10TH POVERTY AND SOCIAL PROTECTION CONFERENCE [PSPC2017]
9th - 11th of March 2017, Bangkok, Thailand
AETAS Lumpini Hotel
9th - 11th of March 2017, Bangkok, Thailand
AETAS Lumpini Hotel
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata
In the 1960s one Bangkok slum dweller was a teenage girl working on the docks to pay her way through a teacher training college. Prateep Ungsongtham had spent only four years at primary school but this was enough to show her that education could transform lives. As a 12-year-old worker she began to save her meagre wages to pay for secondary education at night school. She was awarded a place at a college of education and, since there were no schools for the slum children, she decided to open one herself at her home in the slum.
She soon found that much of her time was spent helping the children and their families cope with the conditions of slum life rather than formal teaching. Her prime educational concern was giving these deprived families some belief in themselves and hope for the future. When they were threatened with eviction, Prateep's neighbours asked her to put their case to the landowner, the government and the news media. It was a formidable task for a slum girl still in her teens, but she rose to it triumphantly. This was to be the first, unexpected step in a career of public service on behalf of the urban poor. It was to bring Prateep the Magsaysay and Rockefeller awards that enabled her to establish the Duang Prateep Foundation, as well as gaining her the trust of both slum people and the Government.
She soon found that much of her time was spent helping the children and their families cope with the conditions of slum life rather than formal teaching. Her prime educational concern was giving these deprived families some belief in themselves and hope for the future. When they were threatened with eviction, Prateep's neighbours asked her to put their case to the landowner, the government and the news media. It was a formidable task for a slum girl still in her teens, but she rose to it triumphantly. This was to be the first, unexpected step in a career of public service on behalf of the urban poor. It was to bring Prateep the Magsaysay and Rockefeller awards that enabled her to establish the Duang Prateep Foundation, as well as gaining her the trust of both slum people and the Government.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. T. Nicole Shockley PhD MBA
Dr. Shockley is a social change and public health expert, researcher, author, and Keynote speaker who travels nationally and internationally presenting information on health, diversity, and race relations. Dr. Shockley is the author of the recently released book entitled “Blackness the Life and Times of an Unpopular People” and is currently penning two more books –“Blackness ll–Black Lives a Matter of the American Schism” and “Living in the Age of Disease”. Both books are slated for release in early 2017.
Dr. Shockley has presented at notable venues such as Columbia University in New York and most recently she has been invited to speak at the 17th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations in Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Shockley has presented at notable venues such as Columbia University in New York and most recently she has been invited to speak at the 17th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations in Toronto, Canada.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Dr. J. Alejandro Tirado-Alcaraz - Roger Williams University [USA]
Mr. Dennis Stuebing - University of Saint Joseph [China]
Mr. Shihan Fernando - Commercial Bank of Ceyon [Sri Lanka]
Ms. Sini Paakkinen - University of Turku [Finland]
Ms. Anuradha Palanichamy - Jindal School of Government and Public Policy [India]
Mr. Dennis Stuebing - University of Saint Joseph [China]
Mr. Shihan Fernando - Commercial Bank of Ceyon [Sri Lanka]
Ms. Sini Paakkinen - University of Turku [Finland]
Ms. Anuradha Palanichamy - Jindal School of Government and Public Policy [India]
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