Sunday, August 19, doors will open at 4:30pm, program will begin at 5pm, International Academy of Columbus, 2439 Fuji Dr.

Keynote Speaker: Ms. Rachel Brown, a Simon-Skjodt Center Genocide Prevention Fellow at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014. She used her fellowship to conceptualize and author the Defusing Hate guide and workbooks, which she now draws from to provide technical support to organizations and assess new opportunities for pilot projects.

Prior to her fellowship. Rachel was the CEO of Sisini Amani-Kenya, a Kenyan MGO that she had founded to pioneer new strategies for building local capacity in peace-building and civic engagement, most notably through the creation of a text-messaging model and platform to support local community efforts. She has also worked as a tenant organizer in Boston, Massachusetts, and as a consultant with organizations using technology for social impact, including Ushahidi, Internews, and Phandeeyar. She has a B.A. in international relations with a focus on global conflict cooperation and justice from Tufts University, where she had conducted international research on the relationships between power structures, corruption, violence, and poverty.

IACO is proudly partnering with Faith in Public Life to bring you this event.

Cost: $35 per person [$20 for high school/college student] [vegetarian meal]

Deadline for non-refundable reservations: August 6, 2018.

Contact: 614-849-0290 or iaco@iaco.org

Registration: iaco.org/events/the-main-event/