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Let us Dream 2020 Triennial International Online Conference NEWSLETTER Volume 1 Issue 6 CONNECTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND SERVICE INITIATIVES THROUGH GLOBAL NETWORKING NOVEMBER 20-22, 2020 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM IST "Unity is strength…when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved." - Mattie Stepanek The world is always in need of change makers who are inspired to protect and advance the lives of others around them. We learn to adapt to the world around us, but must never stop dreaming of what can and needs to be done to better our local and global communities, as we collaborate with others to do so. Collaboration and unity are key to sparking change as we are living in a time with so much divisiveness and uncertainty about the state of our world. I believe that creating sustainable and lasting change starts by coming together to address a topic and being open to the different perspectives, in order to create a plan and make a difference. Let Us Dream bridges the gap between research and real-world application by encouraging educators, practitioners, and agencies to come together to develop unique and impactful interventions that lead to successful outcomes. This year's conference alone highlights collaboration amongst several colleges and universities around the globe to share their experiences and ideas, which can accomplish this goal of bettering the lives of others. The dedication and sense of togetherness demonstrated in this movement is truly inspirational as it promotes compassion for others and the hope that change is possible. Ms. Debbie Collett-O’Brien Let Us Dream Core Committee, Executive Committee and Promotional Committee Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, USA Let Us Dream Triennial International Conference ‘20 1 DAY 3 - SOCIAL PREVIEW In this sixth newsletter of the Let us Dream 2020 Triennial International Conference, we highlight the importance of the power of social service. This newsletter introduces the following speakers: Opening Keynote Speaker: Ms. Rashmi Misra, Founder & Chairperson, VIDYA Integrated Development for Youth and Adults, Mumbai, India Social Panel 1 Social Panel 2 Social Panel 3 Critical Thinking and Impact of Coronavirus Animal Welfare and Information Literacy Pandemic on Community Environmental Moderator: Response Services Sustainability Dr. Joshua Comer Moderator: Moderator: Dr. Myra Sabir Dr. Esther Delisle Panel Members: Dr. Dawn Panel Members: Panel Members: Anderson-Butcher Ms. Prarthana Kaul Dr. Erin Evans Dr. Martin Klein Ms. Donna Lloyd Mr. Michael Kaufman Mr. Vishal Talreja Dr. Rajesh Tandon Mr. Ricky Kej Closing Keynote Speaker: Mr. Bruce Siegmund, Executive Director, Destiny Malawi, Ruston, Louisiana, USA 2 Opening Keynote Speaker Ms. Rashmi Misra Founder & Chairperson, VIDYA Integrated Development for Youth and Adults, Mumbai, India Rashmi Misra is Founder & Chairperson of VIDYA, VIDYA is an acronym for Integrated Development for Youth and Adults, a 35-year-old grassroots NGO that helps to empower the youth and women and provides a complete spectrum of their educational and developmental needs. Rashmi Misra founded VIDYA in 1984 from IIT Delhi, starting with teaching five girls from a nearby slum, and grew this into a movement, now well known as "VIDYA". She has been constantly refining the organization's mission, processes and practices over the last three decades with the support of her tireless team. Today, VIDYA operates schools and social empowerment programmes all over the country, and has changed the lives of 3.50 lakh of under-served citizens. She believes that women are the true source of change in India's social structure, as they are often not only the most disadvantaged, but also likely to have the most influence on a child's life, and by extension, on the prospects of the next generation of our country. 3 Social Panel 1 Critical Thinking and Information Literacy Moderator: Dr. Joshua Comer Program Coordinator for Communication and Assistant Professor of Communication, School of Humanities, University of Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana, USA Dr. Joshua Comeris a Communication Program Director along with being a Professor of Communication at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He has a scholarship that focuses on how people tell stories around information and various communication technologies. Panel Members: Dr. Dawn Anderson-Butcher College of Social Work, Executive Director of Teaching/Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Dr. Dawn Anderson-Butcher is a Professor in the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University and a Licensed Independent Social Worker in the State of Ohio, USA. She is the Director of the Community and Youth Collaborative Institute and the Executive Director of Teaching/Research of LiFEsports, a nationally recognized sports-based positive youth development initiative at Ohio State. Dr. Anderson-Butcher earned her BA in Psychology, BS in Exercise/Sport Sciences, and MS in Health/Sport Studies from Miami University, Ohio. She has a MSW and PhD in Exercise and Sport Psychology from the University of Utah. Her primary research interests focus on positive youth development in various social settings, including schools, afterschool programs, and youth sport and she also is interested in focusing on school-family-community partnerships and their role in supporting student learning, healthy development, and school success. She is an internationally renowned scholar, and has amassed over 100 publications over the course of her career. She is a Research Fellow in both the Society of Health and Physical Educators and the Society of Social Work Researchers and has received the 2020 Gary A. Shaffer Award for Academic Contributions to the Field of School Social Work from the School Social Work Association of America. 4 Dr. Martin Klein Vice President, Catholic University of Applied Sciences, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne, Germany Dr. Martin Klein is an educator at Hous Hall, a Caritas facility for disabled people and the elderly. After completing his studies in Social Work and Business Administration he has worked at several universities and organizations where he has held a number of prominent posts. Dr. Martin Klein has worked as a lecturer for work/employment and vocational qualification at Diakonisches Werk Westfalen, Pedagogical Head of Evanglische Jugendhilfe Münsterland, Steinfurt (a Protestant Association for youth welfare), Professor of Social Work Theories and Concepts at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences of North Rhine-Westphalia, at the Department in Münster, since 2012. He was Dean of the Faculty of Social Work at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences of North Rhine-Westphalia, at the Department in Münster, from 2015 until 2016 and Vice-Rector for Studies and Teaching at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences, at the Central Department in Cologne, since 2016. He has conducted a number of special activities at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences of North Rhine-Westphalia, some of which include accreditation of degree programme, development of new teaching and learning formats and digitisation. Mr. Vishal Talreja Co-founder, Dream a Dream, Bangalore, India Mr. Vishal Talreja is a co-founder of Dream a Dream along with 11 others. Dream a Dream is a registered, charitable trust empowering children and young people from vulnerable backgrounds to overcome adversity and flourish in the 21st century using creative life skills. Currently, Dream a Dream works with 10,000 young people a year through two innovation labs – After School Life Skills Programme and Career Connect Programme and have trained over 8000 teachers/educators, impacting over 200,000 children and young people. They have also helped over one Million children through the Happiness Curriculum in partnership with the Delhi Government. Vishal is an Ashoka Fellow, an Eisenhower Fellow and a Board Member at PYE Global. He was a Founder/Director of Unltd India and a Board Member of India Cares Foundation. He has been recognized as an “Architect of the Future '' by the Waldzell Institute in Austria and also works as an advisor and mentor to Reap Benefit. He is deeply committed to mentoring start-up NGOs and young social entrepreneurs. In 2018, he was awarded the ‘Heroes of Bengaluru’ award. More recently, he has been recognised as Innovator of the Year by HundrED.org which looks to identify and recognize 100 Global Innovations on K12 Education from across the world. 5 Social Panel 2 Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic on Community Response Services Moderator: Dr. Myra Sabir Associate Professor and Narrative Psychologist, Department of Human Development, College of Community and Public Affairs, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, USA Dr. Myra Sabir is an Associate Professor and Narrative Psychologist in the Department of Human Development in the College of Community and Public Affairs at Binghamton University. She earned a Master’s degree in Theology and Human Development from Emory University in 1996 and a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from Cornell University in 2004. She served as Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University for 5 years and as Associate Dean in the College of Community and Public Affairs at Binghamton University for one year. Dr. Myra Sabir is also the author of The Life Writing Workbook: How to Work Through Your Life’s Unresolved Emotional Experiences under the pseudonym, Aihi. Since arriving at Binghamton University, she has facilitated an intervention called “Life Writing” for homeless men living at the YMCA, single mothers in Binghamton, female Binghamton University students, and others. She is currently writing a book on the relevance of such interventions for generative culture in the United States and is also working on developing a program to train others to facilitate such interventions in communities across the United States. 6 Panel Members: Ms. Prarthana Kaul Co-Founder & Director, GiftAbled, Bangalore, India Ms. Prarthana Kaul is Co-Founder and Director of GiftAbled, an award-winning social enterprise that strives to create an ecosystem of like-minded individuals to collectively build an inclusive society.

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