| 词条 | Shannon Sedgwick Davis |
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Early Career and EducationSedgwick Davis is an honors graduate of McMurry University and Baylor Law School. Prior to joining Bridgeway Foundation in 2007, Sedgwick Davis served as Vice President of Geneva Global, a philanthropic consulting firm that advises individuals, foundations, non-profit organizations, and corporations on international development, global health, and poverty solutions. Previously, Sedgwick Davis was the Director of Public Affairs at the International Justice Mission (IJM), a human rights agency that focuses on ending slavery, forced prostitution, and illegal land seizures in the developing world. Her work in helping rescue children from sex trafficking in the Svay Pak village of Cambodia was included in the 2005 Emmy award-winning piece, “Children for Sale,” on Dateline.[3] Sedgwick Davis has also written for The Huffington Post.[4] Honors and awardsSedgwick Davis received Baylor's Young Lawyer of the Year Award 2011 and, in the same year, the Spirit of McMurry Award,[5] given annually to one outstanding alumni. She is the award recipient of the Nomi Network’s 2014 Abolitionist Award and The Rotary Club of San Antonio’s 2014 Outstanding Young San Antonian.[6] In 2015, she received the Global Human Rights Hero award from Saving Innocence.[7] Sedgwick Davis sits on the board of several organizations including The Elders, Humanity United, TOMS, and Water. Personal lifeSedgwick Davis currently lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband and two sons. Bridgeway FoundationEstablished in 2000, as the charitable giving arm of Bridgeway Capital Management, the Bridgeway Foundation works to establish peace and reconciliation in international communities suffering from oppression, genocide, and other human rights violations.[8] As an attorney and advocate for social justice, Sedgwick Davis has led Bridgeway Foundation in developing solutions in remote environments. Her organization has given financial support to organizations such as Aegis Trust, Resolve Uganda, and Invisible Children.[9] Sedgwick Davis and the Bridgeway Foundation have been credited for their role in funding civilian protection and recovery efforts in Uganda[10] against the Lord’s Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony, the first-ever indictee of the International Criminal Court.[11] The effort, as described in the New Yorker article, has also been criticized for funding mercenaries as a means to end genocide.[12] External links
References1. ^{{Cite web|title = Shannon Sedgwick Davis Wields Law to Halt Genocide|url = http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/august/nomorebandaids.html|website = ChristianityToday.com|access-date = 2016-02-09}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sedgwick Davis, Shannon}}2. ^{{Cite news|title = Kony 2013: U.S. quietly intensifies effort to help African troops capture infamous warlord|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/kony-2013-us-quietly-intensifies-effort-to-help-african-troops-capture-infamous-warlord/2013/10/28/74db9720-3cb3-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = 2013-10-28|access-date = 2016-02-09|issn = 0190-8286|language = en-US|first = Rajiv|last = Chandrasekaran}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4038249/ns/dateline_nbc/t/children-sale/#.Vk0pn3arSM9 |title=Children For Sale|publisher=NBC News|date=January 9, 2005}} 4. ^{{Cite web|title = 4 Ways our Investment Business is Giving Back|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannon-sedgwick-davis/4-ways-our-investment-bus_b_5063368.html|website = The Huffington Post|access-date = 2016-02-09}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.mcm.edu/archives/09-02-2011-1.html |title=Spirit of McMurray Awards}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.mcm.edu/2014/06/mcmurry-alumna-shannon-sedgwick-davis-receives-san-antonio-honor.html#.Vk0vPHarSM9 |title=Outstanding Young San Antonian}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.savinginnocence.org/2015/08/06/4th-annual-saving-innocence-gala/ |title=Saving Innocence |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103225627/http://www.savinginnocence.org/2015/08/06/4th-annual-saving-innocence-gala/ |archivedate=2015-11-03 |df= }} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bridgewayfoundation.org/history.php |title=Bridgeway Foundation History}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bridgewayfoundation.org/grants.php |title=Bridgeway Foundation Grants}} 10. ^{{cite journal|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-a-texas-philanthropist-helped-fund-the-hunt-for-joseph-kony |title=Hunting for Kony|publisher=The New Yorker|date=October 21, 2013}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4320124.stm|title=Kony indicted}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://africasacountry.com/2013/11/the-bullshitfiles-an-open-letter-to-the-new-yorker/|title=The #Bullshit Files: An Open Letter to the New Yorker|website=Africa is a Country}} 3 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|Texas A&M MSC Student Conference on National Affairs Former Speakers |
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