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The World Affairs Summit is a 100% volunteer effort.

If you would like to get involved in the final planning details or to assist the day of the event, please email us at info@worldaffairssummit.org

To date, the following people have helped make with this first annual event possible...

Adrienne Arnold
Bonnie Bea
David Beckmann
Julie Bennett
Cathy Brewis
Marty Campbell
Jamie Chase
Steve Crowell
Linda Danforth
Alyce A DeMarais
Gerald Denman
Drew Ebersole
Kristy Gledhill
Tansy Hayward
Amy Heinze
Sherry Helmke
B. Hiatt
Mark Jensen
David Johnson
Katie Jordan
Warner Karshner
Roy Kimbel
B. Kuhn
Patricia Lacy-Davis
Georgia Lomax
Dawn Lucien
Bruce Mann
Susan Mann
James Matteucci
Sarah Miller
Ken Miller
Neel Parikh
Betty Perry
Beth Rees
Linda Quinn
Ruthie Reinert
Neal Sobania
Greg Tanbara
Bethany Vieth
Carrie Washburn
C. Waterhouse
Chris Webster
Elizabeth Willis
B. Wilson
LaTasha Wortham
A. Young

 

Carol Schillios. "Carol Schillios opened the Hèrè jè Center in March 2005 in response to her reaction to the poverty and living conditions in Mali, Africa. Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world with 70% of rural population below the poverty line. The Hèrè jè Center is a skills training, education and marketing cooperative. Here, begging girls ages 12-25 are helped off the streets and immediately receive a stipend of $20 a week to stabilize their food needs. This stipend ensures they don't have to beg during training as they learn skills to help them generate income and become micro-entrepreneurs. Our goal is to reach the girls before they are forced into prostitution because of extreme need (hunger). The first 10 girls graduated in July 2006 funded almost entirely by Carol Schillios. Twenty new girls have been recruited and we have begun the "Circle of Friends Giving Thanks" to give you and others a way to participate in changing the economic prospects for one woman in Africa."