Agenda for On Line Meeting 2025-26
6:30 PM PDT
- Welcome from President and call to order
- Roll call and Introductions
- Current Announcements and News
- Program
- Comments and Questions
2 June 2026
Marianna Kosharovsky, ALIGHT
Marianna Kosharovsky is the Founder and Executive Director of ALIGHT (Alliance to Lead Impact in Global Human Trafficking), a nonprofit dedicated to one of the most urgent human rights crises of our time. ALIGHT connects survivors of human trafficking in Colorado, Utah and Greater Los Angeles with pro bono attorneys who remove the legal barriers standing between survivors and lasting freedom.
Human trafficking does not end with escape. Survivors carry its legal consequences for years, confronting problems like criminal records, custody disputes and identity theft that are impossible to resolve without professional help. Marianna and her team address this gap head-on, mobilizing over 1,400 attorneys through an innovative technology platform to deliver free comprehensive legal services to survivors at every stage of recovery.
ALIGHT’s model has earned national recognition from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for its ethical use of technology, the American Bar Association for its mobilization of legal professionals and the Freedom Collaborative for its thought leadership in the field. In 2025, Shared Hope International honored ALIGHT with the Pathbreaker Award.
Marianna holds a JD from New York University School of Law.
Learn more at www.alightnet.org.
9 June 2026
Marilyn Tam, Leadership Skills to Resolve Conflict
Marilyn Tam, Ph.D. is a Speaker, Author, Consultant, Board Certified Executive/Corporate Coach. She was formerly the CEO of Aveda Corp., President of Reebok Apparel and Retail Group; Vice President of Nike Inc. and also a successful entrepreneur who has built four companies.
Marilyn is a contributing writer to Huffington Post on how to live a happy, healthy, successful, and dynamically balanced life. Brand Channel lists her as one of the four most prominent names in Ethical Business globally. She is one of the top 100 leadership speakers in the world according to Inc Magazine. Brand Channel lists her as one of the four most prominent names in Ethical Business globally.
Her life is an inspiring example of what can be achieved if one followed their dreams. She grew up as an abused and neglected child in Hong Kong. She left home as a teen to come to America alone. Following her life mission, she achieved international business and humanitarian success.
Marilyn was recognized as one of the Top 30 Female Entrepreneurs in the USA by Fempreneur magazine. Jack Canfield detailed her work in his book on the strategies for success, “The Success Principles”.
Among her numerous recognition and awards is the Artemis Award from the Greek Government and Euro-American Women’s Council, with her image on a Greek postage stamp. Marilyn is featured in many documentary movies including GLOW Project, The Compass, Tapping the Source, and FEMME for her accomplishments and inner wisdom.
Marilyn’s award winning and top rated business book, “The Happiness Choice”, shows how and why happiness is crucial for business productivity and success, and for your physical, emotional, spiritual and financial health. Her book, “How to Use What You’ve Got to Get What You Want”, is published in six languages.
16 June 2026
Taylor O’Connor, Everyday Peacebuilding
Taylor O’Connor, a big peace nerd at heart, long obsessed with learning all the creative ways people build peace around the world. Taylor got his Master’s in Peace Education from the UN-mandated University for Peace in 2009 and has worked as a Peacebuilding specialist with NGOs and UN agencies in many countries.
He started researching and documenting all the ways people build peace inside and outside of traditional systems about a decade ago. He built a database of 5,000+ peace organizations and collected survey data from 800+ of my community members around the world to gain insight into all the ways people can build peace. After a comprehensive cross-analysis of all that data, he created the Peacebuilder Typology, a framework that maps hundreds of ways to build peace organized around 24 distinct types of Peacebuilders. It’s the most comprehensive mapping of peacebuilding practice available anywhere.
He founded EverydayPeacebuilding.com because he believes anyone can build peace, and everyone has a unique contribution they can make to the work of building a more peaceful, just world. They just need some exposure to the possibilities available to them, to get access to some practical tools, and find a supportive community. That is what he provides at Everyday Peacebuilding.
23 June 2026
10 Year Anniversary Celebration
30 June 2026
Club Assembly