Bermuda santum think tank management team

2010-2012 ProspectusUnity in the Community, World Vibe Fighting With Peace, Not For It

Team and GovernanceThe SANCTUM core leadership team has more than thirty years of collective experiencein community and youth development among its four core members who function as acohesive unit: ● Executive Director - Duvall Spencer. Duvall Spencer is a self-taught, visionary artist who uses his passion for woodcarving and storytelling to inspire excellence in team based environments. Duvall has experimented with a range of organizations and technologies over the past 20 years to enable social rehabilitation through the creative arts. His early interest in sculpting the physical iconography of Gombey dance was rewarded with a series of special commissions for the Cabinet Office, Government House and the Pequot Museum in Connecticut. He invested directly in the inception of the alternatives to incarceration with a focus on programs that nurture the emotional sensitivity of ex- inmates. Duvalls executive impact has been shaped by his direct advocacy of tolerance and integrity on the frontline of the collaboration between philanthropy and the corporate sector. In 2006, he was selected to undergo the appreciative inquiry training that opened the door to direct representation of "hardcore" interests in the third sector. Since that time, Duvall has embraced the evolving discipline of social entrpreneurship to launch a merchandising franchise called KatKing Productions that channels the dominant street culture of "conspicuous consumption" into sustainable forms of "conspicuous transformation". ● Programme & Community Director - Eugene Dean. Eugene Dean is a life-long community activist who has applied his trouble-shooting skills in computer science to the physical infrastructure of social enterprise. Starting in the fields of dietary and complementary healthcare and ranging into alternative energy and holistic development, Eugene uses the creative license of the entertainment technology industry to literally connect the "public interest" with the "public square". As the founder of the Emperial Group, Eugene created an umbrella concept of service based on "meeting the needs of the people". He has also undertaken the management of Spanish Town Entertainment to ensure that the community has access to affordable entertainment infrastructure for live events. Most recently, in the name of StarTime Productions, he has directed the Moonlight Movie Series in order to showcase how family orientated events can be staged at non-conventional locations around the island. Throughout this process of trouble- shooting, Eugene has evolved as a trusted, reliable and accessible presence in the often uncertain arena of event promotion. He brings this same skillset to the emerging requirements of the third sector. ● Supporting Manager - Gladwyn Simmons. As a self-described "rebel youth", Gladwyn Shirley Simmons is used to being misunderstood. For nearly 30 years, Gladwyn has always managed to find himself at the epicentre of social opportunity in Bermudas gradual evolution towards responsible self-governance.

These events have included masterminding Bermudas only general strike in 1981, championing the anti-apartheid movement, promoting reggae and dancehall music in the face of political hostility, mentoring disaffected youth, and supporting the referendum on independence. In 1998 he spearheaded the campaign to elect Bermudas first grassroots government by promoting voter registration in historically marginalized constituencies. He subsequently pioneered Bermuda’s participation in the UN’s World Conference Against Racism in 2001 and successfully mobilized leading reggae music promoters and artists in Bermuda, Jamaica and the US to embrace the campaign for global peace and tolerance. Throughout this time Gladwyn has pioneered the use of the collaborative arts and technology - (CAT) - cluster techniques that are now the development backbone of the House of Menelik. These techniques are crystallized by his role as executive producer of a television documentary entitled The Birth of a Trust: Our Cultural Identity and as promoter of the world’s first live internet webcast of a reggae concert, featuring Bunny Wailer, in 2000. Since 2001, Gladwyn has played a leading role in using philanthropy and social networking to connect the disconnected. In 2006, he formed a unique relationship with the Bermuda Centre on Philanthropy to represent the development goals of the cultural community. ● Supporting Manager - Corin Smith. Corin Smith is a non-practising attorney who was called to the Bermuda Bar in 1997. Corin left the profession in 2000 to pursue his interest in emerging markets for internet technology and social enterprise. Corins commitment to research and development was formed during the conduct of his undergraduate studies at Queens University in Ontario, Canada. His 1989 thesis, entitled "Black and Blue: The Color and Content of Race and Class in Bermuda" exposed him to the lack of qualified academic resources covering the islands recent social history. Corin has spent the past 20 years organising at a grassroots and political activist level for truth and reconciliation of the lingering grievances associated with colonialism, slavery and segregation.To broaden its team and knowledge capacity beyond the leadership team core members,SANCTUM has also developed a global neighborhood network. This network connectsSANCTUM with a range of community leaders who are addressing issues similar toBermuda’s in other jurisdictions, particularly the US, UK, and the Cayman Islands. WhileSANCTUM’s organisational focus remains on Bermuda, the international relationshipsprovide access to critical third-party knowledge, experience, and funding sources.Andrew Williams Jr. Andrew Williams Jr is a veteran advertising, sales and marketingexecutive based in Beverly Hills, California. His company, Wilcomnet LLC, pioneeredthe early transition by ad agencies from legacy management to virtual organization usinga proprietary network of "personal advertising representatives" known as ParXTC . Hehas spent the past twenty years building an international network of CEOs, academicsand activists with a shared interest in humanitarianism. Andrew is now working with theFacebook Embassy to advance the use of social networks to promote "peoplesdiplomacy", starting with the global campaign to eradicate extreme forms of poverty by2015. Andrew is ideally situated to connect Bermuda with leading edge developments inpolicy, academia, sports, technology, and entertainment

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