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DESCRIPTION:Michelle Helman\, PhD\, believes that positive social change ha
 ppens through relationships. She supports organizations to design\, implem
 ent\, and evaluate innovative solutions at the intersection of environment
 \, health\, and education. To do so\, Michelle draws from her peace innova
 tion research and over twenty years of experience partnering with leaders 
 on global\, community-led initiatives with a focus on Latin America and th
 e USA. Michelle is bilingual in English and Spanish which she learned to s
 peak during her Peace Corps service in Perú. She will be presenting about
  peace design and social innovation. Rotary Background ​Rotary Peace Fel
 lowship: Completed her Rotary Peace Fellowship at the University of Quee
 nsland in Brisbane\, Australia\, earning an M.A. in Peace and Conflict St
 udies. Her sponsoring club was the Rotary Club of Portland (District 5100)
 \, and her host club was Ashgrove/The Gap (District 9600). ​Applied Fiel
 d Experience: Focused her Rotary field research in Colombia\, examining 
 everyday peacebuilding\, research evaluation\, and the implementation of t
 he 2016 Colombian Peace Accords.  ​Professional & Academic Work ​Consu
 lting & Leadership: Founder of Michelle Helman Consulting\, advising orga
 nizations\, civic leaders\, and non-profits on conflict transformation\, r
 estorative justice\, cross-cultural dialogue\, and organizational change. 
 ​Education & Research: Holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Peace and Conflict Stu
 dies and a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology. She has served as affiliate facu
 lty at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolut
 ion at George Mason University and as a Senior Fellow at Portland State Un
 iversity’s Center for Public Service. ​International & Community Proje
 cts: Facilitated dialogue programs involving ex-combatants in Colombia (i
 ncluding work with the Rafting for Peaceinitiative)\, directed youth and 
 public health initiatives in Central America\, and conducted community saf
 ety and participatory evaluations across the Pacific Northwest.  
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SUMMARY:MEETING: Michelle Helman
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style=
 "font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; 
 color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Michelle Helman\, PhD\, believes that positive so
 cial change happens through relationships. She supports organizations to d
 esign\, implement\, and evaluate innovative solutions at the intersection 
 of environment\, health\, and education. To do so\, Michelle draws from he
 r peace innovation research and over twenty years of experience partnering
  with leaders on global\, community-led initiatives with a focus on Latin 
 America and the USA. Michelle is bilingual in English and Spanish which sh
 e learned to speak during her Peace Corps service in Per&uacute\;. She wil
 l be presenting about peace design and social innovation.</span></span></s
 pan></p>\n\n<h3 dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(
 0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Helvetica\;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:
 16px\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;">Rotary Background</span
 ></span></em></strong></h3>\n\n<ul style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; co
 lor: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Helvetica\; font-size: 12px\;">\n	<li d
 ir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,
 serif\;">​<b>Rotary Peace Fellowship:</b>&nbsp\;Completed her Rotary Pea
 ce Fellowship at the&nbsp\;<b>University of Queensland</b>&nbsp\;in Brisba
 ne\, Australia\, earning an M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies. Her sponso
 ring club was the Rotary Club of Portland (District 5100)\, and her host c
 lub was Ashgrove/The Gap (District 9600).</span></span></li>\n	<li dir="lt
 r"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\
 ;">​<b>Applied Field Experience:</b>&nbsp\;Focused her Rotary field rese
 arch in&nbsp\;<b>Colombia</b>\, examining everyday peacebuilding\, researc
 h evaluation\, and the implementation of the 2016 Colombian Peace Accords.
 </span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<h3 dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\
 , 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Helvetica\;"><em><strong><span
  style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;">​Pr
 ofessional &amp\; Academic Work</span></span></strong></em></h3>\n\n<ul st
 yle="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: He
 lvetica\; font-size: 12px\;">\n	<li dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px\
 ;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;">​<b>Consulting &amp\; Lead
 ership:</b>&nbsp\;Founder of Michelle Helman Consulting\, advising organiz
 ations\, civic leaders\, and non-profits on conflict transformation\, rest
 orative justice\, cross-cultural dialogue\, and organizational change.</sp
 an></span></li>\n	<li dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style
 ="font-family:georgia\,serif\;">​<b>Education &amp\; Research:</b>&nbsp\
 ;Holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies and a B.A. in Cultur
 al Anthropology. She has served as affiliate faculty at the Jimmy and Rosa
 lynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason Unive
 rsity and as a Senior Fellow at Portland State University&rsquo\;s Center 
 for Public Service.</span></span></li>\n	<li dir="ltr"><span style="font-s
 ize:16px\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;">​<b>International
  &amp\; Community Projects:</b>&nbsp\;Facilitated dialogue programs involv
 ing ex-combatants in Colombia (including work with the&nbsp\;<i>Rafting fo
 r Peace</i>initiative)\, directed youth and public health initiatives in C
 entral America\, and conducted community safety and participatory evaluati
 ons across the Pacific Northwest.</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n
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