If you think that engineers and STEM students overlook the social, cultural and environmental impact at their work, let me prove you wrong.  I bring you to Dr. Mira Olson, remarkable on all accounts.  An engineering professor, talented researcher, teacher and advisor, mother of 3, musician and also co-founder of the newly established and super cutting-edge Peace Engineer Program at Drexel University.

In Episode 4 of Season 6, you hear from Dr. Olson who tells us about her life, education, research, and how she is changing the world with her work at the Peace Engineering program.

Why are engineers learning about the fundamentals of peacebuilding and qualitative methods in addition to their calculus? No discipline is superior, there are no hard and soft skills, it is about a constant exchange of approaches and skills to improve the quality and generate positive social change in the world.

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Drexel University

Masters in Peace Engineering at Drexel University

Peacetechlab

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Skeptics of the market place, those that never scored high on math, curious about financial topics but afraid to ask, social entrepreneurs and troublemakers in general please listen to this super insightful episode that will walk you through how impact investing can be used as a tool to create social good.  

In Episode 3 of Season 6, you hear from finance expert Diana Narváez, who left a 10-year career in finance and corporate America and returned to her birth country to give back using impact investing as her super powers.

Her parents emigrated to the US to give her family a better life.  After a successful career in corporate America she decided to start from scratch in her birth country.  Moving from corporate America to Latin America with a purpose: to financially support socially conscious business in Colombia and the region.

Key Links:

UPB Incubator (UPB University incubator program in Spanish)

Acumen + (finance and other relevant topic courses)

Endeavor (webinars on financial education)

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Let’s face it.  Getting a job at the UN is not easy.  More so, if you belong to a non-donor country.  But even when your hard work rewards you with a UN field position, there are epidemics, active armed conflict and much more.

In Episode 2 of Season 6, you will hear an honest, real and very insightful account of UN field work done mostly in Africa and Latin American posts. 

Santiago Quiñones shares his college and Masters education, his hard fought UN career, moments of doubt and despair, but also a huge drive to do good and give back to his native Colombia and everywhere he has worked.    

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Fundación Carolina for Latin American students

Junio Professional Officer Program UN Careers

UNDP Acceleration Labs

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Over the better part of the past decade, Wylie Belasik has worked in the fields of ending homelessness and battling substance abuse while using physical fitness as a cornerstone of a successful recovery.  

Opening Season 6, we hear how through the work of his non-profit ULIFTU, Wiley is closing the gap between fitness and unemployment.    

A five times ironman finisher, twice qualified for the World Championship twice; raced the Olympic development field in Chicago.  Currently he is an affiliate (CrossFit gym or “box) owner in Philadelphia and he is a certified CrossFit coach.

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Crossfit Subversus

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About Crossfit

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Dream of working in the field applying development, humanitarian and conflict resolution skills in the field?  Stop dreaming and listen how Caterina Becorpi has been doing this type of work for almost a decade.

Episode 8 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship.

In this episode you will learn how Caterina was able to gain field experience in Haiti, Venezuela to Iraq working in the fields of humanitarian relief and conflict management managing strategic and operation relationships as Movement Coordinator for the International Committee of the Red Cross. Thanks to the support of the Rotary Peace Fellowship (2013-2014)  Caterina  completed her Masters in African Peace and Conflict Studies.

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International Committee of the Red Cross

University of Bradford

The Rotary Peace Fellowship

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His grandfather worked closely with Mahatma Gandhi, so from an earlier age Vikas was committed to social change and community development.  In this episode he talks about his education, his experience as Rotary Peace Fellow and what are the key trends and skills in the International Development, Disaster Management fields.

Episode 7 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship.

A Rotary World Peace Fellow (2006-08), Australia. Vikas is currently the Deputy Director at Save the Children, India.  Vikas is an expert in the field of disaster and emergency management and coordinated inter-agency platform of the humanitarian agencies, U.N., and NGOs globally and in India.

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Save the Children

Vika’s Gora video lecture

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If you think that fashion is a shallow thing and it has nothing to do you or the state of the world, think again. NOT thinking about the quality of your clothes could be problematic, as well as whatyou buy and where you buy.  So let’s talk fashion & sustainability with Garik Himebaugh.  Garik is the Chief Stylist and founder at Eco-Stylist. Eco-stylist, envisions a world where all clothing is sustainable. His firm promotes human rights and environmental sustainability through dressing like you give a damn.

Episode 6 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship.

The work to create positive social change comes in many shapes.  In this case, Garik’s ethical fashion business promotes an environmental solution to the huge problem that is fast fashion.  Listen more how to change the world through sustainable fashion.  

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Eco-stylist

River Blue

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Do you wonder what’s the difference between a scholarship from a fellowship? Do you see everyone getting fellowships and you ask yourself if you can ever be a recipient of one? I sat down with one of the world’s premier Fellowship expert Dr. Vicki Johnson to tell you everything you wanted to know and to inspire you to go ahead and look for YOUR fellowship opportunity.

Episode 5 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship.

In Episode 5 you will learn how Vicki Johnson is the recipient of not ONE but four world renowned fellowships herself and also had a brilliant career before she founded the premier fellowship site for changemakers.  Don’t miss listening to Vicki as you make plans to apply and be on become a fellow in 2020.  We will be discussing how fellowships propel your career; help you with a career transition; make you more hirable and what’s the scope on fellowships for international students.

Key links:

Profellow

The German Chancellor Fellowship

The Herbert Scoville Jr Peace Fellowship

Ian Axford Fellowship in Public Policy

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How can one tackle poverty, disease and climate change with a finance career and become a social good champion?   Devin Thorp who left the world of financing (in this case a whole career in the world of finance (as an investment banker, CFO, treasurer and mortgage broker) and turned it around to become an author, educator and speaker and ultimately a social good champion. 

Episode 4 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship.

In Episode 4 you will learn about Devin’s social good initiatives such as Yourmarkonyourworld.com and his podcast The Social Impact Podcast, his books read by million about using money for good, crowdfunding and CSR.  Don’t miss this change to explore this amazing exploration on all things career transition and beyond.  

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Your Mark on the World

The Social Impact Podcast

DevinThorpe.com

Forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe

Youtube.com/devinthorpe

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It’s time we get real and talk about unemployment in the social change sector. You do everything right, you send the applications, you write the letters, you apply to a multitude of places. This was the case of Matthew Johnson. Master’s educated, published author, activist, educator Mat couldn’t land a job in social change.

Episode 3 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship.

In Episode 3 you will learn about Matthew’s process of searching for a social sector job.  But even more fascinating, learn how Mat didn’t let unemployment define him.  Instead, he wrote extensively about his experience, he will tell you what is the most important thing to do when employment and will share about his thoughts on embarking on a career change.

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Guide to Employment (upcoming on a PCDN.global blogpost)

Who Moved My Cheese

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