ASHA 26 CONFERENCE
Saturday, July 29 – Sunday, July 30, 2017
The Asha-26 conference – named for the 26th year of Asha for Education’s existence – was held on the weekend of July 29-30, 2015. This biennial conference was hosted by the Seattle chapter of Asha for Education on the Microsoft campus.
Asha for Education has been supporting the education of under privileged children in India for over 25 years now. This was a time for all of us at Asha to celebrate all the work that Asha volunteers and our project partners have done over the years.
Asha-26 Conference Agenda
July 29th, 2017 – Saturday
8.00 – 8.45 AM: ———————————BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION———————————–
Morning Session:
8.45 – 9.00 AM: Opening Remarks [Asha Seattle]
9.00 – 10.30 AM: ‘The Founders tell their story’ [Sandeep Pandey (in-person), Deepak Gupta (online)]
10.30 – 11.00 AM: ‘Overcoming Struggles at the Grassroot Level’, ‘Updates on Asha Trust’ [Mahesh Pandey]
11.00 – 11.15 AM: ———————————————-TEA BREAK ———————————————-
11.15 – 12.15 AM: Panel Discussion: ‘Partnering with Asha’ [ Vijay Balasubramaniam (BSPES) and Chalam Plachikkat (Sikshana Foundation), Srijan Chakraborty (Asha for Education)]
12.15 – 13.15 PM: ——————————–CAKE CUTTING + LUNCH BREAK———————————
Afternoon Session:
13.15 – 13.30 PM: Chapter Introductions
13.30 – 15.30 PM: Central Board Updates – ‘State of Asha’ by Central Team
15.30 – 15.45 PM: —————————————–SNACK BREAK———————————————–
15.45 – 17.15 PM: Brainstorming sessions to ‘Build Asha @ 26’ (Small-group discussions, which will run in parallel with moderators)
17.15 – 17.30 PM: ———————————-REGROUPING + TEA BREAK————————————-
17.30 – 18.30 PM: Hear from experienced AfE volunteers – Asha and beyond
18.30 PM:—————————————GROUP DINNER———————————————-
July 30th, 2017 – Sunday
8.00 – 8.45 AM: ———————————- BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION——————————–
Morning Session
8.45 – 9.30 AM: ‘What IS Education? – The Real metrics’, [Paul Gierlach (Coordinator, San Francisco Waldorf School)]
9.30 – 10.15 AM: ‘Social Structure and Funding for Non-profits’, ‘Technology in Education’ [Gary Lamb (Co-Director, Hawthorne Valley Center for Social Research)]
10.15 – 10.45 PM: Q&A (for both talks)
10.45 – 11.00 PM: ———————————————TEA BREAK———————————————–
11.00 – 12.30 PM: Panel Discussion: ‘Collaboration between non-profits’ [AfE, AID, Vibha, CRY, AIM for Seva]
12.30 – 13.30 PM: ——————————————- LUNCH BREAK ——————————————-
Afternoon Session:
13.30 – 14.30 PM: De-brief of the brainstorming sessions to ‘Build Asha @ 26’
14.30 – 15.30 PM: Open Discussion on ‘Paths Forward’
15.30 – 15.45 PM: ———————————————-SNACK BREAK——————————————-
15.45 – 16.20 PM: ‘Beyond Academics in Education’ [Mathieu Fortier (Kalkeri Sangeet Vidyalaya)]
16.20 – 16.40 PM: Junior Asha Seattle
16.40 – 17.30 PM: Summary of the Conference
