Go JO girls: a blog by Maddie Handler
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Go JO girls: a blog by Maddie Handler
This blog post was written by Arizona State University student Maddie Handler. Read her first blog post "The economic x-ray of Jordan" and her second post “Unveiling Syrian Refugee Camps.”
Unveiling Syrian refugee camps: A blog by Maddie Handler
This blog post was written by Arizona State University student Maddie Handler. Read her first blog, "The economic x-ray of Jordan." Handler is the first intern for The Alchemist Lab, founded
The economic x-ray of Jordan: a blog by Maddie Handler
This blog post was written by Arizona State University student Maddie Handler. About Maddie: My name is Madeline (Maddie) Handler and I am the first intern for The Alchemist Lab,
WE Empower 2018 awardee working to restore marine life to ports
Shimrit Perkol-Finkel, one of the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge 2018 awardees, founded ECOncrete as a green infrastructure solution that allows marine life to thrive. Her work was recently featured
ASU leading role in global consortium to support gender equality
The Women Political Leaders Summit is the “foremost global gathering of female political leaders,” according to their website. Every year, more than 350 female political leaders from around the world
Changemakers for Sustainability Series: Gender, tech and transformation
On June 11, the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge group held the second Changemakers for Sustainability Event Series — a luncheon and panel with a gender and technology focus —
WE Empower Challenge awardee visits Hawai'i to present and collaborate
Marine biologist and engineer Shimrit Perkol-Finkel was in Hawaii May 28-June 2 en route to the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver, where Amanda Ellis and Perkol-Finkel are both speaking on
WE Empower holds inaugural Changemaker Series event in Washington
The WE Empower UN SDG Challenge celebrated Habiba Ali, the competition’s 2018 winner. The evening before, Ali was awarded the 2019 Economic Empowerment Award through Vital Voices’ Global Leadership Awards Honoree Program.
Sustainability scholar presents at Davos
Amanda Ellis, executive director of Hawaii and Asia Pacific in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University, was part of a panel discussion at the 2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland.
Sustainability scholar presents at RELX Group SDG Inspiration Day
The first RELX Group SDG Inspiration Day in San Jose, California featured a talk from Amanda Ellis, executive director of Hawaii and Asia Pacific in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global
A life-changing journey to the United Nations
Arizona State University Juris Doctor candidate Ember Van Vranken traveled to New York for the U.N. Global Engagement Summit as part of her volunteering as a student judge for the
Female entrepreneurs strengthen sustainable businesses through WE Empower Challenge
Awardees of the inaugural WE Empower UN SDG Challenge — a global business competition for female entrepreneurs who are advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — recently spent several