WE - A global campaign of We, The World to unite and amplify the efforts of people, organizations and movements working for the common good WE.netThe 11 Days of Global Unity Tele-Summit
September 11-21, 2017
Robert Thurman, Karenna Gore, Nwamaka Agbo
Michael Beckwith, Sande Hart, Jonathan Granoff
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Nwamaka Agbo - Program Manager at Restore Oakland.
Nwamaka Agbo has over 10 years of experience in working on social and economic justice issues and campaigns that help support the sustainable and equitable development of thriving and prosperous communities as the New Economy Innovation Fellow for Movement Strategy Center. Through a strategic partnership with Movement Strategy Center, Nwamaka serves as the Program Manager for Restore Oakland – a joint initiative of the Ella Baker Center and Restaurant Opportunity Centers United.
Most recently, as the Director of Programs at EcoDistricts, Nwamaka was responsible for leading Target Cities – a pilot program designed to support 11 innovative neighborhoods in 9 cities across North America in applying the EcoDistricts Global Protocol to help accelerate and achieve their district-scale sustainability goals.
During her time as the Director of Programs at Transform Finance, Nwamaka helped to design and launch the inaugural Transform Finance Institute for Social Justice leaders. The Institute was created to educate and train social justice community leaders about how to best leverage impact investments to deepen their social impact for transformative social change. Prior to that, Nwamaka worked at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights for over six years in a range of positions spanning from Policy Director, to Campaign Director and Deputy Director. During her tenure at the Ella Baker Center, Nwamaka helped to support the launch of the Oakland Green Jobs Corp and later went on to develop the organization’s Oakland-based Soul of the City civic engagement campaign.
Humanity’s Team projects include: Global Oneness Day – a day that Humanity’s Team created following its visit to the United Nations in May 2010 and a conscious business initiative focused on creating a new global standard for business in the 21stcentury.
Summit Background
The 11 Days of Global Unity Tele-Summit is a FREE online event produced by The Shift Network in partnership with We, The World as part of the annual Summer of Peace, now in its 6th year. Each year, the 11 Days of Global Unity Tele-Summit broadcasts from September 11th through September 21st — the UN International Day of Peace.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Deepak Chopra, Jane Goodall, Tavis Smiley, Eve Ensler, Daniel Ellsberg, Amy Goodman, Bill McKibben, Hazel Henderson , and many other visionary global leaders have spoken on the 11 Days of Global Unity Tele-Summit in the past.
This Tele-Summit is a key component of 11 Days of Global Unity – 11 Ways to Transform Your World — a global platform for changemakers that annually includes as many as 700 associated events in over 60 countries. The theme of the Tele-Summit is Moving from Vision to Action! and it features speakers (like you) who are global leaders in their respective fields, and whose actions are creating a more peaceful, just and sustainable world.
We hope you will join us for all the sessions of the 11 Days of Global Unity Tele-Summit! Register for FREE: https://shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/11D17WTW/WTW
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