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<\/a>Resolution’s Founders: Andrew Harris, Howard Levine, Oliver Libby, George Tsiatis (left to right)<\/p><\/div>
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<\/a>Melissa Diamond poses with children in Jenin.<\/p><\/div>
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<\/a>Lamia Bazir speaks to the women in the village of\u00a0Adghagh, Morocco.<\/p><\/div>
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<\/a>Mothers in Melissa Diamond’s A Global Voice for Autism ABA training program.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
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1) \u00a0What is The Resolution Project?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Resolution is a unique pathway to action for aspiring young leaders committed to changing the world.\u00a0 Resolution identifies and empowers undergraduate students around the world who are launching new social ventures, supported by Resolution\u2019s global network of resources.\u00a0 Resolution finds young social entrepreneurs through Social Venture Challenges held at existing youth conferences like the Clinton Global Initiative University, the Youth Assembly at the United Nations, and others.\u00a0 Resolution helps the winners of its competitions to make a positive impact today through Resolution Fellowships.\u00a0 Resolution Fellows receive dynamic, hands-on support, mentorship, and grants to implement their ventures and to develop as socially-responsible leaders.\u00a0 Well about 170 Resolution Fellows in 44 countries on all 6 inhabited continents (including all across the United States) are working in diverse, high-impact fields such as water, food, sustainable development, education, energy and the environment, equality and empowerment, health and wellness, and humanitarian relief. \u00a0Resolution is building a generation of leaders with a lifelong commitment to social responsibility. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n 2) \u00a0How did Resolution start? \u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The founders of The Resolution Project first worked together on a youth leadership summit in college.\u00a0 Organizing this conference taught my co-founders and me the value of an inspiring gathering of undergraduates committed to making the world better together.\u00a0 The conference experience resounded with educational opportunities, simulation, lifetime friendships, networking, and training for the future.\u00a0 In fact, a ubiquitous feature of this and every conference we attended in college was at least one important VIP speaker, exhorting the assembled students to be \u201cleaders of the future.\u201d\u00a0 We heard that conference keynote speaker recite the familiar speech time and again: \u00a0\u201cIt is such an exciting opportunity for me to address the next generation of leaders.\u00a0 You will all experience something at this conference that will prepare you for a future of changing the world.\u00a0 Learn well here and meet people who you will run into for the rest of your lives as you become influential leaders of your time.\u201d\u00a0 The implicit message here \u2013 the subtext, perhaps \u2013 was \u201cnot now\u2026not yet.\u201d\u00a0 Leaders of the future, to be sure, but not of today.\u00a0 And so the conference would end, with all the wistfulness of leaving new friends, going back to school, and just perhaps leaving something on the table that had yet to be done.\u00a0 Over time \u2013 after graduating and learning about social enterprise, entrepreneurship, micro-grants, etc. \u2013 we recognized that there was a place for an organization to galvanize young leaders of today in the social sector.\u00a0 Resolution was inspired by the dream to create a catalyst \u2013 seed funding, mentorship, and a curated ecosystem of support \u2013 that would help students at the undergraduate level with a brand new socially-responsible idea learn through taking action today.<\/span><\/p>\n \n 3) \u00a0Can you share with us a few Resolution Fellow\u00a0stories?\u00a0<\/b> 4) \u00a0What are Resolution\u2019s goals? \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Resolution will continue to grow by increasing the number of Fellowships we award, engaging our Fellows with increasingly deep support, growing our volunteer team commensurately, and expanding our network of Pathway Partners with public and private sector institutions to support our Fellows.\u00a0 Each Fellowship has a positive impact on the Fellow and on thousands of beneficiaries of that Fellow\u2019s social venture, as well as the volunteers and organizations engaged in supporting that Fellow.\u00a0 We will continue to improve our Fellowship value proposition and to coalesce the social sector around an intentional, collaborative, and efficient model of supporting leaders and their organizations.\u00a0 We fundamentally believe that each Resolution Fellow will be a future leader in philanthropy, business, and government.\u00a0 The Resolution Fellowship will have a deep impact on the character of that leadership, infusing it with socially-responsible values and a proven, entrepreneurial ability to implement good ideas.\u00a0 In this way, Resolution is making a reality of its vision:\u00a0 a generation of leaders with a lifelong commitment to social responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n 5) \u00a0Can the international community be helpful in any way for achieving these goals?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Actually, in the area of growing new, viable social ventures created by inspiring young leaders, collaboration from the international community \u2013 public, private, and social sectors included \u2013 is critical.\u00a0 This cross-sector, cross-border collaboration and community is a key area of The Resolution Project\u2019s innovative approach \u2013 something we call the Pathway to Action.\u00a0 Since late 2013, we have been forming official partnerships of various types, including joining the associated NGO program of the United Nations and preparing a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment.\u00a0 We are also forming Pathway Partnerships with such wonderful social sector organizations as Echoing Green, the Unreasonable Institute, the Harvard Center for Public Interest Careers, and others.\u00a0 We have also formed tremendous corporate program partnerships with DuPont, GE, and GLG Social Impact, among others.\u00a0 This network of organizations is not just a cloud of support for Resolution Fellows, but is clearly organized into steps in the ladder of growth, personally and professionally, for a Resolution Fellow.\u00a0 The key is that we are now working to develop an informative, active dialogue \u2013 leading to effective collaboration \u2013 between these public and private institutions, which are working together to apply resources, skills, and attention to efficiently support young leaders growing impactful organizations.\u00a0 We welcome the participation of public, private, and social sector institutions from around the world in the Pathway to Action supporting Resolution Fellows \u2013 with Fellows in 45 countries on all six inhabited continents, virtually any organization can potentially be a viable partner.<\/p>\n \n \u00a0L.V.<\/span><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1) \u00a0What is The Resolution Project?\u00a0 Resolution is a unique pathway to action for aspiring young leaders committed to changing the world.\u00a0 Resolution identifies and empowers undergraduate students around the world who are launching new social ventures, supported by Resolution\u2019s global network of resources.\u00a0 Resolution finds young social entrepreneurs through Social Venture Challenges held at
\nOf course! All\u00a0of our Fellows are wonderful, but you might be particularly interested in\u00a0Resolution\u00a0Fellow Melissa Diamond (http:\/\/www.resolutionproject.org\/fellows\/melissa-diamond<\/a>http:\/\/www.resolutionproject.org\/fellows\/melissa-<\/a><\/span><\/span>diamond),\u00a0a University of Richmond student who is helping families of and children with\u00a0autism\u00a0in Jenin, Palestinian Territory. Melissa and her team with A Global\u00a0Voice for Autism\u00a0(http:\/\/www.resolutionproject.org\/ventures\/global-voice-autism<\/a><\/span><\/span>)\u00a0successfully trained 14 mothers\u00a0to deliver Applied Behavioral Analysis therapy\u00a0to their children in a cooperative format, making\u00a0the therapy accessible and\u00a0affordable. They also had 22 siblings participate in a sibling support\u00a0program, where they learned skills to teach and play with their brothers and\u00a0sisters. In addition,\u00a0the team trained over 250 community members in autism\u00a0basics, and now 8 community\u00a0volunteer translators serve as advocates for\u00a0individuals with autism. These programs are\u00a0helping to remove some of the\u00a0stigma currently suffered by children with autism and their\u00a0families in the\u00a0region. Melissa and her team are working towards a project that would\u00a0involve three autism cooperatives in Jordan (Syrians, Palestinians, and\u00a0Jordanians), to study\u00a0the efficacy of the cooperative model\u00a0cross-culturally.
\nLamia Bazir\u00a0(http:\/\/www.resolutionproject.org\/fellow\/lamia-bazir<\/a><\/span><\/span>)\u00a0is another Fellow you might\u00a0find exciting. Lamia, an alumna of Al Akhawayn\u00a0University and Columbia University, is building\u00a0a women-run hamam and creating other\u00a0opportunities for women in Adghagh, Morocco through\u00a0her Venture, Empowering\u00a0Women in the Atlas\u00a0(http:\/\/www.resolutionproject.org\/venture\/empowering-women-atlas<\/a><\/span><\/span>).\u00a0Lamia\u2019s Venture has\u00a0several components. In addition to building a hammam\u00a0(bathhouse) to provide employment for\u00a0women, her social Venture promotes\u00a0cooperation between the Adghagh women’s association\u00a0and the Hilary Clinton\u00a0Center for Women’s Empowerment at Al Akhawayn University, so that\u00a0local women\u00a0benefit from the center\u2019s trainings and programs. She is also working to bring\u00a0university students to the village to deliver literacy and skill-building\u00a0lessons to women there.\u00a0Lamia is integrating \u00ab\u00a0HE FOR SHE\u00a0\u00bb as a\u00a0key principle of EWA, engaging men in the\u00a0village, university, and EWA team in\u00a0the women\u2019s empowerment process.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
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