MILAN 2019
The Annual Donor Appreciation Dinner by AID Bay Area
Saturday, May 18, 6:30pm
Mitchell Park Community Center, Palo Alto
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Climate change is an existential threat to all humankind. This year at Milan, we will focus on how climate change is affecting the marginalized communities in India, and how they are fighting for their rights. We are proud to feature two exceptional and inspiring grassroots change-makers: Award-winning journalist and environmentalist Nityanand Jayaraman, and Farmers' rights activist and AID Jeevansaathi Kiran Vissa. We would be thrilled to meet you for dinner at Milan 2019 on Saturday, May 18th 6.30 pm at Mitchell Park Community Center, Palo Alto. Please RSVP by clicking the button below or by replying to this email; you are also encouraged to forward this invitation to like-minded friends and family. If you can't make it in person, please consider making a pledge. |
Guest Speakers
Nityanand Jayaraman
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Kiran Vissa
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Nityanand Jayaraman is an award winning journalist & environmentalist who has, for years, been involved in environmental protection and social welfare causes. He is based out of Chennai and focuses on issues related to environmental justice, climate change, and citizen action to protect the environment in and around Tamil Nadu. He believes India can lead the world in showing the alternative, ecologically sound way to ensure the well-being of all humankind.
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Kiran Vissa is a long time social activist who works on issues related to the agrarian crisis and sustainable organic agriculture in India. An IIT-Madras alum, he received his master's degree from the University of Maryland. Leaving a lucrative US career, he returned to India to address the epidemic of farmer suicides in his native Andhra Pradesh. In his work, he has relentlessly focused on social, economic and policy level changes to empower the Indian farmer.
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May 18, 2019 6:30 PM
El Palo Alto Hall, Mitchell Park Community Center, Palo Alto
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