Ami Dar [Livestream]
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About the speaker
Welcome Ami Dar, the founder of Idealist.org, to the CreativeMornings stage!
About Ami Dar
Ami Dar is the founder and Executive Director of Idealist.org, an organization he started in 1996 that connects 150,000 nonprofits around the world with millions of people who want to work or volunteer with them.
Ami was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Peru and Mexico, and lives in New York with his wife and two daughters.
His next project, which he will share with us, is to try to build a global coalition of the kind and the reasonable.
Local partners
Local Partner â MPB
MPB transforms the way that people buy, sell and trade photo and video gear. As the largest global platform for used photography and videography equipment, MPB is a destination for everyone, whether youâve just discovered your passion for visual storytelling or youâre already a pro.
Founded by Matt Barker in 2011, MPB has always been committed to making gear more accessible and affordable, and helping to visualize a more sustainable future. MPB recirculates more than 485,000 used products every year, extending the life and creative potential of photo and video equipment for creators around the world.
Headquartered in the creative communities of Brooklyn, Brighton and Berlin, the MPB team includes trained camera experts and seasoned photographers and videographers who bring their passion to work every day to deliver outstanding service.
Local Partner â Harvest
Harvest is a web-based time tracking and invoicing application relied on by thousands of people around the world, from freelancers to small businesses to departments of Fortune 500 companies. Harvest founders Danny Wen and Shawn Liu had searched for tools to help their agency scale with more efficient methods to track time and send invoices. Unable to find one, they invested their own time, energy, and money into creating what they knew was a better way to run the businessâand Harvest was born.
Venue Partner â CUNY Graduate Center
The CUNY Graduate Center, a leader in public graduate education, is committed to doctoral and masterâs education for the public good. Our location in the heart of New York City provides students with countless opportunities to participate in one of the most vibrant and diverse communities in the world. Committed to CUNYâs historic mission of educating the children of âthe whole people,â the Graduate Center provides access to graduate education for diverse groups of highly talented students, including those who have been underrepresented in higher education.
Located in midtown NYC on Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, the CUNY Graduate Center offers multiple event and meeting spaces that can accommodate 10 to 400 guests for conferences, receptions, performances, film shoots, screenings, or private events.
