
Kristen Maresca, AU graduate student
Neil Watkins, National Coordinator of Jubilee USA Network
Sophia Lafontant, Oxfam Student Trade Campaign Organizer
- Child Mortality (Millennium Development Goal #4)
Moderator -- Alex Ganimian, GU junior, Vice President of UNICEF/SCCS - Georgetown
Saif Rahman, Student Campaign for Child Survival/Global Justice
Holly Kirschke, GU graduate student, formerly of UNICEF, UGANDA - Universal Primary Education (Millennium Development Goal #2)
Moderator - Molly Keogh, GU sophomore, of GU HOPE
Jessica Rimington, GU freshman, Founder of One World Youth Project,
Adam Tolnay, Founder of Learning Enterprises and The Learning Foundation India. graduate student at Georgetown University MSFS - Poverty and Hunger (Millennium Development Goal #1)
Moderator -- Tracy O-Dowd, Catholic University senior, President of Amnesty International-Catholic
Erin Luchenbill, Campus Organizer, Bread for the World
12:45-2:25
Lunch and Networking Session
generously provided by the UMD Food Coop
- Exhibition of 25 NGOs and National Networks from all over the DC area
2:30-3:45
Workshop Session II
- Green is the color of development (Millennium Development Goal #7)
Moderator -- Roy Geiser, AU graduate student
Asif Shaikh, President and CEO of International Resources Group (IRG)
Zoe Chafe, Staff Researcher for Worldwatch Institute - Gender Equality and Maternal Health (Millennium Development Goal #3 and 5)
Jill Jensen, GU junior, Student Liaison, Cycle Beads Georgetown Chapter, The Institute for Reproductive Health
Kendra Jackson, GU senior, Take Back the Night - Morals, Ethics and Human Rights approach to the MDGs
Moderator -- Caroline Pang, GU junior, Our Moment Coordinator
Dan Porterfield, Professor of Human Rights
- Advocacy and Lobbying
Moderators -- Dave Halperin, GU senior, US Youth Representative to Campaign to Ban Landmines and Kenneth Black – AU graduate student
Colby Goodman, Arms Control Efforts, Advocacy Associate, Amnesty International
Derreck Kayongo, CARE International, Advocacy Field Coordinator, Southeast region - Messaging 101: How to Talk about Ending Global Poverty with Americans
Moderator -- Maheen Kaleem, GU junior, SSTOP, Our Moment Coordinator, STAND
Sarah Bush, Co-Executive Director, Americans for Informed Democracy
Allyn Lodge, Co-Executive Director, Americans for Informed Democracy
4:00-5:15
Workshop session III
- HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB and other Diseases (Millennium Development Goal #6)
Moderator -- Swati Shroff, GW senior, Student Global AIDS Campaign and Advocates for Youth
Kaytee Riek, Campaign to End Aids
Mark Hiew, UMD senior, Advocates for Youth
Akenji Ndumudu, Africa Action
Robyn Munford, US Program Director, Students Partnership Worldwide
- Media Work: Getting publicity that works for your cause
Moderator -- Surabhi Mathur, GU senior, International Students' Association
Anne Fajon, GMMB
Sally Kurtz, GMMB - Interfaith Dialogue and the MDGs: How faith relates to one's search for justice
Moderator -- Joel Yablunsky, Catholic University sophomore
Mike Goggin, Director, High School & College Programs and Congregational Partnerships at InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington
Andrew J. Hoeksema, Campus Organizer, Sojourners - Human Trafficking
Moderator -- Becky Bavinger, GU senior, President and Co-founder, Students Stopping the Trafficking Of People (SSTOP)
Christine Dolan, Founder and CEO of "Children in Slavery - the 21st Century"
Andrea Rossi, UNICEF Child Trafficking Focal Point Programme Division, Child Protection - Town Hall Meetings: Introducing people to the issues
Moderator -- Sarah Audelo, GU senior, Advocates for Youth
Sarah Bush, Co-Executive Director, Americans for Informed Democracy
Allyn Lodge, Co-Executive Director, Americans for Informed Democracy
5:20-6:00
Closing Activity