Guest Talk: Transformational Learning: Lessons from the Amazon Rain Forest, with Mariana Vergara
- 306 Russell
- 10/24/2012, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- http://library.tc.columbia.edu/
Mariana I. Vergara, Executive Director of BRIDGE, Model of Transformational Learning,
will discuss her work with indigenous South American communities and
college students to protect the Rain Forest from destruction. Ms.
Vergara is leading the World Dignity University's Amazon Rain Forest Initiative that aims to co-create sustainability in the Amazon with the Kichwa community.
Mariana Vergara is a Global Core Member of World Dignity University (WDU) which is part of a new cultural movement
that envisages contributing to a vision of a future where the people of
this world are indeed capable of cooperating for a better future.
Mariana founded the Family Development Center
in 2001, with the support of the WKBJ Foundation. BRIDGE was
implemented at Morris Hills High School, positioning it to have in its
2010 NJ Report Card the highest scores for Latino immigrant students in
New Jersey.
Ms. Vergara is a Doctoral Candidate at the AEGIS program at Teachers
College, Columbia University. She has a Master of Arts degree in
Management of not-for-profit institutions and Urban Policy Analysis from
the New School University. She is drawn to the study of adult education
and organizational learning at Columbia University because she sees
these two streams of knowledge and technique informing the improvement
of her professional practice as she facilitates transformational
learning in adults.
In a recent interview in Quito, Ecuador by Dr. Evelin Lindner, Founding President of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies at World Dignity University, Mariana discusses her scholarly path.
For a video
of Mariana's work in the Amazon, please see her July 6, 2012 discussion
with students Tayler Mulcahy and Andrew McInnis of Washington and
Jefferson College in Ruku Kausay.
Persons interested in attending may rsvp by Monday, October 22nd.
Where: 306 Russell
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