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“We are always trying to build up a movement of emerging leaders that can be at the helm of these causes in the future.”
Resolve stands for Rights, Equality, Solidarity, Organization, Leadership, Voice, and Empowerment. Resolve Foundation was founded by Victoria Wisniewski Otero and works to provide fellowships for Hong Kong’s marginalized and underrepresented groups so that they can be empowered to be leaders and uplift communities. In this episode, we reconnect with Victoria to hear about how both she and the organization has grown in the past year.
We last spoke to Victoria on episode 54, which aired last July. At that time, Resolve was about halfway through their inaugural Social Justice Fellowship program which focused on racial inequality. Now they are already into their second fellowship, tackling issues of gender-based violence. The fellowship fosters leadership development, personal reflection, human rights education, communication skills and campaigning strategies to equip participants with the tools they need to actively contribute to social justice efforts.
Resolve deliberately brings folks from diverse backgrounds, whether as fellows, mentors or guest speakers, to create an environment that encourages an exchange of different perspectives. They hope to give a greater impact by investing significantly into each fellow and creating a platform where people working on different social justice and inclusion issues can network and exchange knowledge with each other.
In this episode, you will learn about…
- What Year 1
fellows have been up to and more about the Year 2 cohort - The ways the organization and its programs
has grown since the first year, encouraging alumni involvement and creating longevity for the overall effort - How to measure impact when you are making a long term investment in transformative change
- Victoria’s journey and her personal life developments that shaped her interest in social justice
- The importance of mentorship and collaboration and how Resolve fosters this for marginalized and underrepresented communities
“Have more confidence in yourself and trust your inner voice more.”
Resolve is always looking for feedback and measuring their impact so that they can reflect, learn and implement solutions for a sustainable rate of growth. Victoria is even creating an assessment process for herself. These deliberate and thoughtful actions have contributed to Resolve’s success over the years and its continual success in the future.
Want to learn more about social inequalities and human rights, especially in Hong Kong? Do you believe in the importance of mentoring marginalised groups to become leaders? Hope to be a part of making a more inclusive Hong Kong?
You can read Resolve’s first ever annual report in October, coinciding with their 2 year birthday. This report will include findings from a large scale public poll to understand Hong Kongers perceptions of social justice. This report will be available on Resolve’s website where you can subscribe to their newsletter as well. For Human Rights Day, which is on Dec 10th, Resolve will announce the theme of their Year 3 fellowship. For more information and updates, follow Resolve on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
“Making an impact means being able to affect short term outcomes and long-term objectives as well.”
