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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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 New York Foundation for
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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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In this interactive workshop, participants learned how to develop an academic portfolio that showcased their qualifications, research, and teaching experience. The focus was on the essentials—crafting CVs, writing research statements, articulating teaching philosophies, and selecting publications—while aligning their portfolio with hiring committee expectations. To protect participants’ privacy, the workshop was not recorded. A slide deck
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