You’ve been hearing bits and pieces about our board transition, and it’s almost complete! What an amazing group of professionals we have at the leadership table. There’s a great mix of returning board members who were pivotal in shaping the chapter, as well as new volunteers anxious to help drive our programming to the next level. It’s going to be a great year for Net Impact Seattle’s professional chapter – stay tuned!
Erin visiting the Inca ruins in the Sacred Valley, outside of Pisaq
What do you do and why did you join Net Impact?
I recently finished my International MBA at Schulich in June and returned to the Seattle area where I have been traveling a bit – Glacier National Park, Eugene, Vancouver, BC and San Francisco – reconnecting with friends and networking with organizations in the Northwest. I joined Net Impact when I was working in Portland and trying to implement sustainable initiatives in my work. I enjoyed talking with people of a similar mindset who were considering many of the same questions and were more than willing to offer advice. I ultimately decided on Schulich because a friend in the professional chapter told me about her experience. [...]
Net Impact Board Member Ariyah DeSouza has been working for almost a year with Net Impact National to develop the brand new program “Impact at Work”. It’s geared towards providing immediate, approachable ways to make an impact in any company, at any level.
If this sounds like something you’d like, come see the pilot materials unveiled Wednesday, August 25th at 7:00 PM at Pier 56. We’re hoping for some great feedback to relay to National to help make this program one of Net Impact’s strongest. Pizza provided!
For more information or to sign up, contact Ariyah directly.
Join us for the next Seattle Net Impact book club get together, where we will be discussing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind while enjoying a barbecue and drinks.
This amazing story is about a boy in Africa who teaches himself how to build a windmill, and improves life for himself and his village. It’s truly inspiring and an amazing story! Here’s a short review:
“Discarded motor parts, PVC pipe, and an old bicycle wheel may be junk to most people, but in the inspired hands of William Kamkwamba, they are instruments of opportunity. Growing up amid famine and poverty in rural Malawi, wind was one of the few abundant resources available, and the inventive fourteen-year-old saw its energy as a way to power his dreams. “With a windmill, we’d finally release ourselves from the troubles of darkness and hunger,” he realized. “A windmill meant more than just power, it was freedom.” Despite the biting jeers of village skeptics, young William devoted himself to borrowed textbooks and salvage yards in pursuit of a device that could produce an “electric wind.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is an inspiring story of an indomitable will that refused to bend to doubt or circumstance. When the world seemed to be against him, William Kamkwamba set out to change it. –Dave Callanan, amazon.com”
The get together will be at Net Impact Member Erin Burke’s house on Bainbridge Island, approximately 5 miles from the ferry. Please contact Erin directly if you’d like to attend and she will send you more information.
Hope to see you there!