Influencing Public Policy

Synopsis: 

Beginning with an acknowledgement of the signs of the times – the deep polarization we are experiencing – and then pretty quickly go into how we are going about public policy work on our three priority issues amid that tension. Our three priority issues are care for refugees and migrants, care for the environment, and promoting peace and nonviolence. Ending with a time for questions and dialogue.

Workshop Leader: Susan Gunn, MOGC

Susan Gunn, MOGC

Susan Gunn is director of Maryknoll’s Office of Global Concerns. Her previous overseas experience was in mainland China beginning in 1991. While there, she studied Chinese in Beijing and worked in several different parts of the country. From 1993-97 she taught English to middle school teachers at rural teacher-training colleges in Fujian, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces. Susan and her husband also worked as short-term volunteers at Prem Dan, the house for the destitute and dying, run by the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India. Susan has a Master’s degree in International Development Management from American University.