The Alumni Office at UWC-USA is hosting a virtual Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series event on September 26 at 6:30 pm Mountain Time. This event will be held in conjunction with UWC Day, and will reflect this year’s theme “Together We Change.” The event is free and open to the public – anyone can register for the event by completing the form below.
At UWC-USA students are part of an intentional community focused on a common mission centered on creating a more unified, peaceful, and sustainable world. By exploring the work that UWC-USA alumni are doing as community activists today we can learn about their challenges and successes and think about how we can take steps to help our own communities.
This Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series event will feature two remarkable alumni:
- Shaina Kasper ’09 is from Vermont and has worked as an activist in a variety of fields including housing access, electoral organizing, economic justice, environmental justice, and disability justice. She has worked supporting community groups in their organizing against pollution threats including The National PFAS Contamination Coalition, New Hampshire Pipeline Awareness Networks, and Rural Environmental Justice Opportunities Informed by Community Expertise. She is currently the incoming Executive Director of T1International, a global diabetes advocacy organization working on insulin access and affordability.
- Anaïs Tuepker ’92 lives in Oregon and is a sociologist and health systems researcher with the Department of Veterans Affairs and an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Her research often takes place at the intersections of health professions education, primary care delivery, community organizing for health, and community partnerships. Alongside her professional life, she has been a lifelong activist and sometime organizer for climate and social justice, having been a volunteer, staff member, and board director with several organizations focused on environmental and climate challenges.
Please join us for this opportunity to learn about the inspiring work of two remarkable UWC-USA alumni.
