This summer’s sessions of The Ethical Leadership Experience (TELE) would not have been possible without the dedicated facilitators and guest intensive instructors who brought creativity, energy, and heart to the virtual space. TELE is a unique program—it takes a special kind of leader to inspire meaningful dialogue, connection, and growth across screens and time zones.
We are deeply grateful to this year’s team for guiding participants through thoughtful conversations, engaging activities, and transformative intensives. Their passion and commitment ensured that TELE continued to embody the spirit of Camp Rising Sun—expanding horizons, building community, and nurturing ethical leaders around the world.
Meet the facilitators and instructors who made TELE 2025 such a success:
Weronika Dwornik
2025 TELE Lead FACILITATOR
Theatre Maker, Producer, and Creative Facilitator
Weronika is a Polish/Belarusian theatre maker, producer, and creative facilitator with a background in applied theatre & film. She is particularly interested in creative work co-created with communities & documentary theatre. She has worked for LAJF in various capacities since 2018, both on CRS and TELE. Now based in London, UK, Weronika is passionate about climate action, LGBTQ+ rights & migrant rights.
“TELE has provided us with a unique opportunity to translate some of the CRS curriculum into the context in which the participants quite literally bring their cultural background with them to the program and share it with the cohort - we see people’s homes, gardens, participants give us cooking demos in their kitchens, we hold our breath when someone is cut off mid sentence because of electricity outage in the area, we send ‘’are you and your family safe?’’ messages because someone missed a session due to a missile strike in their town or because of wildfires in their region. In international spaces, the default is often to focus on commonalities, yet learning from our differences can be truly transformative. I think TELE does it really well.”
Weronika’s TELE Intensive: Arts For Social Change:
During this intensive, participants will be exposed to a variety of case studies that explore the different ways in which art helps to bring about - or attempts to bring about social change. They will be guided through the process of thinking of how some of that knowledge and practices can be relevant to the communities they are a part of.
Emilia Laine (CRS '12,'13,'18,'19,'22-25)
TELE GUEST INTENSIVE INSTRUCTOR
Doctoral Researcher (Sociology), University of Helsinki; Master of Social Sciences (Global Sustainability)
Emilia (she/her) is a Doctoral Researcher in Sociology at the University of Helsinki, where she explores the intersections of sustainability, ethics, and emerging food technologies. With a background in political history, global sustainability, and peace and conflict studies, Emilia brings an interdisciplinary lens to her research. She has worked internationally as a sustainability educator and researcher, including with the Louis August Jonas Foundation in New York and Demos Helsinki. Emilia speaks five languages and is passionate about participatory education, environmental justice, and building more equitable food futures.
“Over the past few years, I’ve been especially inspired by program participants facing challenging circumstances at home, such as in Ukraine or Afghanistan, who nonetheless show a powerful commitment to improving their communities—for themselves and for the generations to come. TELE serves as a remarkable tool to scale up our organization’s impact, as it enables us to reach more young people in a more cost-efficient and environmentally conscious way. Through TELE, we can also reach youth for whom it is not possible to attend camp in person, for example due to unjust visa policies.”
Emilia’s TELE Intensive: From Sustainability to Regenerative Systems:
This intensive offers a deep dive into the principles of sustainability and regenerative systems. We begin by examining our current understandings of sustainability and asking: what exactly are we sustaining? Introducing the concept of regeneration, we shift the focus from mere maintenance to the active repair and nurturing of living systems. From there, we explore what a regenerative culture might look like and consider practical steps we can take to move toward it. Throughout the course, we engage with systems thinking tools and practices, supporting one another in radically imagining regenerative futures for our communities.
Elizabeth Liang Hudak (CRS ‘18-'19, ‘22-'23)
TELE GUEST INTENSIVE INSTRUCTOR
Elizabeth is a student and a former CRS camper and counselor. She is pursuing degrees in Politics Philosophy and Economics and Digital Narrative and Interactive Design. A lifelong fascination with museums has inspired her to pursue work throughout the museum field in research, curation, and education. She is especially interested in digital and physical spaces and cultural identity, and therefore loves to explore interesting corners of the internet and whatever city she finds herself in.
“While this was my first time participating in TELE, as the current chair of the At-Large Selection committee I've seen the program grow and flourish into a purposeful and unique program over the past few years . My favorite part of At-Large has always been that our campers continually expand the diversity of Camp Rising Sun. Through TELE, the mission of LAJF can reach those that might not be able to come to Clinton and give them a tailored and enriching experience that fits into their own lives. It's been so rewarding to work with familiar faces and learn from a new generation of campers online, and I am so excited to watch it grow even further.”
Elizabeth’s TELE Intensive: Into the Museum (And Out Again!):
What are museums? Who are museums for? Exploring the role of the museum in society as public, powerful institutions in the past, present, and future.
Autumn Rose Miskweminanocsqua Williams
2025 tele facilitator
Professional Public Speaker
Autumn is an experience strategic communications expert. A member of the Shinnecock Nation, she has led multicultural outreach efforts for organizations like the CDC, NIH, and the Administration for Native Americans, with a strong focus on Indigenous communities. Currently serving as a Client Services Manager at Agency MABU, she is also a motivational speaker on Afro-Indigenous identity and mental health. Autumn’s facilitation is rooted in storytelling, cultural competence, and mission-driven communication.
Autumn Rose’s TELE Intensive: The Art of Telling Your Story to Educate, Connect, and Move People to Action:
This 3-day intensive helps young change-makers strengthen their public speaking skills and use storytelling to educate, connect, and inspire action. The workshop focuses on voice, message development, and delivery techniques through engaging activities, speech analysis, and student-led presentations.
Kuba Orłowski (CRS ‘05)
TELE GUEST INTENSIVE INSTRUCTOR
Research Fellow, University College Dublin, Ireland; Board Member, Polonium Foundation, Poland
Kuba is a computational neuroscientist at University College Dublin, conducting research on brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease. Passionate about science and science communication, he spends his free time organizing general-audience seminars at his university and designing educational board games. He is also working for Polonium Foundation, an NGO connecting Polish scientists abroad with the goal of transforming brain drain into brain circulation, fostering connections between scientists and institutions in Poland, Europe and the world.
Kuba’s TELE Intensive: How to Read Science News and Not Go Mad – A Primer on Scientific Literacy:
This three-day interactive seminar empowers participants to navigate science news with clarity, skepticism, and critical thinking. Through lectures and hands-on activities, campers will learn how to separate science from sensationalism, understand how research becomes headlines, and build lasting media literacy skills.
Lilly O’Toole
2025 tele facilitator
public health researcher (MPH); fulbright scholar
Lilly is a public health researcher, educator, and facilitator who recently concluded her time as a Fulbright Scholar in the country of Georgia, where she worked on-the-ground with ‘relokants’ who were part of the mass exodus following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. With experience teaching civic education in the U.S., Georgia, and Latvia, she has developed and delivered curricula on social movements, global food justice, and youth empowerment. Lilly brings a strong background in participatory and experiential learning, intercultural communication, and care-centered facilitation. Originally from Cincinnati but based currently in India Lilly moves further from home but closer to her curiosity.
Lilly’s TELE Intensive: Replanting the Global Food System: Food Justice, Food Rituals, and Regenerative Agriculture:
From viral mukbang streams in Korea to South Africa’s smoky braais barbecues, the way we gather around food says everything about who we are and where we come from. While one becomes a digital spectacle, the other remains a deeply embedded symbol of community and reconciliation.
Grounded in public health principles, we'll journey through the tangled roots of our globalized food system, exploring the injustices of food apartheid, the empowering vision of food sovereignty, and the necessary shift to regenerative agriculture.
In this intensive, we’ll ask big questions like how can malnutrition and food waste coexist at the same time? Why do wheat prices spark revolutions? What is the ‘Slow Food’ movement and who is it slowing down? Food connects us to the soil, to Indigenous wisdom, and to systems that nourish or neglect. Food is more than what’s on our plate: it is history, power, culture, medicine, politics, and identity wrapped up in one bite. This intensive, grounded in public health principles, will give you the tools to understand our broken food system on both a micro and macro scale–and hopefully, to change it.
