Perhaps you've read about Fair Trade Learning (FTL), or you've implemented pieces of it in your work with local and global community engagement, but the whole FTL project can be overwhelming! Fear not - change happens in supportive communities. Come connect with three practitioner-scholars and community organizers who have advanced FTL in university and nonprofit settings. This workshop series will provide: 

• A thorough introduction to or reconnection with FTL theory and practice 

• Examples of FTL in practice 

• An opportunity to connect with peers and identify next steps relevant for your institution, organization, or community context 

Three synchronous sessions, along with some focused pre-reading. Co-presenters: 

• Bibi Al-Ebrahim, Education Director, Amizade
  Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Bibi joins Amizade after spending over a decade working in Ecuador.  Bibi was first able to go to Ecuador as a Peace Corps Volunteer.  She then returned to the U.S. to complete a masters in International Public Health in 2008.  Soon afterwards, Bibi relocated to Ecuador and began work as the Director for Manna Project International, a community development organization working just outside of Quito.  In 2011, Bibi returned to Peace Corps/ Ecuador as the Program and Training Specialist for the Community Health program.  She soon had the opportunity to occupy the position of Training Manager, which she did for three years.  Back in Pittsburgh, Bibi is excited to get reacquainted with her city as well as support Amizade in strengthening participant engagement and institutional evaluation processes.

• Erin Sabato, Director of Global Learning at Quinnipiac University
  Erin Sabato directs and oversees all faculty-led and community-based global learning programs for the university. She also teaches courses for the Quinnipiac School of Engineering, School of Health Sciences, School of Education and College of Arts and Sciences, in addition to teaching part-time at Gateway Community College in New Haven, CT. She has presented and been a panelist for organizations including but not limited to, the Association of American Colleges and Universities, NAFSA, International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, and the Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. She holds a Master of Arts in Media, Peace, and Conflict Studies from the United Nations mandated University for Peace, Costa Rica.

• Kelly Trail, Director, Global and Intercultural Affairs, University of Dayton 
  Kelly Brannan Trail is responsible for Education Abroad and Away programs, as well as Travel Risk Management. Her interest in study abroad began in college where she studied in Aberdeen, Scotland for a semester, and completed her student teaching in Cameroon. While at the College of Wooster, her Independent Study Project was an historical novel titled, “Ukurikurakiza: A Journey Into the Heart of Rwandan Conflict.” Kelly came to UD in 2015 with over 7 years of experience in higher education, working with study abroad programs. She was also an adjunct instructor and Academic Coordinator for a community development study abroad program at the University of Buea in Cameroon. She earned her Ph.D. in International Development. Her dissertation was titled "Globalization, Immigration, and Cultural Change: Conditions that Predict Shifts in Nationalistic Attitudes". Within global learning, two of Kelly’s primary passions are in ethical community-engaged learning and diversity, equity, and inclusion.