Political instability and competition over diminishing resources creates a dangerous environment for the health and welfare of vulnerable populations. Speakers in this area work within the non-profit arena in order to maintain peace, alleviate poverty, educate and advocate.

Noorullhaq Fazly is a employment counselor at JFCS. He has worked on international legal issues of human rights and justice, including human and drug trafficking, freedom of speech, women, and children’s rights and counter terrorisms in Afghanistan- State Department.

Sara Khalbuss ’15, MPA, is a program coordinator at HAIS working in their Refugee Career Pathways Program.

Karenna Oner ‘20 is a caseworker at the International Rescue Committee as served as co-director of PRYSE Academy in the summer of 2021.