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Rights and Duties in the Context of the Stories We Tell Ourselves: Meike Schleiff at TEDxLewisburg

1,864 views · Published 11 August 2013 · 17:25 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Meike Schleiff grew up in Renick, WV on a sheep farm and a family construction business. Meike founded The GROWProject in 2010 after working with a network of young leaders in Haiti for two years; continues to work in Haiti and West Virginia. She studied at Berea College and holds a Master of Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University; she will be starting a Doctor of Public Health program at Hopkins this fall as well. Meike's interests include community-based strategies for development, equity in health, and how rights and responsibilities cannot exist, one without the other.

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