Keynotes Sessions
Josephine Kennedy, World Learning Organization : Monday March 12th 9:30-10:30
Angelica Silvero, World Bank : Monday March 12th 1:05-1:55
Clardav Goutou-Nkoli, Miss Congo Brazzaville : Tuesday March 13th 9:30-10:30
Chase Small, Paper Airplanes: Tuesday March 13th 11:00 - 12:00
Dr. Omekongo Dibinga, UPstander International : Tuesday March 13th 1:05-1:50
Angelica Silvero, World Bank : Monday March 12th 1:05-1:55
Clardav Goutou-Nkoli, Miss Congo Brazzaville : Tuesday March 13th 9:30-10:30
Chase Small, Paper Airplanes: Tuesday March 13th 11:00 - 12:00
Dr. Omekongo Dibinga, UPstander International : Tuesday March 13th 1:05-1:50
AMBITIOUS MIDDLE SCHOOLER, MISS CONGO BRAZZAVILLE, PUTS HER HEART ON HER HAND
Miss Congo Brazzaville 2017 is giving a voice to the U.S. Congolese community. She is a spokesperson for an organization that provides shoes, books and other supplies to the widows, orphans and Pygmy people of the Congo. She is also in 8th grade.
Clardav Goutou-Nkoli is reigning Miss. Congo Brazzaville and a student at Briggs Chaney Middle School. She is the brandperson for the charitable organization, Le Coeur Sur La Main. Most recently, she was a keynote speaker for the DC GIN conference at George Washington University. “I’ve gotten to this point by basically working hard and prioritizing by having a goal that I can work to achieve,” she said.
Goutou-Nkoli, as Miss Congo Brazzaville, gives a voice to both the Congolese-American community as well as those suffering strife and oppression in the Republic of the Congo. She never wanted to be Miss Congo Brazzaville because of what she looked like, but instead because of what she wanted to do to help those in need. She said, “I believe that beauty is not only on the outside but how you can help improve the world.”
- Greamo
Clardav Goutou-Nkoli is reigning Miss. Congo Brazzaville and a student at Briggs Chaney Middle School. She is the brandperson for the charitable organization, Le Coeur Sur La Main. Most recently, she was a keynote speaker for the DC GIN conference at George Washington University. “I’ve gotten to this point by basically working hard and prioritizing by having a goal that I can work to achieve,” she said.
Goutou-Nkoli, as Miss Congo Brazzaville, gives a voice to both the Congolese-American community as well as those suffering strife and oppression in the Republic of the Congo. She never wanted to be Miss Congo Brazzaville because of what she looked like, but instead because of what she wanted to do to help those in need. She said, “I believe that beauty is not only on the outside but how you can help improve the world.”
- Greamo
GIN and Reducing World Poverty - Keynote by Angelica Silvero, WB
Angelica Silvero, head of the World Bank Group Speakers Bureau, spoke at the Global Issues Network conference on March 12 about how she works to reduce poverty and fix world issues through partnerships with other countries and organizations.
Mrs. Silvero presented in front of over 150 students at the conference in hopes of educating them on the work of the World Bank and the role of their various agencies in developing middle and low-income countries around the world.
“It’s important that you help so people can have their own lives. This isn’t money as charity, this is money so they can work so that everybody wins,” Mrs. Silvero said.
- Westermann
Mrs. Silvero presented in front of over 150 students at the conference in hopes of educating them on the work of the World Bank and the role of their various agencies in developing middle and low-income countries around the world.
“It’s important that you help so people can have their own lives. This isn’t money as charity, this is money so they can work so that everybody wins,” Mrs. Silvero said.
- Westermann
Chase Small of Paper Airplanes Presents
Chase Small, a recent high school graduate and staff member at the organization Paper Airplanes passionately discussed his journey to the organization at the 2018 GIN Conference. He explained what his role is in the organization and his hopes for what is yet to come and how he will achieve this once he starts college in the fall of 2018.
Paper Airplanes is a nonprofit organization which uses Skype to provide free one-on-one language lessons to people affected by conflict around the world so they can pursue their education, secure their future, and ultimately, rebuild their lives. There are multiple sectors in the organization including the main “Language Program” consisting of Arabic and English; the “Youth Exchange Program” and the new “Professional Skills Program.”
The Youth Exchange Program, which is managed by Small, was founded to connect to English speaking high school students specifically. The program, which is in the form of a school club, allows the students in the club to engage with other students around the world who are seeking education in the English language. Once the English-speaking high school is enrolled in the program, the students in the club are matched up individually based on similar interests to conflict-affected high school students to tutor them in English online.For the program, which usually lasts for one school year, tutors video chat with their students for an hour a week, ensuring that they are fostering not only a good foundation in the English language, but also fostering a friendship and support system for the student affected by issues in their community.
- Davitan
Paper Airplanes is a nonprofit organization which uses Skype to provide free one-on-one language lessons to people affected by conflict around the world so they can pursue their education, secure their future, and ultimately, rebuild their lives. There are multiple sectors in the organization including the main “Language Program” consisting of Arabic and English; the “Youth Exchange Program” and the new “Professional Skills Program.”
The Youth Exchange Program, which is managed by Small, was founded to connect to English speaking high school students specifically. The program, which is in the form of a school club, allows the students in the club to engage with other students around the world who are seeking education in the English language. Once the English-speaking high school is enrolled in the program, the students in the club are matched up individually based on similar interests to conflict-affected high school students to tutor them in English online.For the program, which usually lasts for one school year, tutors video chat with their students for an hour a week, ensuring that they are fostering not only a good foundation in the English language, but also fostering a friendship and support system for the student affected by issues in their community.
- Davitan