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NEWSLETTER December 15, 2011

Inside this Issue

Facilitator Corner 2

Our Projects 3

Conferences 4

Regional Updates:

Africa

5

Asia 6

North America 7

South America 7

Executive Team 8

Advisory Board 9

Member

Organizations

10

Collaborating

Knowledge Partners

12

Directory 13

Get Involved 14

Our Sponsors

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 Team:

Fitzgerald Jerome

Abidah Khalife

Dorav Kumar

Osee Romeo

Dr. Marek Wosinski

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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

Dear UCP-SARnet Partners, Members and

Friends,

First off I would like to wish you all the best dur-

ing the upcoming holidays as well as a happy new year. As the end of the year is approaching,

it is time for us to reflect on the accomplishments as well as the challenges we face as a team. It is

also the time to revise plans for the coming year

based on conclusions derived from these reflec-tions.

The things we can put on our list of accomplish-ments for 2011 are encouraging. We had numer-

ous meetings with various units of the Arizona State University to discuss potential for collabo-

ration. One of the greatest achievements at ASU which is especially an effective way to develop

collaborations with other on-campus entities is

that UCP-SARnet has been registered as an ASU student organization known as “Forks for

Change: Millennium Development Goals Aware-ness Group”. And in a relatively short period of

time, under the leadership of Mohamed Camara,

Forks for Change organized several interesting events, attracting a group of passionate student

activists. One of those events was the Stand Up Against Poverty event, which all of the UCP-

SARnet leadership team contributed to in collab-oration with the Club. Additionally this year,

UCP-SARnet was visibly present at the Commu-

nity-University Exposition in Canada and helped in organization of this conference. In India, the

Facilitator

Corner

development of the Gandhi College of Social

Work has made significant progress. In China, we organized another Bridging the World event.

We also created the new program for the Interna-tional Summit in China to take place summer

2012. In Africa, UCP-SARnet was present at the conference organized by the World Youth Alli-

ance in Nairobi, and as a result of this confer-

ence, new partnerships will be created in several African countries. Osee Romeo and I had the

opportunity to meet with the Minister of Youth Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Universi-

ty of Douala, leaders of community organiza-tions and the US Embassy in Cameroon to dis-

cuss potential for collaboration for the coming

years.

As for the challenges... We have struggled with

finding the most effective strategy for distributing work amongst our Executive Team especially

due to the fact that each semester we experience turnover of executive team members. And alt-

hough we have developed a baseline strategy for

fund raising, we were not able to secure any addi-tional financial resources for the network as of

yet. These things will be our priorities for 2012.

A special thank you to you all for your continued

collaboration, support and involvement in UCP-SARnet. Here’s to a Happy New Year and hopes

for continued improvements and a bright and

successful future.

M.W.

Dr. Marek Wosinski

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We encourage your collaboration on these projects!

Please contact us if you would like to get involved! OUR PROJECTS

UCP-SARnet increases plans in educating African Youths through Solidarity

We believe that education is one of the most powerful instruments for human dignity, the modern world and is a central instru-ment for human development on a foundation for sustained cultural and socio-economic growth. For this reason UCP-SARnet

would like to collaborate with various groups in Africa on the following projects:

Library Project for Schools (both for Cameroon and South Africa) Computer Lab for Orphanages (in Cameroon)

The new strategies articulated into the monitoring of the population in Africa can help integrate and develop the appropriate pedagogy as holistic education systems responsive to our needs and to build dynamic knowledge societies. The education fo-

cused on population as a human capital can result in individual and societal benefits, if it leads of course to effective teaching and learning. Although more human resources for education do not consistently lead to improve learning achievement across

an entire education system, more resources can lead to improve learning achievement for individuals and schools; for instance, entrepreneurship concentration prepares youths and adults in a society to identify, evaluate and develop entrepreneurial oppor-

tunities, whether in existing companies or in new business ventures.

The focused entrepreneurship for the populations can be grounded in the management's emphasis on collaboration, communi-

cation and capacity building initiatives, and refined with analytical, managerial and leadership skills appropriate for people who want to change their world through new product development and innovation characterized by rapid new product devel-

opment, for continuous change and improvement of economic growth, and as a key to reducing social injustice.

Osee Romeo Tcheupgoum Njacheun

Assistant Facilitator for Africa & North America UCP-SARnet

Our major projects include past successes that we plan on continuing annually as well as a few more recently planned ven-

tures: “Bridging the World” virtual conferences, Stand Up Against Poverty events, development of the Gandhi College of

Social Work in India, Collaboration with the World Academy for the Future of Women in China, Leadership Summits in

China and Africa, Collaboration on the ASU Interfaith Campus Challenge Project, Our “Forks For Change” Club Chapter

at ASU which promotes our mission through events on campus, and finally the various courses and opportunities that are

available at ASU to get involved with UCP-SARnet. Visit the UCP-SARnet website to find out more about our projects

and how to get involved.

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World Youth Alliance Conference in Nairobi

(Kenya) The World Youth Alliance is a global coalition of young

people committed to promoting the dignity of the person

and building solidarity among youth worldwide; it trains young people to work at the regional and international lev-

els to impact policy and culture. To promote its mission WYA provides various options for training for young lead-

ers and each year organizes several regional and world con-ferences.

I had the privilege to attend the conference "2011 Africa Emerging Leaders: Population and Economics: Investing in

African Youths" held from November 24th-27th in Nairobi (Kenya) with participation of about 70 young leaders

from 17 African countries. This was one of the most inter-esting conferences I attended over the last few years. The

biggest advantage of the conference was that there were

only limited but very high quality presentations and a lot of time for discussions: with presenters, in small groups and

informally between the sessions.

During the first day Dr. Gonzales Njenga, Vice-Chancellor of Strathmore University, presented a topic "Africa's Youth

Population; An Untapped Opportunity,” impressing the

audience with his erudition and knowledge of complex demographic problems. Mr. Desmond Orjiako from Nige-

ria, former African Union Spokesmen and Founder/CEO of FISA (Foundation for Indigent Students of Africa) dis-

cussed population policies in Africa trying to answer the question "who sets the agenda?" for these policies. Mr.

Emanuel Etim, Program Manager of Youth Affairs at the

African Union presented current plans of African Union regarding empowerment of youth in Africa. His passion

filled presentation and real knowledge of the issue, was however fiercely challenged by a group of the participants

that perceived his presentation as reflection of liberal atti-tudes and not really representing opinions of the entire

youth population in Africa.

During the second day Ms. Jackline Nyandeje, CEO of the

Ethics Institute of East Africa discussed the impact of ethics on economic development. In her lecture she presented

various theoretical approaches to ethics showing what can

CONFERENCES

be their impact on people's economic behavior, and on eco-

nomics at large. The same issue was the subject of a pas-sionate, electrifying and practically oriented lecture by Kan

Njru, CEO and Founder of the Uunwana Institute. Finally, Osee Romeo Njacheun and I presented a session on the

Role of Partnership and Networking in Creating of Human Capital.

Taking advantage of the fact that our presentation was the last in the program, we used UCP-SARnet as an illustration

of what kind of impact networking and partnerships may have on community leaders indirectly affecting the quality

of community projects and on their sustainability. Our presentation extended the invitation to create partnerships

between community organizations represented by partici-

pants of the conference and UCP-SARnet.

I definitely agree with the opinion of participants that or-ganizers of the conference should get merit for creating a

program that was congruent with the mission of WYA and with the goal of the conference: presenting alternatives to

solving economic and social problems through reduction of

population. Such alternatives are: building capacity of indi-viduals and communities, presenting role models, leader-

ship training, fighting with hypocrisy and corruption by instilling strong ethical values in all members of the society.

Everybody agreed that Africa has great potential not only in natural resources, but also in youth: 41% of Africa's popula-

tion are below the 15 years of age.

I was impressed the most by the quality of young partici-

pants of the conference. Yes, it was a selected group of young people who already have significant experience in

community work and very strong pro-social attitudes. Most importantly, they have a vision of strong Africa and believe

that by changing their immediate communities and working

in unison with other young leaders they may transform economic and social reality of Africa.

Dr. Marek Wosinski

Facilitator UCP-SARnet

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Regional Updates: AFRICA

Collaboration with Cameroon on Education of Community Leaders

On November 29th, His Excellency Adoum Garoua, Minister of State for Youth Affairs in Cameroon met with Dr. Marek

Wosinski (myself) and Osee Romeo Njacheun to discuss plans of collaboration between the government of Cameroon and UCP-SARnet on the education of future community leaders. Mr. Ayuketah Oswald Tambe, (Jurist/C.PJ.A) National Director,

Duke of Edinburgh Award International Association, and Technical Adviser of the Minister was also present. This meeting was preceded by presenting our plans of collaboration with Cameroon to Ms. Mignon Turner form the Public Affairs Section in the

US Embassy in Yaounde (Cameroon).

UCP-SARnet presented a plan of creating a model of collaboration between the government, local universities, community

organizations and global organizations involved in realization of the UN Millennium Development Goals. This model with the support of African Union and World Youth Alliance could be implemented in other African countries. Minister Adoum Ga-

roua promised his support for the project and advised close collaboration between UCP-SARnet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Youth Affairs in Cameroon, as well as with the US Embassy in Cameroon.

UCP-SARnet is expected to present to all three parties involved a detailed plan of action in which the first implementation step

will be the Regional Leadership Summit in August 2012.

Dr. Marek Wosinski

Facilitator UCP-SARnet

Image of participants of the World Youth Alliance 2011 Conference in Nairobi, Kenya which took place end of November.

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Gandhi Research Centre first leg of Dream Rainbow Project

These images belong to our "Gandhi Shodh Sansthan (Gandhi Research Centre)" the first component of the Gandhi College of Social Work Initiative. Children from different age groups (5-16 Years) are visiting this centre every day to learn about Ganhdiji

and the history of Champaran.

Our more recent tasks include working on admission of students – we recently got an inquiry for admission of 100 girls to the

college and we also hope to contribute to continuing the higher education of those who have dropped out of school. Additionally, we are currently preparing for the inauguration of our Computer Learning Centre and NIOS (National Institute of Open School-

ing) centre which are meant to be in use starting from January 30th, 2012.

We would like to welcome any interested international volunteers who would like to share their skills with youth and children here in Champaran. Volunteering and Internships are open for 1-6 month duration and some of the skills that would be valuable

to the youth in this region would be arts and crafts, sports – football, cricket, volleyball, badminton, computer skills, and English.

Volunteers will need to pay $1000 for 3 months of food and accommodations. Visits to local historical sites and tourist spots around the Champaran and Nepal region will be coordinated for any volunteers during the course of their service to the project.

Birendra Kumar

Assistant Facilitator for Asia & the Pacific UCP-SARnet

Regional Updates: ASIA

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Regional Updates: SOUTH AMERICA

Forks for Change Rolls out Catwalk for Women Empowerment

On Monday, November 21st, Forks for Change collaborated with the Fashionistas on ASU Campus to host “Walk in Her Shoes” – a Women Empowerment Fashion Show. This fashion show and

program went on without a hitch, benefited our Cambodia Women’s Academy Project, and left

female attendees feeling empowered. This special event brought together compelling, intelligent and diverse women who are each have remarkable and inspiring stories. Guest speakers Rose Mapen-

do, former winner of CNN heroes, and Jerry Ueberle, founder of Global Interactions & the World Academy for the Future of Women, gave moving and motivational speeches for the cause of wom-

en empowerment. More than 150 students were in attendance.

Sherman Duckworth

Regional Updates: NORTH AMERICA

TESA in 2012

Fortunately we have many plans for next year for TESA Foundation, based in Argentina. We will keep on working on Human

Rights regarding bio diversity as well as ethnic, religious and social cultural diversity and also Environmental Literacy.

Next year we will incorporate a TESA's affiliated society in Bolivia, we have already scheduled our 8th Opinion Formers trip to Israel and Palestine to work on the dialogue and comprehension between these persons, and we will keep on with our tuition

free Continuous Formation School where we teach Environmental Literacy. We will also collaborate with municipalities providing them with plans for improving lifestyle with inclusion.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from TESA Foundation.

Valentina Jinchuck Co-Coordinator with the President

TESA Foundation

These images and more of the event can be found on the Facebook Page for the Fashionistas group.

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Activities of the Executive Team Learn more about our executive team

members by checking out their profiles.

This Month in Meetings (see the blogs for more details):

November 18th, 2011

The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the status of various projects that we focused on this semester. Members who were

able to participate in the Stand Up event on November 7th gave their suggestions on how to improve upon future events. The

status of the Leadership Summit Preparations were discussed—all documents pertaining to the summit have been prepared, the only setback at this point is publishing the information to the Global Interactions website as we do not have the proper authori-

zations to do so. As part of our initiatives with the Interfaith Campus Challenge Project, UCP-SARnet was hoping for all collab-orators on the project to use the internet as a resource in raising awareness and drawing more people out to service events; as

connecting all Interfaith collaborators online has not yet been accomplished we will have to ensure that this is done next semes-ter. Finally, the Forks for Change club has made great progress this Fall 2011 and will be hosting their final event of the semes-

ter "Walk in Her Shoes" this Monday Evening. At the end of the meeting we all briefly discussed member tasks and what we

each have left to do over these final weeks.

November 25th, 2011

No meeting today due to the Thanksgiving Break.

December 2nd, 2011

This brief meeting focused on what we have left for the semester which is basically sending out invitations for the International

Leadership Summit in China to universities and community organizations around the world. The registration deadlines for the

summit were recently re-evaluated and all documents have been updated with the proper dates. The application form and pro-gram details will be uploaded to the Global Interactions Website soon.

December 9th, 2011

Last Meeting of the Semester

The meeting began by short introductions as we

were joined by 6 new members that hope to be

interns with UCP-SARnet for the upcoming se-mester. After the brief introductions, the remain-

der of the first half of this meeting was dedicated to a presentation by Adam Euerby regarding his

Thesis results on UCP-SARnet. Adam got in-volved with UCP-SARnet and the redesigning of

our website mid-2010. The new website interface

which is what is currently viewed was launched January of this year. Adam began tracking use of

the website in November of 2010 and has used his data to compare the old and new website and how

this new interface is beneficial to our members and collaborating groups.

Dr. Wosinski and Osee then updated us all on how their recent meetings and conference-

involvement in Africa went. Dr. Wosinski also updated us on the Gandhi College of Social Work

on behalf of Birendra.

After each member present gave some comments on what we can do better for upcoming semesters, we decided that the first

leadership team meeting for the Spring 2012 will be an organizational and planning meeting and will take place on January 13th, 2012. Happy Holidays to everyone and have a great break. We hope to see everyone back with the leadership team next year.

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Introducing Members of Our Advisory Board

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

Image from ASU School

of Public Affairs site.

Image from Kanu Law Website

Robert Cialdini,

Arizona State University (USA),

Liz Cunningham,

University of Brighton (England), Aecio D’Silva,

University of Arizona (USA), Kim Eagles,

Grassroots Activist (USA),

William A. Foster,

Foster and Brahm Management

Consulting (USA),

Rajesh Jangareddy,

Vitesse Semiconductor (India),

Solomon O. Kanu,

Kanu and Associates (USA),

Joanna Ochocka,

Centre for Community

Engaged Research (Canada),

Grazyna Prawelska-Skrzypek,

Jag ie l lonian Univer s i ty (Poland),

Jan Sadlak,

Warsaw School of Social Sciences

and Humanities (Poland),

Daniel Schugurensky,

Arizona State University (USA),

Jerrie Ueberle,

Global Interactions Inc. (USA),

Christopher Zambakari,

Student Representative (USA).

Member Organizations

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AASRA for Community Transformation (ACT) is a non-profit advocating for universal human rights and children’s

rights. Website: www.aasraindia.org/

African Woman and Child Features Service (AWC) ensures that the voices of the women and children in

Africa, and the issues they face, are better represented in mainstream media. Website: www.awcfs.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. Website: www.AnnFoundation.org

Anti-Poverty Project (TAPP) assists communities through job training, personal development training and provid-

ing technology to non-profit organizations and to the disadvantaged. Website: www.tapp.org.

Association for Welfare, Social Action, and Research—India (AWSAR) is an organization comprising of a group of

professional social development workers from diverse background. Website: www.awsarindia.org/.

Beam Foundation provides needy children in the developing world with school uniforms and necessary school supplies. Website: www.beamindia.org/

Cameroon Association for the Protection and Education of the Child (CAPEC) works with children, youth, par-

ents, and governmental bodies to identify the needs of underprivileged children in Cameroon. Website: www.capecam.org.

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

efficient. Website: cfcj-fcjc.org/news/

The Centre for Community Research and Action, Laurier works to advance community knowledge, social poli-

cy, and practice for community wellness and social equity. Website: www.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=2615

Changes for New Hope supports the impoverished children from the Peruvian Andes region through educational pro-

grams, personal development, and building of social and emotional wellbeing. Website: www.changesfornewhope.org

The Community University Research Alliance explores new ways of providing community mental health support.

Website: www.communitybasedresearch.ca/takingcultureseriouslyCURA/

Department of Youth Development, Sport & Training (Vanuatu). A government ministry that oversees sports

and recreation along with technical vocational education and training which provides applicable life-skills to

Youth and forges national, community and individual development. No Official Website: More Info Here.

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

jects throughout Ecuador. Website: www.ecuadorvolunteer.org/

FIRBEJC—Fondation Islamique de Recherches pour le Bien-Etre de La Jeunesse Congolaise—is an NGO dedi-

cated to helping youth in region fight economic, human, sociocultural, and political poverties. No Official Website.

More Info Here.

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

www.odatsglobaltrainingandrecruitmentservice.com/index.html

Greater Boghé Area Association, INC is a US based organization that partners with groups in the Boghé region of Mauritania to improve health conditions there and underlying factors affecting health. Website: www.boghe.org/

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

as Ambassadors and leaders. Website: www.helpinglives.7p.com/

International Youth Peace Tourism & Development Initiative (Nigeria) is an NGO that envisions volunteerism,

especially of young tourists, as a key to accomplishing the MDGs and achieving sustainable development in regions

around the globe. Website: iyptding.wordpress.com.

Member Organizations

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India Vision Foundation (IVF): founded in 1994 by Dr. Kiran Bedi to expand upon the work of

Navjyoti India Foundation. It strives to improve conditions in prisons, the lives of those incarcerated and that of their children. Website: www.indiaviosionfoundation.org/

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

alleviate poverty. Website: www.lukmefcameroon.org/

Navjyoti India Foundation (NIF) was founded in 1988 by Dr. Kiran Bedi. NIF works in collaboration

with IVF for positive change, beginning with a flagship program for correction, drug-addiction and reha-

bilitation. Website: www.navjyoti.org.in/

Network of East West Women - Polska (NEWW-Polska) is a Poland-based women’s advocacy network that

provides knowledge and resources to empower and strengthen women while working towards social and economic equity. Website: www.neww.eu/en/about/neww/0.html

“New Choice” Children’s Charity (Mongolia) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization based in

Ulaanbaatar that seeks out volunteers to participate in their many projects based around helping the Mongoli-an community especially underserved children and orphans. Website: www.volunteer.org.mn/.

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

youth, policy makers, and other stakeholders. Website: nigerianyouthclimatecoalition.blogspot.com/

Pluribus Europe is a consulting organization which coaches and trains their clients, comprised of

international companies, in diversity and inclusion techniques at all levels of corporate manage-

ment. Founded in 2006. Website: www.pluribus-europe.com/en/

Social Care Youth Initiative (Rwanda) is a youth-run organization that also incidentally works for the empower-

ment of youth in their region. They are devoted to accomplishing the MDGs as well as to addressing issues of Hu-

man Rights and Justice through various programs that they have developed. Website: scyi-rwanda.weebly.com.

Somali Family Services, established in 2003, envisions a peaceful and thriving Somalia. They promote the caus-

es of human rights, social justice, democracy, and sustainable living by empowering the marginalized groups

and communities in the country. Website: ussfs.org.

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

cultural exchange and development in Africa. Website: www.staesa.org/

TESA is a nonprofit organization aimed at researching, training researchers, outlining an implementing

projects for the promotion of sustainable economy. Website: www.fundaciontesa.org/eng

Unreasonable Institute supports globally-minded social entrepreneurs who are developing solutions to pressing issues. Website: unreasonableinstitute.org/

UCP-SARnet The Gambia is an officially registered NGO that undertakes a diverse and creative range

of educational, humanitarian, and peace-building initiatives in to help achieve MDGs in the Gambia. Website: ucpsarnet.iglooprojects.org/gambia.

Woman As Hero is an ASU Student Organization driven by the importance of the empowerment of women to

societies. Their main interests are education and entrepreneurship opportunities for women, and they hold aware-ness campaigns on gender-related issues such as violence against women to spread the message. Website:

womanashero.weebly.com

Youth Alliance for Justice & Peace (Sierra Leone), an NGO dedicated to the youth in the region fights the

evils of poverty by encouraging saying no to narcotics, by creating education and employment opportunities,

and by providing desperately needed housing and medical care. This NGO unites youth, gives stronger self-worth, and allows them to help their own country. No Official Website: More Info Here.

Collaborating Knowledge 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/

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

http://www.communitybasedresearch.ca/

Coaching the Global Village works with social changers to use coaching to create innovative solutions to pressing global challenges.

Website: http://coachingtheglobalvillage.org/

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

chologists run this organization. http://www.comunitaria.cl/

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

East Europe Foundation seeks to support successful community-driven development initiatives. http://www.eef.org.ua/

Global Alliance for ICT & Development creates an inclusive global forum and platform to promote discussion on using ICT for the

achievement of the Millenium Development Goals. http://www.un-gaid.org/

Global Alliance for Community Based Research promotes Community-Engaged Research as a fundamental means to contributing

to human betterment by the sharing of knowledge across the world. http://communityresearchcanada.ca/

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 cumulative 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

Taking It Global uses the power of online community to facilitate global education, social entrepreneurship, and civic engagement for

millions of youth worldwide. http://www.tigweb.org/

UN Millennium Campaign supports and inspires people from around the world to take action towards the Millenium Development

Goals. http://www.endpoverty2015.org/

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

tions 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, humani-

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

World for World Organization (Italy) is an Italian-based non-profit organization, operating in Italy and internationally. http://

www.worldforworld.org/

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Directory

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 Kumar

Email: [email protected]

ASSISTANT FACILITATOR FOR

EUROPE

Ganeswar Sahoo

Email: [email protected]

ASSISTANT FACILITATORS FOR

NORTH AMERICA

Osee Romeo Tcheupgoum

Email: [email protected]

ASSISTANT FACILITATOR FOR

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

Uttam Bhat

Adam Euerby

Dorav Kumar

Loc Nguen

Karan Puttannaiah

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Dr. Wayne Goulet

Dr. Eva Szeli

Angela Abolhassani

Mohamed Camara

Olivia Friend

Nicole Hale

Fritzgerald Jerome

Abidah Khalife

Shannon Monn

Jonathan Oakes

Sonal Patel

Eean Patterson

Omar Saleem

Humza Salim

Maureen Schirmer

Kaitlynn Wernsing

REGIONAL OFFICES

AFRICA

Contact Person: Osee Romeo Tcheupgoum

No. 1 Ansumana Ceesay Street, Dippakunda 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]

ASIA & THE PACIFIC

Contact Person: Birendra Kumar University Community Partnership for Social Action Research Network. UN Commission on Sustainable Development (Youth and Children Major Group )

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

EUROPE

Contact Person: Ganeswar Sahoo

via s cosma e damiano 103 trento, tn 38122, ITALY

Tel. +39 3319782685

Email: [email protected]

CANADA

Contact Person: Adam Euerby Candidate M.ASc. Systems Design Engineering, B.ASc. Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo

Advanced Interface Design Lab 1.519.888.4567 x34904

[email protected]

UNITED STATES

Contact Person: Fritzgerald Jerome

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]

ADVISORY BOARD

Robert Cialdini, Arizona State University

(USA)

Liz Cunningham, University of Brighton

(England)

Aecio D’Silva, University of Arizona (USA)

Kim Eagles, Grassroots Activist (USA)

William A. Foster, Foster and Brahm

Management Consulting (USA)

Rajesh Jangareddy, Vitesse Semiconductor

(India)

Solomon O. Kanu, Kanu and Associates (USA)

Joanna Ochocka, Centre for Community

Engaged Research (Canada)

Grazyna Prawelska-Skrzypek, Jagiellonian

University (Poland)

Jan Sadlak, Warsaw School of social Sciences

and Humanities (Poland)

Daniel Schugurensky, Arizona State

University (USA)

Jerrie Ueberle, Global Interactions, Inc. (USA)

Christopher Zambakari, Student Representative

(USA)

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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