Issue 6_February 15, 2011

NEWSLETTER February 15, 2011

Inside this Issue

Facilitator Corner 2

Other Projects 3

Conferences 4

Regional Updates:

Africa

5

Asia 6

Australia and

Oceana

6

Europe 7

North America 7

Meet the Team 8

Collaborating

Knowledge Partners

10

Advisory Board 11

Member

Organizations

12

Directory 13

Get Involved 14

UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

FOR SOCIAL ACTION RESEARCH

UCP-SARnet is a growing global social network

that was created at Arizona State University in 2008.

It is governed by students and young community activists.

Its mission is to empower new generations of community leaders to become

actively involved in the realization of the UN Millennium Development Goals.

Utilizing the recent advances of Information and Communication Technologies,

UCP-SARnet offers a platform for the multicultural exchange of visions, ideas and

best practices aimed at achieving MDGs.

We engage university faculty and students in partnerships with community

organizations, local governments and socially responsible corporations.

Creating a powerful educational environment for students preparing themselves to

become leaders, we also bring about a sustainable social change

in their communities.

Newsletter Editors:

Angela Abolhassani

Abidah Khalife

Dorav Kumar

Thomas Lane

Dr. Marek Wosinski Joshua Wyrick Our Sponsors

UCP-SARnet Members and Friends,

We were very excited to release our upgraded website and the new format of our news-

letter in January. We thought we had reached a new level in networking and from then

on would only have to concentrate on the content of our portal and new projects. It ap-

peared to be a wishful thinking. There is still a lot of work involved in transferring all our

pages to the new format, creating the new structure of navigation and making sure that

all the links are working properly. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience resulting

from the not fully functional website. We also kindly ask you to report any problems you

face so we could fix them as soon as possible.

Our plans for this year seem to have crystallized. The main focus of our work will be on

facilitating networking among our individual and organizational members. We are plan-

ning to put a lot of effort in expanding UCP-SARnet's presence in the region of Africa, as

well as South America. We will build further knowledge partnerships and make projects

and events organized by our partners visible to our members. We will expand the

amount of courses that are based on UCP-SARnet. Our Executive Team will be in-

volved in the coordination of work on the following projects: STAND UP Against Pov-

erty events, CU-Exposition in Canada, "Bridging the world" virtual events, International

Leadership Summit in China, mobilization of faith based communities to participate in the battle against poverty

and creating a strong alliance of community related programs at the Arizona State University.

These are very ambitious plans especially if we consider the fact that so far our network has been built by students

and volunteers. To meet all our goals we will have to either expand our army of volunteers or receive substantial

funding. Therefore we kindly ask you to consider your involvement in our network by participating in one project

only -make a difference in the world. Please visit our website for detailed information about all these projects and

share information about them with your colleagues, students and affiliated community organizations. M.W.

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Facilitator Corner

Our Sponsors Creating a better future for communities through research Founded in 1982, CCBR believes in the power of knowledge to impact positive social change. They are passionate about bringing people together to use knowledge

to provide real and innovative solutions to community needs. Their approach to

research is participatory and action-oriented in a way that mobilizes people to par-ticipate as full and equal members of society.

www.communitybasedresearch.ca

IGLOO's social software solutions help organizations create vital connections

between people, processes and information through the creation of online business

communities. Companies use online communities to improve collaboration, knowledge sharing and drive employee engagement across geographically dispersed

project teams, departments and business units inside and out.

http://www.igloosoftware.com/

Turning theory into practice Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities/SWPS was founded in 1996 by former professors of the Institute of Psychology and the Polish Academy of Scienc-

es. Ever since its foundation, the University has been continually growing and de-

veloping and now consists of 8 faculties located in five academic centers in Poland (Warsaw, Wrocław, Sopot, Poznań and Katowice). SWPS is committed to the

highest academic standards as well as to the transfer of practical knowledge and

skills. http://www.swps.pl/english/index.php

Dr. Marek Wosinski

OTHER PROJECTS

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UCP-SARnet Based Courses

This semester there are five courses that are based on

our portal: Community Psychology. Undergraduate

Teaching Assistant, Internships (offered at the Arizona

State University), and World Academy for the Future

of Women (offered at SIAS International University in

China). For details please visit:

http://ucpsarnet.iglooprojects.org/guide/communityr

This year we are planning to expand the number of

courses utilizing UCP-SARnet so we invite instructors

teaching community related courses to incorporate

UCP-SARnet into their educational offer as a resource

for students, as well as a place where they can publish

their community related semester projects, honors the-

sis and other student assignments. Faculty members

who are involved in community based research are also

invited to post information on our site about their pro-

jects to be utilized by student taking these courses.

We encourage your collaboration on these projects!

Please contact us if you would like to get involved!

Engaging faith based community organizations in the battle against poverty

A large portion of the community programs working towards addressing local needs are organized by faith-based

organizations. We would like to not only make their work visible, but also bring different faith communities to-

gether to work towards the eradication of poverty. Our ambition is also to facilitate collaboration between faith

based community organizations, local governments and universities. To initiate this process we contacted Arizona

Interfaith Movement, Council for Faith and Community Initiatives at Arizona Government and leaders of a few

faith based communities in Arizona. Their response was very positive. They expressed a need for a networking

platform that would allow the exchange of visions and effective solutions. At this point the plan is to facilitate co-

operation among Arizona organizations and Arizona Government in an attempt to create a model for such part-

nership. If the model appears effective we will try to implement it on both a national and international level. In the

meantime we plan to create partnerships with some international interfaith organizations.

“Bridging the World” Virtual Events

These events bring together community activists and

community leaders from various countries to talk online

about their community projects and to discuss these pro-

jects with the audience attending the meeting at the host-

ing institution. Unfortunately, the first event planned

this year in Cameroon was not successful as we couldn't

make the internet connection. This year we are planning

to organize the following such events:

1. "Community Expectations from Academia" (in con-

nection with CU Expo in Canada)

2. "Women as Leaders" (in connection with the World

Academy for the Future of Women in China)

3. "Multicultural Perspective on Community Leader-

ship" (in connection with the International Leader-

ship Summit in China) For details please visit:

http://ucpsarnet.iglooprojects.org/ve

In the January Newsletter UCP-SARnet announced

it’s involvement in the Community University Expo

this year in Ontario, Canada. To refresh the memory

of our readers, the CU Expo is a Canadian-led confer-

ence designed to showcase the exemplars in Commu-

nity-University partnerships worldwide, and in order

to develop partnerships and together introduce creative

ways of strengthening local communities. Now that

the date of the conference, May 10-14 is drawing near-

er, there have been many exciting developments with

regard to this event. For one, the keynote speakers have

finally been announced. They include Kiran Bedi, re-

nowned for her work on India’s toughest prison and help-

ing it’s poor, Jessica Yee, a Canadian advocate, writer,

facilitator and educator of First Nation’s rights, and finally

Angie Hart, a professor and author known for her work

with resilience therapy to help children and families

around the world. The conference will involve a program

featuring these special speakers as well as more than 300

sessions led by delegates from around the world, arts-

based presentations, a community festival, and more. For

additional information please visit their website at:

http://www.cuexpo2011.ca/

Angela Abolhassani

CONFERENCES

Annual International Leadership Summit 2011 Henan Province, China

The Annual International Leadership Summit is an

extraordinary event that brings together young University men

and women from around the world. It is an opportunity to

create dialogue, discussion and definition for achieving the

U.N. Millennium Development Goals in their respective

countries. It’s about assisting young people gain insight and

access to relationships and interconnectivity of the world and

how each of us has a moral obligation and social responsibility

to end hunger and poverty. This event will take place from July

1-20, 2011 at the SIAS International University and is

presented in Partnership with: Global Interactions, “The World

Academy for the Future of Women”, Sias International

University , UCP-SARnet and Thunderbird School of Global

Management.

Conference on MDG 2012 Henan Province, China

Once again, SIAS takes the spotlight. Not only will the 2011 Leadership

Summit be taking place at the International University, but also as featured

in our January newsletter, a conference will be hosted next year regarding

the “UN Millennium Development Goals for Henan Province.” The

focus will be the implementation of information and communication tech-

nologies to achieve environmental sustainability, gender equality, combat-

ing AIDS, and developing global networks and partnerships. This confer-

ence is to be organized by the SIAS International University in Zhengzhou

in collaboration with the Municipal Government of Zhengzhou, Govern-

ment of Henan Province, UCP-SARnet, Association of Universities of Asia

and Pacific, and Global Interactions, Inc.

Community-University Expo 2011 Ontario, Canada

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Regional Updates: AFRICA

Development Progress in Sub-Saharan Regions

Sub-Saharan Africa is not expected to reach the MDG

target by 2015 due to the poor quality of the surveys

being administered, and the regularity upon which

they are actually given out. Surveys are essential to

monitor the effectiveness and success of current MDG

efforts; the lack-thereof makes it difficult to set proper

goals. A few of the off-target goals are outlined here.

In half of Sub-Saharan countries with available data,

at least one in four children of primary school age

were not enrolled in school. To ensure the accom-

plishment of MDG #2, countries will need to provide

more teachers and classrooms. Sub-Saharan Africa

has the lowest enrollment of all regions, however

there has been an eighteen percent increase seen in

recent years. However, half of the countries in Sub-

Saharan Africa have a thirty percent drop-out rate in

primary school students.

New Organizational Member: African Woman and Child Feature Service (AWC)

One of the newly featured Organizational Members who have decided to join UCP-

SARnet is the African Woman and Child Feature Service, a media organization that works

to relay information about social issues in Africa from the point of view of African women

and their families. “In search of the missing voice,” this organization’s mission is “To pro-

mote diversity, gender equality, social justice, and development in Africa through engage-

ment in media, training, research and content development.” The values of the AWC are

rooted in integrity and quality, collaboration, non-partisanship, non discrimination, teamwork, as well as transparen-

cy and accountability. The AWC is exactly the kind of organization that helps to connect the forum of global commu-

nication with the reality local communities face in developing nations. More information can be found at: http://

www.awcfs.org/new/

Angela Abolhassani

New Knowledge Partner: Heal the World

UCP-SARnet is thrilled to present a new collaboration with knowledge partner or-

ganization Heal the World. Heal the World declares it’s mission is to “…create sym-

biotic networks of learning and investment between the more and less developed

worlds.” This organization was started after a group of university students helped

bring education to the youth of a small town in the African nation of Mali. Inci-

dentally the two main centers of Heal the World’s activity are now in Mali and

Burkina Faso. Heal the World has built it’s purpose around educating or improving the learning conditions of youth

in developing nations. It is in this effort that the organization hopes to create a positive cycle of growing education

and informed decision making which can hopefully improve the cycle of poverty afflicting small communities across

the developing world. Currently, Heal the World is providing classroom facilities, education materials, tuition, and

daily lunches to over 400 pre-school to secondary school students. They are also in a partnership with the NGO

“Whatever it Takes” to build a new primary school in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Heal the World is centered on

the basic belief that “Individually we can do little. Together we can heal the world.” If you would like to see beautiful

pictures of the students who have benefitted from Heal the World’s efforts, or for more information on this incredible

organization please visit their website at: http://www.healtheworld.org/index.php.

Angela Abolhassani

In regards to MDG #4, Sub-Saharan Africa also has the high-

est “under five” child mortality rate, exceeding 100 per 1000

live births, although it has dropped by 20 percent since 1990.

Unfortunately it is still far from the goal set by the UN.

Concerning MDG #5, less than half of the women giving

birth have skilled assistance in Sub-Saharan regions which

contributes to the high rate of maternal mortality. Much like

the United States, the affluent are at an advantage; Wealthy

women are three times more likely to have professional

health-care workers at delivery, bringing the amount of wom-

en that received antenatal care at least once to 89 percent.

And to tie the MDG issues together, the poverty epidemic

contributes to lack of proper educational resources available

to families. Education is essential to empower young women

and involve them in their health care, including use of con-

traceptives. As a final point, adolescent pregnancy is ram-

pant in these regions. Adolescents in the poorest households

are three times more likely to become pregnant and give birth

than in the richest households. In rural areas the adolescent

birth rate is double that of urban areas.

Travis Petersen

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Progress on MDGs for Vanuatu

A check up on the progress of a range of MDGs for Vanuatu reveals the

complex nature of the issues included in the mission of the UN MDGs.

One such example is the education MDG 3 in which Vanuatu is showing

progress in its net enrollment rate in primary education. Nevertheless

while a substantial increase in enrollment for a range of grades exists,

there has actually been a decrease in primary completion rate; alluding to

some factor that causes children in Vanuatu to drop out of school in their

last year. With regard to gender equality and female enrollment in sec-

ondary school, they are however on track. Vanuatu has also had slow

progress with infant and child (under 5) mortality. There is no infor-

mation available on prenatal care and they have also exhibited slow pro-

gress on increasing births by skilled professionals. An area in which Vanu-

atu has excelled however is MDG 6 where they have been an early

achiever for preventing both TB incidence and prevalence. Conservation

has also progressed immensely for Vanuatu and they are on track for ac-

ceptable levels of forest cover. They have been labeled early achievers also

in this area in decreased CO2 emissions and facilitating Protected Areas.

While Vanuatu’s progress thus far has been mixed, it’s achievements in

the areas of MDG 5 and 6 are impressive. Hopefully, with help from grass

roots efforts and through an understanding of the social context affecting

the progress of MDGs in this country, Vanuatu can also transfer this level

of success to the support of its children from birth to education as well.

Shannon Monn

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Regional Updates: ASIA

Regional Updates: AUSTRALIA AND OCEANA

New Organizational Member: Association for Welfare, Social

Action and Research (AWSAR)

The Association for Welfare, Social Action and Research (AWSAR)-

India is a voluntary, non-government organization, registered under the

Societies Registration Act, 1860, with the Registrar of Societies, Govern-

ment of Delhi, New Delhi.

AWSAR-India is an outcome of the efforts of the Professional Social

Workers in India. In 2001, AWSAR started working with a few students

of Department of Social Work, University of Delhi in nearby areas. To-

day, AWSAR includes professionals from many backgrounds related to

the development sector such as Social Work, Public Health, Special Edu-

cation, Developmental Therapy, Extension Education, Agriculture Engi-

neering and N.G.O Management. Find out more at: http://

www.awsarindia.org/

Images found on Google Images.

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Regional Updates: NORTH AMERICA

New Knowledge Partner: Coaching the Global Village

Based in Florida, but active worldwide, Coaching the Global Vil-

lage is an organization which utilizes professional coaching tech-

niques to empower communities around the world to develop sus-

tainable solutions for pressing human and societal needs. They train

leaders, change agents, and local volunteers or organizations to ac-

celerate and magnify their work by using the coach approach to

empower creative and sustainable change.

The driving purpose of Coaching the Global Village is to work with social changers to use coaching to create inno-

vative solutions to pressing global challenges. In the emerging international context new approaches to develop-

ment are needed to increase sustainability. The coaching philosophy is that within every individual lies a wealth of

knowledge and resources that are the source for sustainable solutions.

Dr. Patrick Williams, Ed.D, MCC, is the visionary and leader of their team of world-class coaches and consultants’

team. They partner with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and nonprofit social agencies to incorporate

coaching skills into their work to reach target outcomes.

The coach approach can be leveraged by NGOs to draw out the wisdom and motivation of their clients and em-

ployees. NGOs currently using coaching have a better understanding of their clients and can position themselves as

experts in their field. This human capital is the source of leadership that will sustain change efforts long after the

project cycle has completed. Their partners across the globe are using coaching to generate innovative solutions in

partnership with the communities they serve.

Read more about their efforts at: http://coachingtheglobalvillage.org/

Thomas Lane

Regional Updates: EUROPE

France contribution to the Millennium Development Goals

French president Nicolas Sarkozy announced in a speech in September 2010 that

the country would increase its contribution to fight AIDS, Malaria and Tubercu-

losis by 20% (bringing it to almost 1.08 billion euros) over the next 2 years.

In his speech Sarkozy mentions the challenges that the world has experienced in

the past two years and raised the need to avoid using the economic crises as a

pretext to do less toward realization of the MDGs.

He stated, "we do not have the right to hide behind the economic crisis as an ex-

cuse to do less."

As we track of the progress in this country and the others in the region, it is im-

portant to keep in mind that the best of efforts will slowly work towards perma-

nent solutions and will not fail when faced with obstacles.

Here is the link to read the entire speech: http://www.franceonu.org/spip.php?

article5149

Mohammed Camara

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Meet the Team

UCP-SARnet Club and President

Mohammed Camara (pictured left) has been a dedicated member of UCP-

SARnet for almost two years now. Towering over other members, his slight

francophone accent and amiable demeanor makes him part of why UCP-

SARnet is composed of such a special group of participating members. But Mo-

hammed wants to widen the scope of UCP-SARnet by broadening its member

base and so at the suggestion of Dr. Marek has begun establishing the UCP-

SARnet club on the ASU campus this Spring semester. Along with Eean Patter-

son as Vice President, Angela Abolhassani (pictured below) as Secretary, and

Abidah Khalife as Treasurer, Mohammed hopes to build a supportive board of

UCP-SARnet executive team members to bring momentum and life to the new

club.

Mohammed also intends the club to be a free and easy environment where any-

one interested in the UN Millennium Development Goals can come, become

educated, and help out with the club. During his experience with UCP-SARnet

he has seen members come and go, due to the level of involvement that is re-

quired to really be a part of the organization. He therefore sees the club as a way

for volunteers to “just have fun” and “help with the mission of the MDGs.” In

addition, Mohammed believes the new club with help with fundraising as well

as advocacy for UCP-SARnet on the ASU campus. He believes that by having a

club, UCP-SARnet will be able to forge a “common relationship with ASU stu-

dents” by having a table out in the afternoons and partnering with other club

organizations with similar missions such as OXFAM and Stand Up For Chil-

dren. In the long term however, Mohammed has discussed with Dr. Marek the

possibility of a successful UCP-SARnet club on the ASU Tempe campus inspir-

ing other UCP-SARnet clubs at the other ASU campuses or even at other colleg-

es and in other communities.

The club has a lot of potential to infuse the UCP-SARnet mission with vitality

and hopefully elicit the attention of a wider demographic of members on cam-

pus. The final paperwork and constitution were submitted last week and Mo-

hamed and the rest of his board are waiting for a response form the ASU admin-

istration within the next two weeks.

Angela Abolhassani

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Gathering at Dr. Marek Wosinski’s House includes Chinese Students

On Friday, February 5th 2011 Dr. Marek Wosinski, facilitator of UCP-SARnet hosted a dinner party at his

house for members of the group. Among those invited to the party were a large group of students from China.

These Chinese students were members of the SIAS International University in Zhengzhou. The university is

located in the Henan Province in the People’s Republic of China in the ancient city of Xinzheng.

The visiting students from SIAS are considered “class masters”, sort of presidents of their classes in China. The

students were in the United States to undergo prevention training at the South-West Behavioral Services that

will allow them to cooperate with the prevention center at their university. The center is of upmost importance

because it is the first center of this kind in China and the purpose of it is to prevent mental and behavioral prob-

lems among students. Southwest Behavioral Health Services (SBH) was established in 1969 as a federally fund-

ed program under a partnership known as St. Luke's - Jane Wayland Community Mental Health Center. The

leader of the Chinese student organization is Prof. Alan Brown, ASU professor emeritus, who is the president of

the SIAS foundation board.

This party served two purposes—one as a welcoming for new UCP-SARnet Leadership team members and an-

other as a sort of farewell party for the Chinese students, as they were departing from Phoenix the next day.

This gave the students an opportunity to interact with Americans in an informal atmosphere. Each person invit-

ed to the party brought a dish to represent his or her cultural background. Most of the Chinese students did not

bring dishes however some Chinese dishes were served such as pork dumplings.

At one point during the party, everybody in the room went around and introduced themselves. The Chinese

students’ English was very proficient indeed as they stated their names and what they were studying at their

university. Occasionally a translator would be utilized as some of the students decided to use their native

tongue to introduce themselves. Among the party goers were people from other countries as well, including the

Czech Republic. The party was a great success. The Americans, Chinese and other internationals mingled

seamlessly and talked for hours over food and drink.

Thomas Lane

(Images of from the social gathering can be seen above and to the left.)

Collaborating Partners

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Amity University (India) is one of the best private universities in India with over 50000 students. http://

www.amity.edu/

Community Based Research brings people together to share knowledge in order to impact positive social change.

http://www.communitybasedresearch.ca/

Comunitaria provides technical support and tools for community and psychosocial intervention programs. Four

professional psychologists run this organization. http://www.comunitaria.cl/

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health through service-learning, community-based partici-

patory research, broad-based coalitions, and other partnership strategies. http://www.ccph.info/

Community Toolbox provides resources for community leaders.

http://ctb.ku.edu/en/default.aspx?404;http://ctb.ku.edu:80/en/default.aspx

Global Interactions, Inc works with professionals to interact with domestic and global counterparts to increase

exchange of practices, technologies, and research. www.globalinteractions.org/

Indira Gandhi National Open University (India) offers 338 programs of study through over 3,500 courses to a cu-

mulative student strength of over 30 million students. http://www.ignou.ac.in/

Jagiellonian University (Poland) is the second oldest university in Europe located in Krakow. http://

www.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/

Leadership Learning Community identifies, evaluates, and applies ideas and practices in leadership development

in order to make leadership more effective. http://leadershiplearning.org/community-connections

Orbis Institute develops global leaders through programs that advance awareness, critical thinking, and action.

http://www.orbisinstitute.org/index.php?id=141&no_cache=1

SIAS International University combines Chinese educational philosophies with Western educational models to

develop professionals who are prepared to meet the demands of trans-national corporations and enterprises. http://

www.sias.edu.cn/en/

SoReCom conducts and disperses research that focuses on social issues relevant to Europe and its policies.

http://www.europhd.eu/html/_onda03/01/00.00.00.00.shtml

United Nations Foundation advocates for the UN and a platform for connecting people, ideas and resources to

help the United Nations solve global problems. http://www.unfoundation.org/

Video Voice Collective: brings academic researchers, filmmakers, technology mavens, social justice champions,

and community leaders together to improve the health conditions of underserved communities. http://video-

voice.org/

Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities is a private university that educates students in psychology,

philosophy, humanities, and social sciences. http://www.swps.pl/english/

World for World Organization (Italy) is an Italian-based non-profit organization, operating in Italy and interna-

tionally.

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The following distinguished colleagues agreed to serve on our Advisory Board:

Dr. Aecio D’Silva, University of Arizona (USA), Robert Cialdini, Arizona State University (USA), Liz Cun-

ningham, University of Brighton (England), Kim Eagles, Grassroots Activist (USA), William A. Foster, Foster

and Brahm Management Consulting (USA), Grazyna Prawelska-Skrzypek, Jagiellonian University (Poland),

Rajesh Jangareddy, Vitesse Semiconductor (India), Joanna Ochocka, Centre for Community Engaged Research

(Canada), Jan Sadlak, Warsaw School of social Sciences and Humanities (Poland), Jerrie Ueberle, Global Inter-

actions, Inc (USA), Christopher Zambakari, Student Representative (USA).

Dr. Aecio D’Silva

Professor Aecio D’Silva is the newest advisory board

member for UCP-SARnet. Professor D’Silva has

had an intriguing career, aligning his academic inter-

ests in sustainability and biotechnology with his own

humanitarian mission. Head of the founding team of

American Aqua Biotech, Algae for Bio Fuels and

Bio Fuels Revolution, Professor D’Silva has over 30

years of experience as a biotechnology consultant in

R&D as well as in statistical process control (SPC),

learning management systems, renewable energy,

biofuels integrated aquaculture-agriculture projects,

and Total Quality Learning Leadership Systems.

Dr. D’Silva’s main area of expertise lies in the scientific side of biotechnology. He holds an MS degree in Aq-

uaculture from the University of Oklahoma, a PhD in Sustainable Systems, and three Post-Doctorates in Bio-

technology Business from the University of Arizona. Dr. D’Silva is credited with developing the AquaBi-

oPonics and AquaFuelPonics systems used for closed food, solar and green-bio-fuels systems. Dr. D’Silva

also coordinated the group that conceptualized, designed, and led the construction of the Agric-Aqua-Biotech

Paulo Afonso-Jatoba Aquaculture-Agribusiness Complex located in the San Francisco River Valley of north-

east Brazil.

Nevertheless, Dr. D’Silva has also integrated into his complex repertoire the business aspect of the sustaina-

ble and ethical role of biotechnology in communities around the world. He has worked in all five continents,

including Latin America, the continental United States and Hawaii to provide consulting, training, and ex-

pertise to a wide variety of biotech executives. In addition, Dr. D’Silva has developed Total Quality Leader-

ship Systems and has written the Total Quality Business Leadership System and Operation Manual Handbook for

private companies as well as the Continuously Innovating Your Business with Total Quality Leadership Systems and

Attitude-Mind-Positive-Creative books. All of Dr. D’Silva’s handbooks have been implemented and supported

by Biotech companies across North and South America. He has also served as a private consultant on inte-

grated projects for such international organizations as the World Bank.

Dr. D’Silva has coordinated his vast resume of skills to also help formulate strategic humanitarian programs

with a special focus on combating hunger, malnutrition, illiteracy, and poverty in rural and urban environ-

ments. Dr. D’Silva exemplifies the kind of leadership and vast coverage of skills needed to foster momentum

and the ultimate accomplishment of the UN MDGs. UCP-SARnet looks forward to collaboration with Dr.

D’Silva in the semester to come.

Angela Abolhassani

Introducing Members of Our Advisory Board

Member Organizations

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Global Thinking Women empowers women of all ages throughout the various stages in their lives. Phone: 86-

15837143756 E-mail: [email protected],

website: http://www.odatsglobaltrainingandrecruitmentservice.com/index.html

ACT is a non-profit advocating for universal human rights and children’s rights.

Phone: 0612-3290987 Mobile : 09560509688 E-mail: [email protected], website: http://www.aasraindia.org/

Ann Foundation empowers people who live with the daily challenges of vision impairment, hearing loss and

other disabilities in some of the world’s most impoverished places. Phone: 516-570-0088,

website: http://www.AnnFoundation.org

Beam Foundation provides needy children in the developing world with school uniforms and necessary school sup-

plies. E-mail: [email protected] ,website: http://www.beamindia.org/

The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice works towards a civil justice system that is accessible, effective, fair and

efficient. Phone: 780-492-2513 Fax: 780-492-6181 E-mail: [email protected],

The Community University Research Alliance explores new ways of providing community mental health sup-

port. Phone: 519-741-1318 Fax: 519-741-8262 E-mail: [email protected]

website: http://www.communitybasedresearch.ca/takingcultureseriouslyCURA/

The Centre for Community Research and Action, Laurier works to advance community

knowledge, social policy, and practice for community wellness and social equity. Phone: 519.884.0710 x 3494 Fax: 519.884.1020 E-mail: [email protected], website: http://www.wlu.ca/

Ecuador Volunteer Foundation volunteers for social, community, educational, healthcare, and ecological

projects throughout Ecuador. Phone: (593-2) 2557749 - 2226544 E-mail; [email protected]; website: http://www.ecuadorvolunteer.org/

Helping Lives International: a non-profit focusing on eradicating poverty. Help youth gain employment and to

work as Ambassadors and leaders. Phone: +220-7719958, +220-6554080 E-mail: [email protected], website: http://www.helpinglives.7p.com/

LUKMEF helps Cameroon to embrace peace, non-violence, social justice, and sustainable development in order to

alleviate poverty. Phone: +237-33.33.28.60 E-mail: [email protected],

website: http://www.lukmefcameroon.org/

Nigerian Youth Climate Coalition (NYCC) is focusing on climate change and collaborates with collaborating

with youth, policy makers, and other stakeholders. Phone: +2347062199449 E-mail: [email protected], website: http://nigerianyouthclimatecoalition.blogspot.com/

Students Travel and Exposure South Africa (STAESA) is a non-profit organization promoting and enhancing

cultural exchange and development in Africa. Phone: (+27) 119 104 095 Cell: (+27) 737 292 944 Fax: (+27) 119 10-4095 E-mail: [email protected], website: http://www.staesa.org/

TESAis a nonprofit organization aimed at researching, training researchers, outlining an implementing pro-

jects for the promotion of sustainable economy. Email: [email protected]

website: http://www.fundaciontesa.org/

Unreasonable Institute: supports globally-minded social entrepreneurs who are developing solu-

tions to pressing issues Email: [email protected],

website: . http://unreasonableinstitute.org/

UCP-SARnet The Gambia undertakes a diverse and creative range of educational, humanitarian, and peace

-building initiatives in to help achieve MDGs.. Phone: (00220) 6548963/7953521/3438 808 /6717761

E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected]

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ADVISORY BOARD

Robert Cialdini, Arizona State Universi-

ty (USA)

Liz Cunningham, University of Brighton

(England)

Kim Eagles, Grassroots Activist (USA)

William A. Foster, Foster and Brahm

Management Consulting (USA)

Grazyna Prawelska-Skrzypek, Jagiello-

nian University (Poland)

Rajesh Jangareddy, Vitesse Semiconduc-

tor (India)

Joanna Ochocka, Centre for Community

Engaged Research (Canada)

Jan Sadlak, Warsaw School of social

Sciences and Humanities (Poland)

Jerrie Ueberle, Global Interactions, Inc

(USA)

Christopher Zambakari, Student Repre-

sentative (USA)

HEAD OFFICE

Arizona State University

Department of Psychology

P.O. Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA Tel. 480-965-6253

Email: [email protected]

FACILITATOR

Executive Officer

Dr. Marek Wosinski

Email: [email protected]

ASSISTANT FACILITATOR FOR

AFRICA

Osee Romeo Tcheupgoum

Email: [email protected]

ASSISTANT FACILITATOR FOR ASIA

& PACIFIC

Birendra Soni

Email: [email protected]

ASSISTANT FACILITATOR FOR EU-

ROPE

Ganeswar Sahoo

Email: [email protected]

ASSISTANT FACILITATORS FOR

NORTH AMERICA

Randi Burggraff Email: [email protected]

Joshua Watson

E-mail: [email protected]

ASSISTANT FACILITATOR – SOUTH

AMERICA

Susana Pesis

Email: [email protected]

ASSISTANT FACILITATOR

John Mabey Email: [email protected]

ASSISTANT FACILITATOR

Robby Uppal Email: [email protected]

COORDINATOR OF

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

Andy Chen

Email: [email protected]

ICT COORDINATOR

Adam Euerby

Email: [email protected]

ICT ASSISTANT COORDINATOR

Dorav Kumar

Email: [email protected]

ICT TEAM

Adam Euerby

Uttam Bhat Rajesh Jangareddy

Smitha Kamath

Dorav Kumar

Nikhil Sridhar Robby Uppal

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Dr. Wayne Goulet

Dr. Eric Hartman

Dr. Eva Szeli

Angela Abolhassani

Mohamed Camara

Zoe Cavanar-Levandowski

Talitha Collins

Joanna Dalotto

Danielle Finochiaro

Abidah Khalife

Birendra Kumar

Thomas Lane

Quihong Li

Francesca Mercurio

Shannon Monn

Maria Navarro

Eean Patterson

Renato Ramos

Ganeswar Sahoo

Maureen Schirmer

Marianne Shively

Joshua Wyrick

Shelby Vick

REGIONAL OFFICES

AFRICA

Contact person: Osee Romeo Tcheupgoum

No. 1 Ansumana Ceesay Street, Dippakun-

da UCP-SARnet -The Gambia (Non-Profit & Charitable organization)

P.O.BOX 2192, serekunda, KMSD. The

Gambia

Tel. (00 220) 6548963/7953521/3438 808 /6717761

Email: [email protected] ,

[email protected],

[email protected]

ASIA & THE PACIFIC

Contact Person: Birendra Kumar

University Community Partnership for So-cial Action Research Network.

UN Commission on Sustainable Develop-

ment (Youth and Children Major Group )

Tel. +91-9910711112 Email: [email protected]

CANADA

Contact Person: Adam Euerby

Candidate M.ASc. Systems Design Engi-

neering B.ASc. Systems Design Engineering

University of Waterloo

Advanced Interface Design Lab

1.519.888.4567 x34904

[email protected]

EUROPE

Contact Person: Ganeswar Sahoo via s cosma e damiano 103

trento, tn 38122, italy

Tel. +39 3319782685

Email: [email protected]

USA

Contact Person: Randi Burggraff

Department of Psychology P.O. Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287,

USA

Tel. 480-965-6253

Email: [email protected]

SOUTH AMERICA

Contact Person: Susana Pesis

Email: [email protected]

Directory

For more information about our worldwide network

of educators, researchers, students and community leaders,

please visit our website:

http://ucpsarnet.asu.edu

If you want to get involved, please click CONTACT US

and fill in the relevant application form.

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