April 14, 2019
“Children are our greatest hope. If we invest in the support they need and give them the tools to thrive, we are investing in a more peaceful, stable world for all.”
Description
Sherrie Westin, President of Global Impact and Philanthropy at Sesame Workshop, brings us inside the creation of Ahlan Simsim, the $100 million partnership between Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee that delivers vital early learning and nurturing care to families affected by the Syrian conflict. Sherrie discusses how this groundbreaking program — the largest early childhood intervention in the history of humanitarian response — fosters the values of mutual respect and inclusion, putting children and their communities on the path to a more hopeful and peaceful future.
27:52 ENG / Subtitles
ABOUT SHERRIE ROLLINS WESTIN
Sherrie Westin is President of Global Impact & Philanthropy for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street. She leads the Workshop’s efforts to serve vulnerable children. Westin was named a “Leading Global Thinker” by Foreign Policy Magazine and one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business”.
- Learn more about ECPC member, Sherrie Rollins Westin and her work at Sesame Workshop.
- Learn more about the work of Sesame Workshop’s humanitarian response to the refugee crisis.
Recommended Reading
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MacArthur Foundation blog, Perspectives on 100&Change | From idea to implementation: Launching our program for refugee children
Links:
- Sesame Workshop, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon – Refugee Response
- Medium Site
- Introducing…Ahlan Simsim!
- 5 key takeaways from Sesame and IRC’s refugee program planning workshops
- For young refugees, no education means no future. So Elmo is going overseas to help.
- Blog | Our First Year of 100&Change: Successes, Challenges, and Learnings from Ahlan Simsim
- Twitter Sesame Workshop
- Twitter Sherrie Westin
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ABOUT THE ECPC CONFERENCE SPEAKER VIDEO SERIES
Watch 14 compelling talks by 25 world champions in evidence-based science and practice, education, human migration, web technology and media. Learn why they join together in expertise to pave a road to hope and build pathways to peace through the transformative power of children and families. Hear them sound the global call to action as they launch the ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace.
- Be informed. Meet the conference presenters who share with you their knowledge, generated from the front lines of this burgeoning field of peacebuilding through early childhood development (ECD). Read their biographies and access additional learning materials.
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- Build peace! Take the ECPC Pledge of Action for Peace, launched by conference speaker, Miss Lames Abdelrahman, IRIS Refugee Ambassador from The Sudan.
EVENT SPONSORS
This ECPC event was organized by and made possible with support from Queen’s University Belfast LINKS, Yale University, UNICEF and the ECPC.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Distinguished ECPC affiliated presenters join us from the halls of Yale University (Child Study Center, the MacMillan Center for Area Studies, Web Services) Queen’s University Belfast, the United Nations, The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace, UNICEF, Sesame Workshop, ACEV-Mother Child Education Foundation, IRIS-Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, and the NGO Committee on Migration.
ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PEACE CONSORTIUM (ECPC)
The ECPC was established to grow a global movement for peace, social justice and prevention of violence through using evidence-informed strategies to enable the world community to advance peace, security and sustainable development. We must address root causes of violence and conflict, and we must empower children and families to be agents of change to advance social cohesion and peace.
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MUSIC
- “Euphoria” by Crutchfield
- “Cinematic Motivation Trailer” by StudioKoloma
- Audio remastery by Audio Visual 7