So, What Are You Going To Do About it? How 3 Generations of Women Changed My World in One Night
This workshop is for you if:
You're inspired to make a difference in the world, but not sure how to get started
You are interested in solving global issues and want to learn about working in the humanitarian/non-profit sectors OR how to find a for-profit employer that is truly making a difference.
You've faced obstacles in your life that feel challenging and you're not sure how to overcome them.
You’re interested in becoming a mentor for people who can learn from your life experience and guidance.
Workshop details:
This workshop will show you how your life experiences can make a powerful difference in the world and how to leverage them to your own advantage and to the betterment of others. I discovered my purpose only after experiencing many of life’s most insurmountable obstacles. My pain became my passion and I learned how to find the resources, create the organization, and build the programs to ensure that girls around the world never had to suffer the way that I did. You will leave with a deep understanding of how your hardest challenges may be your biggest gifts, and how you can make a difference for everyone from your next-door neighbor to children on the other side of the world.
Meet Vivian Glyck
Founder, Just Like My Child Foundation
For nearly 18 years, Vivian has orchestrated a multi-continent movement through the non-profit she founded, Just Like My Child Foundation. This fundraising, story telling, programmatic initiative has literally saved tens of thousands of lives in Uganda, East Africa and has now moved into India and the US.
She is a recognized thought leader in global issues facing the health, education, and economic leadership of vulnerable adolescent girls and women. Just Like My Child Foundation has documented success in increasing acceptance of human rights in developing communities and shifting harmful cultural practices that impede girls from continuing their education. The organization is focused on the Girl Power Project® and committed to empowering vulnerable adolescent girls to stay in school, avoid forced child marriage, pregnancy, and gender-based violence.
Through a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action and in support of Michelle Obama’s Let Girls Learn initiative, JLMC has directly and indirectly reached 20,000 girls in central Uganda. Her recent TED talk, “How to Transform the World, One Girl at a Time” has been warmly received in the international development community www.JustLikeMyChild.org/TED.
“You don’t always need to know where you’re going, you just need to do the next right thing.”
