13 June
Local Date: Jun 13 2023 |
Local Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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Morais is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Tourism and a Tourism Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University. He is also the lead in(ve)stigator of People-First Tourism Lab, a participatory action research collective started at NC State and now involving researchers and community development partners globally (P1tLab.ncsu.edu). Morais supports small communities and microentrepreneurs across the State of North Carolina and internationally. Morais integrates the insight and energy of an increasingly rich team of scholars in disciplines ranging from Cultural Anthropology, Humanitarian Engineering, Social Business, Community Psychology, Design, and Computer Science. His disciplinary home is Social-psychology and through this lens he investigates how tourism microentrepreneurship is developed and how it may affect host communities ability to harness economic opportunity in their own terms. |
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Dr. KangJae “Jerry” Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management at North Carolina State University. Lee’s research activities have focused on social/environmental justice, diversity, racial discrimination, well-being, and interracial interaction in the context of parks, recreation, tourism, and sport. He is the recipient of 2020 Best Research Paper Award from The Academy of Leisure Sciences, the Golden Apple Award in Excellent Teaching and Mentorship at the University of Missouri, and the U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship (the highest recognition for doctoral students at Texas A&M). |
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Sam Cook has made his mark on multiple aspects of forestry during his esteemed 40-year career. He is currently the executive director of Forest Assets and VP of the Natural Resources Foundation for the College of Natural Resources at NC State University, where he coordinates the management of the forest assets owned or managed by the NC State Natural Resources Foundation, Inc. In 2021, elected as the VP for the Society of American Foresters. He also serves as a Board member for Tuskegee (AL.) University Dept. of Agricultural and Environmental Resources, (post-President), World Forestry Center (vice president), (Portland, Oregon), Forest History Society (Durham, NC), and a Resource Committee Advisor for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) (Washington, DC) - representing the Black Family Land Trust (NC/VA). In previous roles at both the Center for Heirs Property Preservation (Director of Forestry) and as a private forestry consultant, he has played an integral role in developing and implementing a system of support that allows natural resource partners, forest and other landowners of all income levels to increase their forest sustainability and income through sustainable forestry programs. Sam has also worked with the USDA Forest Service Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Boise, ID), Duke Energy Progress (Durham, NC), and the Global Fiber Supply (formerly Forest Resource Division) of International Paper Company. . In 2021, he was inducted into the World Forestry Center’s Forestry Leadership Hall and presented the Distinguished Alumni Award by the NC State University College of Natural Resources. |
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20+ years I have been working as a lecturer and ceo of Fair Tourism: Our mission is to assist local communities with the development of community-based tourism (CBT). We strive for a world without exploitation of indigenous people by tourism, so they can be empowered to become CBT leaders. Since 10 years we are working with the Kayan in Thailand. They are world famous for wearing brass neck rings, but nobody knows their stories. Fortunately, in 2016, The Karenni village of Huay Pu Keng made the transition from “human zoo” towards CBT, offering workshops, hiking, meals, homestays, and other activities. This village is now the first and only Kayan village offering CBT activities. We want to expand our work to other countries like Kenya, to give Maasai and other indigenous people the opportunity to reap more benefits from tourism through CBT. For more info: https://www.fairtourism.nl/en/ |
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Andre` Nabors has served as the Partner Relations Manager for the Visit North Carolina. Visit NC a unit of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC), supporting sustainable efforts to market and promote the state’s natural, historic and cultural resources for communities, non-profits, and tourism related entities to improve tourism product and visitation across North Carolina. andre.nabors@visitnc.com |
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![]() | Duarte B. Morais Welcome remarks |
![]() | KangJae (Jerry) Lee Moderator |
![]() | Sam Cook Panelist |
![]() | Charlotte LOUWMAN-VOGELS Panelist-Fair Tourism |
![]() | Andre` Nabors Panelist |
![]() | Edna Williams Panelist |
![]() | Tom Savage Panelist |