Academic Events

Education in Emergencies: A Global Call for 222 Million Children

Join us at Lohrfink Auditorium for an exciting discussion on the state of U.S. Government financing to the education in emergencies sector. Special guests include Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW); LeAnna Marr, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Center for Education, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); and Elizabeth Campbell, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) at the U.S. Department of State.

Education Cannot Wait, the UN’s Global Fund for Education in Emergencies, will hold its multi-year High-Level Financing Conference on February 16-17, 2023, in Geneva. This is a crucial opportunity for the U.S. to commit to financing quality, inclusive, and transformative education for over 222 million children and adolescents living in crisis and conflict settings around the world.

This dynamic, exciting event will feature two discussions, “Financing the Education in Emergencies sector: A Case for Investment in #222MillionDreams 📚 ✨”, which will provide an overview of Education Cannot Wait’s mission and the U.S. Government’s support to the sector, and “Nothing About Us Without Us: Youth-Led Solutions to Education Crises,” a call to action by young leaders working to protect the right to education for displaced students around the world.

 

Speakers

 

  • Joan Lombardi, Ph.D, Senior Fellow, Georgetown Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues and Senior Scholar, Center for Child and Human Development
  • LeAnna Marr, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Center for Education, USAID
  • Elizabeth Campbell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) at the U.S. Department of State.
  • Pierina Anton Lopez, Global Campaign for Education-US Fellow, 2021 USAID Donald M. Payne Fellow, and Georgetown Global Human Development (GHD) ’23
  • Salma Alokozai, Georgetown GHD ‘24, Fellow, Afghanistan Young Leaders Initiative by Asia Society, Board Member, Chaarmaghz Mobile book library for Afghan children, and Chair, Paiwand-e-Afghanan Association.
  • Nehemia Abel, Georgetown GHD ‘23, Policy and Advocacy Fellow, International Rescue Committee, 2021 USAID Donald M. Payne Fellow and Co-Founder, Ubumwe
  • Olivia Issa, Program Lead, NASH Refugee Resettlement Initiative, George Washington University ’22
  • Emmanuelle Dyer Melhado, Outreach Chair, Welcoming Campus Initiative and No Lost Generation at George Washington University, George Washington University ’24
  • Jessica Garcia Bocaletti, Senior at International High School at Langley Park and Posse Scholar

Co-hosting organizations

This event is co-hosted by: Georgetown University’s Global Human Development (GHD) Program, Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues, Center for Child and Human Development, Institute for the Study of Migration (ISIM), and Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS); Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, Global Campaign for Education-US, Global Citizen, International Parliamentary Network on Education (IPNED), RESULTS, Save the Children, Youth Alliance Working Group of the Children’s Policy and Funding Initiative (CPFI), National Association of System Heads (NASH) Refugee Resettlement Initiative, No Lost Generation – George Washington University, the Welcoming Campus Initiative – George Washington University