Global Impacts on Nonprofit Organizations (CRN 17252)
| Date/Time: |
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Registration and Reception 3:45 - 4:15 p.m.
Program 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. |
| Location: |
Sorin Hall, Rooms A/B, Hamline University Saint Paul Campus | Driving Directions from MapQuest | Campus Map [PDF] |
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Panelists: |
Lillian McDonald, Executive Director, ECHO Minnesota
MayKao Hang, Director of Children and Family Services, Wilder Foundation
Armando Comacho, President, Neighborhood House
Robin Phillips, Executive Director, The Advocates of Human Rights |
| Description: |
Nonprofits are often thought of as small organizations operating
on a local level to provide services to community members, advocating
for issues of local concern, or preserving local culture and resources.
Increasingly, however, local nonprofit organizations are addressing
issues with global implications. From increasingly diverse communities
seeking culturally competent services to dealing with the consequences
of conflicts half a world away, Minnesota’s nonprofit community
cannot isolate itself from the implications of globalization and the
blurring of boundaries that it can bring. Join a panel of representatives
from nonprofit organizations to discuss how the global is also local. |
| Registration: |
General admission at the door: $10
To receive credit: $25 (for School of Business or CEUs) |
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Registration |
Panelist Biographies:
Armando Comacho
Armando Camacho was appointed Neighborhood House's new president in May of 2008 following a distinguished record of success with the Saint Paul and Minneapolis Public School Districts, where he has served as a special education instructor, principal, and assistant director of alternative learning programs. Camacho attended the University of Saint Thomas and graduated from Saint Cloud State University with a bachelor's degree in special education, and holds a master's degree in education from Saint Mary's University. Born in Puerto Rico, he came to Saint Paul's West Side with his grandparents and became a participant in his first Neighborhood House programs at age six.
MayKao Y. Hang
MayKao Y. Hang is the current director of Children and Family Services for the Wilder Foundation where she provides overall vision, direction, and oversight for children and adult mental health services, early childhood services, violence prevention and intervention services, and culturally-specific community services. Previously, Hang was the Director of Adult Services for Ramsey County Human Services Department. Hang has a M.A. from the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota in Social Policy and Distributive Justice, and a Bachelors Degree from Brown University in Psychology. Hang is also currently the Chair of Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together, a non-profit organization that works to improve the lives of Hmong women and on the Advisory Board of the Knight Foundation.
Lillian McDonald
Lillian McDonald is the Executive Director for Emergency, Community and Health Outreach (ECHO), a Minnesota non-profit agency dedicated to providing multi-media informational programming to limited English proficiency families during local or national emergencies. Before becoming an Executive Director, McDonald coordinated risk and crisis communication response plans, media relations, internal, and public relations work as the Public Information Officer (PIO) for Saint Paul – Ramsey County Public Health. McDonald also brings with her more than twenty years of professional experience in the communications industry as news reporter, producer, and assignment editor for several major market radio and television stations in the Midwest. Her educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in journalism, teaching credentials in Speech, Journalism, and English, and a Master’s degree in Educational/Organizational Development and Communications.
Robin Phillips
Robin Phillips is the Executive Director of The Advocates for Human Rights. She formerly served as the Director of the Women's Human Rights Program and the Deputy Director of the organization. She has written on a variety of topics related to women's human rights including trafficking in women, employment discrimination, sexual harassment and domestic violence. She has taught courses on women's international human rights at the University of Minnesota Law School and a general introduction to human rights at St. Thomas University Law School. Ms. Phillips has conducted fact-finding missions to document human rights violations in Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, Poland, Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. She has organized international conferences and trainings on human rights and NGO development issues. She also helped lead The Advocates' delegation to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China in September 1995. Prior to The Advocates, Ms. Phillips practiced law with the firm of Briggs and Morgan in St. Paul, Minnesota. She received her law degree from Northwestern University School of Law and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Pepperdine University
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