Fighting For Girls' Education
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Senior Grants Officer at The Malala Fund, Human Rights Activist
November 12, 2025
Dennos Museum Center Milliken Auditorium, Traverse City, MI
In person & online
Thursday, November 12, 2025
7:00 pm Eastern US program | 6:00 pm reception
Dennos Museum Center Milliken Auditorium
1701 E. Front St. Traverse City, MI
Hybrid event |
in-person audience and online livestream
In-person admission |
$15 per person, advance purchase | $20 at venue
Online admission |
$10 per person | watch online
Students & educators |
free admission for current students and educators, including NMC and area secondary schools.
Members |
Supporters of IAF do not need to purchase tickets. Members make these programs possible via membership gifts. Thank you.
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About the speaker
Ziauddin Yousafzai
Ziauddin Yousafzai, co-founder and board member of Malala Fund, is the father of Malala Yousafzai, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He is world renowned for his outspoken support for girls’ rights to education, equality and human rights. In Pakistan, he was an educator, founder and administrator of several schools. Mr. Yousafzai is UN Special Adviser on Global Education and Education Attaché at Pakistan’s Consulate in Birmingham, UK.
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn serves as the Seniors Grants Officer for the Malala Fund. She is a longtime human rights activist who centers her work around the maxim “that the people have the power to redeem the work of fools.” She has held a number of leadership roles at Amnesty International USA, Freedom House, Open Society Foundations (OSF), and MADRE, where in her various capacities, she has led global advocacy campaigns, mobilized resources for racial and ethnic justice movements and frontline defenders, and built and led strong bi-partisan issue-based coalitions on a range of human rights issues.
