Speaking, Training & Teaching
A practitioner's knowledge, a storyteller's instinct, and the ability to make possibility feel concrete.
Semhar delivers keynotes, panel remarks, and moderates high-level convenings at conferences, summits, universities, and institutional gatherings where diaspora, development, global policy, and women's leadership are on the agenda.
What it means to lead from a hyphenated place, and how diaspora communities are already shaping global development, policy, and investment.
Why diaspora communities are among the most underutilized strategic assets in international development, and what it takes to change that.
What it actually takes to move from diaspora acknowledgment to diaspora partnership, and what organizations that have gotten it right have in common.
Past Stages
United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee · United Nations Commission on the Status of Women · UN ECOSOC · IOM Global Diaspora Summit · Concordia Summit · African Union · World Affairs Councils of America · Global Diaspora Forum · 4th U.S.-Africa Futures Summit, Addis Ababa · Harvard University · Georgetown University · Yale University · NYU · Columbia University · SOAS University of London · American University in Cairo
Semhar designs and delivers customized workshops for institutions, organizations, and corporations that want to build real capacity. Every engagement begins with a needs assessment — she builds to your context, your audience, and your goals. Participants leave with tools they can use the following Monday.
Past Clients
USAID · United Nations · African Union · Concordia · Global Diaspora Forum · diaspora organizations across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
Semhar has designed and taught curriculum at the university level and at professional institutes. She is available to design and teach courses at the intersection of diaspora leadership, global development, and international policy.
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