Speakers

MCNA provides charitable support to organizations involved in vocational training

Rebecca Parkhill and Rachel Sagan are the co-founders of the Metrowest Women's Fund, which advocates for women and girls in Metrowest, focusing on education, community building, and grant making. They have raised and given away $245,000 in scholarships at Framingham State University and MassBay Community College.

First, a brief public service announcement from Sari Musmon, Town of Needham Youth Diversion Program Coordinator, then Emma Navales will speak for Generic Ministry, who travel the streets and alleys of Boston every Tuesday and Wednesday delivering food, water, clean clothes, blankets and toiletries to the homeless. They also supply friendship, respect and encouragement. 

Zanmi Beni arose in response to the earthquake of January 12, 2010 in Haiti. Orphaned and disabled children living in a ward of the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince were moved to a campus outside the city when the building was severely damaged by the earthquake. Now, Zanmi Beni cares for 64 children there.

Sara Shine, Director, Youth and Family Services for the Town of Needham will tell us about the Crisis Support Donation Fund

Richard Vietor is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is currently course head of the required course, Business, Government and the International Economy. He has written extensively on energy and environmental policy, deregulation, and most recently on economic competition. He continues to be interested in energy security and climate change, and does work with NGOs, companies and governments in Latin America, Europe and Asia.