Heidi Salome Rosbe's Page

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Heidi Rosbe is pursuing a Masters in International Affairs, concentrating on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution/Peacebuilding at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Heidi earned her Bachelor’s Degree from McGill University in 2003. She spent four years with the Arab American Association of New York, finally serving as Associate Director of this non-profit family services and cultural center for Arab immigrants. Heidi has also spent years designing and implementing youth and adult programs in Montreal, Michigan, Brooklyn and the West Bank and was a Fellow in the We Are All Brooklyn Young Leaders Fellowship 2007-2008. She has volunteer experience in Ecuador and has traveled extensively from South American to South and Southeast Asia. Heidi has spent the past summer completing a conflict assessment in Jordan, researching social tensions and how to strengthen peace capacities. In August, she co-facilitated dialogue workshops for the United States-Syria Grassroots Diplomacy Program in Damascus, covering topics and issues including team- and trust-building, communication and listening skills, gender issues, discrimination and stereotypes and conflict resolution activities.

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Middle East (West Bank, Jordan, Syria)

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

USA

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Student, Master of International Affairs Candidate 2010, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Facilitation

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Budgeting, Curriculum Development, Program Administration, Program Design, Research