Civic Engagement
At Gathers Strategies, Inc. we seek to be aware and engaged citizens in the communities we live and do business in; we seek to participate in public dialogue; and we seek to support, through our commitment of time or resources, other organizations in their important work.
Boards/Commissions/Task Forces
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City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board
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City of Los Angeles Economic Development Strategy Ad Hoc Committee
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Community Advisory Committee of Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles for Council District Nine
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Industrial Land Use Working Group advising City of Los Angeles Planning Department and Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles
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Africa Investment Advisory Council of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Washington, DC)
Organizations we support
Professional Associations
Speaking engagements/articles
- Panelist, Africa Diaspora Foundation annual conference held at UCLA, September 2008
- Guest speaker, Koreatown Rotary Club of Los Angeles, October 2008
- Guest speaker, Little Ethiopia Business Association and Ethiopian-American Chamber of Commerce, February 2009
- Speaker, “Doing Business in South Africa”, Valley International Trade Association (May 2009)
- Panelist, “Doing Business in Ghana”, Riverside International Business Forum (May 2009)
- Interview - subject of health information technology and medical credentialing by Healthfax, a publication for healthcare management professionals (July 2009)
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