Media Advisory: Honor Global Humanitarian, Alison Thompson w/ Women in Communications South Florida

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Oct. 24, 2016 - PRLog -- Who: The Association for Women in Communciations South Florida Chapter

WHAT: Dr. Alison Thompson, founder of Third Wave is our October honoree Communicator of the Month! This event is focused on supporting Alison's efforts in Haiti.

When: Wednesday, October 26th at 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Where: The Blue (https://theblueboca.com/2016/09/16/association-of-women-in-communications-meet-up-the-blue-with-carina-mask/), Boca Raton Resort (http://www.bocaresort.com/dine/the-blue.html): 27th Floor, 501 E Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432

Why: Hurricane Matthew has wiped out the Southern parts of Haiti- Third Wave volunteers -alongside coastguard, airforce and many other resuce and Haitian teams are currently deploying rescue teams with medical food water tarps and solar lights.

How: $20 donation per person in exchange for a swag bag generously donated from Life Extension. Guests will enjoy complimentary passed around hors d' oeuvres & an extended Elevate Cocktail Hour featuring $7 cocktails & bar bites. Boca Resort is a private club so you must RSVP to gain entrance. RSVP: info@awcsouthflorida.org

100% proceeds goes to Alison Thompson's Fundraiser: Solar Lights for Haitian Families wiped out by Hurricane Matthew.

Event hashtag: #light4haiti

About Association for Women in Communications South Florida Chapter (@AWCSF):
Association for Women in Communications South FL chapter connects communicators in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties, facilitating its members' integration into the business matrix of South Florida and promoting their personal and professional advancement. Helping to cultivate the complex relationships that bridge all communications disciplines, the AWC South Florida interfaces networking and professional development to equip its members to excel in their fields. For more

info: http://awcsouthflorida.org ; Twitter.com/awcsf ; Facebook.com/awcsf; Instagram.com/awcf

The National Association for Women in Communications (@AWC):

Association for Women in Communications celebrated 100 years of accelerating women communicators' careers in 2009, cementing its position as the oldest and most comprehensive professional association in the industry. For more
info:http://womcom.org ; Facebook.com/AWCNational ; Twitter.com/AWCConnect

About Dr. Alison Thompson:

Dr Alison Thompson OAM- is a full time global humanitarian volunteer. Her work started on the Sept 11th 2001 attacks in New York, where she volunteered as a first responder for nine months.

She has run internally displaced persons camps in Sri Lanka, Haiti and around the world and was appointed as the first official Ambassador to the Haitian Ministry of Environment in 2012 where she works in reforestation and cholera initiatives. Alison is fondly known as the "Angel of Galle" in Sri Lanka and the "Angel of Light" in Nepal and in 2015 was honored at Loyola Chicago University with an Honorary 'Doctorate of Letters', in the 'Humanities', where she also gave the commencement speech.

Alison is an MCI Disaster Specialist, Mathematician, Author, Anthropologist, Filmmaker, Rescue Paramedic and Doctor. In Haiti she co-founded We Advance, an organization dedicated to combating gender-based violence and advancing the health and safety of women and children throughout the dangerous Cite Soleil slums.

In 2004 Thompson flew to Sri Lanka after the tsunami devastated the country — and remained there for two years developing and operating a field hospital, rebuilding a village and a local school. There she Founded the first Tsunami Early-Warning Disaster Center along with a Children's Learning Center and Tsunami Museum.

Her award-winning documentary The Third Wave, chronicles her volunteer experience in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami and was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in a Presidential Jury Screening presented by Sean Penn and Bono. She followed up with a book, The Third Wave: A Volunteer Story.

In 2010, Thompson flew to Haiti along with actor Sean Penn and ten doctors to help after the earthquake. Together, they managed a 70,000-person IDP camp and field hospital alongside General Simeon Trombitas and the 82nd Airborne who honored her with the US Commanders 'Medal of Excellence' Award. In 2010 she was awarded the Order of Australia, the highest civilian medal given by the Australian Government and Queen Elizabeth II, for her volunteerism and her contributions to mankind.

— After Hurricane Sandy in New York, Thompson created and managed The Third Wave Command Center in the Rockaways NY, supporting thousands of affected civilians with aid and resilience campaigns and then went onto work in the Philippines with Typhoon Haiyan followed by the Nepal earthquake disaster of 2015 where she delivered thousands of solar lights to remote destroyed mountain areas.

Thompson is currently leading Rescue Missions and Refugee camps on the island of Lesbos,Greece where an influx of 10,000 wounded Syrian, Iraq and Afghan refugees arrive daily fleeing war zones.

Thompson lectures on Leadership, Volunteering, Gender Based Violence, Reforestation, Women's Rights, Fourth World Medicine, Sustainable Business Development and Corporate Social Responsibility to both colleges and corporations worldwide. For the last four years, Thompson has been on the planning committee for the Miami chapter of the Billion Women Rising campaign, the largest gender-based violence movement in the world.

With simplicity and humility, Thompson inspires everyone to take action just as she has: as an everyday, average individual. She tailors her message on how 'anyone can volunteer', from a global scope to our own backyards and that "everyone is needed"

As she continues to change the world – she believes "It is easy to be in the wrong place at the wrong time but its Leadership to be in the wrong time at the right time."