Theresa Day 2025

10.00-10.05

Honoring the Legacy & Setting the Scene for the day

Theresa, the Foundation & Highlights from Past Celebrations

Speakers: Ebi, Shashi, Sanaya, Miles

10.05-10.35

Key note speaker from Roshni Sheffield, UK
Empowering women to have choices- perspectives from the United Kingdom
Speaker: Fouzia Ali, Expert on developing, fund-raising for
and running community projects

10.35-10.45

Coffee (Fika) break

10.45-11.15

Gävle municipality- SIG Gruppen

An insight into how Sociala Insatsgrupper (SIG)- a multi-agency
collaboration of social services, school, police, and others- works
closely with youth at risk, offering relational, flexible, and network-based support to prevent criminal lifestyles by building trust and stability
in everyday life.

11.15-11.45

Research Spotlight on Shanazi Heroes

A project for empowering young people to see, understand, and
act against honor-based violence and oppression based in Gävle, Sweden

Speaker: Charlotta Donohue, lecturer & researcher in social work,
University of Gävle

11.45-12.00

Q&A

Moderated by Miles – Interactive discussion between speakers and students

12.00-13.00

Lunch Break
Complimentary lunch included by the ITOM Foundation for all participants. Kindly pre-register.

13.00-13.45

Student Debate competition on "Societal Responses to Youth Crime: Accountability or Rehabilitation?"

13.45

Annual photo & Debate Prize Distribution

14.00

End of day- Vote of Thanks