Who: Ed Rekosh and Shawn Shieh 謝世宏, Rights CoLab. Rights CoLab is a global platform which advances human rights by fostering collaboration among experts across the fields of civil society, technology, business, and finance.
Language: English and Chinese (interpretation will be provided)
Ed and Shawn will be talking about their new project setting up Freshwater Institute, a locally-based, globally-connected CSO in Taiwan. Freshwater Institute will be facilitating connections with CSOs and young leaders in the Asia-Pacific to explore new ways of organizing civic engagement to improve the impact, resilience, and sustainability of human rights initiatives.
They will discuss the work of Rights Colab, what they mean by “reimagining civil society”, why it is important to do so now, and give examples of civil society innovation from different regions of the world.
They will also be asking for examples of how Taiwan is reimagining civil society, and what Rights Colab and Freshwater Institute can do to help to strengthen civil society in Taiwan and the rest of the Asia-Pacific.
Please RSVP by October 20 using this form: http://bit.ly/FreshwaterInstituteTaipei