WEBINARS

AUA Webinars will be held from 12-1 PM Eastern Time (unless specifically stated next to the event listing) and are open to members of the AUA Network. The format is an initial presentation of 30 to 40 minutes followed by a lively discussion session. You must join the AUA Network to participate. Members of the AUA Network can RSVP, and receive instructions on how to access each webinar by sending an email to CharlotteH@creativelearning.org. RSVPs will be accepted up to the morning of each event.

The schedule for this fall’s AUA Network is listed below. Click on speakers’ names for their full bio.

  1. March 23, 2012 – Best Practices for Volunteer Safety, Blake Kent, Management Associate – Security and Field Operations​, Creative Associates​, Inc.
  2. February 10, 2012 – AUA Mosaic Scholarship Q&A, Gideon Culman, Program Officer, America’s Unofficial Ambassadors (For those who missed the webinar, please view the recording on our Web site under Get Involved! – AUA Mosaic Scholarship).
  3. January 13, 2012 – Mentoring in International Development, David A. Robinson, Senior Advisor for Operations, World Vision International (For those who missed the webinar, please view the recording on our Web site  under AUA Network – Resources for Unofficial Ambassadors – Preparing for Departure – Mentoring  (#5). You will need to sign in and/or register on the Web site to access the page.
  4. December 14, 2011 – 10a.m. – 11a.m. – Community Partnerships: Building personal and productive partnerships that reach across cultures, Margaret McLaughlin, Deputy Director, Stability Operations, Foreign Service Institute, US Dept of  State   (For those who missed the webinar, please view the recording on our Web site  under AUA Network – Resources for Unofficial Ambassadors – Skills and Tips for Volunteers – Cross-Cultural Interaction. You will need to sign in and/or register on the Web site to access the page.
  5. November 18, 2011 – Researching and writing successful proposals: supporting grassroots NGOs, Susan Raymond, Executive Vice President, Changing Our World, Inc  (For those who missed the webinar, please view the recording on our Web site  under AUA Network – Resources for Unofficial Ambassadors – Skills and Tips for Volunteers – Volunteering with NGOs – Proposal Writing). You will need to sign in and/or register on the Web site to access the page.
  6. October 26, 2011 – Dialogue and engagement with the Muslim World, for volunteers and practitioners, Luby Ismail, President, Connecting Cultures and intercultural trainer  (For those who missed the webinar, please view the recording on our Web site  under AUA Network – Resources for Unofficial Ambassadors – The Muslim World – Islam). You will need to sign in and/or register on the Web site to access the page.
  7. September 27, 2011 – Introduction to the AUA initiative and the AUA Directory, Ben Orbach, Director, AUA, Creative Learning
    (For those who missed this webinar, click here to view a recording!)

FAIRS & CONFERENCES

International Volunteer Programs Association’s (IVPA) Global Volunteeri​ng Fairs

  1. October 27th, 2011 – 5 to 8pm, Haaren Hall at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, located at 899 Tenth Avenue at 59th Street, New York, NY.  For directions, parking, and transit information, please click here.
  2. October 25th, 2011 – 5 to 8pm, St Stephen’s Episcopal Church, located at 1525 Newton St NW in Columbia Heights, Washington, DC.  For directions, parking, and transit information, please click here.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  1. April 5, 2012 – 7 to 9pm, AUA Mosaic Scholarship recipients Aiya Aboubakr, Christine Choi, Laura Mills, Nicolas Miyares, Shayna Orens, Rubii Pham, Ryan Rivera and Mirabel Rouze will present their experience volunteering with AUA Directory Organization HANDS in Egypt to the Columbia Office of Civic Action and Engagement and Columbia Students for International Service, Columbia University, NY.
  2. January 29, 2012 – 11am, AUA Mosaic Schoarship recipient Lindsay Michael will present her experience volunteering with AUA Directory Organization Project Hope in the Palestinian Territories at the Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Houghton, MI.
  3. January 25, 2012 – 7pm, AUA Mosaic Schoarship recipient Lindsay Michael will present her experience volunteering with AUA Directory Organization Project Hope in the Palestinian Territories at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette, MI.
  4. December 18, 2011 – 11am, AUA Mosaic Schoarship recipient Lindsay Michael will present her experience volunteering with AUA Directory Organization Project Hope in the Palestinian Territories at the Oberlin Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Oberlin, OH.
  5. November 21, 2011 – 7pm, Is the Arab Spring Turning into the Winter of Israel’s Discontent?,  featurung AUA Director Ben Orbach and Colonel Warren Gunderman (Ret.), Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee, Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA.
  6. November 17, 2011 – 7pm, AUA Mosaic Schoarship Recipient Morgan Faulkner will present her experience volunteering with AUA Directory Organization Middle East Fellowship in the West Bank to the Lawrenceburg Lady’s Club at the Lawrenceburg Public Library, Kentucky.