Salam Neighbor: Life in a Syrian Refugee Camp
From living in a tent in a Syrian refugee camp to working as radish farmers and surviving on one dollar a day in Guatemala, Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple are pioneering a new style of documentary filmmaking. Their work thus far has raised over $490,000 directly for micro-finance loans, education scholarships, and refugee services around the world.
Ingrasci's journey to become a “disruptive storyteller” began while working for a small Mexican microfinance program. Ever since then he has continued to focus on the intersection of the creative arts, business, and sustainable development. His work experience includes strategy consulting at Deloitte Consulting LLP as well as working for Freedom From Hunger on the ground in Ecuador.
Temple is an avid adventurer and big thinker. On a gap year from school, he worked for Grameen Trust to launch new microfinance organizations in New York, Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia before founding the student microfinance organization, MFI Connect. He has also worked at the advocacy and communications consulting firm, Global Health Strategies.
Since graduating from Claremont McKenna College in 2012, Ingrasci and Temple have spoken at the United Nations, TEDx Buenos Aires, and over 60 universities, high schools, and conferences. Real Leaders Magazine recognized them alongside Angelina Jolie, and Bill Gates as two of the top 100 Visionary Leaders of 2015.
There will be a movie screening of Salam Neighbor (2015) after the talk in McKenna Auditorium. The movie screening is open to all.
Mr. Ingrasci and Mr. Temple's Athenaeum talk and the movie screening are co-sponsored by the President's Leadership Fund and the Kravis Leadership Institute.
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