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"...Creating global change is not something in the abstract. It's not something that should just be talked about and shown on T.V. by somebody else; it's something that you want to be deeply involved in." - Saul Garlick

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Invite a speaker from Think Impact to your community. These inspiring speeches – which include personal experience as well as facts and figures about global development, global poverty and social innovation – will be tailored for your student group, community, or office. Interested in learning more about our work in Africa? Want to know more about community development? Need to hear inspiring stories straight from those who have made a global impact before the age of 25? Book a speaker now {HYPERLINK}. 

Think Impact staff has given hundreds of presentations and have been invited back to speaking venues repeatedly because of the power of our message. Our honorarium varies but averages between $500 and $1000 plus travel expenses. Special rates can be arranged for organizations and groups, particularly non-profit groups supporting youth programming. For more information, please contact Think Impact at office@thinkimpact.org. 

Saul Garlick, Executive Director

Saul is the founder and executive director of Think Impact, an international non-profit organization that connects American students to rural villages in Africa to alleviate poverty through a sustained commitment to social innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship. 

Saul also serves as ambassador to the United States for The Buffelshoek Trust, an organization committed to the construction of much-needed schools in rural South Africa. Saul served as managing editor of the SAIS Review, as founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Hopkins Donkey and has worked on Capitol Hill for Rep. DeGette (D-CO) and as acting desk officer for Angola in the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. He is a contributor to Carnegie Council's online magazine, Policy Innovations. Garlick is a Truman Scholar and has received numerous awards including the William C. Foster Award, the Circles of Change Award, and the Fire Within Social Entrepreneurship Award. Garlick received his BA with honors in 2006 from Johns Hopkins University and his MA in American foreign policy and International Economics at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.

Saul is an inspiring speaker with an incredible personal story of leading youth in the fight against global poverty. He has spoken in dozens of venues across the United States.

Speaking Topics include:

- What's Next? Taking Action Against Poverty Now

- Young Leadership in the 21st Century

- Youth Role in Creating Foreign Policy

- It Can Be Done! Building An Organization

Saul speaks before an audience of Global Development Interns at Manyangana High School, South Africa.

Lily Muldoon, Kenya Project Director

Lily Muldoon is director of fellowships for Think Impact.  Lily manages the 2010 Global Development Fellows and their project development.  She has worked with Think Impact since 2003 when she founded the organization’s Pomona College chapter. There she helped raise over $10,000 for schools in South Africa. 

In 2006 she identified the organization’s second community, Kayafungo, Kenya, while studying with School of International Training in Kenya during her junior year of college. As a Fulbright Scholar, Lily returned to live and work in Kayafungo for one year following her graduation. She raised and managed $80,000 of health and education projects in Kayafungo, Kenya that affected more than 35,000 people. Lily received her BA from Pomona College where she delivered the Class of 2007’s commencement address.

Lily’s story is one of perseverance and compassion. Her connection with any audience is natural and immediate, and at only 24 years old, she serves as a powerful example of what youth is capable of achieving in its efforts to reduce poverty.

Speaking Topics include:

- Water Crisis in Reality: The Challenge of a Lifetime

- Fighting Poverty in the Field

- Youth and Global Responsibility

- Building Relationships with New Communities

Lily rides her motorbike during a project site visit in Kayafungo, Kenya.