Vera Al-Mawla Email & Phone Number

Project Manager: Arts Against Violence (Arts for PVE), We Play for Peace (Sports for PVE), We Rise Through Arts (Response to Beirut Port Explosion), Arts Rise against SGBV (Sexual Gender Based Violence Awareness & Positive Masculinities), Young Media Creators, Innovation Academy, Hear Us Now (Research paper on Freedom of Expression among Youth in North of Bekaa, & Advocacy), Musawat (Interreligious Dialogue), Meet Your Candidate (Electoral Accountability), NGO Management Leadership Program, TOT for Local School & Highschool Teachers (Inclusive and Interactive Tools & Methods)... Coordinator: Arts Against Discrimination, Civic Horizons (Participatory action research launched by the Human Security Collective in Fakiha).Publications: We Play for Peace Handbook, We Rise Through Art Handbook (Young trainers guide on arts, music, sports, theater with PSS), Musawat Booklet (under work).Photovoice project in partnership with the amazing researcher & artist Rachel Viney reflecting local dynamics. Another focused on safe spaces in Fakiha based on responses of local citizens. Directed a documentary focused on safe & open spaces & civic spaces in Fakiha, which includes youth-led neighborhood walks with local actors. Co-produced first local podcast in North of Bekaa, Lebanon titled Peace Microphone breaking the structural isolation of the area's young generations. Co-led arts exhibitions & events, as well as interreligious roundtables & youth debate sessions. Co-trained international young leaders with the inspiring & visionary colleague, Mr. Mahdi Yahya at the Doha Hamad Bin Khalifa University on "Arts & Culture for Social Change" in Qatar. Trainer on: Role of Arts & Media in Peacebuilding, conflict resolution, combating fake news, social media, storytelling, writing reports, presentation skills, peacebuilding, leadership, forms of violence, child protection, coexistence & accepting diversity,... on the sideline music & songwriting basics :) Alumni of the UNAOC Cultural Leaders program, UNDP's Youth Leadership Program, the 6th cohort, and the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) with the US State Department.