Building a Better World: Developing Community across Borders and Boundaries - Maia Williams
Maia Williams, a Program Officer at Mercy Corps will share with us her thoughts on the importance of inclusive and resilient communities – at home and abroad, and will highlight our shared role and power to develop and support community-building at the local and global levels.
Maia is a Program Officer for Strategy and Learning at Mercy Corps – a Portland-based humanitarian and development organization whose mission is to support the creation of secure, productive and just communities across the world. Her work focuses on developing strategy at the country, regional and agency levels in order to support a global team of humanitarians working alongside communities in more than 40 countries. In addition to a deep passion for strategic response and leadership, Maia is most passionate about economic development, gender and racial equity, and inclusion work.