Exploring how communities live, learn, and age well - across cultures and generations.
ABOUT US
AgoraZul is a collaborative initiative exploring how individuals and communities live, learn, and age well across the full life course.
WHAT
DEFINES
US
Community
&
Connection
Openness
Awareness
Empathy
Authenticity
Adaptability
Discernment
WHAT
WE
VALUE
OUR NAME
Agora
– the ancient Greek act of gathering in an open space – captures our ethos of learning, sharing, and building knowledge by coming together.
Agora
– blue in Spanish – evokes the water that both separates and connects us, holding space for our vast differences while reminding us of our ability to connect across oceans, cultures, and generations.
AgoraZul
is our commitment to gather across difference – in the work we take on, the teams we build, and the distances we bridge.
We are an international and multidisciplinary team that works in a remote modality and travels for projects as required.
OUR TEAM
Co-founder
Phoebe Kirkup
Phoebe has worked at the intersection of education policy, equity, and international relations for over a decade, supporting project management, research, and stakeholder engagement with organizations including UNESCO. With a bachelor's in international development and a master's in global education policies, she has led work on higher education, inclusion, youth engagement, and sustainability across local and global contexts. Phoebe is now expanding her focus to aging and gerontology – currently pursuing a Certificate in Aging and Gerontology at Toronto Metropolitan University – driven by a commitment to creating more inclusive societies across the full life course. She is particularly interested in the needs and experiences of queer and gender-diverse older adults, intergenerational approaches, and diverse aging populations in Canada.
Co-founder
Josefina Sotomayor
Josefina has more than 14 years of experience in the education and culture sectors, through research and management roles spanning higher education, TVET, youth and community engagement, lifelong learning, employability, and institutional governance. With a bachelor's in economics and master's degrees in public policy and global education policies, she brings a quantitative-oriented perspective with a strong focus on inclusion and equity. Her professional experience spans local and international contexts, across cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural environments that have enriched both her knowledge base and her policy expertise. Josefina is now turning her attention to topics related to active aging and age-friendly societies, with a particular interest in gender, childfree people, and intergenerational dialogue as essential dimensions of a truly inclusive society.
OUR WORK
We are particularly committed to understanding and valuing the experiences and contributions of older adults and equally to fostering meaningful intergenerational connections. More broadly, we are passionate about initiatives that amplify the voices and experiences of individuals and communities that have been systematically ignored or marginalized, including considerations of identity, gender, ability and origin, among other factors.
we work GLOBALLY + COLLABORATIVELY + IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES + ACROSS DISCIPLINES
we promote CRITICAL THINKING + CREATIVITY + TEAMWORK + POSITIVE IMPACT
we promise TRANSPARENCY + ADAPTABILITY + PROACTIVENESS + RELIABILITY + QUALITY
Within this framework, we offer project management services across local and global landscapes for short-term projects, events, and long-term programs. Whether it’s in early-stage development or ready to be implemented, our team is equipped to provide support and management. We are eager to support any project that is rooted in community impact and aligns with our values.
SERVICES WE OFFER
Our project management services include, but are not limited to, the following:
Project proposals
&
strategic planning
Logistical support
&
coordination
Monitoring
&
evaluation
Organization
&
management of data
Stakeholder
&
youth engagement
Research,
analysis
&
recommendations
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