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O mundo é grande, mas o propósito que nos une é o mesmo! 🐧💙

Amar Marouf, ex-curador do Hub Ottawa, no Canadá, gravou um recado especial pra você que está pensando em fazer parte do Processo Seletivo do Global Shapers Hub Ribeirão Preto.

▶️ Assista ao vídeo e descubra como é fazer parte de uma rede global de jovens que atuam localmente para transformar suas próprias cidades.

As inscrições para o Processo Seletivo estão abertas!

Se você tem entre 18 e 27 anos, mora na Região Metropolitana de Ribeirão Preto e acredita no potencial da juventude para construir novas possibilidades, essa é a sua chance!

🔗 Inscreva-se pelo link na bio.

#GlobalShapers #Juventude #Liderança #ImpactoSocial #processoseletivo

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Al terminar junio también cerró una de las etapas más increíbles de mi vida. 💙

Hace dos años mi equipo del Panama City Hub🇵🇦 de la Global Shapers Community me dio la confianza de dirigir el hub. En ese momento no me imaginaba ni el 0.01% de lo que Dios me iba a permitir vivir.

Buscando las fotos para este recap, se me salieron las lágrimas. Por las bendiciones, por el crecimiento, por cómo esta experiencia formó mi carácter y me hizo explotar habilidades que no sabía que tenía, construir nuevas y conocer gente espectacular.

Un joven de Chitré, en las oficinas del Foro Económico Mundial en Suiza, rodeado de líderes de más de 500 ciudades de 5 continentes. Todavía no me lo creo, pero en lo que sí creo ahora más que nunca, es en la capacidad de impacto que tiene la juventud, y que para aportar grandemente se debe hacer con una actitud de servicio, más que de autoritarismo.

Me postulé a este rol para servir a mi equipo y a mi comunidad, y ese fue el motor de todo lo que hice. Cuando te eligen, no solo te comprometes al año de curaduría, sino también al siguiente como curador saliente. Además, fui elegido luego para el Board de Centroamérica y El Caribe, por lo que quise esperar a que se cumpliera de verdad toda esa responsabilidad antes de cerrar el ciclo.

Ahora que este ciclo termina, solo me queda agradecer, a cada persona especial que conocí en el camino, en estas fotos está la mayoría, aunque sé que faltan algunos.

Gracias a Dios, y gracias ustedes por tanto. 🙏🏻🫂

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Davos, what a week.

The spirit of dialogue was alive and present in the Swiss Alps last week.

Dialogue is not a news anchor telling you what’s happening.

Dialogue is not social media showing you a version of what’s happening.

Dialogue is real people - from different backgrounds, political stripes, and lines of work - engaging with one another, even when we don’t agree.

It’s the shared acknowledgement that the world can be better, should be better, and through dialogue, will be better.

This experience was a powerful reminder that each of us has more agency than we often give ourselves credit for… and that shaping the future isn’t reserved for a few, but belongs to all of us.

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I headed to #wef26 in Davos as a part of the Global Shapers #D40 expecting to be a spectator on the edge of the world’s most exclusive stage. I left a different person! 🇨🇭 When the white badge comes off, the raw, beautiful, & sometimes terrifying truth of it all is left. 🏔

My week was full of moments I swore I was dreaming:

🎹 Singing my heart out at Barry’s Piano Bar with the Shapers

🫕 Taking the funicular up to the SchatzAlp for a night fondue

🤫 Private, closed-door sessions with Harvey Mason Jr., Yo-Yo Ma, & Christine Lagarde (I really got to know her #iykyk)

👑 Sharing meals with the King of Belgium, Annalena Baerbock, and the Premier of Bermuda, only to literally bump into Gavin Newsom in the hallway

Behind the magic were real learnings:

⚓️ Proximity is everything. You have to stay close to the problems you want to solve. True leadership is being willing to sit with the discomfort of the front lines rather than observing from afar

💪 Vulnerability > Ego. I learned that intelligence agencies actually target people with big egos because it masks insecurity. The hardest leaders to break are the ones who lead with openness. Vulnerability isn’t weak; it’s a strength

🔮 Serendipity is a skill. We spend so much time engineering our lives, but often the best moments are unplanned. Stay open & humble and be ready for when the unexpected happens. Not everything happens for a reason, but we have the power to give every moment a purpose

💼 Leading the world is also just a job. Honestly, it’s a lonely, terrifying one. Seeing world leaders as human, sometimes overwhelmed, made me realize the guardrails are thinner than we think

🧭 Find signals in the noise. We’re in a global rupture. We have to tune out, turn up, & stop playing along. Together, our generation has to believe in our power to make a change and put that into concerted action

If I had to sum it up, I left with a dichotomy of feelings... I’m scared as Hell because I’ve seen the fragility of the world represented in a room. 🥺 But, I’m simultaneously filled with a relentless hope, especially by my fellow Shapers! ✨️

Being in Davos was the honor of a lifetime. Now, it’s time to get to work. 💪

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The WEF Annual Summit 2026, Davos 🇨🇭

Still can’t believe that I had the privilege to not just be in the same space as Heads of States, Ministers, Celebrities and Top CEOs, but more importantly, to have been able to bond with some of the most incredible youth from across the globe, all shaping the world into a better place 💙

So grateful to have been able to represent Southern Africa, @globalshaperscommunity , @tshwanehub and @resoluterobotics on a global stage, and share some of the work we’re doing, but more importantly, to also put SA on the map, as a country full of young, driven, passionate talent 🇿🇦

A trip summarised in just a few stills:
1. At the entrance of Congress Hall, excited to have been able to share insights from SA, and learn from some of the best. 🤯
2. A video atop one of the oldest areas of Zurich, said to have been the same way since the medieval times, and barely changed since 🏰
3. Smiles and Signature gang signs at the top of the iconic #Wef26 Annual Summit Stairs 🤘
4. Seeing snow-covered ski villages for the first time (Because the snow, and the villages 🤪)
5. A picture after a mind-blowing panel on AI and personalised sound, with none other than @iamwill
6. Sitting mere meters away from Brett Taylor and @steven learning about what it takes to build, in what felt like a private masterclass 🎻
7. Listening to @thisisbillgates share insights on healthcare funding and the impact that reductions has on lives being saved 🏥
8. Sitting in a packed Congress hall, with mixed feelings, watching @realdonaldtrump launch the new “Board of Peace” with some of the most powerful Heads of State on Stage, causing mixed emotions in the entire audience 🇺🇸
9. Dinner with 12 Nobel Laureates resulting in an incredible conversation with these 2 biologists, leaders in mRNA research. 🔬
10. Riding the car down from Schatzalp after a sad but beautiful farewell lunch on the final day 🏔️
11. Some of the amazing D40 Delegation, who have become beloved friends for life and inspire me every day❤️

I’ll be back…

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From 250lbs to 200lbs in 6 months

When we had our initial consult, Amar mentioned he’d tried keto, crash diets and yoyo dieted for the last few years but ended up undoing all the progress because those plans were too extreme and not sustainable.

With a demanding legal career and success in various other endeavors outside his work, his health and fitness was the one part of his life that didn’t reflect his discipline and values.

He said his number 1 priority was his health, but his reality did not reflect that yet.

Seeing older people close to him struggle with diabetes and health complications made him realize the time was now to make a complete lifestyle change rather than waiting until 30 or later.

He had the work ethic, but needed to apply it with the right plan and guidance for long term results.

Six months later? He’s 200lbs. Fifty pounds down.

But the real win is the mindset shift and mentality he’s developed that has led him to make fitness part of his identity and lifestyle.

That was built through creating a sustainable plan that was effective, fit into his lifestyle and most importantly was possible to be adhered to.

If you know your health is your #1 priority but your results don’t reflect that yet, send me a message and let’s build the plan that actually fits your life.

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Chegou aquele dia em que preciso escrever sobre o Latam — e tudo o que sinto é um aperto bom no peito. Um sentimento de sorte, de acolhimento, de saber que conheço algumas das melhores pessoas do Brasil (e da América Latina!). De perceber que tenho amizades espalhadas por todas as regiões — e, aleatoriamente, até um canadense na mistura, porque o coração latino é mesmo sem fronteiras.

A língua sempre foi uma grande questão na minha vida. E saber que ela não foi uma barreira em 2025 me enche de orgulho. Falar três línguas numa mesma frase já não é um problema — é motivo de riso, de conexão. É rir com um hispanohablante que não entende uma palavra em português e a gente resolve tudo no inglês. É contar que moro numa ilha e compartilhar as ideias mirabolantes que ainda quero tirar do papel.

Esse Latam me deixou com a leveza de quem deu e recebeu o melhor de si.

Eu sempre digo que o Global Shapers mudou a minha vida — e hoje não seria diferente.

Vai ter muita foto de Buenos Aires, porque esse capítulo merece ser lembrado com carinho.

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SHAPE LATAM - @globalshapersba 🇦🇷🌎💙.
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Qué Gran experiencia pude tener la semana pasada en la increíble ciudad de Buenos Aires ! El Shape Latam es el evento de la @globalshaperscommunity para líderes de Latinoamérica y el mundo , para tener encuentros de formación académica , de conexión internacional y de impacto en la comunidad 💯.
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Tuvimos la oportunidad de escuchar y compartir con increíbles líderes de la región y llevarnos su conocimiento y perspectiva sobre los temas que están moldeando al mundo en la actualidad . También pudimos crear impacto en comunidades de BAs , en mi caso tuve el privilegio de compartir con adultos mayores , quienes siempre nos recargan con su energía.
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En cuanto a conectar , me alegró mucho tener la oportunidad de hacer muchos nuevos amigos y reconectar con amistades siempre con gran Alegría ! Muchas gracias al Hub de Buenos Aires por todo el tiempo y esfuerzo que invirtieron para poder hacer esta experiencia realidad ! Y por darme la razón perfecta para visitar la Argentina 🇦🇷🔥.
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Les espero a todos y todas en El Salvador ☺️🙏🏼🇸🇻.
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#globalshapers #friends

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O SHAPE LATAM 2025 foi mais do que um encontro: foi um renascimento de esperanças.

Em Buenos Aires, essa cidade viva de histórias e afetos, reencontrei o poder do coletivo, o valor de agir localmente para transformar globalmente.

A cada conversa, a cada abraço, a cada sorriso, encontrei novos amigos — muitos para contar, impossíveis de esquecer. Mesmo separados por fronteiras, seguimos juntos no que realmente importa: o sonho compartilhado de um mundo mais justo, humano e sustentável.

Obrigado, Buenos Aires, por ser o cenário desta travessia tão bonita.

Obrigado, amigos, por serem agora parte da minha história. Meu coração leva cada um de vocês, onde quer que estejam no Brasil, Canadá, Argentina, Paraguai, Nicarágua, Equador, Peru, Venezuela, Colômbia, Rússia, Ucrânia, Austrália, China etc.

Com carinho e esperança,
Ruan

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SHAPE LATAM 2025 was more than just a meeting: it was a rebirth of hope.

In Buenos Aires, this city alive with stories and affection, I rediscovered the power of the collective, the value of acting locally to transform globally.

With every conversation, every hug, every smile, I met new friends — too many to count, impossible to forget. Even though we are separated by borders, we continue together in what really matters: the shared dream of a more just, humane and sustainable world.

Thank you, Buenos Aires, for being the setting for this beautiful journey.

Thank you, friends, for now being part of my story. My heart goes out to each one of you, wherever you are in Brazil, Canada, Argentina, Paraguay, Nicarágua, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Russia, Ukraine, Australia, China, et al.

With love and hope,
Ruan

Gracias, Buenos Aires 🇦🇷❤️

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A wonderfull day in the farm 🎃🌾🍑🌳

I almost cried when I discovered that the beautiful @schnepffarms has a sunflower section 🥹🌻

One or my favorite parts was the corn maze 🌽 It felt like be in a movie 🙂‍↕️

It was a really time of connection and making new friends 🫶🏼

Also a few more downtown moments but now at night ✨

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GRACIAS • GRACIAS • GRACIAS

Que cumpleaños tan espectacular! Me siento tan agradecida por tener personas tan maravillosas en mi vida✨

Vamos que los 27 pintan muy bien!!! 💝🩷🌸🌷

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We’re thrilled to officially announce our new curatorship for the next year! 🎉

A big shoutout to our amazing outgoing curators, Anna Abraham and Vice Emily Murray, for their incredible leadership and dedication. You've been truly inspiring! 🙌💫

Join us in welcoming Amar Marouf as our new Curator and Maria Nathalia as our new Vice Curator. We can't wait to see all the amazing things they will accomplish together! 🌟

#GlobalShapers #OttawaHub #NewCuratorship #Leadership #CommunityImpact

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