Please join us for a presentation and discussion session with the inspiring gender, human rights, and education activist Yassin Sarr from The Gambia. Consider bringing your classes (snacks provided). Yassin is the founder of Starfish International (http://starfishinternational.org), an organization in The Gambia focused on promoting the education and advancement of girls and young women. Each year, the organization sponsors multi-cultural education for 100 girls/young women – putting them through an intense program focused on empowering them with confidence, business skills, IT skills, communication skills, and skills in ethical thinking/critical reflection.

From their web page:

Starfish International: Mission, Vision & Values

Our mission is to empower Gambian girls by providing them with an advanced education that is focused on service to humanity while at the same time providing international service-learning opportunities for our volunteers.Our vision is to establish a state of the art Academy of Excellence that will provide the Gambian girl-child an exceptional education from pre-school to graduate school. Every participant in this endeavor, including administrators, teachers, volunteers, and students, will be motivated by the end goal of service to humanity and challenged to find effective ways of infusing service to others into their daily work.

Our values and the 5 Qualities highlighted in Starfish International are Nobility, Independence, Courtesy, Knowledge, and Service.