Being able to write about your work effectively unlocks opportunities. But it can be a difficult and intimidating process to distill everything you do into a few simple words. Designed for artists, scholars, and creatives of all types, this session covered how to develop language to harvest opportunities, cultivate and grow your network, and connect
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On March 13, 2025, Carly O’Connell of IIE-SRF moderated an informal conversation with Indigenous scholar and peacebuilder Binalakshmi “Bina” Nepram. The session was not recorded to protect the privacy of those who attended. Nepram’s work focuses on deepening democracy and championing women-led peace, security, and disarmament in Manipur, India, and in seven socio Indigenous regions
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(opens in new tab) In this session intended for artists, writers, and other creative people, facilitator Kelly Olshan teaches participants to define their objectives, then work through strategic planning techniques such as the SMART Goal-Setting and SWOT Analysis to begin to design the career they desire. Kelly Olshan is a Learning Program Officer for the
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On February 13, 2025, Rania Mamoun talked about her life as a displaced Sudanese activist and writer of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction with scholar Nevine Abraham. Their conversation was in Arabic and was not recorded to protect the privacy of those who attended. Rania completed Something Evergreen Called Life, a poetry manuscript written during COVID-19 quarantine,
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In this workshop designed for artists, writers, and scholars, participants learned the basics of US copyright law and how to navigate the world of creative expression through copyright. It was co-facilitated by intellectual property, media, and entertainment attorneys Nancy Wolff and Charity Gates and was moderated by Gracie Golden of the Artistic Freedom Initiative. Nancy
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This informal conversation on January 9, 2025 featured Dr. Funmilola Ayeni, a microbiologist who was an IIE Scholar Rescue Fund fellow at Vassar College in 2019–2021 and is now a tenure-track professor. Carly O’Connell of the Scholar Rescue Fund was the host. Dr. Ayeni pursued her undergraduate education at Federal University of Technology in Akure, Nigeria,
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