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Rotary Peace Centers students


2010-12 - Universidad del Salvador



Duncan Autrey

Rotary Center: Universidad del Salvador
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Seattle Northeast, WA, USA
Sponsor District: 5030
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, Guarani
Applied Field Experience: Fundación Cambio Democrático (FCD) (Foundation for Democratic Change), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
City: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Summary: His passion is in exporting the frontiers of mediation and conflict resolution. He is particularly interested in ways to use dialogue to help the people of the world to see their common humanity. He is involved with a project of Mediators Beyond Borders in Colombia that is working with a community that was displaced by armed conflict.



Zoe Brent

Rotary Center: Universidad del Salvador
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Sebastopol Sunrise, CA, USA
Sponsor District: 5130
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, French
Applied Field Experience: Friends of Earth Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
City: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Summary: Zoe is interested in issues of Food Sovereignty, Labor and Immigrant Rights. Her recent work has focused primarily on fighting for workplace justice throughout the food chain.



Lauren Conn

Rotary Center: Universidad del Salvador
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Fairfax, VA, USA
Sponsor District: 7610
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, Moroccan Dialect
City: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Summary: Lauren is interested in links between international development and security. She has a background in grassroots campaigning and advocacy around issues of global poverty and preventable disease.



Karis Eklund

Rotary Center: Universidad del Salvador
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Los Angeles HS, CA, USA
Sponsor District: 5280
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, Turkish
City: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Summary: Karis is interested in the management of archaeological resources in post-conflict and post-disaster areas.



Rosalvina Otalora Cortes

Rotary Center: Universidad del Salvador
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Club Rotario Bogota-Teusaquillo, Columbia
Sponsor District: 4290
Citizenship: Colombia
Languages: Spanish, English
Applied Field Experience: IDISCO, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
City: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Summary: During the time Rosalvina worked for the National Commission on Reparation and Reconciliation, she had the opportunity to be near victims and to learn about the conflict in Colombia. As a professor in different universities, she researched the relationship between the economy, conflict, and the law. She is very interested in the economies of war.



Amanda Ottman

Rotary Center: Universidad del Salvador
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Shakopee, MN, USA
Sponsor District: 5950
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese
City: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Summary: Amanda's area of focus is on the rights of children and youth, specifically in Latin America. She is interested in the areas of development, especially within the system of education, that work towards systemic change to ensure these universal standards for all children.



Justin Peele

Rotary Center: Universidad del Salvador
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Siler City, NC, USA
Sponsor District: 7690
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Guarani
City: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Summary: Justin is a special agent with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security under the US Department of State in Washington, DC.



Aryeh Shell

Rotary Center: Universidad del Salvador
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Oakland, CA, Sunrise, USA
Sponsor District: 5170
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish
Applied Field Experience: Amazon Watch & Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project, US, Peru, and Ecuador.
City: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Summary: Aryeh's area of expertise has been in popular education, cultural activism, and theater. She is interested in climate justice and the sustainable alternatives being developed by social movements, with a focus on women's leadership and food security.



Melania Spitzer

Rotary Center: Universidad del Salvador
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Cambridge, MA, USA
Sponsor District: 7930
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Greek
City: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Summary: Melaina works for human rights and sustainable development in post-conflict regions and border zones of South America, Southern Africa, and the Mediterranean. She specializes in the protection of indigenous rights in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia. As a journalist, Melaina is also experienced in multimedia documentary and teaches on the relationship between media and conflict.