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The Meaning of SDGs for Children

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:33 +0000

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Social Justice Index

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:31 +0000

A panel discussion with stakeholders on the creation of a social justice index to support and advocate social justice within regions where populations are under a form of colonization and apartheid and injustice. Speakers’ Bios: 1. Rana Dajani: Professor of molecular cell biology, Hashemite University, Jordan, Harvard Radcliff fellow, a Fulbrighter, Eisenhower fellow, Yale and Cambridge visiting professor. Research area: refugee youth and the epigenetics of trauma across generations and world expert on genetics of Circassian and Chechan populations in Jordan. Established stem cell research ethics law in Jordan. Advocate for biological evolution and Islam, Member UN women Jordan advisory council. Established a women mentor network, and received Partnerships for enhanced engagement in research (PEER) award 2014. Organized the first gender summit for the Arab world 2017. Most influential women scientists in Islamic World, 12 among100 the most influential Arab women, Global Changemaker Award for celebrating, President of the Society for the Advancement of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Arab World. Awarded the Jordan star of science by His Majesty King Abdullah II. Developed a community-based model “We love reading” changing mindsets through reading to create changemakers, received World Innovation Summit in Education Award 2014, King Hussein Medal of Honor 2014, UNESCO International Literacy Prize 2017, World Literacy Council Award 2018 and the Jacobs social entrepreneurship award 2018, Science, Technology and Innovation Award UN 2019, Ashoka Fellow 2019, UNHCR Nansen Refugee awardee 2020, Schwab Social entrepreneur 2022. Author of the book: Five scarves, Doing the impossible: If we can reverse cell fate why can’t we redefine success, Nova Publisher 2018. Reviewed by Nature. 2. Tariq Al-Olaimy: co-founder of 3BL Associates. For his work with 3BL, Tariq was named as one of 10 Muslim men shaping the world by Mvslim.com, and was the first per- son from the MENA region to be recognized by GreenBiz and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, as one of their “30 under 30” leaders for breaking new ground in sustainability innovation. Last year, Tariq was also honored as one of 22 Climate Trailblazers worldwide by the Global Climate Action Summit, and recognized as an Expo 2020 Global Innovator. As an educator at heart, Tariq is a certified Ubuntu Peer Peace Coach through the Archbishop DesmondTutu Foundation, a former TEDx curator, and is a co-chair of UNESCO’s Global Action Program on Education for Sustainable Development Partner Network. Tariq is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, sits on the board of AIESEC in Bahrain, and serves on the Global Advisory Council of the World Economic Forum ‘s Global Shapers Community. He has conducted sustainability workshops and trainings across six different continents. As a sustainability and youth education policy advocate within the International Climate Movement, he has worked with UN organizations such as UNESCO, UNFCCC, UNDP, and UNEP towards the Post-2015 Development Agenda (SDGs). Tariq holds a BSc. in Investment and Financial Risk Management from Cass Business School London, has graduated from the Singularity University Executive Program, and is among the first 100 people in the world to complete a specialization in the field of Biomimicry. 3. Hatem Bazian: Co-founder and Professor of Islamic Law and Theology at Zaytuna College, the 1st Accredited Muslim Liberal Arts College in the United States. In addition, Prof. Bazian is a lecturer in the Departments of Near Eastern and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Bazian between 2002-2007, also served as an adjunct professor of law at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. In Spring 2009, Dr. Bazian founded at Berkeley the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project at the Center for Race and Gender, a research unit dedicated to the systematic study of Othering Islam and Muslims. Prof. Bazian in Spring 2012 launched the Islamophobia Studies Journal, which is published bi-annually by Pluto Press and authored five books, hundreds of articles and a constant contributor to public debates. 4. Jason Jacobs: has an international reputation as a historian of television drama, its institutions, technology and aesthetics. He has taught film and television studies at the University of East Anglia, the University of Warwick, and Griffith University. His first book, The Intimate Screen (Oxford University Press, 2000) is a pioneering study of early television drama; his second book Body Trauma TV (British -Film Institute, 2003) explores the aesthetics of the hospital drama in relation to the contemporary cultural imagination. More recently he published Deadwood (Palgrave Macmillan/British Film Institute, 2012), as part of the BFI TV Classics series. He is currently working on an Australian Research Council funded project called “The Persistence of Television: How the Medium Adapts to Survive in the Digital World”…

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Universal Data Ownership

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:27 +0000

The current discourse about data, which is being mass accumulated, aggregated and processed around the world, inevitably raises the question of what is the extent to which all this powerful information transcends the core principle of human rights, thus further widening the gap of the ever-growing challenges with inequality. It is undeniable that most of the data is nowadays being managed and controlled by developed economies, within which powerful actors have been leveraging its potential as a saleable commodity in the world economy, mostly for private wealth, often to the detriment of the billions of people and communities worldwide. We are also seeing a massive data imbalance. Data is expensive and relatively hard to obtain, thus favouring big companies and organisations to invest in a large amount of data and infrastructure for greater data control. Indeed, not complying with the established rules and guidelines about data privacy is the root cause of why such colonisation of data is possible. The Catalyst 2030 community, among many other organisations and individuals working in the social economy, relies on mass information; For people and organisations working towards a SE, the SDGs, and sustainable development, collecting and analysing data enables us to generate deep insights we need to guide our initiatives and innovation toward, thus improving our overall resource efficiency. Hence, in the silos of large multilateral organisations and on the ground through NGO and Citizen sector organisations, the sector controls much of such meaningful data, which enables us to learn about the challenges and work with people, communities, and nations worldwide proactively and collaboratively addressing these. As such, we must enact upon shared principles of data ownership, privacy and control; if not, we might become marginalised by large players in the world economy and potentially lose control of all this invaluable information.

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The Global WE: Mobilisation around our shared humanity

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:27 +0000

Amidst increasing geo-political conflicts, a rise in religious fanatism, widening wealth gaps, and the realities of entrenched racism, we are subject to an underlying crisis that threatens social justice – fractured relationships and indifference to suffering. We may make progress on the SDGs, but without attention to personal relationships and a culture of encounter, any progress will be short-lived and inequitable. This session explores how we, as social innovators, might realise a Global WE through mass mobilisation toward a collective practice of humanity. This is an exploratory brainstorm; everyone is welcome.

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Impactful stories of quality education in a city with wealth disparity

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:25 +0000

Participants can learn from the two approaches in supporting children and teenagers who experience difficulties in their primary and secondary school learning. One approach involves offering ethnic minority children supplementary learning support outside school to enhance their Chinese language competence for catching up in the indigenous school curriculum. Another approach involves a collaborative intervention with schools by placing university graduate mentors in schools to enrich the curriculum teaching and mentoring. Board members of each organisation will share the importance of Board involvement. Impacts of both approaches will also be shared.

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Nurturing an inclusive future workplace through the iCorp model

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:24 +0000

Creating inclusive workplaces goes beyond the efforts of individual social entrepreneurs. The iCorp Model created by Dialogue in the Dark Foundation builds a consortium of collaborators who play different key roles in defining the future of work that embraces diversity and inclusion. These collaborators include strategic partners who support people with disabilities; funders who support capacity building of people with disabilities; human resources specialists of mainstream business employers; and iCorp Champions who are dominant business players. Participants who attend this session will learn about the processes and challenges in co-creating an ecosystem that defines a future of work in embracing diversity and inclusion.

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The Privilege Framework – prototyping of a community-driven and response tool

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:20 +0000

An interactive live demonstration of The Privilege Framework – a universally applicable open source community-driven assessment tool. Social entrepreneurs are aware that people have privilege when they are able to live with dignity. Inequity is measured by the numbers and the distance between the under-privileged and the over-privileged. We want a future that has harmony and thriving for the entire ecosystem. If every life form on the planet is given the same due as humans, then we begin to assess more than just human privilege. The Privilege Framework is being trialled by WG4:People Driven Development as a universally applicable open source self-assessment and response tool for a community. We invite you to be a co-creator.

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Upskilling Students and Uplifting Communities to Achieve the SDGs

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:17 +0000

Hear directly from four social entrepreneurs, three students and two business executives about their experience, the lessons learned and the impact of the programme on them. The main take-aways are: 1. Learn how the SURE programme works to benefit both students and the community. 2. Learn how to develop and use student-written micro cases to educate future leaders. 3. Learn how to develop a similar programme at your institution with minimal budget, by leveraging corporate, community, and academic partnerships, and using early successes to raise funds for future programming.

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Role of Religion to Women Empowerment

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:16 +0000

We are considering a possible PowerPoint presentation of the scope of religion in relation to human behaviour, the impact and the possible benefits to realizing SDGs faster and in a lasting manner by engaging the tool of religion effectively. We intend to share years of experience, apparatus that has been built and achievements made. We also want to show efforts made over the years and areas of collaboration for prospective partners.

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The Evolution of Social Entrepreneurship for the Future of Work

Ajit Vahadane — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:02:15 +0000

coFLOWco invites new and struggling social entrepreneurs to join, hear stories of solidarity, and learn strategies protect yourself from exploitation and future-proof your workplace. Through several case studies and personal stories Collective Flow Consulting will highlight the impacts that the pandemic has had on underestimated solopreneurs, small businesses, and startups (including ourselves, our clients, and colleagues). We’ll look at the complex systems inhibiting the growth of new businesses focused on social justice and discuss accountability for social impact. We’ll suggest ways to boost the survival for gender and racially diverse founders and share resources and guidance. This session is for those who want to put their money where their mouth is with DEI, ESG, CSR, and the SDGs.

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