The following students have demonstrated a deep commitment to civic engagement work. Some have initiated their own community outreach projects. Others have used service-learning courses as a basis for their work. These students, all from Talloires Network member institutions, have completed training to become Student Peer Advisors, and are prepared to answer questions from their peers all over the world.
Click on their names to learn more about their involvement in civic engagement and to contact them with questions. Look out for them, too, on the TN 24 Monthly Discussion Series -- monthly chats centered around a civic engagement topic, designed to foster discussion among engaged students around the world.
Jamil Ahmed
Aga Khan University (Pakistan)
Interests and experience: Community medicine, water and sanitation, child health
Amna Anees
Aga Khan University (Pakistan)
Interests and Experience: community health programs, medical research, charity
Sima Antabli
Saint Joseph University (Lebanon)
Interests and experience: Social Work, peace and democracy promotion
Moaz Choudhary
Aga Khan University (Pakistan)
Interests and experience: Medicine, volunteer organizing
Duncan Clough
University of Cape Town (South Africa)Interests and experience: Disadvantaged youth, teaching
Maria Coakley
National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland)
Interests and experience: Development through education, teaching, working with refugee youths
Trina Coleman
Smith College (USA)
Interests and experience: Underprivileged youth, service-learning
Katitia Melita David
Aga Khan University-Institute of Education Development (Tanzania)
Interests and Experience: HIV/AIDS Education, Youth Education, Community Development
Melanie Hennessy
National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland)
Interests and experience: Working with disadvantaged children, founding an orphanage in Nepal
Kevin Kadirgamar
Charles Darwin University (Australia)
Interests and experience: Social justice, advocacy, youth engagement and empowerment, community development
Kat Koslov
Winona State University (USA)
Interests and experience: Women and gender studies; community activism; feminism
Amber Lang
Portland State University (USA)
Interests and experience: Civic leadership, service-learning, family studies
Vanessa Madrid
Cottey College (USA)
Interests and experience: Peer education, public health, service-learning, social justice, civic leadership
Kate Massey-Chase
University of Winchester (UK)
Interests and experience: Community theatre, mentoring, working with prisoners and children
Simon Mayson
University of Cape Town (South Africa)
Interests and experience: Initiative-taking; sustainable development; entrepreneurship
Nkululeko Ndobe Mhlaba
Rhodes University (South Africa)
Interests and experience: Business development, politics, youth development
Daniel Nelson
Australian Catholic University (Australia)
Interests and experience: Community capacity-building; youth; immigrants
Hira Rashid
Bahria University (Pakistan)
Interests and experience: Volunteer organizing; working with both public agencies and NGOs
Lucy Shirley
University of Winchester (UK)
Interests and experience: Community theatre, theatre for prisoner rehabilitation, youth theatre
Tanne Stephens
Smith College (USA)
Interests and experience: Social justice, human rights, education
Nur Ili Bt Mohamad Tarmizi
University Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia)
Interests and experience: Public health, nutrition, cultural exchanges
Chrizane van Zyl
University of Cape Town (South Africa)
Interests and experience: Journalism and other media; youth
Margaret Woodman-Russell
Smith College (USA)
Interests and experience: Urban education, ESL education, community development
