I am very pleased that today I get to share an inciteful and though-provoking conversation with a very special person – David Evangelista, Regional President & Managing Director of Europe Eurasia for Special Olympics.

This conversation is one of those rare occurrences where one’s perspective is forever changed. At least it was for me…and I’ll wager that it will be for you too.

This recording was made in March of 2023 for a Global Washington profile article on David, as interviewed by one of our long-time writers, Amber Cortes.

I really want to describe what’s in this interview, but I think it will be a much better journey for our listeners to simply let David’s surprising insights and perspectives unfold and reveal themselves without preamble. They’re timeless and applicable on so many levels.

Hit play, sit back, and enjoy!

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Today we are excited to share with you a conversation with Kathleen Morris, the newly elected executive director of International Rescue Committee, Washington. Kristen Dailey, executive director of GlobalWA, and Kathleen had a wonderful and revealing conversation about the refugee crisis facing us today, the path to settlement in Washington State, the refugee experience, including the inspiring resilience and resourcefulness of refugees, and so much more. Special thanks to the Seattle Foundation who supplied us a room for this conversation.

Formed in 1933, IRC helps people affected by humanitarian crises—including the climate crisis—to survive, recover, and rebuild their lives. IRC is an incredible organization with very impressive results. In 2022 alone, the IRC and their partners reached over 32.9 million people in countries affected by crises.

Here are a few stats from 2022:

• They’ve supported 3,137 health facilities
• Provided 8,013,515 primary health care consultations
• Treated 222,278 children under 5 for severe acute malnutrition
• Admitted 453,344 children and 106,722 pregnant and lactating women to nutrition programs
• Built or rehabilitated water supplies serving 3,490,159 people
• Reached 1,421,270 people with cash assistance

And the list goes on. I encourage you to visit their website at www.rescue.org to find out more.

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For this episode, we have the privilege of sharing a wonderful conversation with Atul Tandon, CEO of Opportunity International, interviewed by Kristen Dailey, the Executive Director of Global Washington.

Opportunity International is a global nonprofit organization that creates opportunities for entrepreneurs to build their businesses, children to go to school, farmers to feed their communities, and families to end the cycle of generational poverty. For nearly 50 years, they have developed innovative programs that use financial services, training, and support to address some of the greatest challenges facing those living in poverty around the world.

Atul is a vast well of knowledge. He talks extensively about the need for, and interdependency of, multiple services and programs to uplift communities out of poverty.

He covers how the ripple effect of empowering one person can empower a whole community, the future of work including the use of technology, reasons to celebrate our progress on the sustainable development goals, and, well, I’ll stop there... so much to ingest ...

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