The good projects need to have wise and strong people behind. We'd like to introduce you to the Prep-Team and the Logistic Team who have been working on this Conference. Thanks a lot guys! :-)
CLAIRE ANDERSON has been active in IGLYO since 2006, and is the Policy Officer on the board.She's from the UK, where she co-convened the national student campaign for LGBT rights for two years. Claire is convinced that she learned much more from student activism than she ever learned from what made her a student in the first place: her BA in History. She now works for an infrastructure support charity, advising and training other charities to become sustainable organisations.
Outside of working, Claire loves cooking, eating and knitting, and has recently trained as a volunteer for a national children's helpline.
DANIEL WINSTANLEY graduated in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh in 2004. Since then he has been working both professionally and on a volunteer basis with groups of excluded young people, primarily those with LGBT issues and complex needs such as behavioural difficulties, learning disabilities, or mental health problems. He has recently moved from Scotland to the Netherlands where he is currently doing a European Voluntary Service (EVS) placement with COC Nederland, working on a partnership project to celebrate IGLYO's 25th year of LGBT activism.Contact daniel@iglyo.com for more information.
REBECCA ZINI is currently a student at Università degli studi di Padova, where she studies Sociology and Politics. Since 2005 she has been working as a volunteer for Tralaltro Arcigay Padova, the local LGBT association. Within her organization she has been dealing with youth-related LGBT issues since 2006. In 2007 she also became part of the national Arcigay council. At a national level she has been working on issues regarding, youth, health and fight against discrimination and homophobia.In her private life Rebecca is devoted to semi-professional sport and is currently working on some projects which connect sport to LGBT issues.
NANNA MOE was elected board member of IGLYO in December 2007, and was appointed as Communication Officer. A graduate of Copenhagen Business School (CBS) with a BA in Communications and English in 2004, Nanna is continuing her education with a goal to receive a master's degree in Communication in Spring 2009.Moreover, Nanna works with the communication and marketing of World Outgames 2009. She defines communication as her lover, and loves the feeling of working in an organisation that makes a difference for people. Besides sleeping with communication, she is an active soccer player and loves being culturally stimulated by music and films.
FABIO SACCA' has served as IGLYO Board member in 2005-2007 as Communication Officer and cured for Italy the implementation of the International Campaign "All Different All Equal", in partnership with the Italan Youth Forum. He is now coordinating the youth network of Arcigay, the largest Lesbian and Gay Association in Italy.After graduation in University of Padova with a MA in Communication, Fabio has been employed in the Learning and Development office of an Italian fashion industry.
Fabio would pick "lobbying" as his favourite hobby.
GIOVANNI CAPONETTO was born in Turin 24 years ago, and still lives here. He loves his city and thinks it's the only place he would live in.He studies Management Engineering at "Politecnico di Torino", and work as waiter, call center operator and soon for the "lgbtq tourist office". He's interested in ITC, politics and economics, and in means of transportation and infrastructures.
Formerly coordinator of the local youth section of Arcigay he became President of Arcigay "Ottavio Mai" Turin. He has joined the "logistic team" for this conference last year and imagines this happening as the first attempt to promote Turin among any citizen of the world as a an lgbt-friendly place to visit, and maybe... to live!
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